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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 5893
5	5	Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
6	6	Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September
7	7	30, 2024, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	OCTOBER6, 2023
10	10	Mr. R
11	11	OGERSof Kentucky introduced the following bill;
12	12	O
13	13	CTOBER25, 2023
14	14	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Com-
15	15	mittee on the Budget, for a period to subsequently determined by the
16	16	speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
17	17	the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
18	18	A BILL
19	19	Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce
20	20	and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal
21	21	year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
25	25	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
26	26	fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-5
27	27	poses, namely: 6
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31	31	TITLE I 1
32	32	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 2
33	33	I
34	34	NTERNATIONALTRADEADMINISTRATION 3
35	35	OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 4
36	36	For necessary expenses for international trade activi-5
37	37	ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 6
38	38	to carry out activities associated with facilitating, attract-7
39	39	ing, and retaining business investment in the United 8
40	40	States, and for engaging in trade promotional activities 9
41	41	abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 10
42	42	agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of 11
43	43	United States firms, without regard to sections 3702 and 12
44	44	3703 of title 44, United States Code; full medical coverage 13
45	45	for dependent members of immediate families of employees 14
46	46	stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted over-15
47	47	seas; travel and transportation of employees of the Inter-16
48	48	national Trade Administration between two points abroad, 17
49	49	without regard to section 40118 of title 49, United States 18
50	50	Code; employment of citizens of the United States and 19
51	51	aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad for 20
52	52	periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 21
53	53	repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of tem-22
54	54	porary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; 23
55	55	payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the 24
56	56	first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States 25
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60	60	Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 1
61	61	exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 2
62	62	abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official 3
63	63	use abroad, not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to ex-4
64	64	ceed $325,000 for purchase of armored vehicles without 5
65	65	regard to the general purchase price limitations; obtaining 6
66	66	insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, 7
67	67	$570,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain avail-8
68	68	able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That 9
69	69	$12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 10
70	70	used by the International Trade Administration, notwith-11
71	71	standing section 3302 of title 31, United States Code: Pro-12
72	72	vided further, That, of amounts provided under this head-13
73	73	ing, not less than $16,400,000 shall be for China anti-14
74	74	dumping and countervailing duty enforcement and compli-15
75	75	ance activities: Provided further, That the provisions of the 16
76	76	first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) 17
77	77	of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 18
78	78	1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in car-19
79	79	rying out these activities; and that for the purpose of this 20
80	80	Act, contributions under the provisions of the Mutual 21
81	81	Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall in-22
82	82	clude payment for assessments for services provided as 23
83	83	part of these activities. 24
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87	87	BUREAU OFINDUSTRY ANDSECURITY 1
88	88	OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 2
89	89	For necessary expenses for export administration and 3
90	90	national security activities of the Department of Com-4
91	91	merce, including costs associated with the performance of 5
92	92	export administration field activities both domestically and 6
93	93	abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of 7
94	94	immediate families of employees stationed overseas; em-8
95	95	ployment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 9
96	96	contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in 10
97	97	the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 11
98	98	2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims 12
99	99	arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $13,500 for offi-13
100	100	cial representation expenses abroad; awards of compensa-14
101	101	tion to informers under the Export Control Reform Act 15
102	102	of 2018 (subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain 16
103	103	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; 17
104	104	Public Law 115–232; 132 Stat. 2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et 18
105	105	seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the Act of June 19
106	106	15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase 20
107	107	of passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehi-21
108	108	cles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehi-22
109	109	cles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limi-23
110	110	tation otherwise established by law, $191,000,000, of 24
111	111	which $76,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 25
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115	115	Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of sec-1
116	116	tion 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Edu-2
117	117	cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 3
118	118	2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these ac-4
119	119	tivities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-5
120	120	tions collected and accepted for materials or services pro-6
121	121	vided as part of such activities may be retained for use 7
122	122	in covering the cost of such activities, and for providing 8
123	123	information to the public with respect to the export admin-9
124	124	istration and national security activities of the Depart-10
125	125	ment of Commerce and other export control programs of 11
126	126	the United States and other governments. 12
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128	128	CONOMICDEVELOPMENTADMINISTRATION 13
129	129	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 14
130	130	For grants for economic development assistance as 15
131	131	provided by the Public Works and Economic Development 16
132	132	Act of 1965, for grants authorized by sections 27 and 28 17
133	133	of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 18
134	134	1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 3722a, 3722b, and 3723), as 19
135	135	amended, $211,000,000 to remain available until ex-20
136	136	pended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants under 21
137	137	section 27 and $41,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-22
138	138	tion 28: Provided, That any deviation from the amounts 23
139	139	designated for specific activities in the report accom-24
140	140	panying this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of 25
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144	144	funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 1
145	145	be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of 2
146	146	this Act. 3
147	147	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
148	148	For necessary expenses of administering the eco-5
149	149	nomic development assistance programs as provided for by 6
150	150	law, $43,500,000: Provided, That funds provided under 7
151	151	this heading may be used to monitor projects approved 8
152	152	pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act 9
153	153	of 1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 10
154	154	through 30 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-11
155	155	tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722–3723), as amended; and 12
156	156	the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 13
157	157	M
158	158	INORITYBUSINESSDEVELOPMENTAGENCY 14
159	159	MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 15
160	160	For necessary expenses of the Minority Business De-16
161	161	velopment Agency in fostering, promoting, and developing 17
162	162	minority business enterprises, as authorized by law, 18
163	163	$55,000,000. 19
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165	165	CONOMIC ANDSTATISTICALANALYSIS 20
166	166	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
167	167	For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of eco-22
168	168	nomic and statistical analysis programs of the Department 23
169	169	of Commerce, $116,000,000, to remain available until 24
170	170	September 30, 2025. 25
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174	174	BUREAU OF THECENSUS 1
175	175	CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 2
176	176	For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-3
177	177	lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for 4
178	178	by law, $300,000,000: Provided, That, from amounts pro-5
179	179	vided herein, funds may be used for promotion, outreach, 6
180	180	and marketing activities. 7
181	181	PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 8
182	182	For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, ana-9
183	183	lyzing, preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic 10
184	184	censuses and programs provided for by law, 11
185	185	$1,054,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 12
186	186	2025: Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 13
187	187	funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and mar-14
188	188	keting activities. 15
189	189	N
190	190	ATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION 16
191	191	A
192	192	DMINISTRATION 17
193	193	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
194	194	For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of 19
195	195	the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-20
196	196	ministration (NTIA), $54,000,000, to remain available 21
197	197	until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, notwith-22
198	198	standing 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce 23
199	199	shall charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spec-24
200	200	trum management, analysis, operations, and related serv-25
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204	204	ices, and such fees shall be retained and used as offsetting 1
205	205	collections for costs of such spectrum services, to remain 2
206	206	available until expended: Provided further, That the Sec-3
207	207	retary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as off-4
208	208	setting collections all funds transferred, or previously 5
209	209	transferred, from other Government agencies for all costs 6
210	210	incurred in telecommunications research, engineering, and 7
211	211	related activities by the Institute for Telecommunication 8
212	212	Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned functions 9
213	213	under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 10
214	214	Government agencies shall remain available until ex-11
215	215	pended. 12
216	216	PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES , PLANNING 13
217	217	AND CONSTRUCTION 14
218	218	For the administration of prior-year grants, recov-15
219	219	eries and unobligated balances of funds previously appro-16
220	220	priated are available for the administration of all open 17
221	221	grants until their expiration. 18
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223	223	NITEDSTATESPATENT ANDTRADEMARKOFFICE 19
224	224	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
225	225	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21
226	226	For necessary expenses of the United States Patent 22
227	227	and Trademark Office (USPTO) provided for by law, in-23
228	228	cluding defense of suits instituted against the Under Sec-24
229	229	retary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director 25
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233	233	of the USPTO, $4,195,799,000, to remain available until 1
234	234	expended: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated 2
235	235	from the general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collec-3
236	236	tions of fees and surcharges assessed and collected by the 4
237	237	USPTO under any law are received during fiscal year 5
238	238	2024, so as to result in a fiscal year 2024 appropriation 6
239	239	from the general fund estimated at $0: Provided further, 7
240	240	That during fiscal year 2024, should the total amount of 8
241	241	such offsetting collections be less than $4,195,799,000, 9
242	242	this amount shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, 10
243	243	That any amount received in excess of $4,195,799,000 in 11
244	244	fiscal year 2024 and deposited in the Patent and Trade-12
245	245	mark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until ex-13
246	246	pended: Provided further, That the Director of USPTO 14
247	247	shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appro-15
248	248	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 16
249	249	for any amounts made available by the preceding proviso 17
250	250	and such spending plan shall be treated as a reprogram-18
251	251	ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-19
252	252	able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 20
253	253	with the procedures set forth in that section: Provided fur-21
254	254	ther, That any amounts reprogrammed in accordance with 22
255	255	the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the United 23
256	256	States Patent and Trademark Office ‘‘Salaries and Ex-24
257	257	penses’’ account: Provided further, That the budget of the 25
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261	261	President submitted for fiscal year 2025 under section 1
262	262	1105 of title 31, United States Code, shall include within 2
263	263	amounts provided under this heading for necessary ex-3
264	264	penses of the USPTO any increases that are expected to 4
265	265	result from an increase promulgated through rule or regu-5
266	266	lation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges as-6
267	267	sessed and collected by the USPTO under any law in ei-7
268	268	ther fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 2025: Provided further, 8
269	269	That from amounts provided herein, not to exceed 9
270	270	$13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for 10
271	271	official reception and representation expenses: Provided 11
272	272	further, That in fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made 12
273	273	available for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for the USPTO, the 13
274	274	amounts necessary to pay (1) the difference between the 14
275	275	percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO and 15
276	276	employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States 16
277	277	Code, and the normal cost percentage (as defined by sec-17
278	278	tion 8331(17) of that title) as provided by the Office of 18
279	279	Personnel Management (OPM) for USPTO’s specific use, 19
280	280	of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter III of 20
281	281	chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 21
282	282	otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM 22
283	283	for USPTO’s specific use of post-retirement life insurance 23
284	284	and post-retirement health benefits coverage for all 24
285	285	USPTO employees who are enrolled in Federal Employees 25
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289	289	Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 1
290	290	Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil 2
291	291	Service Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI 3
292	292	Fund, and the Employees FEHB Fund, as appropriate, 4
293	293	and shall be available for the authorized purposes of those 5
294	294	accounts: Provided further, That any differences between 6
295	295	the present value factors published in OPM’s yearly 300 7
296	296	series benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides 8
297	297	for USPTO’s specific use shall be recognized as an im-9
298	298	puted cost on USPTO’s financial statements, where appli-10
299	299	cable: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 11
300	300	provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and col-12
301	301	lected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant 13
302	302	to section 42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amend-14
303	303	ed by section 22 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act 15
304	304	(Public Law 112–29): Provided further, That within the 16
305	305	amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred to 17
306	306	the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ account for activities as-18
307	307	sociated with carrying out investigations and audits re-19
308	308	lated to the USPTO. 20
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310	310	ATIONALINSTITUTE OFSTANDARDS ANDTECHNOLOGY 21
311	311	SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 22
312	312	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23
313	313	For necessary expenses of the National Institute of 24
314	314	Standards and Technology (NIST), $1,019,948,000, to 25
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318	318	remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 1
319	319	$9,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Working Capital 2
320	320	Fund’’: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under 3
321	321	this heading, $118,511,000 shall be for scientific and tech-4
322	322	nical research projects, which shall be for the purposes, 5
323	323	and in the amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC-NIST STRS’’ in 6
324	324	the table entitled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the 7
325	325	report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That the 8
326	326	amounts made available for the projects referenced in the 9
327	327	preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other 10
328	328	purpose: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall 11
329	329	be for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-12
330	330	vided further, That NIST may provide local transportation 13
331	331	for summer undergraduate research fellowship program 14
332	332	participants. 15
333	333	INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 16
334	334	For necessary expenses for industrial technology 17
335	335	services, $237,000,000, to remain available until ex-18
336	336	pended, of which $200,000,000 shall be for the Hollings 19
337	337	Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of which 20
338	338	$37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Pro-21
339	339	gram. 22
340	340	CONSTRUCTION OF RESEARCH FACILITIES 23
341	341	For construction of new research facilities, including 24
342	342	architectural and engineering design, and for renovation 25
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346	346	and maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise pro-1
347	347	vided for the National Institute of Standards and Tech-2
348	348	nology, as authorized by sections 13 through 15 of the 3
349	349	National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 4
350	350	U.S.C. 278c–278e), $220,000,000, to remain available 5
351	351	until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Commerce 6
352	352	shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 7
353	353	year 2024 that the Secretary submits to Congress in sup-8
354	354	port of the Department of Commerce budget (as sub-9
355	355	mitted with the budget of the President under section 10
356	356	1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an estimate for 11
357	357	each National Institute of Standards and Technology con-12
358	358	struction project having a total multi-year program cost 13
359	359	of more than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget 14
360	360	justification materials shall include an estimate of the 15
361	361	budgetary requirements for each such project for each of 16
362	362	the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 17
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364	364	ATIONALOCEANIC ANDATMOSPHERIC 18
365	365	A
366	366	DMINISTRATION 19
367	367	OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 20
368	368	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
369	369	For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law 22
370	370	for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 23
371	371	(NOAA), including maintenance, operation, and hire of 24
372	372	aircraft and vessels; pilot programs for State-led fisheries 25
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376	376	management, notwithstanding any other provision of law; 1
377	377	grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit organi-2
378	378	zations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant 3
379	379	to cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, 4
380	380	$3,726,628,000, to remain available until September 30, 5
381	381	2025, of which, $5,000,000 is for necessary expenses of 6
382	382	designing and deploying the near real-time monitoring and 7
383	383	mitigation program for threatened or endangered 8
384	384	cetaceans authorized by section 11303 of the James M. 9
385	385	Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 10
386	386	2023 (16 U.S.C. 1391): Provided, That the Administrator 11
387	387	of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 12
388	388	may not amend or withdraw the North Atlantic right 13
389	389	whale vessel strike reduction rule contained in section 14
390	390	224.105 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, in effect 15
391	391	in Fiscal Year 2022 until such Administrator has fulfilled 16
392	392	the requirements of section 11303(e) of that Act (16 17
393	393	U.S.C. 1391(e)): Provided further, That fees and dona-18
394	394	tions received by the National Ocean Service for the man-19
395	395	agement of national marine sanctuaries may be retained 20
396	396	and used for the salaries and expenses associated with 21
397	397	those activities, notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, 22
398	398	United States Code: Provided further, That in addition, 23
399	399	$355,081,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 24
400	400	entitled ‘‘Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Re-25
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404	404	search Pertaining to American Fisheries’’, which shall 1
405	405	only be used for fishery activities related to the 2
406	406	Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries Data Col-3
407	407	lections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Train-4
408	408	ing; Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and 5
409	409	Interjurisdictional Fisheries Grants: Provided further, 6
410	410	That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be for payment to 7
411	411	the ‘‘Department of Commerce Working Capital Fund’’: 8
412	412	Provided further, That of the $4,104,709,000 provided for 9
413	413	in direct obligations under this heading, $3,726,628,000 10
414	414	is appropriated from the general fund, $355,081,000 is 11
415	415	provided by transfer, and $23,000,000 is derived from re-12
416	416	coveries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That 13
417	417	of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 14
418	418	$56,999,000 shall be used for Coastal Zone Management 15
419	419	projects, which shall be for the purposes, and in the 16
420	420	amounts, specified for ‘‘DOC-NOAA CZM’’ in the table 17
421	421	entitled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’ in the report ac-18
422	422	companying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 19
423	423	made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 20
424	424	proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose: Pro-21
425	425	vided further, That any deviation from the amounts des-22
426	426	ignated for specific activities in the report accompanying 23
427	427	this Act, or any use of deobligated balances of funds pro-24
428	428	vided under this heading in previous years, shall be subject 25
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432	432	to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act: Pro-1
433	433	vided further, That in addition, for necessary retired pay 2
434	434	expenses under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protec-3
435	435	tion and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the 4
436	436	medical care of retired personnel and their dependents 5
437	437	under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 6
438	438	55), such sums as may be necessary. 7
439	439	PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 8
440	440	For procurement, acquisition and construction of 9
441	441	capital assets, including alteration and modification costs, 10
442	442	of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 11
443	443	$1,653,630,000, to remain available until September 30, 12
444	444	2026, except that funds provided for acquisition and con-13
445	445	struction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of facili-14
446	446	ties shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 15
447	447	of the $1,666,630,000 provided for in direct obligations 16
448	448	under this heading, $1,653,630,000 is appropriated from 17
449	449	the general fund and $13,000,000 is provided from recov-18
450	450	eries of prior year obligations: Provided further, That any 19
451	451	deviation from the amounts designated for specific activi-20
452	452	ties in the report accompanying this Act, or any use of 21
453	453	deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading 22
454	454	in previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set 23
455	455	forth in section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That 24
456	456	the Secretary of Commerce shall include in budget jus-25
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459	459	•HR 5893 IH
460	460	tification materials for fiscal year 2024 that the Secretary 1
461	461	submits to Congress in support of the Department of 2
462	462	Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 3
463	463	President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 4
464	464	Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and Atmos-5
465	465	pheric Administration procurement, acquisition or con-6
466	466	struction project having a total of more than $5,000,000 7
467	467	and simultaneously the budget justification shall include 8
468	468	an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such 9
469	469	project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years. 10
470	470	PACIFIC COASTAL SALMON RECOVERY 11
471	471	For necessary expenses associated with the restora-12
472	472	tion of Pacific salmon populations, $65,000,000, to re-13
473	473	main available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That, 14
474	474	of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of Commerce 15
475	475	may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 16
476	476	Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the feder-17
477	477	ally recognized Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific 18
478	478	Coast (including Alaska), for projects necessary for con-19
479	479	servation of salmon and steelhead populations that are 20
480	480	listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified 21
481	481	by a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining popu-22
482	482	lations necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing 23
483	483	rights or native subsistence fishing, or for conservation of 24
484	484	Pacific coastal salmon and steelhead habitat, based on 25
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488	488	guidelines to be developed by the Secretary of Commerce: 1
489	489	Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 2
490	490	on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be 3
491	491	available for marketing activities: Provided further, That 4
492	492	funds disbursed to States shall be subject to a matching 5
493	493	requirement of funds or documented in-kind contributions 6
494	494	of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds. 7
495	495	FISHERMEN’S CONTINGENCY FUND 8
496	496	For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public 9
497	497	Law 95–372, not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from 10
498	498	receipts collected pursuant to that Act, to remain available 11
499	499	until expended. 12
500	500	FISHERIES FINANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 13
501	501	Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget 14
502	502	Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2023, obligations of direct 15
503	503	loans may not exceed $24,000,000 for Individual Fishing 16
504	504	Quota loans and not to exceed $100,000,000 for tradi-17
505	505	tional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant Marine 18
506	506	Act of 1936. 19
507	507	D
508	508	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 20
509	509	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
510	510	For necessary expenses for the management of the 22
511	511	Department of Commerce provided for by law, including 23
512	512	not to exceed $4,500 for official reception and representa-24
513	513	tion, $80,000,000: Provided, That no employee of the De-25
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516	516	•HR 5893 IH
517	517	partment of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 1
518	518	a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act 2
519	519	to offices within the Office of the Secretary of the Depart-3
520	520	ment of Commerce for more than 180 days in a fiscal year 4
521	521	unless the individual’s employing bureau or office is fully 5
522	522	reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the employee 6
523	523	for the entire period of assignment using funds provided 7
524	524	under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made 8
525	525	available to the Department of Commerce in this or any 9
526	526	prior Act may not be transferred pursuant to section 508 10
527	527	of this or any prior Act to the account funded under this 11
528	528	heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 12
529	529	that threaten life or property. 13
530	530	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14
531	531	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 15
532	532	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 16
533	533	General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $49,598,000. 17
534	534	G
535	535	ENERALPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OFCOMMERCE 18
536	536	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
537	537	S
538	538	EC. 101. During the current fiscal year, applicable 20
539	539	appropriations and funds made available to the Depart-21
540	540	ment of Commerce by this Act shall be available for the 22
541	541	activities specified in the Act of October 26, 1949 (15 23
542	542	U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner prescribed 24
543	543	by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may 25
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547	547	be used for advanced payments not otherwise authorized 1
548	548	only upon the certification of officials designated by the 2
549	549	Secretary of Commerce that such payments are in the 3
550	550	public interest. 4
551	551	S
552	552	EC. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropria-5
553	553	tions made available to the Department of Commerce by 6
554	554	this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for 7
555	555	hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 8
556	556	U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 9
557	557	3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized 10
558	558	by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 11
559	559	S
560	560	EC. 103. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-12
561	561	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-13
562	562	partment of Commerce in this Act may be transferred be-14
563	563	tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 15
564	564	be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-16
565	565	fers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section 17
566	566	shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-18
567	567	tion 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obliga-19
568	568	tion or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-20
569	569	dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That the 21
570	570	Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on Ap-22
571	571	propriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition 23
572	572	or disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, 24
573	573	and equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act 25
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577	577	or any other law appropriating funds for the Department 1
578	578	of Commerce. 2
579	579	S
580	580	EC. 104. The requirements set forth by section 105 3
581	581	of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 4
582	582	Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–55), as 5
583	583	amended by section 105 of title I of division B of Public 6
584	584	Law 113–6, are hereby adopted by reference and made 7
585	585	applicable with respect to fiscal year 2024: Provided, That 8
586	586	the life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 9
587	587	$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow 10
588	588	On Program is $6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the 11
589	589	Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Se-12
590	590	ries Program is $11,700,100,000, and the life cycle cost 13
591	591	for the Space Weather Follow-On Program is 14
592	592	$692,800,000. 15
593	593	S
594	594	EC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of 16
595	595	law, the Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (in-17
596	596	cluding but not limited to utilities, telecommunications, 18
597	597	and security services) necessary to support the operation, 19
598	598	maintenance, and improvement of space that persons, 20
599	599	firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the 21
600	600	Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other 22
601	601	authority, to use or occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover 23
602	602	Building, Washington, DC, or other buildings, the mainte-24
603	603	nance, operation, and protection of which has been dele-25
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607	607	gated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General 1
608	608	Services pursuant to the Federal Property and Adminis-2
609	609	trative Services Act of 1949 on a reimbursable or non- 3
610	610	reimbursable basis. Amounts received as reimbursement 4
611	611	for services provided under this section or the authority 5
612	612	under which the use or occupancy of the space is author-6
613	613	ized, up to $200,000, shall be credited to the appropria-7
614	614	tion or fund which initially bears the costs of such services. 8
615	615	S
616	616	EC. 106. Nothing in this title shall be construed to 9
617	617	prevent a grant recipient from deterring child pornog-10
618	618	raphy, copyright infringement, or any other unlawful ac-11
619	619	tivity over its networks. 12
620	620	S
621	621	EC. 107. The Administrator of the National Oceanic 13
622	622	and Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with 14
623	623	their consent, with reimbursement and subject to the lim-15
624	624	its of available appropriations, the land, services, equip-16
625	625	ment, personnel, and facilities of any department, agency, 17
626	626	or instrumentality of the United States, or of any State, 18
627	627	local government, Indian Tribal Government, Territory, or 19
628	628	possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or of 20
629	629	any foreign government or international organization, for 21
630	630	purposes related to carrying out the responsibilities of any 22
631	631	statute administered by the National Oceanic and Atmos-23
632	632	pheric Administration. 24
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636	636	SEC. 108. The National Technical Information Serv-1
637	637	ice shall not charge any customer for a copy of any report 2
638	638	or document generated by the Legislative Branch unless 3
639	639	the Service has provided information to the customer on 4
640	640	how an electronic copy of such report or document may 5
641	641	be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a cus-6
642	642	tomer still require the Service to provide a printed or dig-7
643	643	ital copy of the report or document, the charge shall be 8
644	644	limited to recovering the Service’s cost of processing, re-9
645	645	producing, and delivering such report or document. 10
646	646	S
647	647	EC. 109. To carry out the responsibilities of the Na-11
648	648	tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 12
649	649	the Administrator of NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter 13
650	650	into grants and cooperative agreements with; (2) use on 14
651	651	a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, per-15
652	652	sonnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and ex-16
653	653	pend funds made available on a consensual basis from: a 17
654	654	Federal agency, State or subdivision thereof, local govern-18
655	655	ment, Tribal Government, Territory, or possession or any 19
656	656	subdivisions thereof: Provided, That funds received for 20
657	657	permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to 21
658	658	this section shall be deposited under the heading ‘‘Na-22
659	659	tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—Oper-23
660	660	ations, Research, and Facilities’’ and shall remain avail-24
661	661	able until September 30, 2024, for such purposes: Pro-25
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665	665	vided further, That all funds within this section and their 1
666	666	corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act. 2
667	667	S
668	668	EC. 110. Amounts provided by this Act or by any 3
669	669	prior appropriations Act that remain available for obliga-4
670	670	tion, for necessary expenses of the programs of the Eco-5
671	671	nomics and Statistics Administration of the Department 6
672	672	of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 7
673	673	of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of 8
674	674	the Census, shall be available for expenses of cooperative 9
675	675	agreements with appropriate entities, including any Fed-10
676	676	eral, State, or local governmental unit, or institution of 11
677	677	higher education, to aid and promote statistical, research, 12
678	678	and methodology activities which further the purposes for 13
679	679	which such amounts have been made available. 14
680	680	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Com-15
681	681	merce Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 16
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685	685	TITLE II 1
686	686	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2
687	687	G
688	688	ENERALADMINISTRATION 3
689	689	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
690	690	For expenses necessary for the administration of the 5
691	691	Department of Justice, $113,000,000, of which 6
692	692	$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 7
693	693	2024, and of which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security 8
694	694	and construction of Department of Justice facilities shall 9
695	695	remain available until expended. 10
696	696	JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 11
697	697	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
698	698	For necessary expenses for information sharing tech-13
699	699	nology, including planning, development, deployment and 14
700	700	departmental direction, $38,000,000, to remain available 15
701	701	until expended: Provided, That the Attorney General may 16
702	702	transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from funds 17
703	703	available to the Department of Justice for information 18
704	704	technology, to remain available until expended, for enter-19
705	705	prise-wide information technology initiatives: Provided fur-20
706	706	ther, That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso 21
707	707	is in addition to any other transfer authority contained 22
708	708	in this Act: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 23
709	709	to the first proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming 24
710	710	under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 25
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713	713	•HR 5893 IH
714	714	for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the 1
715	715	procedures set forth in that section. 2
716	716	E
717	717	XECUTIVEOFFICE FORIMMIGRATIONREVIEW 3
718	718	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
719	719	For expenses necessary for the administration of im-5
720	720	migration-related activities of the Executive Office for Im-6
721	721	migration Review, $760,000,000, of which $4,000,000 7
722	722	shall be derived by transfer from the Executive Office for 8
723	723	Immigration Review fees deposited in the ‘‘Immigration 9
724	724	Examinations Fee’’ account: Provided, That not to exceed 10
725	725	$50,000,000 of the total amount made available under 11
726	726	this heading shall remain available until September 30, 12
727	727	2027, for build-out and modifications of courtroom space: 13
728	728	Provided further, That the Executive Office for Immigra-14
729	729	tion Review shall implement case performance metrics 15
730	730	that are linked to performance evaluations for individual 16
731	731	immigration judges. 17
732	732	O
733	733	FFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 18
734	734	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 19
735	735	General, $142,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 20
736	736	to meet unforeseen emergencies of a confidential char-21
737	737	acter: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall re-22
738	738	main available until September 30, 2024. 23
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742	742	UNITEDSTATESPAROLECOMMISSION 1
743	743	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
744	744	For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 3
745	745	Commission as authorized, $14,238,000: Provided, That, 4
746	746	notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the expi-5
747	747	ration of a term of office of a Commissioner, the Commis-6
748	748	sioner may continue to act until a successor has been ap-7
749	749	pointed. 8
750	750	L
751	751	EGALACTIVITIES 9
752	752	SALARIES AND EXPENSES , GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES 10
753	753	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
754	754	For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 12
755	755	Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, includ-13
756	756	ing not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evi-14
757	757	dence, to be expended under the direction of, and to be 15
758	758	accounted for solely under the certificate of, the Attorney 16
759	759	General; the administration of pardon and clemency peti-17
760	760	tions; and rent of private or Government-owned space in 18
761	761	the District of Columbia, $938,500,000, of which not to 19
762	762	exceed $50,000,000 for litigation support contracts and 20
763	763	information technology projects, including cybersecurity 21
764	764	and hardening of critical networks, shall remain available 22
765	765	until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided for 23
766	766	INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed 24
767	767	$685,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided 25
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771	771	further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-1
772	772	ceed $9,000 shall be available to INTERPOL Washington 2
773	773	for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-3
774	774	vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 4
775	775	to exceed $9,000 shall be available to the Criminal Divi-5
776	776	sion for official reception and representation expenses: 6
777	777	Provided further, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 7
778	778	Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that 8
779	779	emergent circumstances require additional funding for liti-9
780	780	gation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 10
781	781	may transfer such amounts to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses, 11
782	782	General Legal Activities’’ from available appropriations 12
783	783	for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, 13
784	784	as may be necessary to respond to such circumstances: 14
785	785	Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the pre-15
786	786	ceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under 16
787	787	section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for obli-17
788	788	gation or expenditure except in compliance with the proce-18
789	789	dures set forth in that section: Provided further, That of 19
790	790	the amount appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 20
791	791	shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 21
792	792	and expenses associated with the election monitoring pro-22
793	793	gram under section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 23
794	794	(52 U.S.C. 10305) and to reimburse the Office of Per-24
795	795	sonnel Management for such salaries and expenses: Pro-25
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799	799	vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 1
800	800	heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 2
801	801	shall remain available until expended. 3
802	802	In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the De-4
803	803	partment of Justice associated with processing cases 5
804	804	under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 6
805	805	$31,738,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine Injury 7
806	806	Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 8
807	807	expended. 9
808	808	SALARIES AND EXPENSES , ANTITRUST DIVISION 10
809	809	For expenses necessary for the enforcement of anti-11
810	810	trust and kindred laws, $192,776,000, to remain available 12
811	811	until expended, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be 13
812	812	available for official reception and representation ex-14
813	813	penses: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provi-15
814	814	sion of law, not to exceed $192,776,000 of offsetting col-16
815	815	lections derived from fees collected for premerger notifica-17
816	816	tion filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Im-18
817	817	provements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless of 19
818	818	the year of collection, shall be retained and used for nec-20
819	819	essary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 21
820	820	available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 22
821	821	herein appropriated from the general fund shall be re-23
822	822	duced as such offsetting collections are received during fis-24
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826	826	cal year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 1
827	827	appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0. 2
828	828	SALARIES AND EXPENSES , UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 3
829	829	For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United 4
830	830	States Attorneys, including inter-governmental and coop-5
831	831	erative agreements, $2,312,000,000: Provided, That of the 6
832	832	total amount appropriated, not to exceed $19,600 shall be 7
833	833	available for official reception and representation ex-8
834	834	penses: Provided further, That not to exceed $40,000,000 9
835	835	shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 10
836	836	That each United States Attorney shall establish or par-11
837	837	ticipate in a task force on human trafficking. 12
838	838	UNITED STATES TRUSTEE SYSTEM FUND 13
839	839	For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee 14
840	840	Program, as authorized, $239,000,000, to remain avail-15
841	841	able until expended: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 16
842	842	other provision of law, deposits of discretionary offsetting 17
843	843	collections to the United States Trustee System Fund and 18
844	844	amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 19
845	845	amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due deposi-20
846	846	tors: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 21
847	847	provision of law, fees deposited into the Fund as discre-22
848	848	tionary offsetting collections pursuant to section 589a of 23
849	849	title 28, United States Code (as limited by section 24
850	850	589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be re-25
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854	854	tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-1
855	855	tion and shall remain available until expended: Provided 2
856	856	further, That to the extent that fees deposited into the 3
857	857	Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in fiscal year 4
858	858	2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi-5
859	859	tors, exceed $255,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 6
860	860	available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided 7
861	861	in advance in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 8
862	862	the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall 9
863	863	be reduced (1) as such fees are received during fiscal year 10
864	864	2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due deposi-11
865	865	tors, (estimated at $230,000,000) and (2) to the extent 12
866	866	that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de-13
867	867	rived from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary 14
868	868	offsetting collections in previous fiscal years that are not 15
869	869	otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 16
870	870	2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 17
871	871	$9,000,000. 18
872	872	SALARIES AND EXPENSES , FOREIGN CLAIMS 19
873	873	SETTLEMENT COMMISSION 20
874	874	For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 21
875	875	the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, including 22
876	876	services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United 23
877	877	States Code, $2,504,000. 24
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881	881	FEES AND EXPENSES OF WITNESSES 1
882	882	For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of 2
883	883	contracts for the procurement and supervision of expert 3
884	884	witnesses, for private counsel expenses, including ad-4
885	885	vances, and for expenses of foreign counsel, $270,000,000, 5
886	886	to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 6
887	887	$16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 7
888	888	witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the pur-8
889	889	chase and maintenance of armored and other vehicles for 9
890	890	witness security caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 10
891	891	is for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and up-11
892	892	grade of secure telecommunications equipment and a se-12
893	893	cure automated information network to store and retrieve 13
894	894	the identities and locations of protected witnesses: Pro-14
895	895	vided, That amounts made available under this heading 15
896	896	may not be transferred pursuant to section 205 of this 16
897	897	Act. 17
898	898	SALARIES AND EXPENSES , COMMUNITY RELATIONS 18
899	899	SERVICE 19
900	900	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
901	901	For necessary expenses of the Community Relations 21
902	902	Service, $10,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sec-22
903	903	tion 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the Attorney 23
904	904	General that emergent circumstances require additional 24
905	905	funding for conflict resolution and violence prevention ac-25
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909	909	tivities of the Community Relations Service, the Attorney 1
910	910	General may transfer up to $8,000,000 to the Community 2
911	911	Relations Service, from available appropriations for the 3
912	912	current fiscal year for Salaries and Expenses, General 4
913	913	Legal Activities, as may be necessary to respond to such 5
914	914	circumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursu-6
915	915	ant to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a re-7
916	916	programming under section 505 of this Act and shall not 8
917	917	be available for obligation or expenditure except in compli-9
918	918	ance with the procedures set forth in that section. 10
919	919	ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND 11
920	920	For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), 12
921	921	and (G) of section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States 13
922	922	Code, $20,514,000, to be derived from the Department 14
923	923	of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund. 15
924	924	U
925	925	NITEDSTATESMARSHALSSERVICE 16
926	926	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
927	927	For necessary expenses of the United States Mar-18
928	928	shals Service, $1,715,700,000, of which not to exceed 19
929	929	$20,000 shall be available for official reception and rep-20
930	930	resentation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000,000 shall 21
931	931	remain available until expended. 22
932	932	CONSTRUCTION 23
933	933	For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, 24
934	934	or utilized by the United States Marshals Service for pris-25
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938	938	oner holding and related support, $15,000,000, to remain 1
939	939	available until expended. 2
940	940	FEDERAL PRISONER DETENTION 3
941	941	For necessary expenses related to United States pris-4
942	942	oners in the custody of the United States Marshals Service 5
943	943	as authorized by section 4013 of title 18, United States 6
944	944	Code, $2,125,724,000, to remain available until expended: 7
945	945	Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be consid-8
946	946	ered ‘‘funds appropriated for State and local law enforce-9
947	947	ment assistance’’ pursuant to section 4013(b) of title 18, 10
948	948	United States Code: Provided further, That the United 11
949	949	States Marshals Service shall be responsible for managing 12
950	950	the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System. 13
951	951	N
952	952	ATIONALSECURITYDIVISION 14
953	953	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
954	954	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
955	955	For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of 17
956	956	the National Security Division, $120,681,000, of which 18
957	957	not to exceed $5,000,000 for information technology sys-19
958	958	tems shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 20
959	959	notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a deter-21
960	960	mination by the Attorney General that emergent cir-22
961	961	cumstances require additional funding for the activities of 23
962	962	the National Security Division, the Attorney General may 24
963	963	transfer such amounts to this heading from available ap-25
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967	967	propriations for the current fiscal year for the Department 1
968	968	of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such cir-2
969	969	cumstances: Provided further, That any transfer pursuant 3
970	970	to the preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogram-4
971	971	ming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be avail-5
972	972	able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 6
973	973	with the procedures set forth in that section. 7
974	974	I
975	975	NTERAGENCYLAWENFORCEMENT 8
976	976	ORGANIZED CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK 9
977	977	FORCES 10
978	978	For necessary expenses for the identification, inves-11
979	979	tigation, and prosecution of individuals associated with the 12
980	980	most significant drug trafficking organizations, 13
981	981	transnational organized crime, and money laundering or-14
982	982	ganizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter- 15
983	983	governmental agreements with State and local law en-16
984	984	forcement agencies engaged in the investigation and pros-17
985	985	ecution of individuals involved in transnational organized 18
986	986	crime and drug trafficking, $555,458,000, of which 19
987	987	$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-20
988	988	vided, That any amounts obligated from appropriations 21
989	989	under this heading may be used under authorities avail-22
990	990	able to the organizations reimbursed from this appropria-23
991	991	tion. 24
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995	995	FEDERALBUREAU OFINVESTIGATION 1
996	996	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
997	997	For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of In-3
998	998	vestigation for detection, investigation, and prosecution of 4
999	999	crimes against the United States, $10,276,000,000, of 5
1000	1000	which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall remain available 6
1001	1001	until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $284,000 7
1002	1002	shall be available for official reception and representation 8
1003	1003	expenses. 9
1004	1004	CONSTRUCTION 10
1005	1005	For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equip-11
1006	1006	ment, furniture, and information technology requirements, 12
1007	1007	related to construction or acquisition of buildings, facili-13
1008	1008	ties, and sites by purchase, or as otherwise authorized by 14
1009	1009	law; conversion, modification, and extension of federally 15
1010	1010	owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 16
1011	1011	projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 17
1012	1012	environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; 18
1013	1013	$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-19
1014	1014	vided, That such amount shall be used for a second DNA 20
1015	1015	laboratory: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 21
1016	1016	other provision of law, unobligated balances from prior 22
1017	1017	year appropriations made available under Federal Bureau 23
1018	1018	of Investigation, Construction, for a new headquarters, 24
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1022	1022	may only be used to sustain use of the Federal Bureau 1
1023	1023	of Investigation J. Edgar Hoover headquarters building. 2
1024	1024	D
1025	1025	RUGENFORCEMENTADMINISTRATION 3
1026	1026	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1027	1027	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
1028	1028	For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Ad-6
1029	1029	ministration, including not to exceed $70,000 to meet un-7
1030	1030	foreseen emergencies of a confidential character pursuant 8
1031	1031	to section 530C of title 28, United States Code; and ex-9
1032	1032	penses for conducting drug education and training pro-10
1033	1033	grams, including travel and related expenses for partici-11
1034	1034	pants in such programs and the distribution of items of 12
1035	1035	token value that promote the goals of such programs, 13
1036	1036	$2,760,924,000, of which not to exceed $75,000,000 shall 14
1037	1037	remain available until expended and not to exceed $90,000 15
1038	1038	shall be available for official reception and representation 16
1039	1039	expenses: Provided, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of 17
1040	1040	Public Law 106–310, up to $10,000,000 may be used to 18
1041	1041	reimburse States, units of local government, Indian Tribal 19
1042	1042	Governments, other public entities, and multi-jurisdic-20
1043	1043	tional or regional consortia thereof for expenses incurred 21
1044	1044	to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated 22
1045	1045	with clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conver-23
1046	1046	sion and extraction operations, tableting operations, or 24
1047	1047	laboratories and processing operations for fentanyl and 25
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1051	1051	fentanyl-related substances which may present a danger 1
1052	1052	to public health or the environment: Provided further, 2
1053	1053	That $50,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 3
1054	1054	‘‘Community Oriented Policing Services Programs’’ for 4
1055	1055	competitive grants to State and local law enforcement 5
1056	1056	agencies for the purpose of investigating illicit activities 6
1057	1057	related to the distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, 7
1058	1058	fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, and the unlawful dis-8
1059	1059	tribution of prescription opioids. 9
1060	1060	B
1061	1061	UREAU OFALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS AND 10
1062	1062	E
1063	1063	XPLOSIVES 11
1064	1064	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
1065	1065	For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, To-13
1066	1066	bacco, Firearms and Explosives, for training of State and 14
1067	1067	local law enforcement agencies with or without reimburse-15
1068	1068	ment, including training in connection with the training 16
1069	1069	and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire 17
1070	1070	accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory as-18
1071	1071	sistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with 19
1072	1072	or without reimbursement, $1,531,071,000, of which not 20
1073	1073	to exceed $36,000 shall be for official reception and rep-21
1074	1074	resentation expenses, not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 22
1075	1075	available for the payment of attorneys’ fees as provided 23
1076	1076	by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and 24
1077	1077	not to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until ex-25
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1081	1081	pended: Provided, That no funds made available by this 1
1082	1082	or any other Act may be used to transfer the functions, 2
1083	1083	missions, or activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 3
1084	1084	Firearms and Explosives to other agencies or Depart-4
1085	1085	ments: Provided further, That not more than 40 percent 5
1086	1086	of the amounts made available under this heading may 6
1087	1087	be obligated unless processing times for National Fire-7
1088	1088	arms Act applications do not exceed 120 days in the case 8
1089	1089	of paper applications and 60 days in the case of electronic 9
1090	1090	applications. 10
1091	1091	F
1092	1092	EDERALPRISONSYSTEM 11
1093	1093	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
1094	1094	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
1095	1095	For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System 14
1096	1096	for the administration, operation, and maintenance of 15
1097	1097	Federal penal and correctional institutions, and for the 16
1098	1098	provision of technical assistance and advice on corrections 17
1099	1099	related issues to foreign governments, $8,492,588,000: 18
1100	1100	Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 shall be for 19
1101	1101	the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 20
1102	1102	Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), of which not less than 21
1103	1103	2 percent shall be transferred to and merged with the ap-22
1104	1104	propriation for ‘‘Office of Justice Programs–Research, 23
1105	1105	Evaluation and Statistics’’ for the National Institute of 24
1106	1106	Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities 25
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1110	1110	related to the First Step Act of 2018 (‘‘First Step Act’’): 1
1111	1111	Provided further, That the Attorney General may transfer 2
1112	1112	to the Department of Health and Human Services such 3
1113	1113	amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by 4
1114	1114	that Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal 5
1115	1115	penal and correctional institutions: Provided further, That 6
1116	1116	the Director of the Federal Prison System, where nec-7
1117	1117	essary, may enter into contracts with a fiscal agent or fis-8
1118	1118	cal intermediary claims processor to determine the 9
1119	1119	amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal 10
1120	1120	Prison System, furnish health services to individuals com-11
1121	1121	mitted to the custody of the Federal Prison System: Pro-12
1122	1122	vided further, That not to exceed $5,400 shall be available 13
1123	1123	for official reception and representation expenses: Pro-14
1124	1124	vided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall re-15
1125	1125	main available until expended for necessary operations: 16
1126	1126	Provided further, That, of the amounts provided for con-17
1127	1127	tract confinement, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall remain 18
1128	1128	available until expended to make payments in advance for 19
1129	1129	grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 20
1130	1130	expenses: Provided further, That the Director of the Fed-21
1131	1131	eral Prison System may accept donated property and serv-22
1132	1132	ices relating to the operation of the prison card program 23
1133	1133	from a not-for-profit entity which has operated such pro-24
1134	1134	gram in the past, notwithstanding the fact that such not- 25
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1138	1138	for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 1
1139	1139	Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre- 2
1140	1140	release services, halfway houses, or other custodial facili-3
1141	1141	ties: Provided further, That no amounts under this head-4
1142	1142	ing available for programs and activities related to the 5
1143	1143	First Step Act may be transferred, or otherwise made 6
1144	1144	available, to or for administration by the Department of 7
1145	1145	Labor. 8
1146	1146	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 9
1147	1147	For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction 10
1148	1148	of new facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and 11
1149	1149	remodeling, and equipping of such facilities for penal and 12
1150	1150	correctional use, including all necessary expenses incident 13
1151	1151	thereto, by contract or force account; and constructing, 14
1152	1152	remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and facili-15
1153	1153	ties at existing penal and correctional institutions, includ-16
1154	1154	ing all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or 17
1155	1155	force account, $273,000,000, to remain available until ex-18
1156	1156	pended, of which $135,000,000 shall be available only for 19
1157	1157	costs related to reconstruction and major repairs to facili-20
1158	1158	ties with geological and seismic deficiencies: Provided, 21
1159	1159	That labor of United States prisoners may be used for 22
1160	1160	work performed under this appropriation. 23
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1164	1164	FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES , INCORPORATED 1
1165	1165	The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is here-2
1166	1166	by authorized to make such expenditures within the limits 3
1167	1167	of funds and borrowing authority available, and in accord 4
1168	1168	with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-5
1169	1169	ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 6
1170	1170	by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 7
1171	1171	be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 8
1172	1172	budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation. 9
1173	1173	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES , FEDERAL 10
1174	1174	PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED 11
1175	1175	Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal 12
1176	1176	Prison Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its 13
1177	1177	administrative expenses, and for services as authorized by 14
1178	1178	section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, to be com-15
1179	1179	puted on an accrual basis to be determined in accordance 16
1180	1180	with the corporation’s current prescribed accounting sys-17
1181	1181	tem, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, 18
1182	1182	payment of claims, and expenditures which such account-19
1183	1183	ing system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost 20
1184	1184	of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and 21
1185	1185	shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acqui-22
1186	1186	sition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 23
1187	1187	protection, or disposition of facilities and other property 24
1188	1188	belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest. 25
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1192	1192	STATE ANDLOCALLAWENFORCEMENTACTIVITIES 1
1193	1193	O
1194	1194	FFICE ONVIOLENCEAGAINSTWOMEN 2
1195	1195	VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 3
1196	1196	PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 4
1197	1197	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
1198	1198	For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 6
1199	1199	other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of vio-7
1200	1200	lence against women, as authorized by the Omnibus Crime 8
1201	1201	Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 9
1202	1202	et seq.) (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); title II of the Civil Rights Act 10
1203	1203	of 1968 (commonly known as the ‘‘Indian Civil Rights Act 11
1204	1204	of 1968’’) (Public Law 90–284) (‘‘the Indian Civil Rights 12
1205	1205	Act’’); the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 13
1206	1206	Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) (‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the 14
1207	1207	Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101– 15
1208	1208	647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Prosecutorial Remedies and 16
1209	1209	Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act 17
1210	1210	of 2003 (Public Law 108–21); the Juvenile Justice and 18
1211	1211	Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 11101 et 19
1212	1212	seq.) (‘‘the 1974 Act’’); the Victims of Trafficking and Vi-20
1213	1213	olence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386) 21
1214	1214	(‘‘the 2000 Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public 22
1215	1215	Law 108–405) (‘‘the 2004 Act’’); the Violence Against 23
1216	1216	Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 24
1217	1217	of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the Vio-25
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1221	1221	lence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 1
1222	1222	Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); the Justice for Victims of 2
1223	1223	Trafficking Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–22) (‘‘the 2015 3
1224	1224	Act’’); and the Abolish Human Trafficking Act (Public 4
1225	1225	Law 115–392); the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 5
1226	1226	(Public Law 108–79) (‘‘PREA’’); and the Violence 6
1227	1227	Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division 7
1228	1228	W of Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and for re-8
1229	1229	lated victims services, $700,000,000, to remain available 9
1230	1230	until expended: Provided, That of the amount provided— 10
1231	1231	(1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-11
1232	1232	lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 12
1233	1233	1968 Act, and any authorized, applicable incentive 13
1234	1234	funding amounts with respect to such grants; 14
1235	1235	(2) $46,000,000 is for transitional housing as-15
1236	1236	sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-16
1237	1237	ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized 17
1238	1238	by section 40299 of the 1994 Act; 18
1239	1239	(3) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to pro-19
1240	1240	vide services to advocate for and respond to youth 20
1241	1241	victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 21
1242	1242	assault, and stalking; assistance to children and 22
1243	1243	youth exposed to such violence; programs to engage 23
1244	1244	men and youth in preventing such violence; and as-24
1245	1245	sistance to middle and high school students through 25
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1249	1249	education and other services related to such violence, 1
1250	1250	of which $3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in 2
1251	1251	preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 3
1252	1252	assault, and stalking: Provided, That 10 percent of 4
1253	1253	the total amount available for this grant program 5
1254	1254	shall be available for grants under the program au-6
1255	1255	thorized by section 2015 of the 1968 Act: Provided 7
1256	1256	further, That the definitions and grant conditions in 8
1257	1257	section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this 9
1258	1258	program; 10
1259	1259	(4) $60,500,000 is for grants to encourage ar-11
1260	1260	rests and otherwise improve the criminal justice re-12
1261	1261	sponse to domestic violence as authorized by part U 13
1262	1262	of title I the 1968 Act, of which $8,000,000 is for 14
1263	1263	an initiative to promote effective policing and pros-15
1264	1264	ecution responses to domestic violence, dating vio-16
1265	1265	lence, sexual assault, and stalking, including evalua-17
1266	1266	tion of the effectiveness of funded interventions 18
1267	1267	(‘‘Policing and Prosecution Initiative’’); and 19
1268	1268	$1,000,000 is for an initiative to enhance prosecu-20
1269	1269	tion and investigation of online abuse and harass-21
1270	1270	ment (‘‘Prosecution and Investigation of Online 22
1271	1271	Abuse Initiative’’): Provided, That subsections (c) 23
1272	1272	and (d) of section 2101 of the 1968 Act shall not 24
1273	1273	apply to the Policing and Prosecution Initiative or 25
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1276	1276	•HR 5893 IH
1277	1277	the Prosecution and Investigation of Online Abuse 1
1278	1278	Initiative; 2
1279	1279	(5) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims 3
1280	1280	assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 4
1281	1281	1994 Act; 5
1282	1282	(6) $15,500,000 is for grants to protect in-6
1283	1283	mates and safeguard communities as authorized by 7
1284	1284	section 6 of PREA: Provided, That such funds may 8
1285	1285	be transferred to ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-9
1286	1286	ment Assistance’’ for administration by the Office of 10
1287	1287	Justice Programs; 11
1288	1288	(7) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services 12
1289	1289	Line to provide remote services to deaf victims of 13
1290	1290	domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 14
1291	1291	and stalking: Provided, That the definitions and 15
1292	1292	grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act 16
1293	1293	shall apply to this service line; 17
1294	1294	(8) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 18
1295	1295	and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 19
1296	1296	authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 20
1297	1297	(9) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent 21
1298	1298	crimes against women on campus, as authorized by 22
1299	1299	section 304 of the 2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 23
1300	1300	is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Uni-24
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1304	1304	versities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Tribal 1
1305	1305	colleges and universities; 2
1306	1306	(10) $50,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-3
1307	1307	tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act; 4
1308	1308	(11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support fami-5
1309	1309	lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 6
1310	1310	1301 of the 2000 Act; 7
1311	1311	(12) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and 8
1312	1312	services to end violence against, and abuse of, 9
1313	1313	women in later life, as authorized by section 40801 10
1314	1314	of the 1994 Act; 11
1315	1315	(13) $12,000,000 is for education and training 12
1316	1316	to end violence against, and abuse of, women with 13
1317	1317	disabilities, as authorized by section 1402 of the 14
1318	1318	2000 Act; 15
1319	1319	(14) $2,500,000 is for research, evaluation, and 16
1320	1320	statistics of violence against women and related 17
1321	1321	issues addressed by grant programs of the Office on 18
1322	1322	Violence Against Women, of which, $1,000,000 is 19
1323	1323	for analysis and research on violence against Indian 20
1324	1324	women, including as authorized by section 904 of 21
1325	1325	the 2005 Act: Provided, That such funds may be 22
1326	1326	transferred to ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement 23
1327	1327	Assistance’’ for administration by the Bureau of 24
1328	1328	Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice; 25
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1331	1331	•HR 5893 IH
1332	1332	(15) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource 1
1333	1333	Center on Workplace Responses to assist victims of 2
1334	1334	domestic violence, as authorized by section 41501 of 3
1335	1335	the 1994 Act; 4
1336	1336	(16) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse 5
1337	1337	that provides training and technical assistance on 6
1338	1338	issues relating to sexual assault of American Indian 7
1339	1339	and Alaska Native women; 8
1340	1340	(17) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist 9
1341	1341	Tribal Governments in exercising special Tribal 10
1342	1342	criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 204 of 11
1343	1343	the Indian Civil Rights Act: Provided, That the 12
1344	1344	grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 1994 Act 13
1345	1345	shall apply to grants made under such programs: 14
1346	1346	Provided further, That $3,000,000 is for an initiative 15
1347	1347	to support cross-designation of Tribal prosecutors as 16
1348	1348	Tribal Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 17
1349	1349	Provided further, That the definitions and grant con-18
1350	1350	ditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 19
1351	1351	to such initiative; 20
1352	1352	(18) $2,500,000 is for the purposes authorized 21
1353	1353	under title IV the 2015 Act (the ‘‘Rape Survivor 22
1354	1354	Child Custody Act’’); 23
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1358	1358	(19) $5,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 1
1359	1359	under section 205 of division W of the 2022 Act (the 2
1360	1360	‘‘Abby Honold Act’’); 3
1361	1361	(20) $5,000,000 is for grants to State and 4
1362	1362	Tribal courts to implement protection order pilot 5
1363	1363	programs; 6
1364	1364	(21) $20,000,000 is for grants to support ac-7
1365	1365	cess to sexual assault nurse examinations, as author-8
1366	1366	ized by section 304 of title III of the 2004 Act: Pro-9
1367	1367	vided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of 10
1368	1368	the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; and for 11
1369	1369	regional sexual assault investigative training acad-12
1370	1370	emies; and 13
1371	1371	(22) $10,000,000 is for local law enforcement 14
1372	1372	grants for prevention, enforcement, and prosecution 15
1373	1373	of cybercrimes against individuals, as authorized by 16
1374	1374	sections 1401 and 1402 of the 2022 Act: Provided, 17
1375	1375	That the grant conditions in section 40002 of the 18
1376	1376	1994 Act shall apply to this program. 19
1377	1377	O
1378	1378	FFICE OFJUSTICEPROGRAMS 20
1379	1379	STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 21
1380	1380	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
1381	1381	For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 23
1382	1382	other assistance authorized by the Violent Crime Control 24
1383	1383	and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322) 25
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1386	1386	•HR 5893 IH
1387	1387	(‘‘the 1994 Act’’); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 1
1388	1388	Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90–351) (‘‘the 1968 2
1389	1389	Act’’); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108– 3
1390	1390	405); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 4
1391	1391	101–647) (‘‘the 1990 Act’’); the Trafficking Victims Pro-5
1392	1392	tection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 6
1393	1393	164) (‘‘the TVPRA of 2005’’); the Violence Against 7
1394	1394	Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act 8
1395	1395	of 2005 (Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the 9
1396	1396	Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 10
1397	1397	(Public Law 109–248) (‘‘the Adam Walsh Act’’); the Vic-11
1398	1398	tims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 12
1399	1399	(Public Law 106–386) (‘‘the Victims of Trafficking Act’’); 13
1400	1400	the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public 14
1401	1401	Law 110–180); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland Se-15
1402	1402	curity Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296) (‘‘the 2002 16
1403	1403	Act’’); the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 17
1404	1404	199); the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for In-18
1405	1405	tellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403); 19
1406	1406	the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98–473); 20
1407	1407	the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 21
1408	1408	Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 22
1409	1409	Law 110–416); the Violence Against Women Reauthoriza-23
1410	1410	tion Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–4) (‘‘the 2013 Act’’); 24
1411	1411	the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 25
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1414	1414	•HR 5893 IH
1415	1415	(Public Law 114–198) (‘‘CARA’’); the Justice for All Re-1
1416	1416	authorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–324); Kevin 2
1417	1417	and Avonte’s Law (division Q of Public Law 115–141) 3
1418	1418	(‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law’’); the STOP School Violence 4
1419	1419	Act of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115–141) 5
1420	1420	(‘‘the STOP School Violence Act’’); the Fix NICS Act of 6
1421	1421	2018 (title VI of division S of Public Law 115–141); the 7
1422	1422	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 8
1423	1423	Law 115–271); the Second Chance Reauthorization Act 9
1424	1424	of 2018 (Public Law 115–391); the Matthew Shepard and 10
1425	1425	James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 11
1426	1426	111–84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 12
1427	1427	401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act 13
1428	1428	of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); the Violence Against 14
1429	1429	Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 15
1430	1430	Public Law 117–103) (‘‘the 2022 Act’’); and other pro-16
1431	1431	grams, $2,477,910,000, to remain available until ex-17
1432	1432	pended, of which— 18
1433	1433	(1) $35,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics 19
1434	1434	programs, as authorized by part C of title I of the 20
1435	1435	1968 Act; 21
1436	1436	(2) $25,000,000 is for research, development, 22
1437	1437	and evaluation programs, of which $8,000,000 is for 23
1438	1438	Research and Development in Forensic Science for 24
1439	1439	Criminal Justice Purposes grants; 25
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1442	1442	•HR 5893 IH
1443	1443	(3) $670,510,000 is for the Edward Byrne Me-1
1444	1444	morial Justice Assistance Grant program as author-2
1445	1445	ized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the 1968 3
1446	1446	Act (except that section 1001(c), and the special 4
1447	1447	rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of title 5
1448	1448	I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of 6
1449	1449	this Act), including grants authorized by section 7
1450	1450	502(b)(1), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 8
1451	1451	1— 9
1452	1452	(A) $30,000,000 is for the Patrick Leahy 10
1453	1453	Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, 11
1454	1454	as authorized by section 2501 of title I of the 12
1455	1455	1968 Act: Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 13
1456	1456	transferred directly to the National Institute of 14
1457	1457	Standards and Technology’s Office of Law En-15
1458	1458	forcement Standards for research, testing, and 16
1459	1459	evaluation programs; 17
1460	1460	(B) $20,000,000 is for a competitive 18
1461	1461	matching grant program for purchases of body- 19
1462	1462	worn cameras for State, local, and Tribal law 20
1463	1463	enforcement; and 21
1464	1464	(C) $214,463,000 is for Byrne Justice 22
1465	1465	projects to assist State, local, and Tribal law 23
1466	1466	enforcement efforts to enforce laws, address vio-24
1467	1467	lent crime, increase prosecutions, improve the 25
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1470	1470	•HR 5893 IH
1471	1471	criminal justice system (including the correc-1
1472	1472	tional system), provide victims’ services, and 2
1473	1473	other related activities, which shall be for the 3
1474	1474	purposes, and in the amounts, specified for 4
1475	1475	‘‘DOJ-OJP Byrne’’ in the table entitled, ‘‘Com-5
1476	1476	munity Project Funding’’, in the report accom-6
1477	1477	panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts 7
1478	1478	may not be transferred for any other purpose; 8
1479	1479	(4) $234,000,000 is for the State Criminal 9
1480	1480	Alien Assistance Program, as authorized by section 10
1481	1481	241(I)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 11
1482	1482	U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)); 12
1483	1483	(5) $95,000,000 is for victim services programs 13
1484	1484	for victims of trafficking, as authorized by section 14
1485	1485	107(b)(2) of the Victims of Trafficking Act, by the 15
1486	1486	TVPRA of 2005, or programs authorized under 16
1487	1487	Public Law 113–4, of which, $4,000,000 is for 17
1488	1488	grants to prevent the trafficking of girls; 18
1489	1489	(6) $95,000,000 is for grants to States to up-19
1490	1490	grade criminal and mental health records for the 20
1491	1491	National Instant Criminal Background Check Sys-21
1492	1492	tem, of which no less than $25,500,000 shall be for 22
1493	1493	grants made under the authorities of the NICS Im-23
1494	1494	provement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 24
1495	1495	110–180) and Fix NICS Act of 2018; 25
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1498	1498	•HR 5893 IH
1499	1499	(7) $195,000,000 is for DNA-related and foren-1
1500	1500	sic programs and activities, of which— 2
1501	1501	(A) $130,000,000 is for the purposes au-3
1502	1502	thorized under section 2 of the DNA Analysis 4
1503	1503	Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (Public Law 5
1504	1504	106–546) (the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog 6
1505	1505	Grant Program): Provided, That up to 4 per-7
1506	1506	cent of funds made available under this para-8
1507	1507	graph may be used for the purposes described 9
1508	1508	in the DNA Training and Education for Law 10
1509	1509	Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, and 11
1510	1510	Court Officers program (Public Law 108–405, 12
1511	1511	section 303); and 13
1512	1512	(B) $55,000,000 is for community-based 14
1513	1513	grant programs to improve the response to sex-15
1514	1514	ual assault and assistance for investigation and 16
1515	1515	prosecution of related cold cases; 17
1516	1516	(8) $20,000,000 is for grants for wrongful con-18
1517	1517	viction review and for the purposes described in the 19
1518	1518	Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing 20
1519	1519	Grant Program (Public Law 108–405, section 412); 21
1520	1520	(9) $35,000,000 is for Paul Coverdell Forensic 22
1521	1521	Sciences Improvement Grants under part BB of title 23
1522	1522	I of the 1968 Act; of which $2,500,000 is for grants 24
1523	1523	to strengthen the medical examiner-coroner system; 25
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1526	1526	•HR 5893 IH
1527	1527	(10) $80,000,000 is for assistance to Indian 1
1528	1528	Tribes, of which— 2
1529	1529	(A) $31,500,000 is for improving Tribal 3
1530	1530	law enforcement, including hiring, equipment, 4
1531	1531	training; 5
1532	1532	(B) $14,000,000 is for a Tribal Youth 6
1533	1533	Program; and 7
1534	1534	(C) $3,000,000 is to support the Tribal 8
1535	1535	Access Program; 9
1536	1536	(11) $115,000,000 is for offender reentry pro-10
1537	1537	grams and research, as authorized by the Second 11
1538	1538	Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–199) and by 12
1539	1539	the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 13
1540	1540	(Public Law 115–391), without regard to the time 14
1541	1541	limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of 15
1542	1542	which— 16
1543	1543	(A) $19,000,000 is for the justice reinvest-17
1544	1544	ment initiative, as implemented in fiscal year 18
1545	1545	2014, for activities related to criminal justice 19
1546	1546	reform and recidivism reduction: Provided, That 20
1547	1547	no funds are used to support initiatives that 21
1548	1548	promote the closing and repurposing of youth 22
1549	1549	detention facilities; 23
1550	1550	(B) $10,000,000 is for a grant program 24
1551	1551	for crisis stabilization and community reentry, 25
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1555	1555	as authorized by the Crisis Stabilization and 1
1556	1556	Community Reentry Act of 2020 (Public Law 2
1557	1557	116–281); and 3
1558	1558	(C) $5,000,000 is for grants to enhance 4
1559	1559	and maintain parental and family relationships 5
1560	1560	for incarcerated parents as a reentry or recidi-6
1561	1561	vism reduction strategy; 7
1562	1562	(12) $445,000,000 is for comprehensive opioid 8
1563	1563	use reduction activities, including as authorized by 9
1564	1564	CARA, and for the following programs, which shall 10
1565	1565	address opioid, stimulant, and substance use dis-11
1566	1566	orders consistent with underlying program authori-12
1567	1567	ties, of which— 13
1568	1568	(A) $95,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as 14
1569	1569	authorized by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I 15
1570	1570	of the 1968 Act; 16
1571	1571	(B) $45,000,000 is for mental health 17
1572	1572	courts and adult and juvenile collaboration pro-18
1573	1573	gram grants, as authorized by parts V and HH 19
1574	1574	of title I of the 1968 Act, and the Mentally Ill 20
1575	1575	Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Re-21
1576	1576	authorization and Improvement Act of 2008 22
1577	1577	(Public Law 110–416); 23
1578	1578	(C) $45,000,000 is for grants for Residen-24
1579	1579	tial Substance Abuse Treatment for State Pris-25
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1582	1582	•HR 5893 IH
1583	1583	oners, as authorized by part S of title I of the 1
1584	1584	1968 Act; 2
1585	1585	(D) $35,000,000 is for a veterans treat-3
1586	1586	ment courts program; 4
1587	1587	(E) $35,000,000 is for a program to mon-5
1588	1588	itor prescription drugs and scheduled listed 6
1589	1589	chemical products; and 7
1590	1590	(F) $190,000,000 is for a comprehensive 8
1591	1591	opioid, stimulant, and substance use disorder 9
1592	1592	program, of which— 10
1593	1593	(i) $20,000,000 is for grants for local 11
1594	1594	and regional efforts to prevent substance 12
1595	1595	use and misuse: Provided, That priority is 13
1596	1596	given to non-profit organizations imple-14
1597	1597	menting comprehensive approaches to com-15
1598	1598	batting substance abuse, including inves-16
1599	1599	tigations, treatment, and education; 17
1600	1600	(ii) $17,000,000 is for forensic sup-18
1601	1601	port for opioid and synthetic drug inves-19
1602	1602	tigations; and 20
1603	1603	(iii) $12,500,000 is for an initiative 21
1604	1604	relating to youth affected by opioids, stim-22
1605	1605	ulants, and substance use disorder; 23
1606	1606	(13) $82,000,000 is for grants to be adminis-24
1607	1607	tered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance for pur-25
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1611	1611	poses authorized under the STOP School Violence 1
1612	1612	Act; 2
1613	1613	(14) $3,000,000 is for grants to State and local 3
1614	1614	law enforcement agencies for the expenses associated 4
1615	1615	with the investigation and prosecution of criminal of-5
1616	1616	fenses involving civil rights, as authorized by the 6
1617	1617	Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reau-7
1618	1618	thorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–325); 8
1619	1619	(15) $55,000,000 is for formula grants author-9
1620	1620	ized by section 221 of the 1974 Act; 10
1621	1621	(16) $107,000,000 is for youth mentoring 11
1622	1622	grants; 12
1623	1623	(17) $41,000,000 is for programs authorized by 13
1624	1624	the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990, of which 14
1625	1625	$4,000,000 is for grants to improve the judicial sys-15
1626	1626	tem’s handling of child abuse and neglect cases, as 16
1627	1627	authorized by section 222 of the 1990 Act; 17
1628	1628	(18) $15,000,000 is for the court-appointed 18
1629	1629	special advocate program, as authorized by section 19
1630	1630	217 of the 1990 Act; 20
1631	1631	(19) $130,400,000 is for missing and exploited 21
1632	1632	Americans programs, of which— 22
1633	1633	(A) $42,000,000 is for missing and ex-23
1634	1634	ploited children activities, as authorized by sec-24
1635	1635	tions 404(b) and 405(a) of the 1974 Act (ex-25
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1639	1639	cept that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the PRO-1
1640	1640	TECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 2
1641	1641	110–401) shall not apply for purposes of this 3
1642	1642	Act); 4
1643	1643	(B) $52,000,000 is for Internet crimes 5
1644	1644	against children task forces, as authorized by 6
1645	1645	the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008; 7
1646	1646	(C) $18,000,000 is for sex offender man-8
1647	1647	agement assistance, as authorized by the Adam 9
1648	1648	Walsh Act, and related activities, of which 10
1649	1649	$1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Pub-11
1650	1650	lic Website; 12
1651	1651	(D) $6,000,000 is for the operation, main-13
1652	1652	tenance, and expansion of the National Missing 14
1653	1653	and Unidentified Persons System; 15
1654	1654	(E) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized 16
1655	1655	under the Missing Persons and Unidentified 17
1656	1656	Remains Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–277); 18
1657	1657	(F) $2,000,000 is for the Missing Ameri-19
1658	1658	cans Alert Program (title XXIV of the 1994 20
1659	1659	Act), as amended by Kevin and Avonte’s Law; 21
1660	1660	and 22
1661	1661	(G) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the 23
1662	1662	Ashanti Alert Communications Network as au-24
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1665	1665	•HR 5893 IH
1666	1666	thorized under the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 1
1667	1667	(Public Law 115–401). 2
1668	1668	Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of 3
1669	1669	the funds made available under this heading to increase 4
1670	1670	the number of law enforcement officers, the unit of local 5
1671	1671	government will achieve a net gain in the number of law 6
1672	1672	enforcement officers who perform non-administrative pub-7
1673	1673	lic sector safety service: Provided further, That in the 8
1674	1674	spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this 9
1675	1675	Act, the Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and 10
1676	1676	explicitly identify all changes in the administration of com-11
1677	1677	petitive grant programs for fiscal year 2024, including 12
1678	1678	changes to applicant eligibility, priority areas or 13
1679	1679	weightings, and the application review process. 14
1680	1680	15
1681	1681	PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS 16
1682	1682	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17
1683	1683	For payments and expenses authorized under section 18
1684	1684	1001(a)(4) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 19
1685	1685	Safe Streets Act of 1968, such sums as are necessary (in-20
1686	1686	cluding amounts for administrative costs), to remain avail-21
1687	1687	able until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments au-22
1688	1688	thorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for edu-23
1689	1689	cational assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, 24
1690	1690	to remain available until expended: Provided, That not-25
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1694	1694	withstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determina-1
1695	1695	tion by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 2
1696	1696	require additional funding for such disability and edu-3
1697	1697	cation payments, the Attorney General may transfer such 4
1698	1698	amounts to ‘‘Public Safety Officer Benefits’’ from avail-5
1699	1699	able appropriations for the Department of Justice as may 6
1700	1700	be necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided 7
1701	1701	further, That any transfer pursuant to the preceding pro-8
1702	1702	viso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 9
1703	1703	505 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation 10
1704	1704	or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 11
1705	1705	set forth in that section. 12
1706	1706	C
1707	1707	OMMUNITYORIENTEDPOLICINGSERVICES 13
1708	1708	COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 14
1709	1709	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
1710	1710	For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Con-16
1711	1711	trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103– 17
1712	1712	322); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 18
1713	1713	of 1968 (‘‘the 1968 Act’’); the Violence Against Women 19
1714	1714	and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 20
1715	1715	(Public Law 109–162) (‘‘the 2005 Act’’); the American 21
1716	1716	Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 22
1717	1717	37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 23
1718	1718	Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–113) (‘‘the LEMHW Act’’); 24
1719	1719	the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public 25
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1722	1722	•HR 5893 IH
1723	1723	Law 115–271); the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant 1
1724	1724	Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 2
1725	1725	185); and the Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis 3
1726	1726	Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–32) (‘‘the STOIC Act’’), 4
1727	1727	$670,606,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-5
1728	1728	vided, That any balances made available through prior 6
1729	1729	year deobligations shall only be available in accordance 7
1730	1730	with section 505 of this Act: Provided further, That of the 8
1731	1731	amount provided under this heading— 9
1732	1732	(1) $330,950,000 is for grants under section 10
1733	1733	1701 of title I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) 11
1734	1734	for the hiring and rehiring of additional career law 12
1735	1735	enforcement officers under part Q of such title not-13
1736	1736	withstanding subsection (i) of such section: Provided, 14
1737	1737	That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 15
1738	1738	(34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring 16
1739	1739	a career law enforcement officer may not exceed 17
1740	1740	$125,000 unless the Director of the Office of Com-18
1741	1741	munity Oriented Policing Services grants a waiver 19
1742	1742	from this limitation: Provided further, That of the 20
1743	1743	amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 21
1744	1744	$100,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement ac-22
1745	1745	tivities associated with the presidential nominating 23
1746	1746	conventions; 24
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1750	1750	(2) $50,000,000 is for regional information 1
1751	1751	sharing activities, as authorized by part M of title I 2
1752	1752	of the 1968 Act, which may be transferred to and 3
1753	1753	merged with ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement As-4
1754	1754	sistance’’ for administration by the Office of Justice 5
1755	1755	Programs; 6
1756	1756	(3) $10,000,000 is for training, peer mentoring, 7
1757	1757	mental health program activities, and other support 8
1758	1758	services as authorized under the LEMHW Act and 9
1759	1759	part W of title I of the 1968 Act; 10
1760	1760	(4) $20,000,000 is for a grant program for 11
1761	1761	State and local law enforcement to provide officer 12
1762	1762	training on responding to individuals with mental ill-13
1763	1763	ness or disabilities and for co-responder teams and 14
1764	1764	an Officer Robert Wilson III memorial initiative on 15
1765	1765	Preventing Violence Against Law Enforcement and 16
1766	1766	Ensuring Officer Resilience and Survivability 17
1767	1767	(VALOR); 18
1768	1768	(5) $12,890,000 is for activities authorized by 19
1769	1769	the POLICE Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–199); 20
1770	1770	(6) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 21
1771	1771	administered by the Community Oriented Policing 22
1772	1772	Services Office for purposes authorized under the 23
1773	1773	STOP School Violence Act (title V of division S of 24
1774	1774	Public Law 115–141); 25
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1778	1778	(7) $20,000,000 is for grants authorized under 1
1779	1779	the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization 2
1780	1780	Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–185), which may be 3
1781	1781	transferred to and merged with ‘‘State and Local 4
1782	1782	Law Enforcement Assistance’’ for administration by 5
1783	1783	the Office of Justice Programs, of which, 6
1784	1784	$8,000,000 is for a rural violent crime initiative, in-7
1785	1785	cluding assistance for law enforcement; and 8
1786	1786	(8) $173,766,000 is for a law enforcement tech-9
1787	1787	nologies and equipment grant program, which shall 10
1788	1788	be used for the projects, and in the amounts, speci-11
1789	1789	fied for ‘‘DOJ-COPS Tech’’ in the table entitled, 12
1790	1790	‘‘Community Project Funding’’, in the report accom-13
1791	1791	panying this Act: Provided, That such amounts may 14
1792	1792	not be transferred for any other purpose: Provided 15
1793	1793	further, That grants funded by such amounts shall 16
1794	1794	not be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 1968 17
1795	1795	Act (34 U.S.C. 10383). 18
1796	1796	G
1797	1797	ENERALPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE 19
1798	1798	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
1799	1799	S
1800	1800	EC. 201. In addition to amounts otherwise made 21
1801	1801	available in this title for official reception and representa-22
1802	1802	tion expenses, a total of not to exceed $50,000 from funds 23
1803	1803	appropriated to the Department of Justice in this title 24
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1807	1807	shall be available to the Attorney General for official re-1
1808	1808	ception and representation expenses. 2
1809	1809	S
1810	1810	EC. 202. None of the funds appropriated by this 3
1811	1811	title shall be available to pay for an abortion, except where 4
1812	1812	the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 5
1813	1813	were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest: Pro-6
1814	1814	vided, That should this prohibition be declared unconstitu-7
1815	1815	tional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 8
1816	1816	shall be null and void. 9
1817	1817	S
1818	1818	EC. 203. None of the funds appropriated under this 10
1819	1819	title shall be used to require any person to perform, or 11
1820	1820	facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 12
1821	1821	S
1822	1822	EC. 204. Nothing in the preceding section shall re-13
1823	1823	move the obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Pris-14
1824	1824	ons to provide escort services necessary for a female in-15
1825	1825	mate to receive such service outside the Federal facility: 16
1826	1826	Provided, That nothing in this section in any way dimin-17
1827	1827	ishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the phil-18
1828	1828	osophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of 19
1829	1829	Prisons. 20
1830	1830	S
1831	1831	EC. 205. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-21
1832	1832	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the De-22
1833	1833	partment of Justice in this Act may be transferred be-23
1834	1834	tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation, ex-24
1835	1835	cept as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased 25
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1839	1839	by more than 10 percent by any such transfers: Provided, 1
1840	1840	That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated 2
1841	1841	as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 3
1842	1842	Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-4
1843	1843	pliance with the procedures set forth in that section: Pro-5
1844	1844	vided further, That this section shall not apply to the fol-6
1845	1845	lowing— 7
1846	1846	(1) paragraph (23) under the heading ‘‘State 8
1847	1847	and Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; and 9
1848	1848	(2) paragraph (4) under the heading ‘‘Commu-10
1849	1849	nity Oriented Policing Services Programs’’. 11
1850	1850	S
1851	1851	EC. 206. None of the funds made available under 12
1852	1852	this title may be used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons 13
1853	1853	or the United States Marshals Service for the purpose of 14
1854	1854	transporting an individual who is a prisoner pursuant to 15
1855	1855	conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 16
1856	1856	classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other 17
1857	1857	than to a prison or other facility certified by the Federal 18
1858	1858	Bureau of Prisons as appropriately secure for housing 19
1859	1859	such a prisoner. 20
1860	1860	S
1861	1861	EC. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 21
1862	1862	Act may be used by Federal prisons to purchase cable tele-22
1863	1863	vision services, or to rent or purchase audiovisual or elec-23
1864	1864	tronic media or equipment used primarily for recreational 24
1865	1865	purposes. 25
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1869	1869	(b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, main-1
1870	1870	tenance, or purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or 2
1871	1871	equipment for inmate training, religious, or educational 3
1872	1872	programs. 4
1873	1873	S
1874	1874	EC. 208. None of the funds made available under 5
1875	1875	this title shall be obligated or expended for any new or 6
1876	1876	enhanced information technology program having total es-7
1877	1877	timated development costs in excess of $100,000,000, un-8
1878	1878	less the Deputy Attorney General and the investment re-9
1879	1879	view board certify to the Committees on Appropriations 10
1880	1880	of the House of Representatives and the Senate that the 11
1881	1881	information technology program has appropriate program 12
1882	1882	management controls and contractor oversight mecha-13
1883	1883	nisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 14
1884	1884	the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice. 15
1885	1885	S
1886	1886	EC. 209. The notification thresholds and procedures 16
1887	1887	set forth in section 505 of this Act shall apply to devi-17
1888	1888	ations from the amounts designated for specific activities 18
1889	1889	in this Act and in the report accompanying this Act, and 19
1890	1890	to any use of deobligated balances of funds provided under 20
1891	1891	this title in previous years. 21
1892	1892	S
1893	1893	EC. 210. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 22
1894	1894	may be used to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, 23
1895	1895	or approve a public-private competition under the Office 24
1896	1896	of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any suc-25
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1900	1900	cessor administrative regulation, directive, or policy for 1
1901	1901	work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons 2
1902	1902	or of Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated. 3
1903	1903	S
1904	1904	EC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
1905	1905	law, no funds shall be available for the salary, benefits, 5
1906	1906	or expenses of any United States Attorney assigned dual 6
1907	1907	or additional responsibilities by the Attorney General or 7
1908	1908	his designee that exempt that United States Attorney 8
1909	1909	from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 9
1910	1910	United States Code. 10
1911	1911	S
1912	1912	EC. 212. (a) Subject to subsection (b), with respect 11
1913	1913	to funds made available under this title for grant or reim-12
1914	1914	bursement programs under the headings ‘‘Office on Vio-13
1915	1915	lence Against Women’’, ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-14
1916	1916	ment Assistance’’, and ‘‘Community Oriented Policing 15
1917	1917	Services’’— 16
1918	1918	(1) up to 1 percent of funds may be transferred 17
1919	1919	to and merged with funds provided to the National 18
1920	1920	Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Sta-19
1921	1921	tistics, to be used for program evaluation purposes; 20
1922	1922	and 21
1923	1923	(2) not less than 0.4 percent of funds shall be 22
1924	1924	transferred to the Office of Inspector General and 23
1925	1925	remain available until expended for oversight and 24
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1929	1929	auditing purposes associated with programs adminis-1
1930	1930	tered under such accounts. 2
1931	1931	(b) This section shall not apply to— 3
1932	1932	(1) paragraph (3)(C) under the heading ‘‘State and 4
1933	1933	Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’; 5
1934	1934	(2) paragraph (8) under the heading ‘‘Community 6
1935	1935	Oriented Policing Services’’; or 7
1936	1936	(3) any program for which funds are otherwise avail-8
1937	1937	able, or authorized to be made available, by law for the 9
1938	1938	purposes designated in subsection (a). 10
1939	1939	S
1940	1940	EC. 213. Upon request by a grantee for whom the 11
1941	1941	Attorney General has determined there is a fiscal hard-12
1942	1942	ship, the Attorney General may, with respect to funds ap-13
1943	1943	propriated in this or any other Act making appropriations 14
1944	1944	for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 for the following pro-15
1945	1945	grams, waive the following requirements: 16
1946	1946	(1) For the adult and juvenile offender State 17
1947	1947	and local reentry demonstration projects under part 18
1948	1948	FF of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 19
1949	1949	Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10631 et seq.), 20
1950	1950	the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of such 21
1951	1951	part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)). 22
1952	1952	(2) For grants to protect inmates and safe-23
1953	1953	guard communities as authorized by section 6 of the 24
1954	1954	Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 25
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1958	1958	30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 6(c)(3) of 1
1959	1959	such Act. 2
1960	1960	S
1961	1961	EC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3
1962	1962	law, section 20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent 4
1963	1963	Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 5
1964	1964	U.S.C. 12109(a)) and section 506(b)(1) of the Omnibus 6
1965	1965	Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 7
1966	1966	10157) shall not apply to amounts made available by this 8
1967	1967	or any other Act. 9
1968	1968	S
1969	1969	EC. 215. None of the funds made available under 10
1970	1970	this Act, other than for the national instant criminal back-11
1971	1971	ground check system established under section 103 of the 12
1972	1972	Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (34 U.S.C. 13
1973	1973	40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 14
1974	1974	to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an indi-15
1975	1975	vidual if the Federal law enforcement officer knows or sus-16
1976	1976	pects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel, un-17
1977	1977	less law enforcement personnel of the United States con-18
1978	1978	tinuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. 19
1979	1979	S
1980	1980	EC. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the De-20
1981	1981	partment of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to 21
1982	1982	title I of Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 22
1983	1983	527 note) shall be available for obligation during fiscal 23
1984	1984	year 2024, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 24
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1988	1988	implementation of a unified Department of Justice finan-1
1989	1989	cial management system. 2
1990	1990	(b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated bal-3
1991	1991	ances transferred to the capital account of the Department 4
1992	1992	of Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of 5
1993	1993	Public Law 102–140 (105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) 6
1994	1994	shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 2024, and 7
1995	1995	any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 8
1996	1996	shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under sec-9
1997	1997	tion 505 of this Act. 10
1998	1998	(c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobli-11
1999	1999	gated balances available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of 12
2000	2000	title 28, United States Code, shall be available for obliga-13
2001	2001	tion during fiscal year 2024, and any use, obligation, 14
2002	2002	transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 15
2003	2003	reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act. 16
2004	2004	S
2005	2005	EC. 217. The Attorney General shall submit to the 17
2006	2006	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-18
2007	2007	atives and the Senate quarterly reports on the Crime Vic-19
2008	2008	tims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three Percent 20
2009	2009	Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly re-21
2010	2010	ports shall contain at least the same level of information 22
2011	2011	and detail for each Fund as was provided to the Commit-23
2012	2012	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 24
2013	2013	and the Senate in fiscal year 2022. 25
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2017	2017	SEC. 218. None of the funds made available under 1
2018	2018	this Act may be used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise 2
2019	2019	support, live tissue training, unless the Attorney General 3
2020	2020	issues a written, non-delegable determination that such 4
2021	2021	training is medically necessary and cannot be replicated 5
2022	2022	by alternatives. 6
2023	2023	S
2024	2024	EC. 219. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 7
2025	2025	of law, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 8
2026	2026	of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue— 9
2027	2027	(1) an Environmental Impact Statement and 10
2028	2028	Record of Decision for the proposed Federal Bureau 11
2029	2029	of Prisons facilities in Letcher County, Kentucky, 12
2030	2030	substantially in the form of the Record of Decision 13
2031	2031	issued by the Federal Bureau of Prisons on April 14
2032	2032	12, 2018; and 15
2033	2033	(2) all studies, statements, and other authoriza-16
2034	2034	tions that are necessary for the construction, oper-17
2035	2035	ation, and maintenance of the proposed Federal Bu-18
2036	2036	reau of Prisons facilities in Letcher County, Ken-19
2037	2037	tucky, substantially in the form approved in the 20
2038	2038	Record of Decision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons 21
2039	2039	dated April 12, 2018. 22
2040	2040	(b) The actions of the Attorney General and Director 23
2041	2041	of the Federal Bureau of Prisons that are necessary for 24
2042	2042	the construction and operation of the proposed Federal 25
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2046	2046	Bureau of Prisons facility in Letcher County, Kentucky 1
2047	2047	shall not be subject to judicial review. 2
2048	2048	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Justice 3
2049	2049	Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 4
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2053	2053	TITLE III 1
2054	2054	SCIENCE 2
2055	2055	O
2056	2056	FFICE OFSCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGYPOLICY 3
2057	2057	For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and 4
2058	2058	Technology Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the Na-5
2059	2059	tional Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and 6
2060	2060	Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), hire of 7
2061	2061	passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by 8
2062	2062	section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and rental 9
2063	2063	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 10
2064	2064	$5,544,000. 11
2065	2065	N
2066	2066	ATIONALSPACECOUNCIL 12
2067	2067	For necessary expenses of the National Space Coun-13
2068	2068	cil, in carrying out the purposes of title V of Public Law 14
2069	2069	100–685 and Executive Order No. 13803, hire of pas-15
2070	2070	senger motor vehicles, and services as authorized by sec-16
2071	2071	tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed 17
2072	2072	$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 18
2073	2073	$1,865,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 19
2074	2074	provision of law, the National Space Council may accept 20
2075	2075	personnel support from Federal agencies, departments, 21
2076	2076	and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 22
2077	2077	offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the Na-23
2078	2078	tional Space Council for purposes provided herein. 24
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2082	2082	NATIONALAERONAUTICS ANDSPACEADMINISTRATION 1
2083	2083	SCIENCE 2
2084	2084	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 3
2085	2085	in the conduct and support of science research and devel-4
2086	2086	opment activities, including research, development, oper-5
2087	2087	ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-6
2088	2088	cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 7
2089	2089	and communications activities; program management; per-8
2090	2090	sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 9
2091	2091	therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 10
2092	2092	5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 11
2093	2093	of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 12
2094	2094	maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 13
2095	2095	aircraft, $7,380,000,000, to remain available until Sep-14
2096	2096	tember 30, 2025. 15
2097	2097	AERONAUTICS 16
2098	2098	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 17
2099	2099	in the conduct and support of aeronautics research and 18
2100	2100	development activities, including research, development, 19
2101	2101	operations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, 20
2102	2102	facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft con-21
2103	2103	trol, and communications activities; program manage-22
2104	2104	ment; personnel and related costs, including uniforms or 23
2105	2105	allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 24
2106	2106	5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; pur-25
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2110	2110	chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, 1
2111	2111	lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 2
2112	2112	administrative aircraft, $945,800,000, to remain available 3
2113	2113	until September 30, 2025. 4
2114	2114	SPACE TECHNOLOGY 5
2115	2115	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 6
2116	2116	in the conduct and support of space technology research 7
2117	2117	and development activities, including research, develop-8
2118	2118	ment, operations, support, and services; maintenance and 9
2119	2119	repair, facility planning and design; space flight, space-10
2120	2120	craft control, and communications activities; program 11
2121	2121	management; personnel and related costs, including uni-12
2122	2122	forms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 13
2123	2123	5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel ex-14
2124	2124	penses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 15
2125	2125	purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of 16
2126	2126	mission and administrative aircraft, $1,205,000,000, to 17
2127	2127	remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 18
2128	2128	That $227,000,000 shall be for On-orbit Servicing, As-19
2129	2129	sembly, and Manufacturing 1: Provided further, That 20
2130	2130	$110,000,000 shall be for the development, production, 21
2131	2131	and demonstration of a nuclear thermal propulsion sys-22
2132	2132	tem, of which not less than $45,000,000 shall be for reac-23
2133	2133	tor development, not less than $45,000,000 shall be for 24
2134	2134	fuel materials development, and not less than $20,000,000 25
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2138	2138	shall be for non-nuclear systems development and acquisi-1
2139	2139	tion planning: Provided further, That, not later than 180 2
2140	2140	days after the enactment of this Act, the National Aero-3
2141	2141	nautics and Space Administration shall provide a plan for 4
2142	2142	the design of a flight demonstration. 5
2143	2143	EXPLORATION 6
2144	2144	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 7
2145	2145	in the conduct and support of Artemis Campaign Develop-8
2146	2146	ment activities, including research, development, oper-9
2147	2147	ations, support, and services; maintenance and repair, fa-10
2148	2148	cility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft control, 11
2149	2149	and communications activities; program management; per-12
2150	2150	sonnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances 13
2151	2151	therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 14
2152	2152	5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase and hire 15
2153	2153	of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 16
2154	2154	maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 17
2155	2155	aircraft, $7,971,091,000, to remain available until Sep-18
2156	2156	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That not less than 19
2157	2157	$1,225,000,000 shall be for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew 20
2158	2158	Vehicle: Provided further, That not less than 21
2159	2159	$2,506,100,000 shall be for the Space Launch System 22
2160	2160	(SLS) launch vehicle, which shall have a lift capability not 23
2161	2161	less than 130 metric tons and which shall have core ele-24
2162	2162	ments and an Exploration Upper Stage developed simulta-25
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2166	2166	neously to be used to the maximum extent practicable, in-1
2167	2167	cluding for Earth to Moon missions and Moon landings: 2
2168	2168	Provided further, That of the amounts provided for SLS, 3
2169	2169	not less than $600,000,000 shall be for SLS Block 1B 4
2170	2170	development including the Exploration Upper Stage and 5
2171	2171	associated systems including related facilitization, to sup-6
2172	2172	port an SLS Block 1B mission available to launch in 2025 7
2173	2173	in addition to the planned Block 1 missions for Artemis 8
2174	2174	I through Artemis III: Provided further, That 9
2175	2175	$794,200,000 shall be for Exploration Ground Systems 10
2176	2176	and associated Block 1B activities, including up to 11
2177	2177	$501,800,000 for a second mobile launch platform: Pro-12
2178	2178	vided further, That the National Aeronautics and Space 13
2179	2179	Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appro-14
2180	2180	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 15
2181	2181	concurrent with the annual budget submission, a 5-year 16
2182	2182	budget profile for an integrated system that includes the 17
2183	2183	SLS, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, and associ-18
2184	2184	ated ground systems that will ensure a crewed launch as 19
2185	2185	early as possible, as well as a system-based funding profile 20
2186	2186	for a sustained launch cadence that contemplates the use 21
2187	2187	of an SLS Block 1B cargo variant with an 8.4 meter fair-22
2188	2188	ing and associated ground systems: Provided further, That 23
2189	2189	$3,234,900,000 shall be for Artemis Campaign Develop-24
2190	2190	ment. 25
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2194	2194	SPACE OPERATIONS 1
2195	2195	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 2
2196	2196	in the conduct and support of space operations research 3
2197	2197	and development activities, including research, develop-4
2198	2198	ment, operations, support and services; space flight, space-5
2199	2199	craft control, and communications activities, including op-6
2200	2200	erations, production, and services; maintenance and re-7
2201	2201	pair, facility planning and design; program management; 8
2202	2202	personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allow-9
2203	2203	ances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 10
2204	2204	of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 11
2205	2205	and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 12
2206	2206	charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and ad-13
2207	2207	ministrative aircraft, $4,344,609,000, to remain available 14
2208	2208	until September 30, 2025. 15
2209	2209	SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND 16
2210	2210	MATHEMATICS ENGAGEMENT 17
2211	2211	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 18
2212	2212	in the conduct and support of aerospace and aeronautical 19
2213	2213	education research and development activities, including 20
2214	2214	research, development, operations, support, and services; 21
2215	2215	program management; personnel and related costs, includ-22
2216	2216	ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-23
2217	2217	tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 24
2218	2218	expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 25
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2222	2222	and purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation 1
2223	2223	of mission and administrative aircraft, $89,000,000, to re-2
2224	2224	main available until September 30, 2025, of which 3
2225	2225	$29,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to 4
2226	2226	Stimulate Competitive Research and $60,000,000 shall be 5
2227	2227	for the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Pro-6
2228	2228	gram. 7
2229	2229	SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 8
2230	2230	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 9
2231	2231	in the conduct and support of science, aeronautics, space 10
2232	2232	technology, exploration, space operations and education 11
2233	2233	research and development activities, including research, 12
2234	2234	development, operations, support, and services; mainte-13
2235	2235	nance and repair, facility planning and design; space 14
2236	2236	flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities; 15
2237	2237	program management; personnel and related costs, includ-16
2238	2238	ing uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sec-17
2239	2239	tions 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel 18
2240	2240	expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; 19
2241	2241	not to exceed $63,000 for official reception and represen-20
2242	2242	tation expenses; and purchase, lease, charter, mainte-21
2243	2243	nance, and operation of mission and administrative air-22
2244	2244	craft, $3,135,451,000, to remain available until Sep-23
2245	2245	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That if available balances in 24
2246	2246	the ‘‘Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust 25
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2250	2250	Fund’’ are not sufficient to provide for the grant disburse-1
2251	2251	ments required under the third and fourth provisos under 2
2252	2252	such heading in the Department of Housing and Urban 3
2253	2253	Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 4
2254	2254	1989 (Public Law 100–404) as amended by the Depart-5
2255	2255	ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel-6
2256	2256	opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 7
2257	2257	1995 (Public Law 103–327) up to $1,000,000 shall be 8
2258	2258	available from amounts made available under this heading 9
2259	2259	to make such grant disbursements: Provided further, That 10
2260	2260	of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 11
2261	2261	$36,261,000 shall be used for the projects, and in the 12
2262	2262	amounts, specified for ‘‘NASA-SSMS’’ in the table enti-13
2263	2263	tled, ‘‘Community Project Funding’’, in the report accom-14
2264	2264	panying this Act: Provided further, That the amounts 15
2265	2265	made available for the projects referenced in the preceding 16
2266	2266	proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose. 17
2267	2267	CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND 18
2268	2268	RESTORATION 19
2269	2269	For necessary expenses for construction of facilities 20
2270	2270	including repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modi-21
2271	2271	fication of facilities, construction of new facilities and ad-22
2272	2272	ditions to existing facilities, facility planning and design, 23
2273	2273	and restoration, and acquisition or condemnation of real 24
2274	2274	property, as authorized by law, and environmental compli-25
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2278	2278	ance and restoration, $247,900,000, to remain available 1
2279	2279	until September 30, 2029: Provided, That proceeds from 2
2280	2280	leases deposited into this account shall be available for a 3
2281	2281	period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as provided 4
2282	2282	in annual appropriations Acts: Provided further, That such 5
2283	2283	proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be avail-6
2284	2284	able for obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not 7
2285	2285	to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That each annual 8
2286	2286	budget request shall include an annual estimate of gross 9
2287	2287	receipts and collections and proposed use of all funds col-10
2288	2288	lected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United States 11
2289	2289	Code. 12
2290	2290	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 13
2291	2291	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 14
2292	2292	General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 15
2293	2293	$47,600,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 16
2294	2294	until September 30, 2025. 17
2295	2295	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 18
2296	2296	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19
2297	2297	Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized 20
2298	2298	shall remain available, without fiscal year limitation, until 21
2299	2299	a prize is claimed or the offer is withdrawn. 22
2300	2300	Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 23
2301	2301	available for the current fiscal year for the National Aero-24
2302	2302	nautics and Space Administration in this Act may be 25
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2306	2306	transferred between such appropriations, but no such ap-1
2307	2307	propriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 2
2308	2308	be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-3
2309	2309	fers. Any funds transferred to ‘‘Construction and Environ-4
2310	2310	mental Compliance and Restoration’’ for construction ac-5
2311	2311	tivities shall not increase that account by more than 15 6
2312	2312	percent and any funds transferred to or within ‘‘Explo-7
2313	2313	ration’’ for Exploration Ground Systems shall not increase 8
2314	2314	Exploration Ground Systems by more than $49,300,000. 9
2315	2315	Balances so transferred shall be merged with and available 10
2316	2316	for the same purposes and the same time period as the 11
2317	2317	appropriations to which transferred. Any transfer pursu-12
2318	2318	ant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogramming 13
2319	2319	of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 14
2320	2320	available for obligation except in compliance with the pro-15
2321	2321	cedures set forth in that section. 16
2322	2322	Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation pro-17
2323	2323	vided for the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-18
2324	2324	tion under previous appropriations Acts that remains 19
2325	2325	available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2023 20
2326	2326	may be transferred between such appropriations, but no 21
2327	2327	such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro-22
2328	2328	vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 23
2329	2329	such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision 24
2330	2330	shall retain its original availability and shall be treated 25
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2334	2334	as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 1
2335	2335	Act and shall not be available for obligation except in com-2
2336	2336	pliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 3
2337	2337	The spending plan required by this Act shall be pro-4
2338	2338	vided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administra-5
2339	2339	tion at the theme, program, project, and activity level. The 6
2340	2340	spending plan, as well as any subsequent change of an 7
2341	2341	amount established in that spending plan that meets the 8
2342	2342	notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 9
2343	2343	be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 10
2344	2344	Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 11
2345	2345	except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 12
2346	2346	section. 13
2347	2347	Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever 14
2348	2348	is less, of the amounts made available in the current-year 15
2349	2349	Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restora-16
2350	2350	tion (CECR) appropriation may be applied to CECR 17
2351	2351	projects funded under previous years’ CECR appropria-18
2352	2352	tions. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall 19
2353	2353	be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 20
2354	2354	of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 21
2355	2355	in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 22
2356	2356	Of the amounts made available in this Act under the 23
2357	2357	heading ‘‘Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathe-24
2358	2358	matics Engagement’’ (‘‘STEM Engagement’’), up to 25
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2362	2362	$5,000,000 shall be available to jointly fund, with an addi-1
2363	2363	tional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 2
2364	2364	made available in this Act under the headings ‘‘Science’’, 3
2365	2365	‘‘Aeronautics’’, ‘‘Space Technology’’, ‘‘Exploration’’, and 4
2366	2366	‘‘Space Operations’’, projects and activities for engaging 5
2367	2367	students in STEM and increasing STEM research capac-6
2368	2368	ities of universities, including Minority Serving Institu-7
2369	2369	tions. 8
2370	2370	Not to exceed $18,162,000 made available for the 9
2371	2371	current fiscal year in this Act within ‘‘Safety, Security and 10
2372	2372	Mission Services’’ may be transferred to the Working Cap-11
2373	2373	ital Fund of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-12
2374	2374	tration. Balances so transferred shall be available until ex-13
2375	2375	pended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) 14
2376	2376	of title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, 15
2377	2377	and shall remain available until expended. Any transfer 16
2378	2378	pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a reprogram-17
2379	2379	ming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not 18
2380	2380	be available for obligation except in compliance with the 19
2381	2381	procedures set forth in that section. 20
2382	2382	N
2383	2383	ATIONALSCIENCEFOUNDATION 21
2384	2384	RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 22
2385	2385	For necessary expenses in carrying out the National 23
2386	2386	Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), 24
2387	2387	and Public Law 86–209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services 25
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2391	2391	as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 1
2392	2392	Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and purchase 2
2393	2393	of flight services for research support; acquisition of air-3
2394	2394	craft; and authorized travel; $7,866,646,000, to remain 4
2395	2395	available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 5
2396	2396	$680,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 6
2397	2397	polar research and operations support, and for reimburse-7
2398	2398	ment to other Federal agencies for operational and science 8
2399	2399	support and logistical and other related activities for the 9
2400	2400	United States Antarctic program: Provided, That receipts 10
2401	2401	for scientific support services and materials furnished by 11
2402	2402	the National Research Centers and other National Science 12
2403	2403	Foundation supported research facilities may be credited 13
2404	2404	to this appropriation. 14
2405	2405	MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 15
2406	2406	CONSTRUCTION 16
2407	2407	For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construc-17
2408	2408	tion, commissioning, and upgrading of major research 18
2409	2409	equipment, facilities, and other such capital assets pursu-19
2410	2410	ant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 20
2411	2411	U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized travel, 21
2412	2412	$254,000,000, to remain available until expended. 22
2413	2413	STEM EDUCATION 23
2414	2414	For necessary expenses in carrying out science, math-24
2415	2415	ematics, and engineering education and human resources 25
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2419	2419	programs and activities pursuant to the National Science 1
2420	2420	Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), includ-2
2421	2421	ing services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 3
2422	2422	United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of con-4
2423	2423	ference rooms in the District of Columbia, 5
2424	2424	$1,006,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 6
2425	2425	2025. 7
2426	2426	AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 8
2427	2427	For agency operations and award management nec-9
2428	2428	essary in carrying out the National Science Foundation 10
2429	2429	Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.); services authorized 11
2430	2430	by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of pas-12
2431	2431	senger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances therefor, as 13
2432	2432	authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 14
2433	2433	States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of 15
2434	2434	Columbia; and reimbursement of the Department of 16
2435	2435	Homeland Security for security guard services; 17
2436	2436	$472,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is for 18
2437	2437	official reception and representation expenses: Provided 19
2438	2438	further, That contracts may be entered into under this 20
2439	2439	heading in fiscal year 2024 for maintenance and operation 21
2440	2440	of facilities and for other services to be provided during 22
2441	2441	the next fiscal year. 23
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2445	2445	OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD 1
2446	2446	For necessary expenses (including payment of sala-2
2447	2447	ries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 3
2448	2448	the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, 4
2449	2449	and the employment of experts and consultants under sec-5
2450	2450	tion 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved in car-6
2451	2451	rying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation 7
2452	2452	Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86–209 8
2453	2453	(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), $4,600,000: Provided, That not 9
2454	2454	to exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception 10
2455	2455	and representation expenses. 11
2456	2456	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 12
2457	2457	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 13
2458	2458	General as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 14
2459	2459	1978, $26,810,000, of which $400,000 shall remain avail-15
2460	2460	able until September 30, 2025. 16
2461	2461	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 17
2462	2462	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18
2463	2463	Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 19
2464	2464	available for the current fiscal year for the National 20
2465	2465	Science Foundation in this Act may be transferred be-21
2466	2466	tween such appropriations, but no such appropriation shall 22
2467	2467	be increased by more than 10 percent by any such trans-23
2468	2468	fers. Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be 24
2469	2469	treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 25
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2473	2473	of this Act and shall not be available for obligation except 1
2474	2474	in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 2
2475	2475	The Director of the National Science Foundation 3
2476	2476	(NSF) shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of 4
2477	2477	the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 30 5
2478	2478	days in advance of any planned divestment through trans-6
2479	2479	fer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 7
2480	2480	any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (in-8
2481	2481	cluding land, structures, and equipment) valued greater 9
2482	2482	than $2,500,000. 10
2483	2483	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Science Appropria-11
2484	2484	tions Act, 2024’’. 12
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2488	2488	TITLE IV 1
2489	2489	RELATED AGENCIES 2
2490	2490	C
2491	2491	OMMISSION ONCIVILRIGHTS 3
2492	2492	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
2493	2493	For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil 5
2494	2494	Rights, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, 6
2495	2495	$13,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appro-7
2496	2496	priated in this paragraph may be used to employ any indi-8
2497	2497	viduals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 9
2498	2498	5 of the Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one spe-10
2499	2499	cial assistant for each Commissioner: Provided further, 11
2500	2500	That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph 12
2501	2501	shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 13
2502	2502	75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, 14
2503	2503	who is permitted 125 billable days: Provided further, That 15
2504	2504	the Chair may accept and use any gift or donation to carry 16
2505	2505	out the work of the Commission: Provided further, That 17
2506	2506	none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be 18
2507	2507	used for any activity or expense that is not explicitly au-19
2508	2508	thorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 20
2509	2509	of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a). 21
2510	2510	E
2511	2511	QUALEMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITYCOMMISSION 22
2512	2512	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
2513	2513	For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment 24
2514	2514	Opportunity Commission as authorized by title VII of the 25
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2518	2518	Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Em-1
2519	2519	ployment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the 2
2520	2520	Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of 3
2521	2521	the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 4
2522	2522	1991, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 5
2523	2523	(GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110–233), the ADA Amend-6
2524	2524	ments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–325), and the Lilly 7
2525	2525	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–2), in-8
2526	2526	cluding services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 9
2527	2527	United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles as 10
2528	2528	authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, United States 11
2529	2529	Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 12
2530	2530	$31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement 13
2531	2531	agencies for authorized services to the Commission, 14
2532	2532	$420,000,000: Provided, That the Commission is author-15
2533	2533	ized to make available for official reception and represen-16
2534	2534	tation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds: 17
2535	2535	Provided further, That the Commission may take no action 18
2536	2536	to implement any workforce repositioning, restructuring, 19
2537	2537	or reorganization until such time as the Committees on 20
2538	2538	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 21
2539	2539	Senate have been notified of such proposals, in accordance 22
2540	2540	with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of 23
2541	2541	this Act: Provided further, That the Chair may accept and 24
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2545	2545	use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the Com-1
2546	2546	mission. 2
2547	2547	I
2548	2548	NTERNATIONALTRADECOMMISSION 3
2549	2549	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
2550	2550	For necessary expenses of the International Trade 5
2551	2551	Commission, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 6
2552	2552	and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 7
2553	2553	United States Code, and not to exceed $2,250 for official 8
2554	2554	reception and representation expenses, $122,400,000, to 9
2555	2555	remain available until expended: Provided, That none of 10
2556	2556	the funds made available under this heading may be ex-11
2557	2557	pended by the International Trade Commission to conduct 12
2558	2558	Section 337 investigations asserting patent infringement, 13
2559	2559	until the Commission implements a standing rule requir-14
2560	2560	ing each party to disclose the real parties in interest in 15
2561	2561	all Section 337 patent litigation to ensure, inter alia, dis-16
2562	2562	closure of any and all beneficial owners and investors in 17
2563	2563	the litigation. 18
2564	2564	L
2565	2565	EGALSERVICESCORPORATION 19
2566	2566	PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 20
2567	2567	For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to 21
2568	2568	carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Corporation 22
2569	2569	Act of 1974, $489,000,000, of which $448,250,000 is for 23
2570	2570	basic field programs and required independent audits; 24
2571	2571	$6,000,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, of which 25
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2575	2575	such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 1
2576	2576	additional audits of recipients; $24,000,000 is for manage-2
2577	2577	ment and grants oversight; $4,500,000 is for client self- 3
2578	2578	help and information technology; $4,250,000 is for a Pro 4
2579	2579	Bono Innovation Fund; and $2,000,000 is for loan repay-5
2580	2580	ment assistance: Provided, That the Legal Services Cor-6
2581	2581	poration may continue to provide locality pay to officers 7
2582	2582	and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by 8
2583	2583	the Federal Government to Washington, DC-based em-9
2584	2584	ployees as authorized by section 5304 of title 5, United 10
2585	2585	States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of the Legal 11
2586	2586	Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)): Provided 12
2587	2587	further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of 13
2588	2588	this Act shall be applicable to the Legal Services Corpora-14
2589	2589	tion: Provided further, That, for the purposes of section 15
2590	2590	505 of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation shall be 16
2591	2591	considered an agency of the United States Government. 17
2592	2592	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION —LEGAL SERVICES 18
2593	2593	CORPORATION 19
2594	2594	None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 20
2595	2595	Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any pur-21
2596	2596	pose prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the 22
2597	2597	provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 23
2598	2598	of Public Law 105–119, and all funds appropriated in this 24
2599	2599	Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to 25
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2603	2603	the same terms and conditions set forth in such sections, 1
2604	2604	except that all references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 2
2605	2605	and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead to 2023 and 3
2606	2606	2024, respectively. 4
2607	2607	M
2608	2608	ARINEMAMMALCOMMISSION 5
2609	2609	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
2610	2610	For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Com-7
2611	2611	mission as authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal 8
2612	2612	Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 9
2613	2613	$4,200,000. 10
2614	2614	O
2615	2615	FFICE OF THEUNITEDSTATESTRADE 11
2616	2616	R
2617	2617	EPRESENTATIVE 12
2618	2618	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
2619	2619	For necessary expenses of the Office of the United 14
2620	2620	States Trade Representative, including the hire of pas-15
2621	2621	senger motor vehicles and the employment of experts and 16
2622	2622	consultants as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 17
2623	2623	United States Code, $56,000,000, of which $1,000,000 18
2624	2624	shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of 19
2625	2625	the total amount made available under this heading, not 20
2626	2626	to exceed $124,000 shall be available for official reception 21
2627	2627	and representation expenses. 22
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2631	2631	TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND 1
2632	2632	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
2633	2633	For activities of the United States Trade Representa-3
2634	2634	tive authorized by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation 4
2635	2635	and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), 5
2636	2636	including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived from the 6
2637	2637	Trade Enforcement Trust Fund: Provided, That any 7
2638	2638	transfer pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall 8
2639	2639	be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this 9
2640	2640	Act. 10
2641	2641	S
2642	2642	TATEJUSTICEINSTITUTE 11
2643	2643	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
2644	2644	For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, 13
2645	2645	as authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 14
2646	2646	(42 U.S.C. 10701 et seq.) $5,971,000, of which $500,000 15
2647	2647	shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 16
2648	2648	That not to exceed $2,250 shall be available for official 17
2649	2649	reception and representation expenses: Provided further, 18
2650	2650	That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 19
2651	2651	Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the 20
2652	2652	United States Government. 21
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2656	2656	TITLE V 1
2657	2657	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
2658	2658	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 3
2659	2659	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
2660	2660	S
2661	2661	EC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in 5
2662	2662	this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes 6
2663	2663	not authorized by the Congress. 7
2664	2664	S
2665	2665	EC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 8
2666	2666	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 9
2667	2667	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 10
2668	2668	S
2669	2669	EC. 503. The expenditure of any appropriation 11
2670	2670	under this Act for any consulting service through procure-12
2671	2671	ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United 13
2672	2672	States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 14
2673	2673	expenditures are a matter of public record and available 15
2674	2674	for public inspection, except where otherwise provided 16
2675	2675	under existing law, or under existing Executive order 17
2676	2676	issued pursuant to existing law. 18
2677	2677	S
2678	2678	EC. 504. If any provision of this Act or the applica-19
2679	2679	tion of such provision to any person or circumstances shall 20
2680	2680	be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the applica-21
2681	2681	tion of each provision to persons or circumstances other 22
2682	2682	than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be af-23
2683	2683	fected thereby. 24
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2687	2687	SEC. 505. None of the funds provided under this Act, 1
2688	2688	or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 2
2689	2689	agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-3
2690	2690	gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from 4
2691	2691	any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 5
2692	2692	by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 6
2693	2693	by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 7
2694	2694	through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or ini-8
2695	2695	tiates a new program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates 9
2696	2696	a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or per-10
2697	2697	sonnel by any means for any project or activity for which 11
2698	2698	funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an of-12
2699	2699	fice or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, pro-13
2700	2700	grams, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any 14
2701	2701	functions or activities presently performed by Federal em-15
2702	2702	ployees; (7) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-16
2703	2703	tivities in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 17
2704	2704	less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any program, 18
2705	2705	project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 19
2706	2706	or (8) results from any general savings, including savings 20
2707	2707	from a reduction in personnel, which would result in a 21
2708	2708	change in existing programs, projects, or activities as ap-22
2709	2709	proved by Congress; unless the House and Senate Com-23
2710	2710	mittees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance 24
2711	2711	of such reprogramming of funds. 25
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2715	2715	SEC. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by 1
2716	2716	a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 2
2717	2717	affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, 3
2718	2718	or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product 4
2719	2719	sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made 5
2720	2720	in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to re-6
2721	2721	ceive any contract or subcontract made with funds made 7
2722	2722	available in this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-8
2723	2723	sion, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 9
2724	2724	9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-10
2725	2725	tions. 11
2726	2726	(b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to au-12
2727	2727	thorized purchases of promotional items, funds made 13
2728	2728	available by this Act shall be used to purchase items that 14
2729	2729	are manufactured, produced, or assembled in the United 15
2730	2730	States, its territories or possessions. 16
2731	2731	(2) The term ‘‘promotional items’’ has the meaning 17
2732	2732	given the term in OMB Circular A–87, Attachment B, 18
2733	2733	Item (1)(f)(3). 19
2734	2734	S
2735	2735	EC. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and 20
2736	2736	Justice, the National Science Foundation, and the Na-21
2737	2737	tional Aeronautics and Space Administration shall provide 22
2738	2738	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-23
2739	2739	resentatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the sta-24
2740	2740	tus of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 25
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2744	2744	unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, com-1
2745	2745	mitted balances the quarterly reports shall separately 2
2746	2746	identify the amounts attributable to each source year of 3
2747	2747	appropriation from which the balances were derived. For 4
2748	2748	balances that are obligated, but unexpended, the quarterly 5
2749	2749	reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 6
2750	2750	obligation. 7
2751	2751	(b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be 8
2752	2752	submitted within 30 days of the end of each quarter. 9
2753	2753	(c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any 10
2754	2754	aspect of a reporting requirement described in subsection 11
2755	2755	(a) due to a limitation of a current accounting system, 12
2756	2756	the department or agency shall fulfill such aspect to the 13
2757	2757	maximum extent practicable under such accounting sys-14
2758	2758	tem and shall identify and describe in each quarterly re-15
2759	2759	port the extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled. 16
2760	2760	S
2761	2761	EC. 508. Any costs incurred by a department or 17
2762	2762	agency funded under this Act resulting from, or to pre-18
2763	2763	vent, personnel actions taken in response to funding re-19
2764	2764	ductions included in this Act shall be absorbed within the 20
2765	2765	total budgetary resources available to such department or 21
2766	2766	agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds be-22
2767	2767	tween appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 23
2768	2768	carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 24
2769	2769	included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 25
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2773	2773	of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 1
2774	2774	reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 2
2775	2775	shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 3
2776	2776	in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section: 4
2777	2777	Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, 5
2778	2778	this section shall also apply to actions taken for the care 6
2779	2779	and protection of loan collateral or grant property. 7
2780	2780	S
2781	2781	EC. 509. None of the funds provided by this Act 8
2782	2782	shall be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco 9
2783	2783	or tobacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal 10
2784	2784	by any foreign country of restrictions on the marketing 11
2785	2785	of tobacco or tobacco products, except for restrictions 12
2786	2786	which are not applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco 13
2787	2787	products of the same type. 14
2788	2788	S
2789	2789	EC. 510. Notwithstanding any other provision of 15
2790	2790	law, amounts deposited or available in the Fund estab-16
2791	2791	lished by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 17
2792	2792	Law 98–473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any fiscal year in ex-18
2793	2793	cess of $1,200,000,000 shall not be available for obligation 19
2794	2794	until the following fiscal year: Provided, That notwith-20
2795	2795	standing section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts 21
2796	2796	available from the Fund for obligation: (1) $7,500,000 22
2797	2797	shall be transferred to the Department of Justice Office 23
2798	2798	of Inspector General and remain available until expended 24
2799	2799	for oversight and auditing purposes associated with this 25
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2803	2803	section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 1
2804	2804	for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the re-2
2805	2805	quirements of the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes 3
2806	2806	to improve services for victims of crime. 4
2807	2807	S
2808	2808	EC. 511. None of the funds made available to the 5
2809	2809	Department of Justice in this Act may be used to discrimi-6
2810	2810	nate against or denigrate the religious or moral beliefs of 7
2811	2811	students who participate in programs for which financial 8
2812	2812	assistance is provided from those funds, or of the parents 9
2813	2813	or legal guardians of such students. 10
2814	2814	S
2815	2815	EC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 11
2816	2816	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-12
2817	2817	strumentality of the United States Government, except 13
2818	2818	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-14
2819	2819	vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 15
2820	2820	S
2821	2821	EC. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Depart-16
2822	2822	ment of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Na-17
2823	2823	tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Na-18
2824	2824	tional Science Foundation, and the Legal Services Cor-19
2825	2825	poration shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector 20
2826	2826	General Act (5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for 21
2827	2827	which funds are appropriated by this Act, and shall submit 22
2828	2828	reports to Congress on the progress of such audits, which 23
2829	2829	may include preliminary findings and a description of 24
2830	2830	areas of particular interest, within 180 days after initi-25
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2834	2834	ating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until 1
2835	2835	any such audit is completed. 2
2836	2836	(b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit 3
2837	2837	described in subsection (a) by an Inspector General is 4
2838	2838	completed, the Secretary, Attorney General, Adminis-5
2839	2839	trator, Director, or President, as appropriate, shall make 6
2840	2840	the results of the audit available to the public on the Inter-7
2841	2841	net website maintained by the Department, Administra-8
2842	2842	tion, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 9
2843	2843	shall be made available in redacted form to exclude— 10
2844	2844	(1) any matter described in section 552(b) of 11
2845	2845	title 5, United States Code; and 12
2846	2846	(2) sensitive personal information for any indi-13
2847	2847	vidual, the public access to which could be used to 14
2848	2848	commit identity theft or for other inappropriate or 15
2849	2849	unlawful purposes. 16
2850	2850	(c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded 17
2851	2851	by amounts appropriated by this Act shall submit a state-18
2852	2852	ment to the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, 19
2853	2853	the Administrator, Director, or President, as appropriate, 20
2854	2854	certifying that no funds derived from the grant or contract 21
2855	2855	will be made available through a subcontract or in any 22
2856	2856	other manner to another person who has a financial inter-23
2857	2857	est in the person awarded the grant or contract. 24
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2861	2861	(d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of 1
2862	2862	this section shall take effect 30 days after the date on 2
2863	2863	which the Director of the Office of Management and 3
2864	2864	Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 4
2865	2865	Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 5
2866	2866	and requirements, substantially similar to the require-6
2867	2867	ments in such subsections, consistently apply under the 7
2868	2868	executive branch ethics program to all Federal depart-8
2869	2869	ments, agencies, and entities. 9
2870	2870	S
2871	2871	EC. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-10
2872	2872	erwise made available under this Act may be used by the 11
2873	2873	Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National Aer-12
2874	2874	onautics and Space Administration, or the National 13
2875	2875	Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate- 14
2876	2876	impact information system, as defined for security cat-15
2877	2877	egorization in the National Institute of Standards and 16
2878	2878	Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing 17
2879	2879	Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Security Cat-18
2880	2880	egorization of Federal Information and Information Sys-19
2881	2881	tems’’ unless the agency has— 20
2882	2882	(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-21
2883	2883	mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 22
2884	2884	and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to 23
2885	2885	inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 24
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2889	2889	moderate-impact information systems within the 1
2890	2890	Federal Government; 2
2891	2891	(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-3
2892	2892	sumptive awardee against available and relevant 4
2893	2893	threat information provided by the FBI and other 5
2894	2894	appropriate agencies; and 6
2895	2895	(3) in consultation with the FBI or other ap-7
2896	2896	propriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of 8
2897	2897	any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated 9
2898	2898	with the acquisition of such system, including any 10
2899	2899	risk associated with such system being produced, 11
2900	2900	manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 12
2901	2901	identified by the United States Government as pos-13
2902	2902	ing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, 14
2903	2903	those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by 15
2904	2904	the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic 16
2905	2905	of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 17
2906	2906	or the Russian Federation. 18
2907	2907	(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 19
2908	2908	made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 20
2909	2909	high-impact or moderate-impact information system re-21
2910	2910	viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 22
2911	2911	of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 23
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2915	2915	(1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the 1
2916	2916	FBI, and supply chain risk management experts, a 2
2917	2917	mitigation strategy for any identified risks; 3
2918	2918	(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 4
2919	2919	the FBI, that the acquisition of such system is in 5
2920	2920	the national interest of the United States; and 6
2921	2921	(3) reported that determination to the Commit-7
2922	2922	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-8
2923	2923	tives and the Senate and the agency Inspector Gen-9
2924	2924	eral. 10
2925	2925	S
2926	2926	EC. 515. None of the funds made available in this 11
2927	2927	Act shall be used in any way whatsoever to support or 12
2928	2928	justify the use of torture by any official or contract em-13
2929	2929	ployee of the United States Government. 14
2930	2930	S
2931	2931	EC. 516. None of the funds made available in this 15
2932	2932	Act may be used to include in any new bilateral or multi-16
2933	2933	lateral trade agreement the text of— 17
2934	2934	(1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United 18
2935	2935	States–Singapore Free Trade Agreement; 19
2936	2936	(2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United 20
2937	2937	States–Australia Free Trade Agreement; or 21
2938	2938	(3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United 22
2939	2939	States–Morocco Free Trade Agreement. 23
2940	2940	S
2941	2941	EC. 517. None of the funds made available in this 24
2942	2942	Act may be used to authorize or issue a national security 25
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2946	2946	letter in contravention of any of the following laws author-1
2947	2947	izing the Federal Bureau of Investigation to issue national 2
2948	2948	security letters: The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 3
2949	2949	1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 4
2950	2950	1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Secu-5
2951	2951	rity Act of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM 6
2952	2952	Act of 2015; and the laws amended by these Acts. 7
2953	2953	S
2954	2954	EC. 518. If at any time during any quarter, the pro-8
2955	2955	gram manager of a project within the jurisdiction of the 9
2956	2956	Departments of Commerce or Justice, the National Aero-10
2957	2957	nautics and Space Administration, or the National Science 11
2958	2958	Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has reason-12
2959	2959	able cause to believe that the total program cost has in-13
2960	2960	creased by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall 14
2961	2961	immediately inform the respective Secretary, Adminis-15
2962	2962	trator, or Director. The Secretary, Administrator, or Di-16
2963	2963	rector shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 17
2964	2964	Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, 18
2965	2965	and shall include in such notice: the date on which such 19
2966	2966	determination was made; a statement of the reasons for 20
2967	2967	such increases; the action taken and proposed to be taken 21
2968	2968	to control future cost growth of the project; changes made 22
2969	2969	in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 23
2970	2970	to which such changes have contributed to the increase 24
2971	2971	in total program costs or procurement costs; new esti-25
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2975	2975	mates of the total project or procurement costs; and a 1
2976	2976	statement validating that the project’s management struc-2
2977	2977	ture is adequate to control total project or procurement 3
2978	2978	costs. 4
2979	2979	S
2980	2980	EC. 519. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 5
2981	2981	available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for intel-6
2982	2982	ligence or intelligence related activities are deemed to be 7
2983	2983	specifically authorized by the Congress for purposes of sec-8
2984	2984	tion 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 9
2985	2985	3094) during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the 10
2986	2986	Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024. 11
2987	2987	S
2988	2988	EC. 520. None of the funds appropriated or other-12
2989	2989	wise made available by this Act may be used to enter into 13
2990	2990	a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to 14
2991	2991	award a grant in excess of such amount unless the pro-15
2992	2992	spective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the 16
2993	2993	agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best 17
2994	2994	of its knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has 18
2995	2995	filed all Federal tax returns required during the three 19
2996	2996	years preceding the certification, has not been convicted 20
2997	2997	of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 21
2998	2998	1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certifi-22
2999	2999	cation, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment 23
3000	3000	for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the as-24
3001	3001	sessment is the subject of an installment agreement or 25
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3005	3005	offer in compromise that has been approved by the Inter-1
3006	3006	nal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assess-2
3007	3007	ment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 3
3008	3008	judicial proceeding. 4
3009	3009	(RESCISSIONS) 5
3010	3010	S
3011	3011	EC. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances from prior 6
3012	3012	year appropriations available to the Department of Com-7
3013	3013	merce under the heading ‘‘Economic Development Admin-8
3014	3014	istration, Economic Development Assistance Programs’’, 9
3015	3015	$25,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled, not later 10
3016	3016	than September 30, 2024. 11
3017	3017	(b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year ap-12
3018	3018	propriations available to the Department of Justice, the 13
3019	3019	following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 14
3020	3020	later than September 30, 2024, from the following ac-15
3021	3021	counts in the specified amounts— 16
3022	3022	(1) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-17
3023	3023	ties, Office on Violence Against Women, Violence 18
3024	3024	Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Pro-19
3025	3025	grams’’, $5,000,000; 20
3026	3026	(2) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-21
3027	3027	ties, Office of Justice Programs’’, $120,000,000; 22
3028	3028	and 23
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3032	3032	(3) ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Activi-1
3033	3033	ties, Community Oriented Policing Services’’, 2
3034	3034	$15,000,000. 3
3035	3035	(c) Of the unobligated balances available to the De-4
3036	3036	partment of Justice, ‘‘Working Capital Fund’’, 5
3037	3037	$82,572,000 is hereby permanently rescinded. 6
3038	3038	(d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall 7
3039	3039	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 8
3040	3040	of Representatives and the Senate a report no later than 9
3041	3041	September 1, 2023, specifying the amount of each rescis-10
3042	3042	sion made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d). 11
3043	3043	(e) Of the unobligated balances available in Public 12
3044	3044	Law 117–169, $12,900,000,000 available under section 13
3045	3045	10301(1)(A)(ii) and $9,125,000,000 available under sec-14
3046	3046	tion 10301(1)(A)(iii) as of the date of the enactment of 15
3047	3047	this Act are rescinded. 16
3048	3048	(f) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), (c) 17
3049	3049	and (d) shall not be from amounts that were designated 18
3050	3050	by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require-19
3051	3051	ment pursuant to the concurrent resolution on the budget 20
3052	3052	or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 21
3053	3053	Act of 1985. 22
3054	3054	(g) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections 23
3055	3055	(c) and (d) shall not be from amounts provided under— 24
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3059	3059	(1) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 1
3060	3060	the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac-2
3061	3061	tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 3
3062	3062	Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di-4
3063	3063	vision B of Public Law 117–103; 5
3064	3064	(2) paragraph (7) under the heading ‘‘State 6
3065	3065	and Local Law Enforcement Activities—Community 7
3066	3066	Oriented Policing Services—Community Oriented 8
3067	3067	Policing Services Programs’’ in title II of division B 9
3068	3068	of Public Law 117–103; 10
3069	3069	(3) subparagraph (Q) of paragraph (1) under 11
3070	3070	the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforcement Ac-12
3071	3071	tivities—Office of Justice Programs—State and 13
3072	3072	Local Law Enforcement Assistance’’ in title II of di-14
3073	3073	vision B of Public Law 117–328; or 15
3074	3074	(4) amounts provided under paragraph (7) 16
3075	3075	under the heading ‘‘State and Local Law Enforce-17
3076	3076	ment Activities—Community Oriented Policing Serv-18
3077	3077	ices—Community Oriented Policing Services Pro-19
3078	3078	grams’’ in title II of division B of Public Law 117– 20
3079	3079	328. 21
3080	3080	S
3081	3081	EC. 522. None of the funds made available in this 22
3082	3082	Act may be used to purchase first class or premium airline 23
3083	3083	travel in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 24
3084	3084	301–10.124 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 25
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3088	3088	SEC. 523. None of the funds made available in this 1
3089	3089	Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-2
3090	3090	ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-3
3091	3091	ment or agency, who are stationed in the United States, 4
3092	3092	at any single conference occurring outside the United 5
3093	3093	States unless— 6
3094	3094	(1) such conference is a law enforcement train-7
3095	3095	ing or operational conference for law enforcement 8
3096	3096	personnel and the majority of Federal employees in 9
3097	3097	attendance are law enforcement personnel stationed 10
3098	3098	outside the United States; or 11
3099	3099	(2) such conference is a scientific conference 12
3100	3100	and the department or agency head determines that 13
3101	3101	such attendance is in the national interest and noti-14
3102	3102	fies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 15
3103	3103	of Representatives and the Senate within at least 15 16
3104	3104	days of that determination and the basis for that de-17
3105	3105	termination. 18
3106	3106	S
3107	3107	EC. 524. The Director of the Office of Management 19
3108	3108	and Budget shall instruct any department, agency, or in-20
3109	3109	strumentality of the United States receiving funds appro-21
3110	3110	priated under this Act to track undisbursed balances in 22
3111	3111	expired grant accounts and include in its annual perform-23
3112	3112	ance plan and performance and accountability reports the 24
3113	3113	following: 25
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3117	3117	(1) Details on future action the department, 1
3118	3118	agency, or instrumentality will take to resolve 2
3119	3119	undisbursed balances in expired grant accounts. 3
3120	3120	(2) The method that the department, agency, or 4
3121	3121	instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances 5
3122	3122	in expired grant accounts. 6
3123	3123	(3) Identification of undisbursed balances in ex-7
3124	3124	pired grant accounts that may be returned to the 8
3125	3125	Treasury of the United States. 9
3126	3126	(4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on 10
3127	3127	the total number of expired grant accounts with 11
3128	3128	undisbursed balances (on the first day of each fiscal 12
3129	3129	year) for the department, agency, or instrumentality 13
3130	3130	and the total finances that have not been obligated 14
3131	3131	to a specific project remaining in the accounts. 15
3132	3132	S
3133	3133	EC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 16
3134	3134	Act may be used to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 17
3135	3135	Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Canine Training Center 18
3136	3136	or the ATF National Canine Division from Front Royal, 19
3137	3137	Virginia, to another location. 20
3138	3138	S
3139	3139	EC. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by 21
3140	3140	this Act may be used for the National Aeronautics and 22
3141	3141	Space Administration (NASA), the Office of Science and 23
3142	3142	Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space Council 24
3143	3143	(NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, 25
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3147	3147	or execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract 1
3148	3148	of any kind to participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilat-2
3149	3149	erally in any way with China or any Chinese-owned com-3
3150	3150	pany unless such activities are specifically authorized by 4
3151	3151	a law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act. 5
3152	3152	(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 6
3153	3153	be used to effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors 7
3154	3154	at facilities belonging to or utilized by NASA. 8
3155	3155	(c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and 9
3156	3156	(b) shall not apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or 10
3157	3157	NSC, after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Inves-11
3158	3158	tigation, have certified— 12
3159	3159	(1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 13
3160	3160	technology, data, or other information with national 14
3161	3161	security or economic security implications to China 15
3162	3162	or a Chinese-owned company; and 16
3163	3163	(2) will not involve knowing interactions with 17
3164	3164	officials who have been determined by the United 18
3165	3165	States to have direct involvement with violations of 19
3166	3166	human rights. 20
3167	3167	(d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall 21
3168	3168	be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 22
3169	3169	House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Federal 23
3170	3170	Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 days prior to 24
3171	3171	the activity in question and shall include a description of 25
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3175	3175	the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major partici-1
3176	3176	pants, and its location and timing. 2
3177	3177	S
3178	3178	EC. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
3179	3179	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4
3180	3180	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5
3181	3181	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6
3182	3182	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7
3183	3183	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 8
3184	3184	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 9
3185	3185	criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication, or other 10
3186	3186	law enforcement- or victim assistance-related activity. 11
3187	3187	S
3188	3188	EC. 528. The Departments of Commerce and Jus-12
3189	3189	tice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 13
3190	3190	the National Science Foundation, the Commission on Civil 14
3191	3191	Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 15
3192	3192	the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 16
3193	3193	Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices 17
3194	3194	of Science and Technology Policy and the United States 18
3195	3195	Trade Representative, the National Space Council, and 19
3196	3196	the State Justice Institute shall submit spending plans, 20
3197	3197	signed by the respective department or agency head, to 21
3198	3198	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
3199	3199	resentatives and the Senate not later than 45 days after 23
3200	3200	the date of enactment of this Act. 24
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3204	3204	SEC. 529. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1
3205	3205	this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 2
3206	3206	made available by this Act may be used to pay award or 3
3207	3207	incentive fees for contractor performance that has been 4
3208	3208	judged to be below satisfactory performance or for per-5
3209	3209	formance that does not meet the basic requirements of a 6
3210	3210	contract. 7
3211	3211	S
3212	3212	EC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 8
3213	3213	Act may be used in contravention of section 7606 (‘‘Legit-9
3214	3214	imacy of Industrial Hemp Research’’) of the Agricultural 10
3215	3215	Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) by the Department of 11
3216	3216	Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration. 12
3217	3217	S
3218	3218	EC. 531. None of the funds made available under 13
3219	3219	this Act to the Department of Justice may be used, with 14
3220	3220	respect to any of the States of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, 15
3221	3221	Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, 16
3222	3222	Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken-17
3223	3223	tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-18
3224	3224	gan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 19
3225	3225	New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, 20
3226	3226	North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 21
3227	3227	Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Da-22
3228	3228	kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wash-23
3229	3229	ington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, or with 24
3230	3230	respect to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 25
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3234	3234	of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 1
3235	3235	Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them 2
3236	3236	from implementing their own laws that authorize the use, 3
3237	3237	distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical mari-4
3238	3238	juana. 5
3239	3239	S
3240	3240	EC. 532. The Department of Commerce, the Na-6
3241	3241	tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Na-7
3242	3242	tional Science Foundation shall provide a quarterly report 8
3243	3243	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-9
3244	3244	resentatives and the Senate on any official travel to China 10
3245	3245	by any employee of such department or agency, including 11
3246	3246	the purpose of such travel. 12
3247	3247	S
3248	3248	EC. 533. Of the amounts made available by this Act, 13
3249	3249	not less than 10 percent of each total amount provided, 14
3250	3250	respectively, for grants authorized by section 27 of the 15
3251	3251	Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 16
3252	3252	U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated for assistance in persistent 17
3253	3253	poverty counties: Provided, That for purposes of this sec-18
3254	3254	tion, the term ‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any 19
3255	3255	county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 20
3256	3256	living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 21
3257	3257	the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 22
3258	3258	2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area 23
3259	3259	Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory or pos-24
3260	3260	session of the United States. 25
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3264	3264	SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 1
3265	3265	of law or treaty, none of the funds appropriated or other-2
3266	3266	wise made available under this Act or any other Act may 3
3267	3267	be expended or obligated by a department, agency, or in-4
3268	3268	strumentality of the United States to pay administrative 5
3269	3269	expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the 6
3270	3270	United States in connection with requiring an export li-7
3271	3271	cense for the export to Canada of components, parts, ac-8
3272	3272	cessories or attachments for firearms listed in Category 9
3273	3273	I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 10
3274	3274	(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 11
3275	3275	part 121, as it existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value 12
3276	3276	not exceeding $500 wholesale in any transaction, provided 13
3277	3277	that the conditions of subsection (b) of this section are 14
3278	3278	met by the exporting party for such articles. 15
3279	3279	(b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an ex-16
3280	3280	port license— 17
3281	3281	(1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any 18
3282	3282	Shipper’s Export Declaration or notification letter 19
3283	3283	required by law, or from being otherwise eligible 20
3284	3284	under the laws of the United States to possess, ship, 21
3285	3285	transport, or export the articles enumerated in sub-22
3286	3286	section (a); and 23
3287	3287	(2) does not permit the export without a license 24
3288	3288	of— 25
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3292	3292	(A) fully automatic firearms and compo-1
3293	3293	nents and parts for such firearms, other than 2
3294	3294	for end use by the Federal Government, or a 3
3295	3295	Provincial or Municipal Government of Canada; 4
3296	3296	(B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 5
3297	3297	complete breech mechanisms for any firearm 6
3298	3298	listed in Category I, other than for end use by 7
3299	3299	the Federal Government, or a Provincial or Mu-8
3300	3300	nicipal Government of Canada; or 9
3301	3301	(C) articles for export from Canada to an-10
3302	3302	other foreign destination. 11
3303	3303	(c) In accordance with this section, the District Di-12
3304	3304	rectors of Customs and postmasters shall permit the per-13
3305	3305	manent or temporary export without a license of any un-14
3306	3306	classified articles specified in subsection (a) to Canada for 15
3307	3307	end use in Canada or return to the United States, or tem-16
3308	3308	porary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for 17
3309	3309	end use in the United States or return to Canada for a 18
3310	3310	Canadian citizen. 19
3311	3311	(d) The President may require export licenses under 20
3312	3312	this section on a temporary basis if the President deter-21
3313	3313	mines, upon publication first in the Federal Register, that 22
3314	3314	the Government of Canada has implemented or main-23
3315	3315	tained inadequate import controls for the articles specified 24
3316	3316	in subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such 25
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3320	3320	articles has and continues to take place for use in inter-1
3321	3321	national terrorism or in the escalation of a conflict in an-2
3322	3322	other nation. The President shall terminate the require-3
3323	3323	ments of a license when reasons for the temporary require-4
3324	3324	ments have ceased. 5
3325	3325	S
3326	3326	EC. 535. Notwithstanding any other provision of 6
3327	3327	law, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, 7
3328	3328	no department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 8
3329	3329	States receiving appropriated funds under this Act or any 9
3330	3330	other Act shall obligate or expend in any way such funds 10
3331	3331	to pay administrative expenses or the compensation of any 11
3332	3332	officer or employee of the United States to deny, or fail 12
3333	3333	to act on, any application submitted pursuant to 22 13
3334	3334	U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and qualified pursuant to 27 CFR 14
3335	3335	section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to import United 15
3336	3336	States origin ‘‘curios or relics’’ firearms, parts, or ammu-16
3337	3337	nition. 17
3338	3338	S
3339	3339	EC. 536. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18
3340	3340	law, for fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, 19
3341	3341	none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 20
3342	3342	to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or 21
3343	3343	fail to act on, an application for the importation of any 22
3344	3344	model of shotgun if— 23
3345	3345	(1) all other requirements of law with respect to 24
3346	3346	the proposed importation are met; and 25
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3350	3350	(2) no application for the importation of such 1
3351	3351	model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had 2
3352	3352	been denied by the Attorney General prior to Janu-3
3353	3353	ary 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not 4
3354	3354	particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to 5
3355	3355	sporting purposes. 6
3356	3356	S
3357	3357	EC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 7
3358	3358	Act may be used to require a person licensed under section 8
3359	3359	923 of title 18, United States Code, to report information 9
3360	3360	to the Department of Justice regarding the sale of mul-10
3361	3361	tiple rifles or shotguns to the same person. 11
3362	3362	S
3363	3363	EC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 12
3364	3364	Act may be obligated or expended to implement the Arms 13
3365	3365	Trade Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of 14
3366	3366	ratification for the Treaty. 15
3367	3367	S
3368	3368	EC. 539. None of the funds appropriated or other-16
3369	3369	wise made available in this or any other Act may be used 17
3370	3370	to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to 18
3371	3371	or within the United States, its territories, or possessions 19
3372	3372	Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who— 20
3373	3373	(1) is not a United States citizen or a member 21
3374	3374	of the Armed Forces of the United States; and 22
3375	3375	(2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, 23
3376	3376	at the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 24
3377	3377	Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense. 25
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3381	3381	SEC. 540. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-1
3382	3382	erwise made available in this or any other Act may be used 2
3383	3383	to construct, acquire, or modify any facility in the United 3
3384	3384	States, its territories, or possessions to house any indi-4
3385	3385	vidual described in subsection (c) for the purposes of de-5
3386	3386	tention or imprisonment in the custody or under the effec-6
3387	3387	tive control of the Department of Defense. 7
3388	3388	(b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply 8
3389	3389	to any modification of facilities at United States Naval 9
3390	3390	Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 10
3391	3391	(c) An individual described in this subsection is any 11
3392	3392	individual who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United 12
3393	3393	States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who— 13
3394	3394	(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a 14
3395	3395	member of the Armed Forces of the United States; 15
3396	3396	and 16
3397	3397	(2) is— 17
3398	3398	(A) in the custody or under the effective 18
3399	3399	control of the Department of Defense; or 19
3400	3400	(B) otherwise under detention at United 20
3401	3401	States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 21
3402	3402	S
3403	3403	EC. 541. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this 22
3404	3404	Act, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts 23
3405	3405	made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to 24
3406	3406	Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for 25
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3410	3410	fiscal year 2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 1
3411	3411	section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of 2
3412	3412	Public Law 117–167), including the transfer authority in 3
3413	3413	such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the ac-4
3414	3414	counts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the 5
3415	3415	projects and activities specified, in the table titled ‘‘De-6
3416	3416	partment of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of 7
3417	3417	Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal 8
3418	3418	Year 2024’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 9
3419	3419	(2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Di-10
3420	3420	rector of the National Science Foundation shall allocate 11
3421	3421	amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incen-12
3422	3422	tives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America 13
3423	3423	Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pur-14
3424	3424	suant to section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (di-15
3425	3425	vision A of Public Law 117–167), to the account specified, 16
3426	3426	in the amounts specified, and for the projects and activi-17
3427	3427	ties specified in the table titled ‘‘National Science Founda-18
3428	3428	tion Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024’’ 19
3429	3429	in the report accompanying this Act. 20
3430	3430	(b) Neither the President nor his designee may allo-21
3431	3431	cate any amounts that are made available for any fiscal 22
3432	3432	year under section 102(a)(2)(A) of the CHIPS Act of 23
3433	3433	2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if there is 24
3434	3434	in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for 25
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3438	3438	part of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce 1
3439	3439	and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: Provided, 2
3440	3440	That in any fiscal year, the matter preceding this proviso 3
3441	3441	shall not apply to the allocation, apportionment, or allot-4
3442	3442	ment of amounts for continuing administration of pro-5
3443	3443	grams allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, 6
3444	3444	which may be allocated only in amounts that are no more 7
3445	3445	than the allocation for such purposes in subsection (a) of 8
3446	3446	this section. 9
3447	3447	(c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 10
3448	3448	notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropria-11
3449	3449	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and 12
3450	3450	subject to the terms and conditions in section 505 of this 13
3451	3451	Act— 14
3452	3452	(1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate 15
3453	3453	funds allocated to Industrial Technology Services for 16
3454	3454	section 9906 of Public Law 116–283 by subsection 17
3455	3455	(a)(1) of this section; and 18
3456	3456	(2) the Director of the National Science Foun-19
3457	3457	dation may reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS 20
3458	3458	for America Workforce and Education Fund by sub-21
3459	3459	section (a)(2) of this section. 22
3460	3460	(d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of 23
3461	3461	the President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Com-24
3462	3462	merce and the Director of the National Science Founda-25
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3466	3466	tion, as appropriate, shall each submit to the Committees 1
3467	3467	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 2
3468	3468	Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, 3
3469	3469	project, or activity, with detailed justifications, for 4
3470	3470	amounts made available under section 102(a)(2) and sec-5
3471	3471	tion 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 for fiscal year 6
3472	3472	2025. 7
3473	3473	(e) The Department of Commerce and the National 8
3474	3474	Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each provide the 9
3475	3475	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-10
3476	3476	atives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of bal-11
3477	3477	ances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for 12
3478	3478	America Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to sub-13
3479	3479	section (a)(1) of this section, and section 543(a)(1) of divi-14
3480	3480	sion B of Public Law 117–328, the status of balances of 15
3481	3481	projects and activities funded by the Public Wireless Sup-16
3482	3482	ply Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursu-17
3483	3483	ant to section 543(a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117– 18
3484	3484	328, and the status of balances of projects and activities 19
3485	3485	funded by the CHIPS for America Workforce and Edu-20
3486	3486	cation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection 21
3487	3487	(a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B 22
3488	3488	of Public Law 117–328, including all uncommitted, com-23
3489	3489	mitted, and unobligated funds. 24
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3493	3493	SEC. 542. None of the funds made available by this 1
3494	3494	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 2
3495	3495	or carry out a rule that includes area or time closures in 3
3496	3496	the South Atlantic until data from the South Atlantic 4
3497	3497	Great Red Snapper Count can be incorporated into the 5
3498	3498	stock assessment. 6
3499	3499	S
3500	3500	EC. 543. None of the funds made available by this 7
3501	3501	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 8
3502	3502	or carry out Executive Order 14006, ‘‘Reforming Our In-9
3503	3503	carceration System to Eliminate the Use of Privately Op-10
3504	3504	erated Criminal Detention Facilities.’’ 11
3505	3505	S
3506	3506	EC. 544. None of the funds made available by this 12
3507	3507	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 13
3508	3508	apply, enforce, carry out, or defend any part of the Bureau 14
3509	3509	of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final rule 15
3510	3510	entitled, ‘‘Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identifica-16
3511	3511	tion of Firearms’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 24652; published April 17
3512	3512	26, 2022). 18
3513	3513	S
3514	3514	EC. 545. None of the funds made available by this 19
3515	3515	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 20
3516	3516	apply, enforce, or carry out Executive Order 14092, ‘‘Re-21
3517	3517	ducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities 22
3518	3518	Safer.’’ 23
3519	3519	S
3520	3520	EC. 546. None of the funds made available by this 24
3521	3521	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 25
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3525	3525	carry out, or defend the joint Department of Justice and 1
3526	3526	Department of Homeland Security interim final rule enti-2
3527	3527	tled, ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consid-3
3528	3528	eration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Pro-4
3529	3529	tection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 18078; 5
3530	3530	published March 29, 2022). 6
3531	3531	S
3532	3532	EC. 547. None of the funds made available by this 7
3533	3533	Act may be used by the Department of Justice to promul-8
3534	3534	gate a regulation regarding asylum law and process or re-9
3535	3535	garding administrative closure of cases in immigration 10
3536	3536	court. 11
3537	3537	S
3538	3538	EC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 12
3539	3539	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 13
3540	3540	or carry out section 19 (establishing accreditation stand-14
3541	3541	ards) or section 20 (supporting safe and effective policing 15
3542	3542	through grantmaking) of Executive Order 14074, ‘‘Ad-16
3543	3543	vancing Effective, Accountable, Policing and Criminal 17
3544	3544	Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public 18
3545	3545	Safety.’’ 19
3546	3546	S
3547	3547	EC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 20
3548	3548	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 21
3549	3549	or carry out any regulation issued by the Bureau of Alco-22
3550	3550	hol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives issued or finalized 23
3551	3551	on or after January 21, 2021. 24
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3555	3555	SEC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 1
3556	3556	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 2
3557	3557	apply, enforce, carry out, or defend of any part of the Bu-3
3558	3558	reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives final 4
3559	3559	rule entitled, ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with At-5
3560	3560	tached ‘Stabilizing Braces’’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 6478; pub-6
3561	3561	lished January 31, 2023). 7
3562	3562	S
3563	3563	EC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 8
3564	3564	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 9
3565	3565	or carry out the Attorney General’s October 4, 2021, 10
3566	3566	memorandum entitled, ‘‘Partnership Among Federal, 11
3567	3567	State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Law Enforcement to 12
3568	3568	Address Threats Against School Administrators, Board 13
3569	3569	Members, Teachers, and Staff.’’ 14
3570	3570	S
3571	3571	EC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 15
3572	3572	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 16
3573	3573	apply, enforce, or carry out the Office of Science and 17
3574	3574	Technology Policy’s August 25, 2022, Memorandum to 18
3575	3575	Executive Departments and Agencies entitled, ‘‘Ensuring 19
3576	3576	Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally 20
3577	3577	Funded Research.’’ 21
3578	3578	S
3579	3579	EC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 22
3580	3580	Act may be used— 23
3581	3581	(1) for the— 24
3582	3582	(A) Department of Commerce— 25
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3585	3585	•HR 5893 IH
3586	3586	(i) Equity (DEIA) Council; 1
3587	3587	(ii) National Institute of Standards 2
3588	3588	and Technology Diversity, Equity, Inclu-3
3589	3589	sion and Accessibility Initiative; 4
3590	3590	(iii) National Oceanic and Atmos-5
3591	3591	pheric Administration— 6
3592	3592	(I) Office of Inclusion and Civil 7
3593	3593	Rights; 8
3594	3594	(II) Diversity and Inclusion Advi-9
3595	3595	sory Management Council; 10
3596	3596	(III) NOAA Diversity and Pro-11
3597	3597	fessional Advancement Working 12
3598	3598	Group; 13
3599	3599	(B) Department of Justice— 14
3600	3600	(i) Chief Diversity Officer; 15
3601	3601	(ii) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-16
3602	3602	arms and Explosives Diversity and Career 17
3603	3603	Impact Program; 18
3604	3604	(iii) Federal Bureau of Investigation 19
3605	3605	Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 20
3606	3606	(iv) Antitrust Division Diversity Com-21
3607	3607	mittee; 22
3608	3608	(v) National Resource Center for Jus-23
3609	3609	tice-Involved LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit 24
3610	3610	Youth; 25
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3614	3614	(C) National Aeronautics and Space Ad-1
3615	3615	ministration Office of Diversity and Inclusion; 2
3616	3616	(D) National Science Foundation— 3
3617	3617	(i) Office of Equity and Civil Rights; 4
3618	3618	(ii) Advancing Informal STEM Learn-5
3619	3619	ing (AISL) Program; 6
3620	3620	(iii) Alliances for Graduate Education 7
3621	3621	and the Professoriate (AGEP); 8
3622	3622	(2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 9
3623	3623	carry out— 10
3624	3624	(A) Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 11
3625	3625	2021, ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and Support 12
3626	3626	for Underserved Communities Through the 13
3627	3627	Federal Government’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7009); 14
3628	3628	(B) Executive Order 14091 of February 15
3629	3629	16, 2023, ‘‘Further Advancing Racial Equity 16
3630	3630	and Support for Underserved Communities 17
3631	3631	Through the Federal Government’’ (88 Fed. 18
3632	3632	Reg. 10825); or 19
3633	3633	(C) Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 20
3634	3634	2021, ‘‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Acces-21
3635	3635	sibility in the Federal Workforce’’ (86 Fed. 22
3636	3636	Reg. 34593); or 23
3637	3637	(3) to conduct any diversity, equity, inclusion, 24
3638	3638	or implicit bias training. 25
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3641	3641	•HR 5893 IH
3642	3642	SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 1
3643	3643	Act may be used— 2
3644	3644	(1) by the— 3
3645	3645	(A) Department of Commerce for— 4
3646	3646	(i) the National Institute of Standards 5
3647	3647	and Technology Center of Excellence in 6
3648	3648	Climate Change; or 7
3649	3649	(ii) climate change fisheries research; 8
3650	3650	(B) National Science Foundation for the— 9
3651	3651	(i) U.S. Global Change Research Pro-10
3652	3652	gram (USGCRP); or 11
3653	3653	(ii) Clean Energy Technology pro-12
3654	3654	gram; or 13
3655	3655	(2) to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or 14
3656	3656	carry out Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 15
3657	3657	2021, ‘‘Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 16
3658	3658	Abroad’’ (86 Fed. Reg. 7619). 17
3659	3659	S
3660	3660	EC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 18
3661	3661	Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 19
3662	3662	to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 20
3663	3663	and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 21
3664	3664	as directed by Executive Order 14072 (87 Fed. Reg. 22
3665	3665	24851, relating to strengthening the Nation’s forests, 23
3666	3666	communities, and local economies). 24
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3669	3669	•HR 5893 IH
3670	3670	SEC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 1
3671	3671	Act may be used to provide legal representation to any 2
3672	3672	alien in a removal proceeding. 3
3673	3673	S
3674	3674	EC. 557. None of the funds made available by this 4
3675	3675	Act may be used to incentivize any immigration judge to 5
3676	3676	close or dismiss any case without adjudicating the merits 6
3677	3677	of the case. 7
3678	3678	S
3679	3679	EC. 558. None of the funds made available for the 8
3680	3680	State Criminal Alien Assistance Program may be used in 9
3681	3681	contravention of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration 10
3682	3682	Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. 11
3683	3683	S
3684	3684	EC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 12
3685	3685	or any other Act may be used to allow the United States 13
3686	3686	Census Bureau to include aliens who are unlawfully 14
3687	3687	present in the United States in rendering apportionment 15
3688	3688	determinations in subsequent decennial censuses. 16
3689	3689	S
3690	3690	EC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 17
3691	3691	Act may be used to pay a compromise settlement in rela-18
3692	3692	tion to a civil action brought by an alien who is inadmis-19
3693	3693	sible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (7)(A)(i)(I) of the Im-20
3694	3694	migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A) or 21
3695	3695	(7)(A)(i)(I)), or who entered the United States in violation 22
3696	3696	of section 275(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 23
3697	3697	(8 U.S.C. 1325(a)), in connection with conduct described 24
3698	3698	in such section 275(a), unless expressly authorized by law. 25
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3701	3701	•HR 5893 IH
3702	3702	SEC. 561. None of the funds made available by this 1
3703	3703	Act may be used to implement a limit on reimbursement 2
3704	3704	available to a local law enforcement jurisdiction under the 3
3705	3705	Domestic Cannabis Suppression/Eradication Program for 4
3706	3706	the purpose of paying overtime pay to a law enforcement 5
3707	3707	officer who engages in eradication efforts against unli-6
3708	3708	censed or unregistered cannabis grown in a State wherein 7
3709	3709	production or sales of cannabis is lawful. 8
3710	3710	S
3711	3711	EC. 562. None of the funds made available by this 9
3712	3712	Act may be used to review, process, or approve applica-10
3713	3713	tions for Federal grants, contracts, cooperative agree-11
3714	3714	ments, or other agreements by any individual or organiza-12
3715	3715	tion that educates or otherwise trains or informs Federal 13
3716	3716	employees about diversity, equity, inclusion, critical race 14
3717	3717	theory, implicit bias, unconscious bias, or culturally rel-15
3718	3718	evant teaching. 16
3719	3719	S
3720	3720	EC. 563. None of the funds made available by this 17
3721	3721	Act may be used to provide any education, training, or 18
3722	3722	professional development that utilizes, promotes, or teach-19
3723	3723	es Critical Race Theory, any concept associated with Crit-20
3724	3724	ical Race Theory, or that teaches or trains any idea or 21
3725	3725	concept that condones an individual being discriminated 22
3726	3726	against or receiving adverse or beneficial treatment based 23
3727	3727	on race or sex, that condones an individual feeling discom-24
3728	3728	fort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological dis-25
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3731	3731	•HR 5893 IH
3732	3732	tress on account of that individual’s race or sex, as well 1
3733	3733	as any idea or concept that regards one race as inherently 2
3734	3734	superior to another race, the United States or its institu-3
3735	3735	tions as being systemically racist or sexist, an individual 4
3736	3736	as being inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive by virtue 5
3737	3737	of that individual’s race or sex, an individual’s moral char-6
3738	3738	acter as being necessarily determined by race or sex, an 7
3739	3739	individual as bearing responsibility for actions committed 8
3740	3740	in the past by other members of the same race or sex, 9
3741	3741	or meritocracy being racist, sexist, or having been created 10
3742	3742	by a particular race to oppress another race. 11
3743	3743	S
3744	3744	EC. 564. None of the funds made available by this 12
3745	3745	Act may be used to promote or contribute to environ-13
3746	3746	mental, social, and corporate governance (also known as 14
3747	3747	environmental, social, and governance (ESG)) invest-15
3748	3748	ments. 16
3749	3749	S
3750	3750	EC. 565. None of the funds made available by this 17
3751	3751	or any other Act may be used to investigate, litigate, or 18
3752	3752	advocate against any person or recipient, as currently de-19
3753	3753	fined at section 106.2 of title 34, Code of Federal Regula-20
3754	3754	tions, for defining ‘‘sex’’ as currently used in, inter alia, 21
3755	3755	section 1681 of title 20, United States Code, and sections 22
3756	3756	106.21, 22, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37,39, 40, 41, 23
3757	3757	44, and 45 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, to 24
3758	3758	mean biological sex, male or female, as determined by the 25
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3761	3761	•HR 5893 IH
3762	3762	type of gamete an individual produces; and for defining 1
3763	3763	‘‘boys and girls’’ to mean only biological boys, whose DNA 2
3764	3764	consists of one X sex chromosome and one Y sex chro-3
3765	3765	mosome, and biological girls, whose DNA consists of two 4
3766	3766	X sex chromosomes. 5
3767	3767	S
3768	3768	EC. 566. None of the funds made available by this 6
3769	3769	Act may be used for gun buyback or relinquishment pro-7
3770	3770	grams. 8
3771	3771	S
3772	3772	EC. 567. None of the funds made available by this 9
3773	3773	Act may be used to implement any statute, rule, policy, 10
3774	3774	or interpretive guidance or to disburse any grants or fund-11
3775	3775	ing that would have the effect of creating, utilizing, sup-12
3776	3776	porting, or implementing a law or procedure which could 13
3777	3777	result in the confiscation of any firearm without, in all 14
3778	3778	cases, providing the gun owner with notice and oppor-15
3779	3779	tunity to participate in a hearing. 16
3780	3780	S
3781	3781	EC. 568. None of the funds made available by this 17
3782	3782	Act may be used to fund or implement any red flag or 18
3783	3783	extreme risk protection order laws. 19
3784	3784	S
3785	3785	EC. 569. None of the funds made available by this 20
3786	3786	or any other Act, or provided from any accounts in the 21
3787	3787	Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 22
3788	3788	of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, may 23
3789	3789	be available for obligation or expenditure to study, pre-24
3790	3790	pare, propose, or adopt any rule, regulation, administra-25
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3793	3793	•HR 5893 IH
3794	3794	tive order or secretarial or executive action for the purpose 1
3795	3795	of restricting the production, purchase, sale or transfer of 2
3796	3796	any firearm unless expressly authorized by Congress. 3
3797	3797	S
3798	3798	EC. 570. None of the funds made available by this 4
3799	3799	or any other Act may be used to create, operate, or main-5
3800	3800	tain a Federal firearms registry. 6
3801	3801	S
3802	3802	EC. 571. None of the funds made available by this 7
3803	3803	Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per-8
3804	3804	sonnel to facilitate, advise, promote, or otherwise support 9
3805	3805	any civil actions to which the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, 10
3806	3806	and Firearms is not a named party against any licensee 11
3807	3807	or other person purported to be subject to the regulation 12
3808	3808	and oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and 13
3809	3809	Firearms. 14
3810	3810	S
3811	3811	EC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 15
3812	3812	Act may be used for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire-16
3813	3813	arms and Explosives (ATF) Demand 2 program unless the 17
3814	3814	ATF modifies the Demand 2 reporting thresholds such 18
3815	3815	that the threshold criteria of the Demand 2 program is 19
3816	3816	a percentage of traces relative to a licensee’s average num-20
3817	3817	ber of firearm sales for the preceding three years as re-21
3818	3818	ported on such licensee’s Federal firearms license renewal 22
3819	3819	applications. 23
3820	3820	S
3821	3821	EC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 24
3822	3822	or any other Act may be used to— 25
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3826	3826	(1) classify, tax, or register any firearm with an 1
3827	3827	attached ‘‘stabilizing brace’’ or other similar brace 2
3828	3828	or rearward attachment, notwithstanding any ex-3
3829	3829	tended additional contact surface rearward or use 4
3830	3830	outside of its original design or use as a buttstock 5
3831	3831	or use to enable shoulder fire, as a ‘‘rifle,’’ ‘‘short- 6
3832	3832	barreled rifle,’’ or ‘‘short-barreled shotgun’’ under 7
3833	3833	the Gun Control Act of 1968, the National Firearms 8
3834	3834	Act of 1934, or any other such act of Congress; or 9
3835	3835	(2) direct any other law enforcement or regu-10
3836	3836	latory entity to conduct any of the activities de-11
3837	3837	scribed in paragraph (1) on the ATF’s behalf. 12
3838	3838	S
3839	3839	EC. 574. None of the funds made available by this 13
3840	3840	Act may be made available to support, directly or indi-14
3841	3841	rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 15
3842	3842	owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 16
3843	3843	Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re-17
3844	3844	public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 18
3845	3845	the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-19
3846	3846	ezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 20
3847	3847	other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 21
3848	3848	a foreign adversary. 22
3849	3849	S
3850	3850	EC. 575. None of the funds made available by this 23
3851	3851	or any other Act may be used to engage in any formal 24
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3854	3854	•HR 5893 IH
3855	3855	or informal negotiations, regardless of subject, with lead-1
3856	3856	ership or representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 2
3857	3857	S
3858	3858	EC. 576. None of the funds made available by this 3
3859	3859	or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 4
3860	3860	or retain any person who either has been convicted of a 5
3861	3861	Federal or State child pornography charge, has been con-6
3862	3862	victed of any other Federal or State sexual assault charge, 7
3863	3863	or has been formally disciplined for using Federal re-8
3864	3864	sources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 9
3865	3865	S
3866	3866	EC. 577. None of the funds made available by this 10
3867	3867	or any other Act may be used to recruit, hire, promote, 11
3868	3868	or retain any person based in whole or in part on such 12
3869	3869	person’s race, national origin, sex, or religion. 13
3870	3870	S
3871	3871	EC. 578. None of the funds made available by this 14
3872	3872	or any other Act may be used to fund any sex-altering 15
3873	3873	surgical procedures in either a Federally owned facility or 16
3874	3874	a private facility leased or used by the Federal Govern-17
3875	3875	ment. 18
3876	3876	S
3877	3877	EC. 579. None of the funds made available by this 19
3878	3878	Act may be used for the Department of Justice’s Repro-20
3879	3879	ductive Rights Task Force. 21
3880	3880	S
3881	3881	EC. 580. None of the funds made available by this 22
3882	3882	Act may be used to sue any State or local government 23
3883	3883	over their abortion laws, or to intervene or file an amicus 24
3884	3884	brief in such a case. 25
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3887	3887	•HR 5893 IH
3888	3888	SEC. 581. None of the funds made available by this 1
3889	3889	Act may be used to sue any State or local government 2
3890	3890	over any law relating to transgender issues, or to intervene 3
3891	3891	or file an amicus brief in such a case. 4
3892	3892	S
3893	3893	EC. 582. None of the funds made available by this 5
3894	3894	or any other Act may be used to sue any State over its 6
3895	3895	redistricting plans, or to intervene or file an amicus brief 7
3896	3896	in such a case. 8
3897	3897	S
3898	3898	EC. 583. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 9
3899	3899	7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 10
3900	3900	28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 11
3901	3901	none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-12
3902	3902	priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 13
3903	3903	any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-14
3904	3904	tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 15
3905	3905	accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 16
3906	3906	conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 17
3907	3907	a union of one man and one woman. 18
3908	3908	(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-19
3909	3909	section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 20
3910	3910	taken by the Federal Government to— 21
3911	3911	(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 22
3912	3912	of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-23
3913	3913	sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-24
3914	3914	tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-25
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3917	3917	•HR 5893 IH
3918	3918	nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 1
3919	3919	in subsection (a); 2
3920	3920	(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-3
3921	3921	poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 4
3922	3922	such person; 5
3923	3923	(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 6
3924	3924	exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 7
3925	3925	deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-8
3926	3926	operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-9
3927	3927	cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 10
3928	3928	other similar position or status from or to such per-11
3929	3929	son; 12
3930	3930	(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-13
3931	3931	erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 14
3932	3932	benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 15
3933	3933	admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 16
3934	3934	degree from an educational program, from or to 17
3935	3935	such person; or 18
3936	3936	(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-19
3937	3937	erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-20
3938	3938	ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-21
3939	3939	stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 22
3940	3940	and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-23
3941	3941	paigns from or to such person. 24
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3944	3944	•HR 5893 IH
3945	3945	(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 1
3946	3946	Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 2
3947	3947	certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 3
3948	3948	would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 4
3949	3949	such purposes but for a determination against such person 5
3950	3950	wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 6
3951	3951	or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 7
3952	3952	or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 8
3953	3953	S
3954	3954	EC. 584. None of the funds made available by this 9
3955	3955	Act may be used by any agency to enforce section 19.17 10
3956	3956	of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or Article 11
3957	3957	18 of the United States-Japan Digital Trade Agreement 12
3958	3958	or to negotiate similar language in future trade agree-13
3959	3959	ments. 14
3960	3960	S
3961	3961	EC. 585. (a) None of the funds made available by 15
3962	3962	this Act may be used to facilitate, permit, license, or pro-16
3963	3963	mote exports to the Cuban military or intelligence service 17
3964	3964	or to any officer of the Cuban military or intelligence serv-18
3965	3965	ice, or an immediate family member thereof or any agency 19
3966	3966	or entity owned or partially owned or operated on behalf 20
3967	3967	of the previously listed. 21
3968	3968	(b) This section does not apply to exports of goods 22
3969	3969	permitted under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 23
3970	3970	Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.). 24
3971	3971	(c) In this section— 25
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3975	3975	(1) the term ‘‘Cuban military or intelligence 1
3976	3976	service’’ includes the Ministry of the Revolutionary 2
3977	3977	Armed Forces, and the Ministry of the Interior, of 3
3978	3978	Cuba, and any subsidiary of either such Ministry; 4
3979	3979	and 5
3980	3980	(2) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 6
3981	3981	means a spouse, sibling, son, daughter, parent, 7
3982	3982	grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, or neph-8
3983	3983	ew. 9
3984	3984	S
3985	3985	EC. 586. None of the funds made available by this 10
3986	3986	Act or any other Act may be used for an Office of Envi-11
3987	3987	ronmental Justice. 12
3988	3988	S
3989	3989	EC. 587. None of the funds made available by this 13
3990	3990	Act may be used to enforce the Department of Commerce 14
3991	3991	rule entitled, ‘‘Procedures Covering Suspension of Liq-15
3992	3992	uidation, Duties and Estimated Duties in Accord With 16
3993	3993	Presidential Proclamation 10414’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 56868). 17
3994	3994	S
3995	3995	EC. 588. None of the funds made available by this 18
3996	3996	Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per-19
3997	3997	sonnel of the Department of Justice to negotiate or con-20
3998	3998	clude a settlement with the Federal Government that in-21
3999	3999	cludes terms requiring the defendant to donate or con-22
4000	4000	tribute funds to an organization or individual. 23
4001	4001	S
4002	4002	EC. 589. None of the funds made available by this 24
4003	4003	or any other Act may be used to pay the salary, benefits, 25
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4007	4007	bonuses, or expenses of any Federal officer or employee 1
4008	4008	who fails to comply with a duly issued and valid congres-2
4009	4009	sional subpoena, including any circumstances in which a 3
4010	4010	Federal officer or employee does not produce documents 4
4011	4011	in unredacted form by a date certain provided in a con-5
4012	4012	gressional subpoena. 6
4013	4013	S
4014	4014	EC. 590. (a) None of the funds made available by 7
4015	4015	this Act may be used to conduct a politically sensitive in-8
4016	4016	vestigation until the Department of Justice establishes a 9
4017	4017	policy requiring non-partisan career staff to oversee such 10
4018	4018	investigations. 11
4019	4019	(b) For the purpose of this section, the phrase ‘‘politi-12
4020	4020	cally sensitive investigations’’ includes investigations of 13
4021	4021	elected officials or their family members, political can-14
4022	4022	didates or their family members, political organizations, 15
4023	4023	religious organizations, and members of the media. 16
4024	4024	S
4025	4025	EC. 591. None of the funds made available by this 17
4026	4026	Act may be used to pay the salary, benefits, bonuses, or 18
4027	4027	expenses of a Department of Justice employee who is 19
4028	4028	found to have retaliated against a whistleblower or sup-20
4029	4029	pressed an employee’s constitutional rights under the 21
4030	4030	First Amendment. 22
4031	4031	S
4032	4032	EC. 592. (a) None of the funds made available by 23
4033	4033	this Act may be used to conduct an interview in connection 24
4034	4034	with an investigation of a Federal offense, or an investiga-25
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4038	4038	tion in which the agency is assisting a State, local or Trib-1
4039	4039	al law enforcement agency, unless such interview is re-2
4040	4040	corded using electronic audio recording equipment. 3
4041	4041	(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to custo-4
4042	4042	dial and noncustodial interviews, but shall not apply with 5
4043	4043	respect to— 6
4044	4044	(1) communications with confidential inform-7
4045	4045	ants; or 8
4046	4046	(2) interviews of non-United States persons 9
4047	4047	conducted outside the United States. 10
4048	4048	(c) Recordings of such interviews shall be retained 11
4049	4049	for 10 years. 12
4050	4050	S
4051	4051	EC. 593. None of the funds made available by this 13
4052	4052	Act may be used to discourage, or implement a policy that 14
4053	4053	serves to discourage, United States Marshals Service em-15
4054	4054	ployees or personnel from fully enforcing section 1507 of 16
4055	4055	title 18, United States Code. 17
4056	4056	S
4057	4057	EC. 594. None of the funds made available by this 18
4058	4058	Act may be used be used, or transferred to another Fed-19
4059	4059	eral agency, board, or commission to be used in further-20
4060	4060	ance of— 21
4061	4061	(1) any modification or publication of revised 22
4062	4062	Merger Guidelines without the express authorization 23
4063	4063	of Congress; 24
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4067	4067	(2) the European Commission’s Digital Markets 1
4068	4068	Act or in support of such Act; or 2
4069	4069	(3) the hiring of any new employees to the 3
4070	4070	Antitrust Division, other than to replace retired or 4
4071	4071	departed employees, unless expressly authorized by 5
4072	4072	Congress. 6
4073	4073	S
4074	4074	EC. 595. None of the funds made available by this 7
4075	4075	Act may be used to fund the operations or expenses of 8
4076	4076	any Federal employee union. 9
4077	4077	S
4078	4078	EC. 596. (a) Section 507(d) of title 11, United 10
4079	4079	States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘excluding subpara-11
4080	4080	graph (F)’’ after ‘‘(a)(8)’’. 12
4081	4081	(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 13
4082	4082	amendment made by in section (a) shall take effect on 14
4083	4083	the date of the enactment of this Act. 15
4084	4084	(2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not 16
4085	4085	apply with respect to cases commenced under title 11 of 17
4086	4086	the United States Code before the date of the enactment 18
4087	4087	of this Act. 19
4088	4088	S
4089	4089	EC. 597. None of the funds appropriated or other-20
4090	4090	wise made available by this Act may be made used to— 21
4091	4091	(1) classify or facilitate the classification of any 22
4092	4092	communications by a United States person as misin-23
4093	4093	formation, disinformation, or malinformation; or 24
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4097	4097	(2) partner with or fund nonprofit or other or-1
4098	4098	ganizations that pressure or recommend private 2
4099	4099	companies to censor lawful and constitutionally pro-3
4100	4100	tected speech of United States persons, including 4
4101	4101	recommending the censoring or removal of content 5
4102	4102	on social media platforms. 6
4103	4103	S
4104	4104	EC. 598. None of the funds made available by this 7
4105	4105	Act may be used to enforce any COVID-19 vaccine man-8
4106	4106	dates or passports. 9
4107	4107	SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 10
4108	4108	S
4109	4109	EC. 599. $0 11
4110	4110	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Commerce, Justice, 12
4111	4111	Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 13
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