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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 5894
5	5	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
6	6	Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
7	7	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	OCTOBER6, 2023
10	10	Mr. A
11	11	DERHOLTintroduced the following bill;
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13	13	CTOBER25, 2023
14	14	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
17	17	and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
18	18	cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and
19	19	for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
23	23	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
24	24	Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 5
25	25	Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 6
26	26	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 7
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30	30	TITLE I 1
31	31	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 2
32	32	E
33	33	MPLOYMENT AND TRAININGADMINISTRATION 3
34	34	TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 4
35	35	For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 5
36	36	and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 6
37	37	and the National Apprenticeship Act, $2,836,808,000, 7
38	38	plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts 8
39	39	provided: 9
40	40	(1) for grants to States for adult employment 10
41	41	and training activities and dislocated worker employ-11
42	42	ment and training activities, $1,807,553,000 as fol-12
43	43	lows: 13
44	44	(A) $712,000,000 for adult employment 14
45	45	and training activities, which shall be available 15
46	46	for the period October 1, 2024 through June 16
47	47	30, 2025; and 17
48	48	(B) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 18
49	49	employment and training activities, of which 19
50	50	$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 20
51	51	July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and of 21
52	52	which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 22
53	53	period October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: 23
54	54	Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 24
55	55	outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 25
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59	59	WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 1
60	60	section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur-2
61	61	ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 3
62	62	WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica-4
63	63	tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 5
64	64	would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 6
65	65	out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 7
66	66	the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 8
67	67	shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re-9
68	68	ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 10
69	69	in such manner, and containing such information as 11
70	70	the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 12
71	71	outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de-13
72	72	scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 14
73	73	for any of the programs and activities authorized 15
74	74	under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 16
75	75	to approval of the application and such reporting re-17
76	76	quirements issued by the Secretary; and 18
77	77	(2) for national programs, $1,029,255,000 as 19
78	78	follows: 20
79	79	(A) $360,859,0000 for the dislocated 21
80	80	workers assistance national reserve, of which 22
81	81	$160,859,000 shall be available for the period 23
82	82	July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, and 24
83	83	of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 25
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87	87	period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 1
88	88	2025: Provided, That funds provided to carry 2
89	89	out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 3
90	90	used to provide assistance to a State for state-4
91	91	wide or local use in order to address cases 5
92	92	where there have been worker dislocations 6
93	93	across multiple sectors or across multiple local 7
94	94	areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-8
95	95	ordinate the State workforce development plan 9
96	96	with emerging economic development needs; and 10
97	97	train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 11
98	98	further, That funds provided to carry out sec-12
99	99	tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 13
100	100	used for technical assistance and demonstration 14
101	101	projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 15
102	102	new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 16
103	103	workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 17
104	104	section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-18
105	105	vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 19
106	106	may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 20
107	107	funds to provide technical assistance and carry 21
108	108	out additional activities related to the transition 22
109	109	to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 23
110	110	funds provided under this subparagraph, 24
111	111	$115,000,000 shall be for training and employ-25
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115	115	ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 1
116	116	(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 2
117	117	such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 3
118	118	(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers 4
119	119	in the Appalachian region, as defined by 5
120	120	40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 6
121	121	Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 7
122	122	4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 8
123	123	Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 9
124	124	2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 10
125	125	served by the Northern Border Regional 11
126	126	Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 12
127	127	15733; and 13
128	128	(ii) $65,000,000 shall be for the pur-14
129	129	pose of developing, offering, or improving 15
130	130	educational or career training programs at 16
131	131	community colleges, defined as public insti-17
132	132	tutions of higher education, as described in 18
133	133	section 101(a) of the Higher Education 19
134	134	Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 20
135	135	degree is primarily the highest degree 21
136	136	awarded, with other eligible institutions of 22
137	137	higher education, as defined in section 23
138	138	101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 24
139	139	1965, eligible to participate through con-25
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143	143	sortia, with community colleges as the lead 1
144	144	grantee; 2
145	145	(B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro-3
146	146	grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 4
147	147	shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 5
148	148	through June 30, 2025; 6
149	149	(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 7
150	150	farmworker programs under section 167 of the 8
151	151	WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 9
152	152	grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 10
153	153	be for employment and training services), 11
154	154	$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 12
155	155	(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 13
156	156	permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 14
157	157	discretionary purposes, which shall be available 15
158	158	for the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 16
159	159	2025: Provided, That notwithstanding any 17
160	160	other provision of law or related regulation, the 18
161	161	Department of Labor shall take no action lim-19
162	162	iting the number or proportion of eligible par-20
163	163	ticipants receiving related assistance services or 21
164	164	discouraging grantees from providing such serv-22
165	165	ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 23
166	166	definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 24
167	167	section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 25
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171	171	individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 1
172	172	eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 2
173	173	programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 3
174	174	that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-4
175	175	quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 5
176	176	167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 6
177	177	family with a total family income equal to or 7
178	178	less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 8
179	179	(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-9
180	180	ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 10
181	181	which shall be available for the period April 1, 11
182	182	2024 through June 30, 2025; 12
183	183	(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activi-13
184	184	ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 14
185	185	WIOA, which shall be available for the period 15
186	186	April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided, 16
187	187	That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 17
188	188	competitive grants to national and regional 18
189	189	intermediaries for activities that prepare for 19
190	190	employment young adults with criminal legal 20
191	191	histories, young adults who have been justice 21
192	192	system-involved, or young adults who have 22
193	193	dropped out of school or other educational pro-23
194	194	grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 24
195	195	crime, high-poverty areas; 25
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199	199	(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 1
200	200	Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 2
201	201	169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 3
202	202	the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 4
203	203	2025; and 5
204	204	(G) $285,000,000 to expand opportunities 6
205	205	through apprenticeships, to be available to the 7
206	206	Secretary to carry out activities through grants, 8
207	207	cooperative agreements, contracts and other ar-9
208	208	rangements, with States and other appropriate 10
209	209	entities, including equity intermediaries and 11
210	210	business and labor industry partner inter-12
211	211	mediaries, which shall be available for the pe-13
212	212	riod July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. 14
213	213	FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 15
214	214	For payments during fiscal year 2024 of trade ad-16
215	215	justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 17
216	216	of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 18
217	217	of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 19
218	218	employment and case management services, allowances for 20
219	219	job search and relocation, and related State administrative 21
220	220	expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 22
221	221	title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 23
222	222	payments, allowances, training, employment and case 24
223	223	management services, and related State administration 25
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227	227	provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-1
228	228	ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 2
229	229	and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 3
230	230	and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 4
231	231	$30,700,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-5
232	232	essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 6
233	233	payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 7
234	234	2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 8
235	235	Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 9
236	236	heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 10
237	237	current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 11
238	238	245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 12
239	239	STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 13
240	240	SERVICE OPERATIONS 14
241	241	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
242	242	For authorized administrative expenses, 16
243	243	$84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,921,556,000 17
244	244	which may be expended from the Employment Security 18
245	245	Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 19
246	246	(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 20
247	247	(1) $3,141,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 21
248	248	grants to States for the administration of State un-22
249	249	employment insurance laws as authorized under title 23
250	250	III of the Social Security Act (including not less 24
251	251	than $382,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-25
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255	255	ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 1
256	256	such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 2
257	257	defined in such section, including those who are 3
258	258	profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 4
259	259	be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-5
260	260	vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci-6
261	261	fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-7
262	262	rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 8
263	263	251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-9
264	264	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 10
265	265	$265,000,000 is additional new budget authority 11
266	266	specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(V) 12
267	267	of such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support 13
268	268	of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 14
269	269	Excellence), the administration of unemployment in-15
270	270	surance for Federal employees and for ex-service 16
271	271	members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, 17
272	272	and the administration of trade readjustment allow-18
273	273	ances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 19
274	274	and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 20
275	275	the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of 21
276	276	the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 22
277	277	2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Pref-23
278	278	erences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) 24
279	279	of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be 25
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283	283	available for obligation by the States through De-1
284	284	cember 31, 2024, except that funds used for auto-2
285	285	mation shall be available for Federal obligation until 3
286	286	expended, and for State obligation through Sep-4
287	287	tember 30, 2026, and funds for competitive grants 5
288	288	awarded to States for improved operations and to 6
289	289	conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility as-7
290	290	sessments and unemployment insurance improper 8
291	291	payment reviews and provide reemployment services 9
292	292	and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 10
293	293	available for Federal obligation through December 11
294	294	31, 2024 (except that funds for outcome payments 12
295	295	pursuant to section 306(f)(2) of the Social Security 13
296	296	Act shall be available for Federal obligation through 14
297	297	March 31, 2025), and for obligation by the States 15
298	298	through September 30, 2026, and funds for the Un-16
299	299	employment Insurance Integrity Center of Excel-17
300	300	lence shall be available for obligation by the State 18
301	301	through September 30, 2025, and funds used for 19
302	302	unemployment insurance workloads experienced 20
303	303	through September 30, 2024 shall be available for 21
304	304	Federal obligation through December 31, 2024; 22
305	305	(2) $23,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-23
306	306	tional activities necessary to support the administra-24
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310	310	tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 1
311	311	system; 2
312	312	(3) $658,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to-3
313	313	gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 4
314	314	the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 5
315	315	with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 6
316	316	be available for Federal obligation for the period 7
317	317	July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; 8
318	318	(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-9
319	319	tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-10
320	320	ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-11
321	321	it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 12
322	322	1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-13
323	323	ernizing information technology for use in the proc-14
324	324	essing of certification requests), and the provision of 15
325	325	technical assistance and staff training under the 16
326	326	Wagner-Peyser Act; 17
327	327	(5) $73,282,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 18
328	328	administration of foreign labor certifications and re-19
329	329	lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-20
330	330	ality Act and related laws, of which $50,000,000 21
331	331	shall be available for the Federal administration of 22
332	332	such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 23
333	333	for grants to States for the administration of such 24
334	334	activities; and 25
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338	338	(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 1
339	339	provide workforce information, national electronic 2
340	340	tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-3
341	341	ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-4
342	342	ligation for the period July 1, 2024 through June 5
343	343	30, 2025, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 6
344	344	to carry out research and demonstration projects re-7
345	345	lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 8
346	346	labor force participation of people with disabilities: 9
347	347	Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 10
348	348	made available for research and demonstration 11
349	349	projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-12
350	350	ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-13
351	351	poses: 14
352	352	Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-15
353	353	sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2024 is 16
354	354	projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 17
355	355	2,365,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 18
356	356	Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 19
357	357	increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 20
358	358	for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 21
359	359	III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 22
360	360	funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 23
361	361	to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 24
362	362	Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 25
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366	366	carrying out activities under such title III if the other 1
367	367	States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 2
368	368	declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 3
369	369	Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 4
370	370	further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 5
371	371	for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 6
372	372	Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 7
373	373	the National Directory of New Hires under section 8
374	374	453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-9
375	375	retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 10
376	376	under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-11
377	377	ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 12
378	378	Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 13
379	379	That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-14
380	380	tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 15
381	381	are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 16
382	382	State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 17
383	383	immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 18
384	384	grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 19
385	385	Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 20
386	386	for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-21
387	387	rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-22
388	388	ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 23
389	389	may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-24
390	390	ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 25
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394	394	to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 1
395	395	under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 2
396	396	the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 3
397	397	be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-4
398	398	surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-5
399	399	withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 6
400	400	the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-7
401	401	ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-8
402	402	eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-9
403	403	lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-10
404	404	quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 11
405	405	States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 12
406	406	III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 13
407	407	in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-14
408	408	ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 15
409	409	in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-16
410	410	tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 17
411	411	making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 18
412	412	may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 19
413	413	data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 20
414	414	to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 21
415	415	State and local governments, public and private institu-22
416	416	tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 23
417	417	may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 24
418	418	of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 25
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422	422	Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 1
423	423	information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 2
424	424	which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-3
425	425	main available until September 30, 2025, for such pur-4
426	426	poses. 5
427	427	ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 6
428	428	OTHER FUNDS 7
429	429	For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 8
430	430	Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 9
431	431	Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 10
432	432	Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-11
433	433	ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-12
434	434	vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 13
435	435	of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 14
436	436	Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 15
437	437	Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 16
438	438	sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 17
439	439	obligation through September 30, 2025. 18
440	440	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 19
441	441	For expenses of administering employment and train-20
442	442	ing programs, $108,900,000, together with not to exceed 21
443	443	$54,015,000 which may be expended from the Employ-22
444	444	ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-23
445	445	ment Trust Fund. 24
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449	449	EMPLOYEEBENEFITSSECURITYADMINISTRATION 1
450	450	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
451	451	For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 3
452	452	Security Administration, $152,880,000, of which up to 4
453	453	$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 5
454	454	2025, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-6
455	455	ment litigation. 7
456	456	P
457	457	ENSIONBENEFITGUARANTYCORPORATION 8
458	458	PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 9
459	459	The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-10
460	460	poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-11
461	461	cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 12
462	462	title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 13
463	463	of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 14
464	464	available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 15
465	465	to make such contracts and commitments without regard 16
466	466	to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 17
467	467	as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-18
468	468	ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-19
469	469	tember 30, 2024, for the Corporation: Provided, That 20
470	470	none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 21
471	471	year 2024 shall be available for obligations for administra-22
472	472	tive expenses in excess of $512,900,000: Provided further, 23
473	473	That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-24
474	474	pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 25
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477	477	•HR 5894 IH
478	478	100,000 in fiscal year 2024, an amount not to exceed an 1
479	479	additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-2
480	480	tember 30, 2028, for obligations for administrative ex-3
481	481	penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-4
482	482	pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 5
483	483	amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para-6
484	484	graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep-7
485	485	tember 30, 2028 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor-8
486	486	dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor-9
487	487	dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-10
488	488	proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-11
489	489	fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 12
490	490	of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 13
491	491	an additional amount shall be available for obligation 14
492	492	through September 30, 2028 to the extent the Corpora-15
493	493	tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 16
494	494	identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 17
495	495	a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad-18
496	496	ditional $100 per affected individual. 19
497	497	W
498	498	AGE ANDHOURDIVISION 20
499	499	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
500	500	For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-22
501	501	sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 23
502	502	agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-24
503	503	dered, $185,000,000. 25
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507	507	OFFICE OFLABOR-MANAGEMENTSTANDARDS 1
508	508	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
509	509	For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-3
510	510	agement Standards, $48,515,000. 4
511	511	O
512	512	FFICE OFFEDERALCONTRACTCOMPLIANCE 5
513	513	P
514	514	ROGRAMS 6
515	515	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
516	516	For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-8
517	517	tract Compliance Programs, $83,232,000. 9
518	518	O
519	519	FFICE OFWORKERS’ COMPENSATIONPROGRAMS 10
520	520	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
521	521	For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 12
522	522	Compensation Programs, $106,500,000, together with 13
523	523	$2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 14
524	524	in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 15
525	525	Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 16
526	526	SPECIAL BENEFITS 17
527	527	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
528	528	For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-19
529	529	penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au-20
530	530	thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 21
531	531	year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 22
532	532	as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 23
533	533	in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 24
534	534	the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 25
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537	537	•HR 5894 IH
538	538	Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 1
539	539	App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 2
540	540	Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-3
541	541	cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 4
542	542	by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 5
543	543	Compensation Act, $700,000,000, together with such 6
544	544	amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-7
545	545	quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 8
546	546	and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 9
547	547	15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 10
548	548	the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es-11
549	549	tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 12
550	550	amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 13
551	551	by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 14
552	552	employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 15
553	553	of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 16
554	554	That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-17
555	555	tember 30, 2023, shall remain available until expended for 18
556	556	the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-19
557	557	vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 20
558	558	to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 21
559	559	any other corporation or instrumentality required under 22
560	560	5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 23
561	561	the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de-24
562	562	termines to be the cost of administration for employees 25
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565	565	•HR 5894 IH
566	566	of such fair share entities through September 30, 2024: 1
567	567	Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 2
568	568	account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-3
569	569	ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 4
570	570	$83,007,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 5
571	571	follows: 6
572	572	(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-7
573	573	mated data processing systems operations and tele-8
574	574	communications systems, $28,153,000; 9
575	575	(2) For automated workload processing oper-10
576	576	ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 11
577	577	intake, and medical bill processing, $26,526,000; 12
578	578	(3) For periodic roll disability management and 13
579	579	medical review, $26,527,000; 14
580	580	(4) For program integrity, $1,801,000; and 15
581	581	(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 16
582	582	Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 17
583	583	Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 18
584	584	person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 19
585	585	under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-20
586	586	ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 21
587	587	claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-22
588	588	rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 23
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591	591	•HR 5894 IH
592	592	SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 1
593	593	For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 2
594	594	and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 3
595	595	275, $22,890,000, to remain available until expended. 4
596	596	For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 5
597	597	benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 6
598	598	for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 7
599	599	as may be necessary. 8
600	600	For making benefit payments under title IV for the 9
601	601	first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $7,000,000, to remain 10
602	602	available until expended. 11
603	603	ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES , ENERGY EMPLOYEES 12
604	604	OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 13
605	605	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 14
606	606	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 15
607	607	Act, $66,532,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-16
608	608	vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-17
609	609	ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 18
610	610	such claim such identifying information (including Social 19
611	611	Security account number) as may be prescribed. 20
612	612	BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 21
613	613	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
614	614	Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 23
615	615	Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 24
616	616	until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 25
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619	619	•HR 5894 IH
620	620	section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-1
621	621	enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 2
622	622	interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 3
623	623	of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 4
624	624	expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2024 for expenses 5
625	625	of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-6
626	626	fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 7
627	627	exceed $44,059,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 8
628	628	Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 9
629	629	exceed $41,178,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-10
630	630	ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $368,000 11
631	631	for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-12
632	632	spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-13
633	633	ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 14
634	634	Department of the Treasury. 15
635	635	O
636	636	CCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 16
637	637	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
638	638	For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 18
639	639	and Health Administration, $536,922,000, including not 19
640	640	to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 20
641	641	amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 21
642	642	of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 22
643	643	which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 23
644	644	of State occupational safety and health programs required 24
645	645	to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 25
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648	648	•HR 5894 IH
649	649	under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-1
650	650	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 2
651	651	Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-3
652	652	cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-4
653	653	wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 5
654	654	such sums for occupational safety and health training and 6
655	655	education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 7
656	656	3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 8
657	657	ending September 30, 2024, to collect and retain fees for 9
658	658	services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-10
659	659	oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 11
660	660	the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 12
661	661	international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 13
662	662	the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 14
663	663	the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 15
664	664	appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 16
665	665	expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 17
666	666	standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 18
667	667	is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 19
668	668	operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 20
669	669	camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-21
670	670	ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 22
671	671	shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 23
672	672	any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 24
673	673	respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 25
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676	676	•HR 5894 IH
677	677	included within a category having a Days Away, Re-1
678	678	stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 2
679	679	and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-3
680	680	tion code for which such data are published, less than the 4
681	681	national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-5
682	682	lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 6
683	683	Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 7
684	684	except— 8
685	685	(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-9
686	686	sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-10
687	687	ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 11
688	688	(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 12
689	689	response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-13
690	690	tion for violations found during such inspection, and 14
691	691	to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-15
692	692	rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 16
693	693	any willful violations found; 17
694	694	(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 18
695	695	with respect to imminent dangers; 19
696	696	(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 20
697	697	with respect to health hazards; 21
698	698	(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 22
699	699	with respect to a report of an employment accident 23
700	700	which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-24
701	701	sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 25
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704	704	•HR 5894 IH
705	705	and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-1
706	706	tion authorized by the Act; and 2
707	707	(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 3
708	708	with respect to complaints of discrimination against 4
709	709	employees for exercising rights under the Act: 5
710	710	Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 6
711	711	apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 7
712	712	which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-8
713	713	ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That not 9
714	714	less than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection 10
715	715	Programs. 11
716	716	M
717	717	INESAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 12
718	718	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
719	719	For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 14
720	720	Health Administration, $325,052,000, including purchase 15
721	721	and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 16
722	722	with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-17
723	723	senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 18
724	724	mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 19
725	725	$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 20
726	726	notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 21
727	727	may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 22
728	728	Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 23
729	729	materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 24
730	730	be available for mine safety and health education and 25
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733	733	•HR 5894 IH
734	734	training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1
735	735	31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-2
736	736	tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 3
737	737	from fees collected for the approval and certification of 4
738	738	equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 5
739	739	may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 6
740	740	That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-7
741	741	ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 8
742	742	private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 9
743	743	with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 10
744	744	further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 11
745	745	is authorized to promote health and safety education and 12
746	746	training in the mining community through cooperative 13
747	747	programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 14
748	748	Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-15
749	749	ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-16
750	750	cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 17
751	751	provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 18
752	752	reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-19
753	753	ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 20
754	754	chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 21
755	755	That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 22
756	756	be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 23
757	757	for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 24
758	758	event of a major disaster. 25
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762	762	BUREAU OFLABORSTATISTICS 1
763	763	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
764	764	For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-3
765	765	tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 4
766	766	Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-5
767	767	ices rendered, $589,952,000, together with not to exceed 6
768	768	$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-7
769	769	ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-8
770	770	ment Trust Fund. 9
771	771	O
772	772	FFICE OFDISABILITYEMPLOYMENTPOLICY 10
773	773	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
774	774	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
775	775	For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 13
776	776	Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 14
777	777	and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 15
778	778	of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 16
779	779	people with disabilities, $43,000,000, of which not less 17
780	780	than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 18
781	781	projects related to testing effective ways to promote great-19
782	782	er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro-20
783	783	vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 21
784	784	available under this heading for research and demonstra-22
785	785	tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 23
786	786	Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur-24
787	787	poses. 25
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791	791	DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 1
792	792	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
793	793	For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-3
794	794	ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 4
795	795	$200,995,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 5
796	796	which may be expended from the Employment Security 6
797	797	Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 7
798	798	Fund: Provided, That $6,211,000 shall be used for pro-8
799	799	gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 9
800	800	through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds 10
801	801	available for program evaluation may be used to admin-11
802	802	ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur-12
803	803	ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 13
804	804	be awarded through fair and open competition. 14
805	805	VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 15
806	806	Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 16
807	807	Employment Security Administration account in the Un-17
808	808	employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 18
809	809	chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 19
810	810	of which— 20
811	811	(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 21
812	812	grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-22
813	813	abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 23
814	814	section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-24
815	815	ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 25
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819	819	such title, and for the expenses described in section 1
820	820	4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend-2
821	821	iture by the States through September 30, 2026, 3
822	822	and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-4
823	823	eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-5
824	824	port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-6
825	825	formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 7
826	826	such funds may be used to support such specialists 8
827	827	and representatives in the provision of services to 9
828	828	transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 10
829	829	have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-11
830	830	gram and have been identified as in need of inten-12
831	831	sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 13
832	832	are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 14
833	833	in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 15
834	834	units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 16
835	835	of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 17
836	836	(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-18
837	837	tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 19
838	838	10 U.S.C. 1144; 20
839	839	(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 21
840	840	of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 22
841	841	2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 23
842	842	Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 may be used 24
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846	846	to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-1
847	847	lic Law 115–31); and 2
848	848	(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 3
849	849	Employment and Training Services Institute under 4
850	850	38 U.S.C. 4109: 5
851	851	Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 6
852	852	appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 7
853	853	above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-8
854	854	tion from which such reallocation is made. 9
855	855	In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 10
856	856	$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-11
857	857	less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 12
858	858	transitioning from certain institutions under sections 13
859	859	2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 14
860	860	Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 15
861	861	of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 16
862	862	September 30, 2024, to provide services under such sec-17
863	863	tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-18
864	864	tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 19
865	865	services to homeless veterans described in section 20
866	866	2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 21
867	867	some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 22
868	868	veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 23
869	869	60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 24
870	870	may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-25
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874	874	scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-1
875	875	erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 2
876	876	of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 3
877	877	paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 4
878	878	this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 5
879	879	support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-6
880	880	formance information: Provided further, That notwith-7
881	881	standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 8
882	882	United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-9
883	883	penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 10
884	884	In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 11
885	885	the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-12
886	886	tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 13
887	887	be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 14
888	888	Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 15
889	889	shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 16
890	890	sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 17
891	891	such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 18
892	892	(3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 19
893	893	of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 20
894	894	(Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 21
895	895	apply. 22
896	896	IT MODERNIZATION 23
897	897	For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-24
898	898	tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-25
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902	902	lated to support systems and modernization, $27,269,000, 1
903	903	which shall be available through September 30, 2025. 2
904	904	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 3
905	905	For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 4
906	906	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 5
907	907	General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to 6
908	908	exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em-7
909	909	ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-8
910	910	ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 9
911	911	$2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 10
912	912	may be available until expended. 11
913	913	G
914	914	ENERALPROVISIONS 12
915	915	S
916	916	EC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 13
917	917	for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-14
918	918	nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-15
919	919	tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 16
920	920	Level II. 17
921	921	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
922	922	S
923	923	EC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-19
924	924	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 20
925	925	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-21
926	926	priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 22
927	927	Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 23
928	928	project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-24
929	929	ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 25
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933	933	transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 1
934	934	this section shall not be used to create any new program 2
935	935	or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 3
936	936	provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-4
937	937	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 5
938	938	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 6
939	939	of any transfer. 7
940	940	S
941	941	EC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 8
942	942	13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 9
943	943	available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-10
944	944	pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 11
945	945	manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 12
946	946	or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 13
947	947	and host countries already identified by the United States 14
948	948	Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 15
949	949	S
950	950	EC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-16
951	951	tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 17
952	952	of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 18
953	953	Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 19
954	954	(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 20
955	955	than competitive grants for training individuals who are 21
956	956	older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 22
957	957	in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-23
958	958	tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 24
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962	962	visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 1
963	963	necessary to support such training. 2
964	964	S
965	965	EC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 3
966	966	Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-4
967	967	ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 5
968	968	of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-6
969	969	vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 7
970	970	in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 8
971	971	apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 9
972	972	in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 10
973	973	Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-11
974	974	tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-12
975	975	ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 13
976	976	funds, taking into account factors including the relative 14
977	977	cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 15
978	978	comparable State or local government employees, and the 16
979	979	size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-17
980	980	grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-18
981	981	ministration programs. 19
982	982	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
983	983	S
984	984	EC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-21
985	985	retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-22
986	986	ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-23
987	987	rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-24
988	988	ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 25
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992	992	determined that those services will be more efficiently per-1
993	993	formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 2
994	994	shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 3
995	995	(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 4
996	996	transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 5
997	997	appropriation made available to the Employment and 6
998	998	Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-7
999	999	istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 8
1000	1000	relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-9
1001	1001	ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 10
1002	1002	That funds transferred under this subsection shall be 11
1003	1003	available to the Secretary to carry out program integrity 12
1004	1004	activities directly or through grants, cooperative agree-13
1005	1005	ments, contracts and other arrangements with States and 14
1006	1006	other appropriate entities: Provided further, That funds 15
1007	1007	transferred under the authority provided by this sub-16
1008	1008	section shall be available for obligation through September 17
1009	1009	30, 2024. 18
1010	1010	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
1011	1011	S
1012	1012	EC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 20
1013	1013	than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 21
1014	1014	in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 22
1015	1015	out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 23
1016	1016	are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 24
1017	1017	this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-25
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1021	1021	agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 1
1022	1022	Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 2
1023	1023	available for obligation through September 30, 2024: Pro-3
1024	1024	vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 4
1025	1025	Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 5
1026	1026	a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
1027	1027	of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-7
1028	1028	tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 8
1029	1029	(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 9
1030	1030	‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘State Unemploy-10
1031	1031	ment Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’, 11
1032	1032	‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, ‘‘Office of 12
1033	1033	Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Di-13
1034	1034	vision’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance Pro-14
1035	1035	grams’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-15
1036	1036	cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 16
1037	1037	Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability 17
1038	1038	Employment Policy’’, and ‘‘Veterans’ Employment and 18
1039	1039	Training’’. 19
1040	1040	S
1041	1041	EC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 20
1042	1042	Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 21
1043	1043	following text is part of such section: 22
1044	1044	‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 23
1045	1045	for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 24
1046	1046	disaster to any employee— 25
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1050	1050	‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-1
1051	1051	sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 2
1052	1052	an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-3
1053	1053	filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-4
1054	1054	erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-5
1055	1055	tracts; 6
1056	1056	‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-7
1057	1057	age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 8
1058	1058	per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-9
1059	1059	lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 10
1060	1060	number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 11
1061	1061	of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 12
1062	1062	‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 13
1063	1063	‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-14
1064	1064	viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 15
1065	1065	or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 16
1066	1066	witnesses, or physicians; 17
1067	1067	‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-18
1068	1068	ing factual information to prepare damage esti-19
1069	1069	mates; 20
1070	1070	‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-21
1071	1071	tions regarding coverage or compensability of 22
1072	1072	claims or determining liability or value aspects 23
1073	1073	of claims; 24
1074	1074	‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 25
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1078	1078	‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 1
1079	1079	litigation. 2
1080	1080	‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 3
1081	1081	the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 4
1082	1082	‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 5
1083	1083	‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-6
1084	1084	aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 7
1085	1085	State or Federal agency or department; 8
1086	1086	‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 9
1087	1087	evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 10
1088	1088	major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-11
1089	1089	cured or secures a license required by applicable law 12
1090	1090	to engage in and perform the activities described in 13
1091	1091	clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 14
1092	1092	to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 15
1093	1093	that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-16
1094	1094	erage or protection for its employees, if required by 17
1095	1095	applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 18
1096	1096	State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 19
1097	1097	wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 20
1098	1098	and 21
1099	1099	‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 22
1100	1100	by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 23
1101	1101	more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 24
1102	1102	securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-25
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1106	1106	rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 1
1107	1107	control with, another company.’’. 2
1108	1108	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-3
1109	1109	actment of this Act. 4
1110	1110	S
1111	1111	EC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITYWITHRESPECT TO THE 5
1112	1112	C
1113	1113	ROSSING OFH–2B NONIMMIGRANTSWORKING IN THE 6
1114	1114	S
1115	1115	EAFOODINDUSTRY.— 7
1116	1116	(1) I
1117	1117	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 8
1118	1118	a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-9
1119	1119	ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-10
1120	1120	ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 11
1121	1121	the petition into the United States at any time dur-12
1122	1122	ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 13
1123	1123	for which the employer is seeking the services of the 14
1124	1124	nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 15
1125	1125	(2) R
1126	1126	EQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 16
1127	1127	90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 17
1128	1128	may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 18
1129	1129	States after the date that is 90 days after the start 19
1130	1130	date for which the employer is seeking the services 20
1131	1131	of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 21
1132	1132	(A) completes a new assessment of the 22
1133	1133	local labor market by— 23
1134	1134	(i) listing job orders in local news-24
1135	1135	papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 25
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1139	1139	(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 1
1140	1140	appropriate Department of Labor Elec-2
1141	1141	tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 3
1142	1142	place of employment; and 4
1143	1143	(B) offers the job to an equally or better 5
1144	1144	qualified United States worker who— 6
1145	1145	(i) applies for the job; and 7
1146	1146	(ii) will be available at the time and 8
1147	1147	place of need. 9
1148	1148	(3) E
1149	1149	XEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 10
1150	1150	TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 11
1151	1151	consider an employer in the seafood industry who 12
1152	1152	brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 13
1153	1153	during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 14
1154	1154	to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-15
1155	1155	tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-16
1156	1156	tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 17
1157	1157	(b) H–2B N
1158	1158	ONIMMIGRANTSDEFINED.—In this sec-18
1159	1159	tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-19
1160	1160	mitted to the United States pursuant to section 20
1161	1161	101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 21
1162	1162	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 22
1163	1163	S
1164	1164	EC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 23
1165	1165	the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 24
1166	1166	of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 25
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1170	1170	employees with similar experience and qualifications for 1
1171	1171	such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 2
1172	1172	wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-3
1173	1173	tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-4
1174	1174	immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 5
1175	1175	available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-6
1176	1176	mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 7
1177	1177	2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-8
1178	1178	veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 9
1179	1179	Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 10
1180	1180	determines that the methodology and data in the provided 11
1181	1181	survey are not statistically supported. 12
1182	1182	S
1183	1183	EC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 13
1184	1184	to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 14
1185	1185	found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 15
1186	1186	rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 16
1187	1187	thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 17
1188	1188	of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-18
1189	1189	nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 19
1190	1190	214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 20
1191	1191	S
1192	1192	EC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21
1193	1193	law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-22
1194	1194	tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 23
1195	1195	$2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-24
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1199	1199	mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 1
1200	1200	the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 2
1201	1201	S
1202	1202	EC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 3
1203	1203	Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 4
1204	1204	736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 5
1205	1205	is part of such Act: 6
1206	1206	‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 7
1207	1207	‘‘(a) I
1208	1208	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-8
1209	1209	thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 9
1210	1210	agents to— 10
1211	1211	‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 11
1212	1212	Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-12
1213	1213	ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 13
1214	1214	to the performance of official duties by the Sec-14
1215	1215	retary; 15
1216	1216	‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-16
1217	1217	tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 17
1218	1218	immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-18
1219	1219	pating in an activity or event relating to the official 19
1220	1220	duties of the Secretary; 20
1221	1221	‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-21
1222	1222	retary (including during periods not described in 22
1223	1223	paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-23
1224	1224	diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 24
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1228	1228	articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 1
1229	1229	with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 2
1230	1230	‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 3
1231	1231	of Labor or another senior officer representing the 4
1232	1232	Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 5
1233	1233	unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 6
1234	1234	accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-7
1235	1235	retary. 8
1236	1236	‘‘(b) A
1237	1237	UTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 9
1238	1238	authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-10
1239	1239	ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 11
1240	1240	the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 12
1241	1241	‘‘(1) carry firearms; 13
1242	1242	‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-14
1243	1243	fense against the United States committed in the 15
1244	1244	presence of such officer or special agent; 16
1245	1245	‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-17
1246	1246	cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 18
1247	1247	and conducting advance work to review security mat-19
1248	1248	ters relating to sites and events; 20
1249	1249	‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 21
1250	1250	agencies; and 22
1251	1251	‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 23
1252	1252	into potential threats to the security of the Sec-24
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1256	1256	retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 1
1257	1257	the Department of Labor. 2
1258	1258	‘‘(c) C
1259	1259	OMPLIANCEWITHGUIDELINES.—A law en-3
1260	1260	forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-4
1261	1261	section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 5
1262	1262	section in accordance with any— 6
1263	1263	‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 7
1264	1264	and 8
1265	1265	‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 9
1266	1266	Labor.’’. 10
1267	1267	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-11
1268	1268	actment of this Act. 12
1269	1269	S
1270	1270	EC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 13
1271	1271	or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-14
1272	1272	priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 15
1273	1273	a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-16
1274	1274	erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is 17
1275	1275	situated. Any sale or other disposition, to include any as-18
1276	1276	sociated construction project, will not be subject to any 19
1277	1277	requirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to 20
1278	1278	the disposition of Federal real property or relating to Fed-21
1279	1279	eral procurement, including but not limited to subchapter 22
1280	1280	III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States Code, 23
1281	1281	subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United 24
1282	1282	States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I 25
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1286	1286	of title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds 1
1287	1287	of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which 2
1288	1288	shall be available until expended to carry out the Job 3
1289	1289	Corps Program on Treasure Island. 4
1290	1290	(RESCISSION) 5
1291	1291	S
1292	1292	EC. 115. Of the unobligated funds available under 6
1293	1293	section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 7
1294	1294	(8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby perma-8
1295	1295	nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 9
1296	1296	(RESCISSION) 10
1297	1297	S
1298	1298	EC. 116. Of the amounts which are made available 11
1299	1299	to ‘‘Employment and Training Administration—Training 12
1300	1300	and Employment Services’’ on October 1, 2023 by Public 13
1301	1301	Law 117–328, $712,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 14
1302	1302	S
1303	1303	EC. 117. No Federal funds may be made available 15
1304	1304	to alter or affect the administration, implementation, or 16
1305	1305	enforcement of the final rule entitled ‘‘Independent Con-17
1306	1306	tractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’’ (86 18
1307	1307	Fed. Reg. 1168) and dated January 7, 2021. 19
1308	1308	S
1309	1309	EC. 118. No Federal funds may be made available 20
1310	1310	to administer, implement, or enforce the rule entitled 21
1311	1311	‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and 22
1312	1312	Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 73822) and 23
1313	1313	dated December 1, 2022. 24
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1317	1317	SEC. 119. No Federal funds may be made available 1
1318	1318	to administer, implement, or enforce— 2
1319	1319	(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Adverse Effect Wage 3
1320	1320	Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment 4
1321	1321	of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations 5
1322	1322	in the United States’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 12760) and 6
1323	1323	dated February 28, 2023; or 7
1324	1324	(2) section 655.131(b) of title 20, Code of Fed-8
1325	1325	eral Regulations (relating to joint employer require-9
1326	1326	ments) as amended by the final regulations pub-10
1327	1327	lished by the Department of Labor in the Federal 11
1328	1328	Register on October 12, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 61660). 12
1329	1329	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 13
1330	1330	Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 14
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1334	1334	TITLE II 1
1335	1335	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2
1336	1336	SERVICES 3
1337	1337	H
1338	1338	EALTHRESOURCES ANDSERVICESADMINISTRATION 4
1339	1339	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 5
1340	1340	For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 6
1341	1341	Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 7
1342	1342	with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-8
1343	1343	ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 9
1344	1344	That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex-10
1345	1345	pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 11
1346	1346	of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 12
1347	1347	$120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car-13
1348	1348	rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 14
1349	1349	224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 15
1350	1350	Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 16
1351	1351	in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 17
1352	1352	made under such law: Provided further, That not less than 18
1353	1353	$150,000,000 shall be obligated in fiscal year 2024 for 19
1354	1354	construction and capital improvement costs. 20
1355	1355	HEALTH WORKFORCE 21
1356	1356	For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 22
1357	1357	Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 23
1358	1358	and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 24
1359	1359	Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,336,348,000: Pro-25
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1363	1363	vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro-1
1364	1364	portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 2
1365	1365	of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 3
1366	1366	made available under this heading: Provided further, That 4
1367	1367	for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 5
1368	1368	Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 6
1369	1369	and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-7
1370	1370	retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-8
1371	1371	tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 9
1372	1372	Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec-10
1373	1373	tion: Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act 11
1374	1374	shall apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 12
1375	1375	756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall 13
1376	1376	be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 14
1377	1377	further, That fees collected for the disclosure of informa-15
1378	1378	tion under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im-16
1379	1379	provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 17
1380	1380	1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re-18
1381	1381	cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 19
1382	1382	by such sections and shall remain available until expended 20
1383	1383	for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 21
1384	1384	That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 22
1385	1385	846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 23
1386	1386	may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 24
1387	1387	made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 25
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1391	1391	That $126,000,000 shall remain available until expended 1
1392	1392	for the purposes of providing primary health services, as-2
1393	1393	signing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici-3
1394	1394	pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 4
1395	1395	treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior-5
1396	1396	ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 6
1397	1397	and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay-7
1398	1398	ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 8
1399	1399	section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 9
1400	1400	the amount made available in the previous proviso, 10
1401	1401	$16,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 11
1402	1402	purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-12
1403	1403	payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 13
1404	1404	to individuals participating in such program who provide 14
1405	1405	primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 15
1406	1406	Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In-16
1407	1407	dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 17
1408	1408	Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 18
1409	1409	limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur-19
1410	1410	ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, sec-20
1411	1411	tion 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if 21
1412	1412	the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical sub-22
1413	1413	stance use disorder treatment services, including those 23
1414	1414	provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 24
1415	1415	treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds 25
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1419	1419	made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 1
1420	1420	available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain 2
1421	1421	optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship 3
1422	1422	programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc-4
1423	1423	ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified 5
1424	1424	Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi-6
1425	1425	tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur-7
1426	1426	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 8
1427	1427	$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-9
1428	1428	tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided fur-10
1429	1429	ther, That the United States may recover liquidated dam-11
1430	1430	ages in an amount determined by the formula under sec-12
1431	1431	tion 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either 13
1432	1432	fails to begin or complete the service obligated by a con-14
1433	1433	tract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided fur-15
1434	1434	ther, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 16
1435	1435	Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav-17
1436	1436	ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro-18
1437	1437	priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi-19
1438	1438	nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 20
1439	1439	Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 21
1440	1440	title for fiscal year 2024 contracts entered into under sec-22
1441	1441	tion 338B of the PHS Act. 23
1442	1442	Of the funds made available under this heading, 24
1443	1443	$60,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 25
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1447	1447	grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 1
1448	1448	or support graduate education for physicians provided by 2
1449	1449	such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de-3
1450	1450	velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova-4
1451	1451	tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 5
1452	1452	grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-6
1453	1453	tions of higher education located in States with a projected 7
1454	1454	primary care provider shortage in 2030, as determined by 8
1455	1455	the Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded 9
1456	1456	are limited to such public institutions of higher education 10
1457	1457	in States in the top quintile of States with a projected 11
1458	1458	primary care provider shortage in 2030, as determined by 12
1459	1459	the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum 13
1460	1460	amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall 14
1461	1461	be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, 15
1462	1462	That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to 16
1463	1463	exceed 5 years: Provided further, That such a grant award-17
1464	1464	ed with respect to a year to such an institution shall be 18
1465	1465	subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds 19
1466	1466	in an amount that is not more than 10 percent of the 20
1467	1467	total amount of Federal funds provided in the grant to 21
1468	1468	such institution with respect to such year. 22
1469	1469	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 23
1470	1470	For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 24
1471	1471	PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 25
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1475	1475	title V of the Social Security Act, $991,582,000: Provided, 1
1476	1476	That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 2
1477	1477	the Social Security Act, not more than $177,268,000 shall 3
1478	1478	be available for carrying out special projects of regional 4
1479	1479	and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 5
1480	1480	such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 6
1481	1481	described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 7
1482	1482	501(a)(3) of such Act. 8
1483	1483	RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 9
1484	1484	For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 10
1485	1485	respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 11
1486	1486	$2,332,535,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 12
1487	1487	available to the Secretary through September 30, 2026, 13
1488	1488	for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 14
1489	1489	of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 15
1490	1490	AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 16
1491	1491	section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act. 17
1492	1492	HEALTH SYSTEMS 18
1493	1493	For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 19
1494	1494	with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 20
1495	1495	Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $101,009,000, of 21
1496	1496	which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facil-22
1497	1497	ity renovations and other facilities-related expenses of the 23
1498	1498	National Hansen’s Disease Program: Provided, That the 24
1499	1499	second sentence in section 372(a) of the PHS Act and sec-25
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1503	1503	tion 372(b)(1)(A) of the PHS Act shall not apply to any 1
1504	1504	contracts awarded by the Secretary of Health and Human 2
1505	1505	Services for the operation of the Organ Procurement and 3
1506	1506	Transplantation Network. 4
1507	1507	RURAL HEALTH 5
1508	1508	For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 6
1509	1509	with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 7
1510	1510	Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 8
1511	1511	711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $402,607,000, 9
1512	1512	of which $74,277,000 from general revenues, notwith-10
1513	1513	standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 11
1514	1514	be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 12
1515	1515	flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 13
1516	1516	made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-14
1517	1517	pital flexibility grants, $25,942,000 shall be available for 15
1518	1518	the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program 16
1519	1519	for quality improvement and adoption of health informa-17
1520	1520	tion technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available 18
1521	1521	to award grants to public or non-profit private entities for 19
1522	1522	the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Pro-20
1523	1523	gram, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 21
1524	1524	1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with funds provided 22
1525	1525	for grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for the pur-23
1526	1526	chase and implementation of telehealth services and other 24
1527	1527	efforts to improve health care coordination for rural vet-25
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1531	1531	erans between rural providers and the Department of Vet-1
1532	1532	erans Affairs: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-2
1533	1533	tion 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $12,500,000 shall be avail-3
1534	1534	able for State Offices of Rural Health: Provided further, 4
1535	1535	That $12,700,000 shall remain available through Sep-5
1536	1536	tember 30, 2026, to support the Rural Residency Develop-6
1537	1537	ment Program. 7
1538	1538	HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 8
1539	1539	For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 9
1540	1540	Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 10
1541	1541	for activities funded in other appropriations included in 11
1542	1542	this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis-12
1543	1543	tration, $215,088,000, of which $45,050,000 shall be for 13
1544	1544	expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement of 14
1545	1545	Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 15
1546	1546	agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 16
1547	1547	Provided, That funds made available under this heading 17
1548	1548	may be used to supplement program support funding pro-18
1549	1549	vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 19
1550	1550	‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 20
1551	1551	‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 21
1552	1552	and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 22
1553	1553	VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 23
1554	1554	For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 24
1555	1555	Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 25
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1559	1559	may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-1
1560	1560	lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 2
1561	1561	after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 3
1562	1562	XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 4
1563	1563	Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 5
1564	1564	to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 6
1565	1565	Fund to the Secretary. 7
1566	1566	COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 8
1567	1567	For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 9
1568	1568	$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 10
1569	1569	C
1570	1570	ENTERS FORDISEASECONTROL ANDPREVENTION 11
1571	1571	IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 12
1572	1572	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 13
1573	1573	section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 14
1574	1574	Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni-15
1575	1575	zation and respiratory diseases, $326,075,000. 16
1576	1576	HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 17
1577	1577	DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 18
1578	1578	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 19
1579	1579	the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 20
1580	1580	sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 21
1581	1581	$1,171,056,000. 22
1582	1582	EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 23
1583	1583	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 24
1584	1584	2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the Immigra-25
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1588	1588	tion and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 1
1589	1589	zoonotic infectious diseases, $708,772,000: Provided, That 2
1590	1590	of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 3
1591	1591	$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 4
1592	1592	for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 5
1593	1593	related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 6
1594	1594	Federal or State quarantine law. 7
1595	1595	CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 8
1596	1596	PROMOTION 9
1597	1597	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 10
1598	1598	XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-11
1599	1599	vention and health promotion, $797,569,000: Provided, 12
1600	1600	That funds made available under this heading may be 13
1601	1601	available for making grants under section 1509 of the 14
1602	1602	PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga-15
1603	1603	nizations: Provided further, That the proportional funding 16
1604	1604	requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall 17
1605	1605	not apply to funds made available under this heading. 18
1606	1606	BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES , 19
1607	1607	DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 20
1608	1608	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 21
1609	1609	PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-22
1610	1610	abilities, disabilities and health, $205,560,000. 23
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1614	1614	PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 1
1615	1615	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 2
1616	1616	Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 3
1617	1617	informatics, and workforce development, $654,497,000. 4
1618	1618	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 5
1619	1619	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 6
1620	1620	Act with respect to environmental health, $130,850,000: 7
1621	1621	Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 8
1622	1622	heading up to $2,600,000 may remain available until ex-9
1623	1623	pended for carrying out the Vessel Sanitation Program, 10
1624	1624	in addition to user fee collections available for such pur-11
1625	1625	pose. 12
1626	1626	INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 13
1627	1627	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 14
1628	1628	Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 15
1629	1629	$730,779,000. 16
1630	1630	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 17
1631	1631	HEALTH 18
1632	1632	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 19
1633	1633	Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 20
1634	1634	of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 21
1635	1635	of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 22
1636	1636	Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-23
1637	1637	ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 24
1638	1638	health, $247,700,000. 25
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1642	1642	ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 1
1643	1643	COMPENSATION PROGRAM 2
1644	1644	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 3
1645	1645	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 4
1646	1646	Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-5
1647	1647	vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 6
1648	1648	the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 7
1649	1649	151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 8
1650	1650	GLOBAL HEALTH 9
1651	1651	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 10
1652	1652	Act with respect to global health, $370,772,000, of which 11
1653	1653	$100,000,000 shall remain available through September 12
1654	1654	30, 2026, for global public health protection: Provided, 13
1655	1655	That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of 14
1656	1656	official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 15
1657	1657	PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 16
1658	1658	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 17
1659	1659	Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-18
1660	1660	sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 19
1661	1661	related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-20
1662	1662	logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 21
1663	1663	$735,000,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 22
1664	1664	for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 23
1665	1665	title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 24
1666	1666	Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 25
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1669	1669	•HR 5894 IH
1670	1670	without reimbursement to support an activation of the 1
1671	1671	CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc-2
1672	1672	tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 3
1673	1673	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-4
1674	1674	resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 5
1675	1675	this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 6
1676	1676	this authority which includes the number of staff and 7
1677	1677	funding level broken down by the originating center and 8
1678	1678	number of days detailed, and an update of such report 9
1679	1679	every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 10
1680	1680	reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 11
1681	1681	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 12
1682	1682	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
1683	1683	For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-14
1684	1684	tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 15
1685	1685	$40,000,000, which shall remain available until expended: 16
1686	1686	Provided, That funds made available to this account in 17
1687	1687	this or any prior Act that are available for the acquisition 18
1688	1688	of real property or for construction or improvement of fa-19
1689	1689	cilities shall be available to make improvements on non- 20
1690	1690	federally owned property, provided that any improvements 21
1691	1691	that are not adjacent to federally owned property do not 22
1692	1692	exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit of such 23
1693	1693	improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, That 24
1694	1694	funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 25
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1697	1697	•HR 5894 IH
1698	1698	of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 1
1699	1699	shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re-2
1700	1700	search facility: Provided further, That funds made avail-3
1701	1701	able to this account in this or any prior Act that are avail-4
1702	1702	able for the acquisition of real property or for construction 5
1703	1703	or improvement of facilities in conjunction with the new 6
1704	1704	replacement mine safety research facility shall be available 7
1705	1705	to make improvements on non-federally owned property, 8
1706	1706	provided that any improvements that are not adjacent to 9
1707	1707	federally owned property do not exceed $5,000,000: Pro-10
1708	1708	vided further, That in addition, the prior year unobligated 11
1709	1709	balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in 12
1710	1710	accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning 13
1711	1711	Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 14
1712	1712	amounts made available under this heading to support the 15
1713	1713	replacement of the mine safety research facility. 16
1714	1714	CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 17
1715	1715	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
1716	1716	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 19
1717	1717	section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-20
1718	1718	ties and program support for activities funded in other 21
1719	1719	appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 22
1720	1720	Disease Control and Prevention, $231,428,000: Provided, 23
1721	1721	That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of sec-24
1722	1722	tion 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro-25
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1726	1726	priated under this heading and in all other accounts of 1
1727	1727	the CDC: Provided further, That of the amounts made 2
1728	1728	available under this heading, $35,000,000, to remain 3
1729	1729	available until expended, shall be available to the Director 4
1730	1730	of the CDC for deposit in the Infectious Diseases Rapid 5
1731	1731	Response Reserve Fund established by section 231 of divi-6
1732	1732	sion B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, That 7
1733	1733	funds appropriated under this heading may be used to 8
1734	1734	support a contract for the operation and maintenance of 9
1735	1735	an aircraft in direct support of activities throughout CDC 10
1736	1736	to ensure the agency is prepared to address public health 11
1737	1737	preparedness emergencies: Provided further, That employ-12
1738	1738	ees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and 13
1739	1739	commissioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, 14
1740	1740	or other organizations under authority of section 214 of 15
1741	1741	the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated 16
1742	1742	as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and 17
1743	1743	shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applica-18
1744	1744	ble to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of 19
1745	1745	detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC may use 20
1746	1746	up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this 21
1747	1747	Act for official reception and representation expenses 22
1748	1748	when specifically approved by the Director of CDC: Pro-23
1749	1749	vided further, That in addition, such sums as may be de-24
1750	1750	rived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited 25
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1754	1754	to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Pro-1
1755	1755	vided further, That with respect to the previous proviso, 2
1756	1756	authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program 3
1757	1757	and the Respirator Certification Program shall be avail-4
1758	1758	able through September 30, 2025. 5
1759	1759	N
1760	1760	ATIONALINSTITUTES OFHEALTH 6
1761	1761	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 7
1762	1762	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
1763	1763	Act with respect to cancer, $7,104,159,000, of which up 9
1764	1764	to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im-10
1765	1765	provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 11
1766	1766	Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 12
1767	1767	Frederick, Maryland. 13
1768	1768	NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 14
1769	1769	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15
1770	1770	Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-16
1771	1771	eases, and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 17
1772	1772	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 18
1773	1773	RESEARCH 19
1774	1774	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20
1775	1775	Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 21
1776	1776	$520,163,000. 22
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1779	1779	•HR 5894 IH
1780	1780	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 1
1781	1781	KIDNEY DISEASES 2
1782	1782	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1783	1783	Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-4
1784	1784	ease, $2,300,721,000. 5
1785	1785	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 6
1786	1786	AND STROKE 7
1787	1787	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
1788	1788	Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 9
1789	1789	$2,588,925,000. 10
1790	1790	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 11
1791	1791	DISEASES 12
1792	1792	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13
1793	1793	Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 14
1794	1794	$5,062,279,000. 15
1795	1795	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 16
1796	1796	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 17
1797	1797	Act with respect to general medical sciences, 18
1798	1798	$3,154,679,000, of which $1,327,482,000 shall be from 19
1799	1799	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-20
1800	1800	vided, That not less than $435,956,000 is provided for the 21
1801	1801	Institutional Development Awards program. 22
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1805	1805	EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 1
1806	1806	CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 2
1807	1807	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1808	1808	Act with respect to child health and human development, 4
1809	1809	$1,749,078,000. 5
1810	1810	NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 6
1811	1811	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1812	1812	Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 8
1813	1813	$896,549,000. 9
1814	1814	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 10
1815	1815	SCIENCES 11
1816	1816	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 12
1817	1817	Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 13
1818	1818	$913,979,000. 14
1819	1819	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 15
1820	1820	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16
1821	1821	Act with respect to aging, $4,407,623,000. 17
1822	1822	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 18
1823	1823	MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 19
1824	1824	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20
1825	1825	Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 21
1826	1826	diseases, $685,465,000. 22
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1830	1830	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 1
1831	1831	COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 2
1832	1832	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1833	1833	Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-4
1834	1834	orders, $534,333,000. 5
1835	1835	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 6
1836	1836	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1837	1837	Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 8
1838	1838	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 9
1839	1839	ALCOHOLISM 10
1840	1840	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11
1841	1841	Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 12
1842	1842	$595,318,000. 13
1843	1843	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 14
1844	1844	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15
1845	1845	Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,662,695,000. 16
1846	1846	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 17
1847	1847	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18
1848	1848	Act with respect to mental health, $2,112,843,000. 19
1849	1849	NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 20
1850	1850	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 21
1851	1851	Act with respect to human genome research, 22
1852	1852	$663,200,000. 23
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1855	1855	•HR 5894 IH
1856	1856	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 1
1857	1857	BIOENGINEERING 2
1858	1858	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1859	1859	Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 4
1860	1860	research, $440,627,000. 5
1861	1861	NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 6
1862	1862	INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 7
1863	1863	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
1864	1864	Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 9
1865	1865	$170,384,000. 10
1866	1866	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 11
1867	1867	HEALTH DISPARITIES 12
1868	1868	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 13
1869	1869	Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 14
1870	1870	research, $524,395,000. 15
1871	1871	JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 16
1872	1872	For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 17
1873	1873	International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 18
1874	1874	title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 19
1875	1875	NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 20
1876	1876	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 21
1877	1877	Act with respect to health information communications, 22
1878	1878	$497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 23
1879	1879	improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 24
1880	1880	available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 25
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1884	1884	in fiscal year 2024, the National Library of Medicine may 1
1885	1885	enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 2
1886	1886	services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 3
1887	1887	the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-4
1888	1888	ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 5
1889	1889	NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 6
1890	1890	SCIENCES 7
1891	1891	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
1892	1892	Act with respect to translational sciences, $923,323,000: 9
1893	1893	Provided, That not less than $75,000,000 shall be avail-10
1894	1894	able to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating 11
1895	1895	to the Cures Acceleration Network: Provided further, That 12
1896	1896	at least $629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and 13
1897	1897	Translational Sciences Awards program. 14
1898	1898	OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 15
1899	1899	For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 16
1900	1900	the Director, NIH, $2,069,459,000: Provided, That fund-17
1901	1901	ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 18
1902	1902	29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro-19
1903	1903	vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage-20
1904	1904	ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 21
1905	1905	the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur-22
1906	1906	ther, That $722,401,000 shall be available for the Com-23
1907	1907	mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 24
1908	1908	PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 25
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1912	1912	$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 1
1913	1913	expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 2
1914	1914	NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 3
1915	1915	within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 4
1916	1916	up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren-5
1917	1917	ovation of facilities as provided for in section 6
1918	1918	2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 7
1919	1919	$80,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of 8
1920	1920	the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k), relating to biomedical and 9
1921	1921	behavioral research facilities: Provided further, That 10
1922	1922	amounts made available under this heading are also avail-11
1923	1923	able to establish, operate, and support the Research Policy 12
1924	1924	Board authorized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century 13
1925	1925	Cures Act. 14
1926	1926	In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-15
1927	1927	mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 16
1928	1928	Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 17
1929	1929	from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-18
1930	1930	scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 19
1931	1931	1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out 20
1932	1932	section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pedi-21
1933	1933	atric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids 22
1934	1934	First Research Act. 23
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1938	1938	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 1
1939	1939	For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren-2
1940	1940	ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 3
1941	1941	or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 4
1942	1942	$350,000,000, to remain available until expended. 5
1943	1943	NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT , CURES ACT 6
1944	1944	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
1945	1945	For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-8
1946	1946	scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 9
1947	1947	Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 10
1948	1948	in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 11
1949	1949	$407,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-12
1950	1950	vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 13
1951	1951	section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 14
1952	1952	amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 15
1953	1953	Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the Na-16
1954	1954	tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na-17
1955	1955	tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 18
1956	1956	in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 19
1957	1957	by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the 20
1958	1958	previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro-21
1959	1959	vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac-22
1960	1960	count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-23
1961	1961	vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans-24
1962	1962	fer authority provided by law. 25
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1966	1966	ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 1
1967	1967	For carrying out section 301 and part J of title IV 2
1968	1968	of the PHS Act with respect to advanced research projects 3
1969	1969	for health, $500,000,000. 4
1970	1970	S
1971	1971	UBSTANCEABUSE ANDMENTALHEALTHSERVICES 5
1972	1972	A
1973	1973	DMINISTRATION 6
1974	1974	MENTAL HEALTH 7
1975	1975	For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 8
1976	1976	Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad-9
1977	1977	vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 10
1978	1978	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 11
1979	1979	$2,706,282,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail-12
1980	1980	able under this heading, $93,887,000 shall be for the Na-13
1981	1981	tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 14
1982	1982	That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 15
1983	1983	no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 16
1984	1984	be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 17
1985	1985	Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 18
1986	1986	herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 19
1987	1987	of the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title 20
1988	1988	XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical 21
1989	1989	assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation 22
1990	1990	activities, and further that the total available under this 23
1991	1991	Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 per-24
1992	1992	cent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part 25
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1996	1996	B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the funds made 1
1997	1997	available under this heading for subpart I of part B of 2
1998	1998	title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent shall be avail-3
1999	1999	able to support evidence-based crisis systems: Provided 4
2000	2000	further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made avail-5
2001	2001	able to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Services 6
2002	2002	program may be used to carry out demonstration grants 7
2003	2003	or contracts for early interventions with persons not more 8
2004	2004	than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing 9
2005	2005	a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 10
2006	2006	520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds ap-11
2007	2007	propriated in this Act for fiscal year 2024: Provided fur-12
2008	2008	ther, That $385,000,000 shall be available for grants to 13
2009	2009	communities and community organizations who meet cri-14
2010	2010	teria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics 15
2011	2011	pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law 113–93: Pro-16
2012	2012	vided further, That none of the funds provided for section 17
2013	2013	1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of 18
2014	2014	such Act: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-19
2015	2015	able under this heading, $21,420,000 shall be to carry out 20
2016	2016	section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 21
2017	2017	2014 (Public Law 113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 22
2018	2018	SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 23
2019	2019	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 24
2020	2020	with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 25
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2024	2024	of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 1
2025	2025	prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 2
2026	2026	and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 3
2027	2027	$3,980,103,000: Provided, That $1,583,000,000 shall be 4
2028	2028	for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 5
2029	2029	Act: Provided further, That of such amount in the pre-6
2030	2030	ceding proviso not less than 4 percent shall be made avail-7
2031	2031	able to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided fur-8
2032	2032	ther, That of the amount reserved by the previous proviso, 9
2033	2033	the Secretary shall award grants using data that the Sec-10
2034	2034	retary determines to be the most objective and reliable 11
2035	2035	measure of drug use and drug-related deaths: Provided 12
2036	2036	further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the 13
2037	2037	following amounts shall be available under section 241 of 14
2038	2038	the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II 15
2039	2039	of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 16
2040	2040	1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 17
2041	2041	and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail-18
2042	2042	able under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not 19
2043	2043	exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 20
2044	2044	II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 21
2045	2045	substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, 22
2046	2046	That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the 23
2047	2047	PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject 24
2048	2048	to section 241 of such Act. 25
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2052	2052	SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 1
2053	2053	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 2
2054	2054	with respect to substance abuse prevention, $179,602,000. 3
2055	2055	HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 4
2056	2056	For program support and cross-cutting activities that 5
2057	2057	supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 6
2058	2058	Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 7
2059	2059	Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 8
2060	2060	of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-9
2061	2061	viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 10
2062	2062	and Mental Health Services Administration, 11
2063	2063	$109,895,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro-12
2064	2064	vided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 13
2065	2065	241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 14
2066	2066	carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental 15
2067	2067	health, to collect and analyze program data, and to con-16
2068	2068	duct public awareness and technical assistance activities: 17
2069	2069	Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 18
2070	2070	for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 19
2071	2071	data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and 20
2072	2072	provided to a public or private entity upon request, which 21
2073	2073	shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 22
2074	2074	available until expended for such purposes: Provided fur-23
2075	2075	ther, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying 24
2076	2076	out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available 25
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2080	2080	through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds 1
2081	2081	made available under this heading (other than amounts 2
2082	2082	specified in the first proviso under this heading) may be 3
2083	2083	used to supplement program support funding provided 4
2084	2084	under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse 5
2085	2085	Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 6
2086	2086	C
2087	2087	ENTERS FORMEDICARE& MEDICAIDSERVICES 7
2088	2088	GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 8
2089	2089	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 9
2090	2090	XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $406,956,850,000, 10
2091	2091	to remain available until expended. 11
2092	2092	In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 12
2093	2093	2024, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2024 for unantici-13
2094	2094	pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 14
2095	2095	as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 15
2096	2096	In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 16
2097	2097	quarter of fiscal year 2025, $245,580,414,000, to remain 17
2098	2098	available until expended. 18
2099	2099	Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 19
2100	2100	quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 20
2101	2101	in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 21
2102	2102	such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 22
2103	2103	quarter. 23
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2107	2107	PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 1
2108	2108	For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 2
2109	2109	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-3
2110	2110	surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 4
2111	2111	1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 5
2112	2112	103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 6
2113	2113	1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 7
2114	2114	administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 8
2115	2115	201(g) of the Social Security Act, $476,725,000,000. 9
2116	2116	In addition, for making matching payments under 10
2117	2117	section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 11
2118	2118	16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 12
2119	2119	in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 13
2120	2120	PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 14
2121	2121	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 15
2122	2122	XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 16
2123	2123	XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 17
2124	2124	Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-18
2125	2125	ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 19
2126	2126	to exceed $3,326,690,000 to be transferred from the Fed-20
2127	2127	eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup-21
2128	2128	plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 22
2129	2129	by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 23
2130	2130	all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 24
2131	2131	PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 25
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2135	2135	Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1
2136	2136	1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 2
2137	2137	be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 3
2138	2138	which shall be credited to this account and remain avail-4
2139	2139	able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 5
2140	2140	accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab-6
2141	2141	lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 7
2142	2142	to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap-8
2143	2143	propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di-9
2144	2144	rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2024 from Medicare 10
2145	2145	Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 11
2146	2146	of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 12
2147	2147	with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 13
2148	2148	pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 14
2149	2149	further, That of the amount made available under this 15
2150	2150	heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until Sep-16
2151	2151	tember 30, 2025, and shall be available for the Survey 17
2152	2152	and Certification Program: Provided further, That 18
2153	2153	amounts available under this heading to support quality 19
2154	2154	improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 20
2155	2155	the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe-21
2156	2156	cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 22
2157	2157	division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 23
2158	2158	(Public Law 115–141). 24
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2162	2162	HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 1
2163	2163	In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-2
2164	2164	gram integrity and program management, $915,000,000, 3
2165	2165	to remain available through September 30, 2025, to be 4
2166	2166	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 5
2167	2167	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 6
2168	2168	Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 7
2169	2169	Security Act, of which $675,648,000 shall be for the Cen-8
2170	2170	ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 9
2171	2171	activities, of which $100,145,000 shall be for the Depart-10
2172	2172	ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 11
2173	2173	General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 12
2174	2174	by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 13
2175	2175	$132,207,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 14
2176	2176	carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 15
2177	2177	1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-16
2178	2178	quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 17
2179	2179	for fiscal year 2024 shall include measures of the oper-18
2180	2180	ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 19
2181	2181	in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 20
2182	2182	funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 21
2183	2183	That of the amount provided under this heading, 22
2184	2184	$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 23
2185	2185	251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 24
2186	2186	Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 25
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2190	2190	$604,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 1
2191	2191	for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C)(i)(XI) of such Act 2
2192	2192	for additional health care fraud and abuse control activi-3
2193	2193	ties: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide not 4
2194	2194	less than $35,000,000 from amounts made available under 5
2195	2195	this heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 6
2196	2196	2024 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security 7
2197	2197	Act for the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat 8
2198	2198	health care fraud and abuse. 9
2199	2199	A
2200	2200	DMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES 10
2201	2201	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 11
2202	2202	ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 12
2203	2203	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 13
2204	2204	I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 14
2205	2205	and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,309,000,000, to remain 15
2206	2206	available until expended; and for such purposes for the 16
2207	2207	first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $1,400,000,000, to re-17
2208	2208	main available until expended. 18
2209	2209	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 19
2210	2210	year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 20
2211	2211	XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 21
2212	2212	July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 22
2213	2213	year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 23
2214	2214	year, such sums as may be necessary. 24
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2218	2218	LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 1
2219	2219	For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 2
2220	2220	of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-3
2221	2221	ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 4
2222	2222	$4,011,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 5
2223	2223	2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 6
2224	2224	reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train-7
2225	2225	ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 8
2226	2226	with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup-9
2227	2227	plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin-10
2228	2228	istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 11
2229	2229	may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 12
2230	2230	2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri-13
2231	2231	vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza-14
2232	2232	tions: Provided further, That all but $900,000,000 of the 15
2233	2233	amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 16
2234	2234	as though the total appropriation for such payments for 17
2235	2235	fiscal year 2024 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 18
2236	2236	further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 19
2237	2237	section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 20
2238	2238	State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca-21
2239	2239	tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 22
2240	2240	received under this heading for fiscal year 2023 from 23
2241	2241	amounts appropriated in Public Law 117–328 shall have 24
2242	2242	its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 25
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2246	2246	portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 1
2247	2247	would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 2
2248	2248	received in such fashion for fiscal year 2023 being ratably 3
2249	2249	reduced. 4
2250	2250	REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 5
2251	2251	For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-6
2252	2252	sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi-7
2253	2253	gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-8
2254	2254	ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 9
2255	2255	out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 10
2256	2256	section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 11
2257	2257	Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 12
2258	2258	Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor-13
2259	2259	ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $2,756,956,000, of which 14
2260	2260	$2,707,201,000 shall remain available through September 15
2261	2261	30, 2026, for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 16
2262	2262	and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 17
2263	2263	heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 18
2264	2264	research and evaluation with respect to activities under 19
2265	2265	such Act: Provided further, That the contribution of funds 20
2266	2266	requirement under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William 21
2267	2267	Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthoriza-22
2268	2268	tion Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available 23
2269	2269	under this heading. 24
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2273	2273	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 1
2274	2274	DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2
2275	2275	For carrying out the Child Care and Development 3
2276	2276	Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 4
2277	2277	$8,021,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 5
2278	2278	State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 6
2279	2279	low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 7
2280	2280	under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di-8
2281	2281	rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 9
2282	2282	agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 10
2283	2283	That all funds made available to carry out section 418 11
2284	2284	of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 12
2285	2285	funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 13
2286	2286	or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-14
2287	2287	ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 15
2288	2288	section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 16
2289	2289	That notwithstanding section 658O(a)(2) of such Act, 5 17
2290	2290	percent of the amount appropriated under this heading for 18
2291	2291	such Act shall be reserved under such section for Indian 19
2292	2292	tribes and tribal organizations with applications approved 20
2293	2293	under section 658O(c) of such Act: Provided further, That 21
2294	2294	of the amounts made available under this heading, the 22
2295	2295	Secretary may reserve up to 0.5 percent for Federal ad-23
2296	2296	ministrative expenses. 24
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2300	2300	SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 1
2301	2301	For making grants to States pursuant to section 2
2302	2302	2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-3
2303	2303	vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 4
2304	2304	404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 5
2305	2305	under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 6
2306	2306	programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 7
2307	2307	percent. 8
2308	2308	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 9
2309	2309	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 10
2310	2310	Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 11
2311	2311	the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-12
2312	2312	tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 13
2313	2313	Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 14
2314	2314	American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 15
2315	2315	Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 16
2316	2316	Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 17
2317	2317	and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 18
2318	2318	of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 19
2319	2319	Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin-20
2320	2320	istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 21
2321	2321	XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 22
2322	2322	July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-23
2323	2323	ance Act of 1981, $13,388,077,000, of which 24
2324	2324	$75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 25
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2328	2328	2025, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 1
2329	2329	guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 2
2330	2330	473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 3
2331	2331	adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep-4
2332	2332	tember 30, 2024: Provided, That $11,246,820,000 shall 5
2333	2333	be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ-6
2334	2334	ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 7
2335	2335	of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 8
2336	2336	(1) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 9
2337	2337	by the Secretary to supplement activities described 10
2338	2338	in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 11
2339	2339	the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 12
2340	2340	System, established under the authority of sections 13
2341	2341	641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 14
2342	2342	and such funds shall not be included in the calcula-15
2343	2343	tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 16
2344	2344	such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 17
2345	2345	Act; 18
2346	2346	(2) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal 19
2347	2347	Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 20
2348	2348	Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 21
2349	2349	and 22
2350	2350	(3) up to $40,000,000 shall be available to sup-23
2351	2351	plement funding otherwise available for research, 24
2352	2352	evaluation, and Federal administrative costs: 25
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2356	2356	Provided further, That notwithstanding the income eligi-1
2357	2357	bility requirements of subsection (a) and paragraphs (1) 2
2358	2358	and (2) of subsection (d) of section 645 of the Head Start 3
2359	2359	Act, and of the income eligibility criteria and allowances 4
2360	2360	prescribed in regulations under such Act, an Indian tribe 5
2361	2361	that operates a Head Start program may, at its discretion, 6
2362	2362	establish selection criteria, including criteria to prioritize 7
2363	2363	children in families for which a child, a family member, 8
2364	2364	or a member of the same household, is a member of an 9
2365	2365	Indian tribe, to enroll children who would benefit from the 10
2366	2366	Head Start program: Provided further, That the Secretary 11
2367	2367	may reduce the reservation of funds under section 12
2368	2368	640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu of reducing the reserva-13
2369	2369	tion of funds under sections 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), 14
2370	2370	and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: Provided further, That 15
2371	2371	$804,383,000 shall be for making payments under the 16
2372	2372	CSBG Act: Provided further, That $34,383,000 shall be 17
2373	2373	for section 680 of the CSBG Act, of which not less than 18
2374	2374	$22,383,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less 19
2375	2375	than $12,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of 20
2376	2376	such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 21
2377	2377	675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to the extent Community 22
2378	2378	Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds 23
2379	2379	by a State to an eligible entity as provided under such 24
2380	2380	Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall 25
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2384	2384	remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal 1
2385	2385	year for expenditure by such entity consistent with pro-2
2386	2386	gram purposes: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 3
2387	2387	establish procedures regarding the disposition of intan-4
2388	2388	gible assets and program income that permit such assets 5
2389	2389	acquired with, and program income derived from, grant 6
2390	2390	funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to 7
2391	2391	become the sole property of such grantees after a period 8
2392	2392	of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant pe-9
2393	2393	riod for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) 10
2394	2394	of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible assets 11
2395	2395	in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt 12
2396	2396	instruments, and program income may be used by grant-13
2397	2397	ees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 14
2398	2398	680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That 15
2399	2399	these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made 16
2400	2400	available after November 29, 1999: Provided further, That 17
2401	2401	funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act 18
2402	2402	shall be available for financing construction and rehabili-19
2403	2403	tation and loans or investments in private business enter-20
2404	2404	prises owned by community development corporations: 21
2405	2405	Provided further, That $240,000,000 shall be for carrying 22
2406	2406	out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and 23
2407	2407	Services Act, of which $7,000,000 shall be allocated not-24
2408	2408	withstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying 25
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2412	2412	out section 309 of such Act: Provided further, That the 1
2413	2413	percentages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child 2
2414	2414	Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to 3
2415	2415	funds appropriated under this heading: Provided further, 4
2416	2416	That $1,864,000 shall be for a human services case man-5
2417	2417	agement system for federally declared disasters, to include 6
2418	2418	a comprehensive national case management contract and 7
2419	2419	Federal costs of administering the system: Provided fur-8
2420	2420	ther, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the 9
2421	2421	Public Assistance Reporting Information System, includ-10
2422	2422	ing grants to States to support data collection for a study 11
2423	2423	of the system’s effectiveness. 12
2424	2424	PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 13
2425	2425	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec-14
2426	2426	tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 15
2427	2427	for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 16
2428	2428	of such Act, $86,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 17
2429	2429	available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 18
2430	2430	allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 19
2431	2431	such section: Provided, That of the funds available to 20
2432	2432	carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-21
2433	2433	ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 22
2434	2434	shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 23
2435	2435	tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, 24
2436	2436	or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in 25
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2440	2440	section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $6,750,000, in addition 1
2441	2441	to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such 2
2442	2442	purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 3
2443	2443	to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to 4
2444	2444	the evaluation of child and family services: Provided fur-5
2445	2445	ther, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts 6
2446	2446	in the previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for 7
2447	2447	‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 8
2448	2448	such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, estab-9
2449	2449	lishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 10
2450	2450	specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That 11
2451	2451	the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations 12
2452	2452	in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the 13
2453	2453	second proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant 14
2454	2454	award for kinship navigator programs in the case of States 15
2455	2455	and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of 16
2456	2456	tribes, shall be $25,000. 17
2457	2457	PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 18
2458	2458	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 19
2459	2459	IV–E of the Social Security Act, $8,594,000,000. 20
2460	2460	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 21
2461	2461	IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 22
2462	2462	fiscal year 2025, $3,400,000,000. 23
2463	2463	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 24
2464	2464	year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 25
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2468	2468	E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 1
2469	2469	current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 2
2470	2470	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 3
2471	2471	A
2472	2472	DMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITYLIVING 4
2473	2473	AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 5
2474	2474	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
2475	2475	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-7
2476	2476	vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 8
2477	2477	RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand-9
2478	2478	parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 10
2479	2479	of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 11
2480	2480	section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 12
2481	2481	and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-13
2482	2482	rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 14
2483	2483	Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 15
2484	2484	of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As-16
2485	2485	sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec-17
2486	2486	tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 18
2487	2487	Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol-19
2488	2488	icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis-20
2489	2489	abilities, $2,418,901,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 21
2490	2490	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 22
2491	2491	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 23
2492	2492	Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 24
2493	2493	Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 25
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2497	2497	amounts made available under this heading to carry out 1
2498	2498	sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 2
2499	2499	of such amounts shall be available for developing and im-3
2500	2500	plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 4
2501	2501	nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur-5
2502	2502	ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 6
2503	2503	funds made available under this heading to carry out sec-7
2504	2504	tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 8
2505	2505	of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 9
2506	2506	further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 10
2507	2507	adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 11
2508	2508	XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 12
2509	2509	to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That 13
2510	2510	$2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support al-14
2511	2511	ternative financing programs that provide for the purchase 15
2512	2512	of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan 16
2513	2513	fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan 17
2514	2514	fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: Provided 18
2515	2515	further, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, 19
2516	2516	and information describing the manner in which, the alter-20
2517	2517	native financing program will expand and emphasize con-21
2518	2518	sumer choice and control: Provided further, That State 22
2519	2519	agencies and community-based disability organizations 23
2520	2520	that are directed by and operated for individuals with dis-24
2521	2521	abilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided further, That 25
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2525	2525	none of the funds made available under this heading may 1
2526	2526	be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 2
2527	2527	of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men-3
2528	2528	tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 4
2529	2529	any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 5
2530	2530	an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 6
2531	2531	disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop-7
2532	2532	mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 8
2533	2533	of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 9
2534	2534	a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 10
2535	2535	physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 11
2536	2536	the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 12
2537	2537	for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 13
2538	2538	unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-14
2539	2539	vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-15
2540	2540	pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 16
2541	2541	awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 17
2542	2542	residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 18
2543	2543	affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 19
2544	2544	legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 20
2545	2545	guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 21
2546	2546	rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro-22
2547	2547	cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-23
2548	2548	diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 24
2549	2549	individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 25
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2553	2553	legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 1
2554	2554	individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub-2
2555	2555	lic guardianship. 3
2556	2556	A
2557	2557	DMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGICPREPAREDNESS AND 4
2558	2558	R
2559	2559	ESPONSE 5
2560	2560	RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 6
2561	2561	For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 7
2562	2562	title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 8
2563	2563	development, storage, production, and procurement of 9
2564	2564	medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi-10
2565	2565	ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu-11
2566	2566	lations, $3,277,991,000. Of such amount: 12
2567	2567	(1) $1,100,000,000 shall be for expenses nec-13
2568	2568	essary to support advanced research and develop-14
2569	2569	ment pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and 15
2570	2570	other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Ad-16
2571	2571	vanced Research and Development Authority, to re-17
2572	2572	main available through September 30, 2025: Pro-18
2573	2573	vided, That funds provided under this heading for 19
2574	2574	purposes of acquisition of security countermeasures 20
2575	2575	shall be in addition to any other funds made avail-21
2576	2576	able for such purposes: Provided further, That prod-22
2577	2577	ucts purchased with funds made available under this 23
2578	2578	paragraph may, at the discretion of the Secretary, 24
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2582	2582	be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pur-1
2583	2583	suant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act; 2
2584	2584	(2) $850,000,000 shall be for expenses nec-3
2585	2585	essary for procuring security countermeasures (as 4
2586	2586	defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 5
2587	2587	Act), to remain available until expended; 6
2588	2588	(3) $1,000,000,000 shall be for expenses nec-7
2589	2589	essary to carry out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS 8
2590	2590	Act, to remain available until expended; and 9
2591	2591	(4) $327,991,000 shall be for expenses nec-10
2592	2592	essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 11
2593	2593	pandemic, of which $300,000,000 shall remain avail-12
2594	2594	able until expended for activities including the devel-13
2595	2595	opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec-14
2596	2596	essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 15
2597	2597	tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 16
2598	2598	of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para-17
2599	2599	graph may be used for the construction or renova-18
2600	2600	tion of privately owned facilities for the production 19
2601	2601	of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 20
2602	2602	if the Secretary finds such construction or renova-21
2603	2603	tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 22
2604	2604	vaccines or biologics. 23
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2608	2608	OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE 1
2609	2609	For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 2
2610	2610	B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer-3
2611	2611	gency response activities related to countering potential 4
2612	2612	chemical biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 5
2613	2613	other public health emergencies, $342,606,000. 6
2614	2614	O
2615	2615	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 7
2616	2616	GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 8
2617	2617	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 9
2618	2618	general departmental management, for carrying out titles 10
2619	2619	III, XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the 11
2620	2620	United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and 12
2621	2621	research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 13
2622	2622	Act, $402,341,000, together with $58,028,000 from the 14
2623	2623	amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 15
2624	2624	carry out national health or human services research and 16
2625	2625	evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 17
2626	2626	$28,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 18
2627	2627	treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 19
2628	2628	made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be 20
2629	2629	for making competitive grants which exclusively imple-21
2630	2630	ment education in sexual risk avoidance (defined as volun-22
2631	2631	tarily refraining from non-marital sexual activity): Pro-23
2632	2632	vided further, That funding for such competitive grants 24
2633	2633	for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically accurate in-25
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2637	2637	formation referenced to peer-reviewed publications by edu-1
2638	2638	cational, scientific, governmental, or health organizations; 2
2639	2639	implement an evidence-based approach integrating re-3
2640	2640	search findings with practical implementation that aligns 4
2641	2641	with the needs and desired outcomes for the intended au-5
2642	2642	dience; and teach the benefits associated with self-regula-6
2643	2643	tion, success sequencing for poverty prevention, healthy 7
2644	2644	relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual coercion, 8
2645	2645	dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors such as 9
2646	2646	underage drinking or illicit drug use without normalizing 10
2647	2647	teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no more than 11
2648	2648	10 percent of the funding for such competitive grants for 12
2649	2649	sexual risk avoidance shall be available for technical assist-13
2650	2650	ance and administrative costs of such programs: Provided 14
2651	2651	further, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adop-15
2652	2652	tion activities may be used to provide to individuals adopt-16
2653	2653	ing embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, med-17
2654	2654	ical and administrative services deemed necessary for such 18
2655	2655	adoptions: Provided further, That such services shall be 19
2656	2656	provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): Provided fur-20
2657	2657	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 21
2658	2658	$5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize competitions 22
2659	2659	sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to accelerate in-23
2660	2660	novation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of 24
2661	2661	kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the Steven-25
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2665	2665	son-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 1
2666	2666	3719)). 2
2667	2667	MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 3
2668	2668	For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 4
2669	2669	appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000, of 5
2670	2670	which $40,000,000 shall remain available until September 6
2671	2671	30, 2025, to be transferred in appropriate part from the 7
2672	2672	Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 8
2673	2673	Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. 9
2674	2674	OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 10
2675	2675	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 11
2676	2676	For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 12
2677	2677	Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 13
2678	2678	grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-14
2679	2679	velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-15
2680	2680	mation technology, $56,238,000 shall be from amounts 16
2681	2681	made available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 17
2682	2682	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 18
2683	2683	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 19
2684	2684	General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 20
2685	2685	investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-21
2686	2686	tor General Act of 1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of 22
2687	2687	such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-23
2688	2688	viding protective services to the Secretary and inves-24
2689	2689	tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 25
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2693	2693	payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro-1
2694	2694	vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 2
2695	2695	heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 3
2696	2696	activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 4
2697	2697	(42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 5
2698	2698	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 6
2699	2699	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 7
2700	2700	Rights, $32,000,000. 8
2701	2701	RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 9
2702	2702	COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 10
2703	2703	For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 11
2704	2704	Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 12
2705	2705	law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 13
2706	2706	Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-14
2707	2707	ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 15
2708	2708	Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 16
2709	2709	required during the current fiscal year. 17
2710	2710	G
2711	2711	ENERALPROVISIONS 18
2712	2712	S
2713	2713	EC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 19
2714	2714	available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 20
2715	2715	and representation expenses when specifically approved by 21
2716	2716	the Secretary. 22
2717	2717	S
2718	2718	EC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 23
2719	2719	shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 24
2720	2720	a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 25
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2724	2724	of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 1
2725	2725	appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 2
2726	2726	from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-3
2727	2727	vidual at this rate. 4
2728	2728	S
2729	2729	EC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 5
2730	2730	may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 6
2731	2731	except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 7
2732	2732	for other taps and assessments made by any office located 8
2733	2733	in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-9
2734	2734	port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria-10
2735	2735	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-11
2736	2736	tailing the planned uses of such funds. 12
2737	2737	S
2738	2738	EC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 13
2739	2739	PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 14
2740	2740	but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro-15
2741	2741	priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 16
2742	2742	made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 17
2743	2743	or contracts) of the implementation and effectiveness of 18
2744	2744	such programs. 19
2745	2745	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
2746	2746	S
2747	2747	EC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-21
2748	2748	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 22
2749	2749	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-23
2750	2750	priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 24
2751	2751	may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 25
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2755	2755	appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 1
2756	2756	by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author-2
2757	2757	ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 3
2758	2758	new program or to fund any project or activity for which 4
2759	2759	no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 5
2760	2760	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-6
2761	2761	resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 7
2762	2762	in advance of any transfer. 8
2763	2763	S
2764	2764	EC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 9
2765	2765	338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 10
2766	2766	such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 11
2767	2767	date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2024 under sec-12
2768	2768	tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 13
2769	2769	who has been awarded such contract has not received 14
2770	2770	funds due under the contract. 15
2771	2771	S
2772	2772	EC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 16
2773	2773	may be made available to any entity under title X of the 17
2774	2774	PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 18
2775	2775	the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 19
2776	2776	the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 20
2777	2777	that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at-21
2778	2778	tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 22
2779	2779	S
2780	2780	EC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 23
2781	2781	law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 24
2782	2782	shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 25
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2786	2786	or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 1
2787	2787	abuse, rape, or incest. 2
2788	2788	S
2789	2789	EC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 3
2790	2790	(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 4
2791	2791	used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 5
2792	2792	Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-6
2793	2793	erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-7
2794	2794	ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 8
2795	2795	it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 9
2796	2796	referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 10
2797	2797	make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-11
2798	2798	tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 12
2799	2799	sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-13
2800	2800	ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-14
2801	2801	ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-15
2802	2802	care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 16
2803	2803	Advantage organization described in this section shall be 17
2804	2804	responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-18
2805	2805	mation about all Medicare covered services. 19
2806	2806	S
2807	2807	EC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 20
2808	2808	title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-21
2809	2809	mote gun control. 22
2810	2810	S
2811	2811	EC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 23
2812	2812	assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 24
2813	2813	Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 25
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2817	2817	work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 1
2818	2818	by the Agency for International Development, the United 2
2819	2819	Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 3
2820	2820	World Health Organization. 4
2821	2821	S
2822	2822	EC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter-5
2823	2823	national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 6
2824	2824	infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 7
2825	2825	other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2024: 8
2826	2826	(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv-9
2827	2827	alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 10
2828	2828	section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-11
2829	2829	ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 12
2830	2830	the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 13
2831	2831	to ensure that the authority provided in this section 14
2832	2832	is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 15
2833	2833	of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-16
2834	2834	cable statutes administered by the Department of 17
2835	2835	State. 18
2836	2836	(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 19
2837	2837	funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 20
2838	2838	of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-21
2839	2839	quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-22
2840	2840	ment of facilities outside of the United States for 23
2841	2841	the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co-24
2842	2842	operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 25
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2846	2846	has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 1
2847	2847	with applicable regulation governing location, set-2
2848	2848	back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 3
2849	2849	purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 4
2850	2850	authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 5
2851	2851	State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 6
2852	2852	make available to public or nonprofit private institu-7
2853	2853	tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 8
2854	2854	funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 9
2855	2855	those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 10
2856	2856	assistance for international health activities, includ-11
2857	2857	ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-12
2858	2858	tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 13
2859	2859	and other health activities abroad. 14
2860	2860	(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 15
2861	2861	personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 16
2862	2862	serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 17
2863	2863	those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-18
2864	2864	eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 19
2865	2865	through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-20
2866	2866	scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 21
2867	2867	authorized to provide locality-based comparability 22
2868	2868	payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 23
2869	2869	of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 24
2870	2870	as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-25
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2874	2874	sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 1
2875	2875	Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 2
2876	2876	the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per-3
2877	2877	sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 4
2878	2878	basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 5
2879	2879	63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 6
2880	2880	the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv-7
2881	2881	ing in the Foreign Service. 8
2882	2882	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
2883	2883	S
2884	2884	EC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 10
2885	2885	Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 11
2886	2886	to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 12
2887	2887	amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 13
2888	2888	research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 14
2889	2889	Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 15
2890	2890	House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 16
2891	2891	least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 17
2892	2892	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
2893	2893	S
2894	2894	EC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 19
2895	2895	for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 20
2896	2896	immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di-21
2897	2897	rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-22
2898	2898	search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 23
2899	2899	Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 24
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2903	2903	Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-1
2904	2904	essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 2
2905	2905	S
2906	2906	EC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 3
2907	2907	other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 4
2908	2908	may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 5
2909	2909	PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 6
2910	2910	cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 7
2911	2911	identified pursuant to or research and activities described 8
2912	2912	in such section 402(b)(12). 9
2913	2913	(b) P
2914	2914	EERREVIEW.—In entering into transactions 10
2915	2915	under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 11
2916	2916	review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 12
2917	2917	scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-13
2918	2918	priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 14
2919	2919	merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 15
2920	2920	in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-16
2921	2921	cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 17
2922	2922	301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 18
2923	2923	and 494 of the PHS Act. 19
2924	2924	S
2925	2925	EC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap-20
2926	2926	propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 21
2927	2927	National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 22
2928	2928	repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 23
2929	2929	proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 24
2930	2930	herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 25
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2934	2934	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1
2935	2935	S
2936	2936	EC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 2
2937	2937	1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-3
2938	2938	search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 4
2939	2939	to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 5
2940	2940	Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-6
2941	2941	mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 7
2942	2942	who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 8
2943	2943	739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 9
2944	2944	made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 10
2945	2945	Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-11
2946	2946	ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 12
2947	2947	S
2948	2948	EC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 13
2949	2949	and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 14
2950	2950	a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro-15
2951	2951	gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 16
2952	2952	countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 17
2953	2953	2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 18
2954	2954	if— 19
2955	2955	(1) funds are available and obligated— 20
2956	2956	(A) for the full period of the contract or 21
2957	2957	for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 22
2958	2958	in effect; and 23
2959	2959	(B) for the estimated costs associated with 24
2960	2960	a necessary termination of the contract; and 25
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2964	2964	(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 1
2965	2965	contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 2
2966	2966	Government by encouraging full and open competi-3
2967	2967	tion or promoting economy in administration, per-4
2968	2968	formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 5
2969	2969	(b) A contract entered into under this section— 6
2970	2970	(1) shall include a termination clause as de-7
2971	2971	scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 8
2972	2972	United States Code; and 9
2973	2973	(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 10
2974	2974	requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 11
2975	2975	S
2976	2976	EC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 12
2977	2977	year 2025 budget justification and on Departmental Web 13
2978	2978	sites information concerning the employment of full-time 14
2979	2979	equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur-15
2980	2980	poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other-16
2981	2981	wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 17
2982	2982	amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 18
2983	2983	and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 19
2984	2984	(b) With respect to employees or contractors sup-20
2985	2985	ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 21
2986	2986	out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 22
2987	2987	the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 23
2988	2988	information: 24
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2992	2992	(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 1
2993	2993	such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 2
2994	2994	a statement indicating the program, project, or ac-3
2995	2995	tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di-4
2996	2996	vision or office that administers such program, and 5
2997	2997	the amount of funding received in discretionary or 6
2998	2998	mandatory appropriations. 7
2999	2999	(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 8
3000	3000	full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ-9
3001	3001	ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 10
3002	3002	detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 11
3003	3003	(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 12
3004	3004	exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 13
3005	3005	(1) are supported through appropriations en-14
3006	3006	acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-15
3007	3007	grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 16
3008	3008	(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 17
3009	3009	activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 18
3010	3010	or 19
3011	3011	(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 20
3012	3012	is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 21
3013	3013	price contracts. 22
3014	3014	S
3015	3015	EC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 23
3016	3016	fiscal year 2025 budget of the President submitted under 24
3017	3017	section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa-25
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3021	3021	tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 1
3022	3022	for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 2
3023	3023	Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact-3
3024	3024	ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 4
3025	3025	for fiscal year 2025. Such information shall include, for 5
3026	3026	each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 6
3027	3027	activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 7
3028	3028	Exchange Transparency’’ in the committee report accom-8
3029	3029	panying this Act. 9
3030	3030	S
3031	3031	EC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 10
3032	3032	Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 11
3033	3033	the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 12
3034	3034	or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 13
3035	3035	the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 14
3036	3036	Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 15
3037	3037	section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 16
3038	3038	risk corridors). 17
3039	3039	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18
3040	3040	S
3041	3041	EC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 19
3042	3042	Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 20
3043	3043	section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 21
3044	3044	amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 22
3045	3045	the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 23
3046	3046	committee report accompanying this Act. 24
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3050	3050	(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 1
3051	3051	Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 2
3052	3052	(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 3
3053	3053	section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-4
3054	3054	out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 5
3055	3055	S
3056	3056	EC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 6
3057	3057	November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2025, any pro-7
3058	3058	vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 8
3059	3059	to another provision of law) to the current recommenda-9
3060	3060	tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 10
3061	3061	with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 11
3062	3062	and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in-12
3063	3063	volved as if— 13
3064	3064	(1) such reference to such current recommenda-14
3065	3065	tions were a reference to the recommendations of 15
3066	3066	such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 16
3067	3067	screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 17
3068	3068	before 2009; and 18
3069	3069	(2) such recommendations last issued before 19
3070	3070	2009 applied to any screening mammography modal-20
3071	3071	ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 21
3072	3072	(42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 22
3073	3073	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 23
3074	3074	S
3075	3075	EC. 224. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 24
3076	3076	opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 25
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3080	3080	addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 1
3081	3081	other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 2
3082	3082	the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 3
3083	3083	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 4
3084	3084	Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 5
3085	3085	the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 6
3086	3086	authority provided by law. 7
3087	3087	S
3088	3088	EC. 225. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 8
3089	3089	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-9
3090	3090	atives and the Senate: 10
3091	3091	(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 11
3092	3092	the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec-12
3093	3093	tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 13
3094	3094	enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 14
3095	3095	(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 15
3096	3096	awards, including supplements, authorized under 16
3097	3097	section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 17
3098	3098	(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 18
3099	3099	and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 19
3100	3100	advance of any public release of enrollment information 20
3101	3101	or the award of such grants. 21
3102	3102	S
3103	3103	EC. 226. The Department of Health and Human 22
3104	3104	Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 23
3105	3105	of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 24
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3109	3109	report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de-1
3110	3110	scribed in the committee report accompanying this Act. 2
3111	3111	S
3112	3112	EC. 227. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 3
3113	3113	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-4
3114	3114	partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 5
3115	3115	available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 6
3116	3116	employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 7
3117	3117	employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 8
3118	3118	a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 9
3119	3119	are the subject of a determination of a public health emer-10
3120	3120	gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 11
3121	3121	and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 12
3122	3122	an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade-13
3123	3123	quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur-14
3124	3124	poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 15
3125	3125	Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 16
3126	3126	Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 17
3127	3127	the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 18
3128	3128	S
3129	3129	EC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 19
3130	3130	Services may accept donations from the private sector, 20
3131	3131	nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde-21
3132	3132	pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac-22
3133	3133	companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 23
3134	3134	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 24
3135	3135	279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle-25
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3139	3139	ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in-1
3140	3140	cluding medical goods and services, which may include 2
3141	3141	early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 3
3142	3142	toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 4
3143	3143	the wellbeing of such children. 5
3144	3144	S
3145	3145	EC. 229. None of the funds made available in this 6
3146	3146	Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 7
3147	3147	Human Services—Administration for Children and Fami-8
3148	3148	lies—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated 9
3149	3149	to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien 10
3150	3150	children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of 11
3151	3151	the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) 12
3152	3152	in any facility that is not State-licensed for the care of 13
3153	3153	unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the 14
3154	3154	Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied alien 15
3155	3155	children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary 16
3156	3156	basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 17
3157	3157	provided that— 18
3158	3158	(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the 19
3159	3159	operations of any such facility that remains in oper-20
3160	3160	ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-21
3161	3161	quire compliance with— 22
3162	3162	(A) the same requirements as licensed 23
3163	3163	placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores 24
3164	3164	Settlement Agreement that the Secretary deter-25
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3168	3168	mines are applicable to non-State licensed facili-1
3169	3169	ties; and 2
3170	3170	(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty 3
3171	3171	Youth Care Worker for every eight (8) children 4
3172	3172	or youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty 5
3173	3173	Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) chil-6
3174	3174	dren or youth during sleeping hours, and clini-7
3175	3175	cian ratios to children (including mental health 8
3176	3176	providers) as required in grantee cooperative 9
3177	3177	agreements; 10
3178	3178	(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver 11
3179	3179	for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with 12
3180	3180	paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides 13
3181	3181	a report to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s 14
3182	3182	good-faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 15
3183	3183	(3) not more than four consecutive waivers 16
3184	3184	under paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor 17
3185	3185	or grantee with respect to a specific facility; 18
3186	3186	(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the 19
3187	3187	monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of 20
3188	3188	its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 21
3189	3189	2019; 22
3190	3190	(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 23
3191	3191	for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 24
3192	3192	conduct a minimum of one comprehensive moni-25
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3196	3196	toring visit during the first three months of oper-1
3197	3197	ation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; 2
3198	3198	and 3
3199	3199	(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-4
3200	3200	actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 5
3201	3201	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 6
3202	3202	and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR 7
3203	3203	for influx facilities including any requirement listed 8
3204	3204	in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has deter-9
3205	3205	mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facili-10
3206	3206	ties. 11
3207	3207	S
3208	3208	EC. 230. In addition to the existing Congressional 12
3209	3209	notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 13
3210	3210	facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-14
3211	3211	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-15
3212	3212	ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 16
3213	3213	facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard- 17
3214	3214	sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 18
3215	3215	that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out-19
3216	3216	come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 20
3217	3217	the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 21
3218	3218	longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 22
3219	3219	will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 23
3220	3220	bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 24
3221	3221	Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-25
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3225	3225	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 1
3226	3226	report detailing the total number of children in care at 2
3227	3227	the facility, the average length of stay and average length 3
3228	3228	of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 4
3229	3229	has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 5
3230	3230	of stay and reason for delay in release. 6
3231	3231	S
3232	3232	EC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 7
3233	3233	Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 8
3234	3234	Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 9
3235	3235	for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 10
3236	3236	United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 11
3237	3237	of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 12
3238	3238	defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 13
3239	3239	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 14
3240	3240	or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 15
3241	3241	Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 16
3242	3242	days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter-17
3243	3243	fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 18
3244	3244	safety operations) of such facility. 19
3245	3245	S
3246	3246	EC. 232. Not later than 14 days after the date of 20
3247	3247	enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec-21
3248	3248	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 22
3249	3249	of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 23
3250	3250	publicly available online, a report with respect to children 24
3251	3251	who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 25
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3255	3255	by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard-1
3256	3256	less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 2
3257	3257	an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 3
3258	3258	subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 4
3259	3259	and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 5
3260	3260	the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol-6
3261	3261	lowing information: 7
3262	3262	(1) the number and ages of children so sepa-8
3263	3263	rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 9
3264	3264	ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa-10
3265	3265	ration occurred; and 11
3266	3266	(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-12
3267	3267	ported by DHS when each child was referred. 13
3268	3268	S
3269	3269	EC. 233. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 14
3270	3270	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 15
3271	3271	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 16
3272	3272	available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi-17
3273	3273	ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 18
3274	3274	as defined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess 19
3275	3275	of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De-20
3276	3276	fense. 21
3277	3277	S
3278	3278	EC. 234. Section 231 of division B of the Depart-22
3279	3279	ment of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, 23
3280	3280	and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing 24
3281	3281	Appropriations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 247d–4a) is amend-25
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3285	3285	ed by striking ‘‘Provided further, That the Committees on 1
3286	3286	Appropriations of the House of Representatives’’ and all 2
3287	3287	that follows through ‘‘and all the actual obligations in-3
3288	3288	curred to date:’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Provided 4
3289	3289	further, That the Director shall provide to the Committees 5
3290	3290	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 6
3291	3291	Senate, at least 15 days in advance of any transfer or obli-7
3292	3292	gation of funds made under the authority provided in this 8
3293	3293	section, (1) a notification on the anticipated uses of such 9
3294	3294	funds by program, project, or activity; and (2) a detailed 10
3295	3295	spend plan of anticipated uses of funds, including esti-11
3296	3296	mated personnel and administrative costs, disaggregated 12
3297	3297	by program, project, or activity: Provided further, That 13
3298	3298	such spend plans shall be updated to include all applicable 14
3299	3299	obligations to date and unobligated amounts and sub-15
3300	3300	mitted quarterly to such Committees on Appropriations 16
3301	3301	until available funds are fully expended: Provided further, 17
3302	3302	That the Director shall brief such Committees on Appro-18
3303	3303	priations not later than 15 days after providing such a 19
3304	3304	notification: Provided further, That the Director shall pro-20
3305	3305	vide to such Committees on a monthly basis a report on 21
3306	3306	all amounts available in the Reserve Fund for the current 22
3307	3307	fiscal year and the preceding two fiscal years, including 23
3308	3308	(1) each individual obligation above $5,000,000; (2) with 24
3309	3309	respect to each such obligation, the notification to which 25
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3313	3313	it relates; and (3) the total amount unobligated in the Re-1
3314	3314	serve Fund:’’. 2
3315	3315	S
3316	3316	EC. 235. Title VIII of division B of the CARES Act 3
3317	3317	(Public Law 116–136) is amended, under the heading 4
3318	3318	‘‘Department of Health and Human Services–Centers for 5
3319	3319	Disease Control and Prevention–CDC-Wide Activities and 6
3320	3320	Program Support’’, by striking ‘‘Provided further, That 7
3321	3321	the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consulta-8
3322	3322	tion with the Director of the CDC, shall provide a report 9
3323	3323	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-10
3324	3324	resentatives and the Senate every 14 days, for one year 11
3325	3325	from the date from any such declaration or determination 12
3326	3326	described in the third proviso of section 231 of division 13
3327	3327	B of Public Law 115–245, that details commitment and 14
3328	3328	obligation information for the Reserve Fund during the 15
3329	3329	prior two weeks, as long as such report would detail obli-16
3330	3330	gations in excess of $5,000,000, and upon the request by 17
3331	3331	such Committees:’’. 18
3332	3332	(RESCISSION) 19
3333	3333	S
3334	3334	EC. 236. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-20
3335	3335	recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 21
3336	3336	division G of Public Law 110–161, $1,000,000,000 are 22
3337	3337	hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2024: Pro-23
3338	3338	vided, That from any remaining unobligated balances in 24
3339	3339	such Fund, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 25
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3343	3343	may transfer up to $85,000,000 to ‘‘Department of 1
3344	3344	Health and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control 2
3345	3345	and Prevention—Buildings and Facilities’’ to be merged 3
3346	3346	with and to be available for the same time period as the 4
3347	3347	appropriations to which transferred: Provided further, 5
3348	3348	That, except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of 6
3349	3349	the funds provided by this Act may be obligated for a new 7
3350	3350	program, project, or activity using such Fund for which 8
3351	3351	a notification was not submitted to the Committees on Ap-9
3352	3352	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-10
3353	3353	ate prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 11
3354	3354	further, That the Secretary may obligate funds from such 12
3355	3355	Fund for any program, project, or activity for which a no-13
3356	3356	tification was submitted before the date of enactment of 14
3357	3357	this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may trans-15
3358	3358	fer amounts into such Fund: Provided further, That any 16
3359	3359	amounts transferred into such Fund are available for the 17
3360	3360	purposes provided by this section or for which a notifica-18
3361	3361	tion was submitted to such Committees on Appropriations 19
3362	3362	before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 20
3363	3363	That the authority to transfer amounts under this section 21
3364	3364	is in addition to any other transfer authority in law. 22
3365	3365	S
3366	3366	EC. 237. (a) Not later than March 16, 2023, and 23
3367	3367	every 30 days thereafter, the Secretary of Health and 24
3368	3368	Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Appro-25
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3372	3372	priations of the House of Representatives and the Com-1
3373	3373	mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report with re-2
3374	3374	spect to Federal expenditures made pursuant to a covered 3
3375	3375	law. Such report shall include the following (if applicable 4
3376	3376	for the period covered by the report): 5
3377	3377	(1) The total amount of funding made available 6
3378	3378	by covered laws (and the amendments made by such 7
3379	3379	laws) that has been obligated to date. 8
3380	3380	(2) A list of each financial award funded, in 9
3381	3381	part or in full, by covered laws (and the amendments 10
3382	3382	made by such laws), including the following informa-11
3383	3383	tion for each such award: 12
3384	3384	(A) All recipients for which funding has 13
3385	3385	been obligated. 14
3386	3386	(B) The amount of funding that has been 15
3387	3387	obligated for each recipient. 16
3388	3388	(C) The type of award (such as a grant or 17
3389	3389	loan). 18
3390	3390	(3) The number, job title, and duties of any full 19
3391	3391	time equivalent employees who have been hired using 20
3392	3392	the funding made available by covered laws (and the 21
3393	3393	amendments made by such laws). 22
3394	3394	(4) An accounting of such funds that have not 23
3395	3395	yet been obligated. 24
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3399	3399	(5) The identity of any contractors that have 1
3400	3400	been procured using such funding. 2
3401	3401	(6) The total amount of funding awarded under 3
3402	3402	a covered law that was returned to the Treasury and 4
3403	3403	the specific accounts to which such funds were obli-5
3404	3404	gated after being so returned. 6
3405	3405	(7) The total amount of such funds that have 7
3406	3406	been transferred out of each account established or 8
3407	3407	funded under a covered law, and with respect to 9
3408	3408	such transferred funds, the information specified in 10
3409	3409	paragraphs (1) through (6). 11
3410	3410	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘covered 12
3411	3411	law’’ means— 13
3412	3412	(1) section 11004 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly 14
3413	3413	referred to as the ‘‘Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’’); 15
3414	3414	(2) the American Rescue Plan Act (Public Law 117– 16
3415	3415	2) (and the amendments made by such Act); and 17
3416	3416	(3)(A) the third paragraph under the heading ‘‘Office 18
3417	3417	of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services 19
3418	3418	Emergency Fund’’ of division B of the CARES Act (Pub-20
3419	3419	lic Law 116–136); 21
3420	3420	(B) the second paragraph under the heading ‘‘Office 22
3421	3421	of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services 23
3422	3422	Emergency Fund’’ of division B of the Paycheck Protec-24
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3426	3426	tion Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public 1
3427	3427	Law 116–139); and 2
3428	3428	(C) the third paragraph under the heading ‘‘Office 3
3429	3429	of the Secretary—Public Health and Social Services 4
3430	3430	Emergency Fund’’ of the Coronavirus Response and Relief 5
3431	3431	Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M of 6
3432	3432	Public Law 117–260). 7
3433	3433	S
3434	3434	EC. 238. None of the funds provided in this Act 8
3435	3435	under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human 9
3436	3436	Services—Office of the Secretary—General Departmental 10
3437	3437	Management’’ may be used for employee travel. 11
3438	3438	S
3439	3439	EC. 239. None of the funds provided in this Act may 12
3440	3440	be used to conduct or support research using human fetal 13
3441	3441	tissue if such tissue is obtained pursuant to an induced 14
3442	3442	abortion. 15
3443	3443	S
3444	3444	EC. 240. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 16
3445	3445	other provision of law, none of the funds made available 17
3446	3446	by this Act may be made available either directly, through 18
3447	3447	a State (including through managed care contracts with 19
3448	3448	a State), or through any other means, to a prohibited enti-20
3449	3449	ty. 21
3450	3450	(b) PROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘prohibited 22
3451	3451	entity’’ means an entity, including its affiliates, subsidi-23
3452	3452	aries, successors, and clinics— 24
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3456	3456	(1) that, as of the date of enactment of this 1
3457	3457	Act— 2
3458	3458	(A) is an organization described in section 3
3459	3459	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 4
3460	3460	and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 5
3461	3461	of such Code; 6
3462	3462	(B) is an essential community provider de-7
3463	3463	scribed in section 156.235 of title 45, Code of 8
3464	3464	Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of 9
3465	3465	enactment of this Act), that is primarily en-10
3466	3466	gaged in family planning services, reproductive 11
3467	3467	health, and related medical care; and 12
3468	3468	(C) performs, or provides any funds to any 13
3469	3469	other entity that performs abortions, other than 14
3470	3470	an abortion performed— 15
3471	3471	(i) in the case of a pregnancy that is 16
3472	3472	the result of an act of rape or incest; or 17
3473	3473	(ii) in the case where a woman suffers 18
3474	3474	from a physical disorder, physical injury, 19
3475	3475	or physical illness that would, as certified 20
3476	3476	by a physician, place the woman in danger 21
3477	3477	of death unless an abortion is performed, 22
3478	3478	including a life endangering physical condi-23
3479	3479	tion caused by, or arising from, the preg-24
3480	3480	nancy itself; and 25
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3484	3484	(2) for which the total amount of Federal 1
3485	3485	grants to such entity, including grants to any affili-2
3486	3486	ates, subsidiaries, or clinics of such entity, under 3
3487	3487	title X of the Public Health Service Act in fiscal 4
3488	3488	year 2016 exceeded $23,000,000. 5
3489	3489	(c)(1) END OF PROHIBITION.—The definition in 6
3490	3490	subsection (b) shall cease to apply to an entity if such enti-7
3491	3491	ty certifies that it, including its affiliates, subsidiaries, 8
3492	3492	successors, and clinics, will not perform, and will not pro-9
3493	3493	vide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abor-10
3494	3494	tion as described in subsection (b)(1)(C). 11
3495	3495	(2) REPAYMENT.—The Secretary of Health 12
3496	3496	and Human Services shall seek repayment of any 13
3497	3497	Federal assistance received by any entity that had 14
3498	3498	made a certification described in paragraph (1) and 15
3499	3499	subsequently violated the terms of such certification. 16
3500	3500	S
3501	3501	EC. 241. None of the funds in this Act may be used 17
3502	3502	to support, administer, oversee, or issue a grant, contract, 18
3503	3503	or cooperative agreement for the purposes of providing in-19
3504	3504	formation on, promoting access to, or facilitating an abor-20
3505	3505	tion. 21
3506	3506	S
3507	3507	EC. 242. Notwithstanding any other provision of 22
3508	3508	law, no Federal funding may be made available to the 23
3509	3509	EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. located in New York. 24
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3513	3513	SEC. 243. None of the funds provided in this Act to 1
3514	3514	the Department of Health and Human Services, or pro-2
3515	3515	vided under a previous or subsequent appropriations Act 3
3516	3516	to such department, or provided from any account in the 4
3517	3517	Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 5
3518	3518	of fees available to such department, may be used to en-6
3519	3519	force the rule titled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; 7
3520	3520	Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination’’, 8
3521	3521	which was issued by the Centers for Medicare and Med-9
3522	3522	icaid Services on November 5, 2021, or any substantially 10
3523	3523	similar rule. 11
3524	3524	S
3525	3525	EC. 244. None of the funds in this Act may be used 12
3526	3526	to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13
3527	3527	13988, entitled ‘Preventing and Combating Discrimina-14
3528	3528	tion on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orienta-15
3529	3529	tion,’ published by the Executive Office of the President 16
3530	3530	on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023). 17
3531	3531	S
3532	3532	EC. 245. Beginning on the fourth day following the 18
3533	3533	date of enactment of this Act, the aggregate dollar amount 19
3534	3534	appropriated under the heading ‘‘Department of Health 20
3535	3535	and Human Services—Office of the Secretary—General 21
3536	3536	Departmental Management’’ shall be reduced by $1,000 22
3537	3537	for each day on which the Secretary of Health and Human 23
3538	3538	Services fails to submit to the Congress the fiscal year 24
3539	3539	2023 and 2024 Moyer Report. 25
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3543	3543	SEC. 246. None of the funds appropriated under this 1
3544	3544	act may be used to require any project under title X of 2
3545	3545	the PHS Act to refer for abortions: Provided, That no pro-3
3546	3546	vider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be 4
3547	3547	required to subvert or operate in conflict with any State 5
3548	3548	law limiting referral for abortion/pregnancy counseling. 6
3549	3549	S
3550	3550	EC. 247. Title II of the Public Health Service Act 7
3551	3551	(42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-8
3552	3552	tion 245 the following: 9
3553	3553	‘‘SEC. 245A. CIVIL ACTION FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS. 10
3554	3554	‘‘(a) I
3555	3555	NGENERAL.—A qualified party may, in a civil 11
3556	3556	action, obtain appropriate relief with regard to a des-12
3557	3557	ignated violation. 13
3558	3558	‘‘(b) D
3559	3559	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 14
3560	3560	‘‘(1) D
3561	3561	ESIGNATED VIOLATION.—The term ‘des-15
3562	3562	ignated violation’ means an actual or threatened vio-16
3563	3563	lation of— 17
3564	3564	‘‘(A) section 507(d) of division H of the 18
3565	3565	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (or any 19
3566	3566	subsequent substantially similar provision); or 20
3567	3567	‘‘(B) any funding condition imposed by the 21
3568	3568	Federal Government pursuant to such section 22
3569	3569	507(d) (or such provision). 23
3570	3570	‘‘(2) Q
3571	3571	UALIFIED PARTY.—The term ‘qualified 24
3572	3572	party’ means— 25
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3576	3576	‘‘(A) the Attorney General of the United 1
3577	3577	States; 2
3578	3578	‘‘(B) any attorney general of a State; or 3
3579	3579	‘‘(C) any person or entity adversely af-4
3580	3580	fected by the designated violation without re-5
3581	3581	gard to whether such person or entity is a 6
3582	3582	health care provider. 7
3583	3583	‘‘(3) S
3584	3584	TATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY .—The 8
3585	3585	term ‘State governmental entity’ means a State, a 9
3586	3586	local government within a State, and any agency or 10
3587	3587	other governmental unit or subdivision of a State, or 11
3588	3588	of such a local government. 12
3589	3589	‘‘(c) A
3590	3590	DMINISTRATIVEREMEDIESNOTREQUIRED.— 13
3591	3591	An action under this section may be commenced, and relief 14
3592	3592	may be granted, without regard to whether the party com-15
3593	3593	mencing the action has sought or exhausted any available 16
3594	3594	administrative remedies. 17
3595	3595	‘‘(d) D
3596	3596	EFENDANTS.—An action under this section 18
3597	3597	may be maintained against a Federal agency committing 19
3598	3598	a designated violation described in subsection (b)(1)(A) or 20
3599	3599	any recipient or subrecipient of Federal assistance com-21
3600	3600	mitting a designated violation described in subsection 22
3601	3601	(b)(1)(B), including a State governmental entity. 23
3602	3602	‘‘(e) N
3603	3603	ATURE OFRELIEF.—In an action under this 24
3604	3604	section, the court shall grant— 25
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3608	3608	‘‘(1) all appropriate relief, including injunctive 1
3609	3609	relief, declaratory relief, and compensatory damages 2
3610	3610	to prevent the occurrence, continuance, or repetition 3
3611	3611	of the designated violation and to compensate for 4
3612	3612	losses resulting from the designated violation; and 5
3613	3613	‘‘(2) to a prevailing plaintiff, reasonable attor-6
3614	3614	neys’ fees and litigation costs. 7
3615	3615	Relief in an action under this section may include money 8
3616	3616	damages even if the defendant is a governmental entity. 9
3617	3617	‘‘(f) A
3618	3618	BROGATION OFSTATEIMMUNITY.—No State 10
3619	3619	or governmental official that commits a designated viola-11
3620	3620	tion shall be immune under the Tenth Amendment to the 12
3621	3621	Constitution of the United States, the Eleventh Amend-13
3622	3622	ment to the Constitution of the United States, or any 14
3623	3623	other source of law, from an action under subsection (a).’’. 15
3624	3624	S
3625	3625	EC. 248. None of the funds in this Act may be used 16
3626	3626	to issue or implement as a final rule the proposed rule 17
3627	3627	entitled ‘‘Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Ac-18
3628	3628	tivities’’ published by the Department of Health and 19
3629	3629	Human Services in the Federal Register on August 4, 20
3630	3630	2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 47824) (relating to section 1557 of 21
3631	3631	the Affordable Care Act) or any successor or substantially 22
3632	3632	similar rule. 23
3633	3633	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 24
3634	3634	and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 25
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3638	3638	TITLE III 1
3639	3639	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2
3640	3640	O
3641	3641	FFICE OFELEMENTARY AND SECONDARYEDUCATION 3
3642	3642	EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 4
3643	3643	For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 5
3644	3644	title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 6
3645	3645	of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 7
3646	3646	418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 8
3647	3647	in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $13,055,290,000, of which 9
3648	3648	$2,126,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, 10
3649	3649	and shall remain available through September 30, 2025, 11
3650	3650	and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 12
3651	3651	October 1, 2024, and shall remain available through Sep-13
3652	3652	tember 30, 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, 14
3653	3653	That $1,906,901,000 shall be for basic grants under sec-15
3654	3654	tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 16
3655	3655	$5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-17
3656	3656	retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-18
3657	3657	retary’’) on October 1, 2023, to obtain annually updated 19
3658	3658	local educational agency-level census poverty data from 20
3659	3659	the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 21
3660	3660	$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 22
3661	3661	section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 23
3662	3662	$4,542,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 24
3663	3663	1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 25
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3667	3667	$4,542,550,000 shall be for education finance incentive 1
3668	3668	grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur-2
3669	3669	ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 3
3670	3670	2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 4
3671	3671	shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 5
3672	3672	I
3673	3673	MPACTAID 6
3674	3674	For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 7
3675	3675	federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 8
3676	3676	ESEA, $1,618,112,000, of which $1,468,242,000 shall be 9
3677	3677	for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 10
3678	3678	$48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-11
3679	3679	abilities under section 7003(d), $18,406,000 shall be for 12
3680	3680	construction under section 7007(a), $78,313,000 shall be 13
3681	3681	for Federal property payments under section 7002, and 14
3682	3682	$4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 15
3683	3683	for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 16
3684	3684	That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 17
3685	3685	for an eligible local educational agency under section 18
3686	3686	7003(a) for school year 2023–2024, children enrolled in 19
3687	3687	a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 20
3688	3688	for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 21
3689	3689	due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 22
3690	3690	or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 23
3691	3691	children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 24
3692	3692	guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 25
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3696	3696	reside on Federal property as described in section 1
3697	3697	7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 2
3698	3698	shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 3
3699	3699	provided such students remain in average daily attendance 4
3700	3700	at a school in the same local educational agency they at-5
3701	3701	tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 6
3702	3702	S
3703	3703	CHOOLIMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 7
3704	3704	For carrying out school improvement activities au-8
3705	3705	thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 9
3706	3706	1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 10
3707	3707	V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin-11
3708	3708	ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 12
3709	3709	Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Com-13
3710	3710	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and 14
3711	3711	the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $4,850,428,000, of which 15
3712	3712	$3,053,673,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, 16
3713	3713	and remain available through September 30, 2025, and 17
3714	3714	of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo-18
3715	3715	ber 1, 2024, and shall remain available through September 19
3716	3716	30, 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That 20
3717	3717	$1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided 21
3718	3718	further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, 22
3719	3719	which may be used for construction, renovation, and mod-23
3720	3720	ernization of any public elementary school, secondary 24
3721	3721	school, or structure related to a public elementary school 25
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3725	3725	or secondary school that serves a predominantly Native 1
3726	3726	Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 percent limitation 2
3727	3727	in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for 3
3728	3728	administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis-4
3729	3729	trative costs: Provided further, That $44,953,000 shall be 5
3730	3730	for part C of title VI, which shall be awarded on a com-6
3731	3731	petitive basis, and may be used for construction, and that 7
3732	3732	the 5 percent limitation in section 6305 of the ESEA on 8
3733	3733	the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 9
3734	3734	only to direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 10
3735	3735	$24,464,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-11
3736	3736	mental Education Grants program for the Federated 12
3737	3737	States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Is-13
3738	3738	lands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve 14
3739	3739	up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous 15
3740	3740	proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementa-16
3741	3741	tion of these grants: Provided further, That $215,000,000 17
3742	3742	shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That 18
3743	3743	$1,380,000,000 shall be available for grants under sub-19
3744	3744	part 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That not-20
3745	3745	withstanding subsection (a)(3) of section 4103 of such 21
3746	3746	Act, the Secretary may reserve not more than 1 percent 22
3747	3747	under such subsection (a)(3) only for technical assistance. 23
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3751	3751	INDIANEDUCATION 1
3752	3752	For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 2
3753	3753	not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 3
3754	3754	$194,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 4
3755	3755	2 of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for sub-5
3756	3756	part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 6
3757	3757	limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 7
3758	3758	the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 8
3759	3759	shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 9
3760	3760	further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 10
3761	3761	6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 11
3762	3762	may be for a period of up to 5 years. 12
3763	3763	I
3764	3764	NNOVATION ANDIMPROVEMENT 13
3765	3765	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 14
3766	3766	3, and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, E, and subparts 15
3767	3767	1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $737,000,000: 16
3768	3768	Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part 17
3769	3769	B of title II and shall be made available without regard 18
3770	3770	to sections 2201 and 2231(b): Provided further, That 19
3771	3771	$450,000,000 shall be for part C of title IV, and shall 20
3772	3772	be made available without regard to section 4311: Pro-21
3773	3773	vided further, That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not 22
3774	3774	apply to the funds available for part C of title IV: Provided 23
3775	3775	further, That of the funds available for part C of title IV, 24
3776	3776	the Secretary shall use not less than $65,000,000 to carry 25
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3780	3780	out section 4304, up to $140,000,000, to remain available 1
3781	3781	through March 31, 2025, to carry out section 4305(b), 2
3782	3782	and not more than $16,000,000 to carry out the activities 3
3783	3783	in section 4305(a)(3): Provided further, That the Sec-4
3784	3784	retary shall allow entities receiving grants under section 5
3785	3785	4303 to use up to 10 percent of such grants for activities 6
3786	3786	described in section 4303(b)(2) and up to 5 percent for 7
3787	3787	the activities described in section 4303(c)(1)(C): Provided 8
3788	3788	further, That entities receiving grants under section 9
3789	3789	4304(k) shall not be required to meet the matching re-10
3790	3790	quirements described in section 4304(k)(2)(C) and (D) 11
3791	3791	and shall not be required to use such grants to support 12
3792	3792	facilities aid programs that allocate funds on a per-pupil 13
3793	3793	basis: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 14
3794	3794	4601(b), $284,000,000 shall be available through Decem-15
3795	3795	ber 31, 2024 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 16
3796	3796	S
3797	3797	AFESCHOOLS ANDCITIZENSHIPEDUCATION 17
3798	3798	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 18
3799	3799	and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $316,000,000, 19
3800	3800	to remain available through December 31, 2024: Provided, 20
3801	3801	That $216,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 21
3802	3802	which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-22
3803	3803	pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-23
3804	3804	sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur-24
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3808	3808	ther, That $100,000,000 shall be available for section 1
3809	3809	4625. 2
3810	3810	S
3811	3811	PECIALEDUCATION 3
3812	3812	For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 4
3813	3813	Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 5
3814	3814	and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,453,264,000, of 6
3815	3815	which $5,870,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 7
3816	3816	2024, and shall remain available through September 30, 8
3817	3817	2025, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 9
3818	3818	on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available through 10
3819	3819	September 30, 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Pro-11
3820	3820	vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 12
3821	3821	shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 13
3822	3822	that activity during fiscal year 2023, increased by the 14
3823	3823	amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 15
3824	3824	of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro-16
3825	3825	priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 17
3826	3826	than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2023: 18
3827	3827	Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 19
3828	3828	to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 20
3829	3829	States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub-21
3830	3830	ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 22
3831	3831	allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 23
3832	3832	under this heading, is reduced under section 24
3833	3833	612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 25
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3837	3837	the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 1
3838	3838	aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 2
3839	3839	with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail-3
3840	3840	ability of a free appropriate public education under this 4
3841	3841	part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 5
3842	3842	relative populations of those children who are living in pov-6
3843	3843	erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis-7
3844	3844	tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 8
3845	3845	whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 9
3846	3846	under this heading made funds available for such a dis-10
3847	3847	tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 11
3848	3848	such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 12
3849	3849	educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 13
3850	3850	Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo-14
3851	3851	cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 15
3852	3852	section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 16
3853	3853	States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 17
3854	3854	any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 18
3855	3855	the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 19
3856	3856	for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 20
3857	3857	notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re-21
3858	3858	garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 22
3859	3859	section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 23
3860	3860	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 24
3861	3861	apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 25
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3865	3865	a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 1
3866	3866	the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 2
3867	3867	Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca-3
3868	3868	tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec-4
3869	3869	tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re-5
3870	3870	serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 6
3871	3871	the same relation to the maximum amount described in 7
3872	3872	that paragraph as the reduction under section 8
3873	3873	612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 9
3874	3874	would have received in that fiscal year under section 10
3875	3875	611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 11
3876	3876	That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 12
3877	3877	funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 13
3878	3878	fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 14
3879	3879	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 15
3880	3880	section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-16
3881	3881	tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 17
3882	3882	U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 18
3883	3883	under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech-19
3884	3884	nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 20
3885	3885	States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 21
3886	3886	616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv-22
3887	3887	ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 23
3888	3888	quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro-24
3889	3889	vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 25
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3893	3893	available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro-1
3894	3894	gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro-2
3895	3895	gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 3
3896	3896	That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 4
3897	3897	activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 5
3898	3898	to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-6
3899	3899	tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri-7
3900	3900	vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-8
3901	3901	thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not-9
3902	3902	withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 10
3903	3903	fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 11
3904	3904	of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 12
3905	3905	State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de-13
3906	3906	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-14
3907	3907	ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 15
3908	3908	to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 16
3909	3909	funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 17
3910	3910	populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 18
3911	3911	State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de-19
3912	3912	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-20
3913	3913	ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 21
3914	3914	643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu-22
3915	3915	cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 23
3916	3916	public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 24
3917	3917	carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 25
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3921	3921	Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 1
3922	3922	IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 2
3923	3923	633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 3
3924	3924	services to a child who previously received services under 4
3925	3925	part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 5
3926	3926	the school year following the child’s third birthday with 6
3927	3927	parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 7
3928	3928	section 635(c) of the IDEA. 8
3929	3929	R
3930	3930	EHABILITATIONSERVICES 9
3931	3931	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-10
3932	3932	vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 11
3933	3933	National Center Act, $4,397,033,000, of which 12
3934	3934	$4,253,834,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili-13
3935	3935	tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act. 14
3936	3936	S
3937	3937	PECIALINSTITUTIONS FORPERSONSWITH 15
3938	3938	D
3939	3939	ISABILITIES 16
3940	3940	AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 17
3941	3941	For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 18
3942	3942	of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000. 19
3943	3943	NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 20
3944	3944	For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 21
3945	3945	under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 22
3946	3946	of 1986, $92,500,000: Provided, That from the total 23
3947	3947	amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 24
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3951	3951	funds for the endowment program as authorized under 1
3952	3952	section 207 of such Act. 2
3953	3953	GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 3
3954	3954	For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 4
3955	3955	the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 5
3956	3956	support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 6
3957	3957	the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $165,361,000, of 7
3958	3958	which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-8
3959	3959	pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 9
3960	3960	201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 10
3961	3961	available, the University may at its discretion use funds 11
3962	3962	for the endowment program as authorized under section 12
3963	3963	207 of such Act. 13
3964	3964	C
3965	3965	AREER, TECHNICAL, ANDADULTEDUCATION 14
3966	3966	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-15
3967	3967	vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-16
3968	3968	cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu-17
3969	3969	cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 18
3970	3970	$2,191,436,000, of which $1,400,436,000 shall become 19
3971	3971	available on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available 20
3972	3972	through September 30, 2025, and of which $791,000,000 21
3973	3973	shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall re-22
3974	3974	main available through September 30, 2025: Provided, 23
3975	3975	That $25,000,000 shall be available for innovation and 24
3976	3976	modernization grants under such section 114(e) of the 25
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3980	3980	Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 1
3981	3981	available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national 2
3982	3982	leadership activities under section 242. 3
3983	3983	S
3984	3984	TUDENTFINANCIALASSISTANCE 4
3985	3985	For carrying out subparts 1 and 10 of part A of title 5
3986	3986	IV of the HEA, $22,475,352,000 which shall remain 6
3987	3987	available through September 30, 2025. 7
3988	3988	The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 8
3989	3989	be eligible during award year 2024–2025 shall be $6,335. 9
3990	3990	S
3991	3991	TUDENTAIDADMINISTRATION 10
3992	3992	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 11
3993	3993	D of title I, and subparts 1, 9, and 10 of part A, and 12
3994	3994	parts B, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 13
3995	3995	1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 14
3996	3996	$1,769,207,000, to remain available through September 15
3997	3997	30, 2025: Provided, That for student loan contracts 16
3998	3998	awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall 17
3999	3999	allow student loan borrowers who are consolidating Fed-18
4000	4000	eral student loans to select from any student loan servicer 19
4001	4001	to service their new consolidated student loan: Provided 20
4002	4002	further, That in order to promote accountability and high- 21
4003	4003	quality service to borrowers, the Secretary shall not award 22
4004	4004	funding for any contract solicitation for a new Federal 23
4005	4005	student loan servicing environment, including the solicita-24
4006	4006	tion for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Generation 25
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4010	4010	Processing and Servicing Environment, unless such an en-1
4011	4011	vironment provides for the participation of multiple stu-2
4012	4012	dent loan servicers that contract directly with the Depart-3
4013	4013	ment of Education to manage a unique portfolio of bor-4
4014	4014	rower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from dis-5
4015	4015	bursement to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and 6
4016	4016	allocates student loan borrower accounts to eligible stu-7
4017	4017	dent loan servicers based on performance: Provided fur-8
4018	4018	ther, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly briefings 9
4019	4019	to the Committees on Appropriations and Education and 10
4020	4020	Labor of the House of Representatives and the Commit-11
4021	4021	tees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and 12
4022	4022	Pensions of the Senate on general progress related to so-13
4023	4023	licitations for Federal student loan servicing contracts: 14
4024	4024	Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enact-15
4025	4025	ment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the Committees 16
4026	4026	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 17
4027	4027	Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds 18
4028	4028	made available in this account for fiscal year 2024 and 19
4029	4029	provide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts 20
4030	4030	awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganiza-21
4031	4031	tion costs, and any other activity carried out using 22
4032	4032	amounts provided under this heading for fiscal year 2024). 23
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4036	4036	HIGHEREDUCATION 1
4037	4037	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-2
4038	4038	vided, titles III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 3
4039	4039	and section 117 of the Perkins Act, $2,767,239,000: Pro-4
4040	4040	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 5
4041	4041	funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of 6
4042	4042	the HEA may be used to support visits and study in for-7
4043	4043	eign countries by individuals who are participating in ad-8
4044	4044	vanced foreign language training and international studies 9
4045	4045	in areas that are vital to United States national security 10
4046	4046	and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge 11
4047	4047	of these countries in the fields of government, the profes-12
4048	4048	sions, or international development: Provided further, That 13
4049	4049	of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 14
4050	4050	1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 15
4051	4051	outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-16
4052	4052	vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 17
4053	4053	available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 18
4054	4054	IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur-19
4055	4055	ther, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to 20
4056	4056	an institution of higher education that is eligible to receive 21
4057	4057	funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further, 22
4058	4058	That of the funds made available under this Act to carry 23
4059	4059	out part B of title III of the HEA, to supplement amounts 24
4060	4060	otherwise available, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for 25
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4064	4064	grants to part B institutions as defined under section 1
4065	4065	322(2) of the HEA, that are junior or community colleges, 2
4066	4066	as defined in section 312(f) of the HEA: Provided further, 3
4067	4067	That funds in the preceding proviso are in addition to any 4
4068	4068	grant award that any such institution may receive under 5
4069	4069	section 323 of such Act and shall be allocated in accord-6
4070	4070	ance with the allotments specified under section 324 of 7
4071	4071	such Act. 8
4072	4072	H
4073	4073	OWARDUNIVERSITY 9
4074	4074	For partial support of Howard University, 10
4075	4075	$301,693,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 11
4076	4076	for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 12
4077	4077	University Endowment Act and shall remain available 13
4078	4078	until expended. 14
4079	4079	C
4080	4080	OLLEGEHOUSING ANDACADEMICFACILITIESLOANS 15
4081	4081	P
4082	4082	ROGRAM 16
4083	4083	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-17
4084	4084	tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 18
4085	4085	121 of the HEA, $321,000. 19
4086	4086	H
4087	4087	ISTORICALLYBLACKCOLLEGE ANDUNIVERSITY 20
4088	4088	C
4089	4089	APITALFINANCINGPROGRAMACCOUNT 21
4090	4090	For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-22
4091	4091	thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 23
4092	4092	shall remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro-24
4093	4093	vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 25
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4097	4097	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-1
4098	4098	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 2
4099	4099	these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 3
4100	4100	any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 4
4101	4101	$377,340,824: Provided further, That these funds may be 5
4102	4102	used to support loans to public and private Historically 6
4103	4103	Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-7
4104	4104	tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 8
4105	4105	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 9
4106	4106	the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-10
4107	4107	nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 11
4108	4108	III of the HEA, $528,000. 12
4109	4109	I
4110	4110	NSTITUTE OFEDUCATIONSCIENCES 13
4111	4111	For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 14
4112	4112	Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 15
4113	4113	of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 16
4114	4114	authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 17
4115	4115	Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu-18
4116	4116	cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 19
4117	4117	664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20
4118	4118	$707,372,000, which shall remain available through Sep-21
4119	4119	tember 30, 2025. 22
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4123	4123	DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 1
4124	4124	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 2
4125	4125	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-3
4126	4126	vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-4
4127	4127	cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-5
4128	4128	lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 6
4129	4129	$350,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds provided 7
4130	4130	by this Act may be used to support a number of non-career 8
4131	4131	employees that is above the number of non-career employ-9
4132	4132	ees as of December 31, 2021. 10
4133	4133	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 11
4134	4134	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 12
4135	4135	Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 13
4136	4136	of Education Organization Act, $105,000,000. 14
4137	4137	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 15
4138	4138	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 16
4139	4139	General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 17
4140	4140	of Education Organization Act, $60,000,000, of which 18
4141	4141	$3,000,000 shall be available through September 30, 19
4142	4142	2025. 20
4143	4143	G
4144	4144	ENERALPROVISIONS 21
4145	4145	S
4146	4146	EC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 22
4147	4147	used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-23
4148	4148	untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 24
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4152	4152	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1
4153	4153	S
4154	4154	EC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-2
4155	4155	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 3
4156	4156	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-4
4157	4157	priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 5
4158	4158	be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-6
4159	4159	priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 7
4160	4160	such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant-8
4161	4161	ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro-9
4162	4162	gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 10
4163	4163	are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com-11
4164	4164	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 12
4165	4165	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 13
4166	4166	of any transfer. 14
4167	4167	S
4168	4168	EC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-15
4169	4169	solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 16
4170	4170	the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2024, through 17
4171	4171	September 30, 2025. 18
4172	4172	S
4173	4173	EC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 19
4174	4174	maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-20
4175	4175	propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 21
4176	4176	2024 may use the income from that fund to award schol-22
4177	4177	arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 23
4178	4178	331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 24
4179	4179	such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 25
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4183	4183	be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-1
4184	4184	come, subject to that limitation. 2
4185	4185	(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 3
4186	4186	and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 4
4187	4187	S
4188	4188	EC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 5
4189	4189	1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 6
4190	4190	‘‘2021’’. 7
4191	4191	S
4192	4192	EC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 8
4193	4193	1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 9
4194	4194	‘‘2021’’. 10
4195	4195	S
4196	4196	EC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 11
4197	4197	heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 12
4198	4198	for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 13
4199	4199	of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-14
4200	4200	kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu-15
4201	4201	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 16
4202	4202	S
4203	4203	EC. 308. The Secretary may reserve not more than 17
4204	4204	0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 18
4205	4205	for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail-19
4206	4206	able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 20
4207	4207	carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col-21
4208	4208	lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 22
4209	4209	by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 23
4210	4210	this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 24
4211	4211	shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro-25
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4215	4215	vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 1
4216	4216	shall be available through September 30, 2026: Provided 2
4217	4217	further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 3
4218	4218	are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi-4
4219	4219	ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 5
4220	4220	may also reserve funds for such program or project for 6
4221	4221	the purposes described in this section so long as the total 7
4222	4222	reservation of funds for such program or project does not 8
4223	4223	exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 9
4224	4224	further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 10
4225	4225	obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec-11
4226	4226	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 12
4227	4227	of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com-13
4228	4228	mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 14
4229	4229	Senate, and the Committee on Education and Labor of 15
4230	4230	the House of Representatives a plan that identifies the 16
4231	4231	source and amount of funds reserved under this section, 17
4232	4232	the impact on program grantees if funds are withheld for 18
4233	4233	the purposes of this section, and the activities to be carried 19
4234	4234	out with such funds. 20
4235	4235	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
4236	4236	S
4237	4237	EC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 22
4238	4238	for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, up to $19,000,000 23
4239	4239	shall be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the 24
4240	4240	Secretary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 25
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4244	4244	Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa-1
4245	4245	tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 2
4246	4246	space, human resource services, financial management 3
4247	4247	services, financial systems support, budget formulation 4
4248	4248	and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor-5
4249	4249	tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 6
4250	4250	acquisition and contract management, grants administra-7
4251	4251	tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro-8
4252	4252	vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 9
4253	4253	amounts obligated and expended for such support services 10
4254	4254	by using a standard Department of Education method-11
4255	4255	ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 12
4256	4256	Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 13
4257	4257	amounts available for IES support services in excess of 14
4258	4258	actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal-15
4259	4259	culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 16
4260	4260	the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 17
4261	4261	further, That in order to address any shortfall between 18
4262	4262	amounts available for IES support services and amounts 19
4263	4263	needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec-20
4264	4264	retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 21
4265	4265	of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad-22
4266	4266	ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com-23
4267	4267	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 24
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4271	4271	and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 1
4272	4272	of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 2
4273	4273	(RESCISSION) 3
4274	4274	S
4275	4275	EC. 310. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘De-4
4276	4276	partment of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ es-5
4277	4277	tablished in section 313 of division H of Public Law 116– 6
4278	4278	260, $29,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than Sep-7
4279	4279	tember 30, 2024: Provided, That from any remaining un-8
4280	4280	obligated balances in such Fund, the Secretary may trans-9
4281	4281	fer up to $45,325,000 to ‘‘Howard University’’ for comple-10
4282	4282	tion of the Howard University hospital, to remain avail-11
4283	4283	able until expended: Provided further, That, except as oth-12
4284	4284	erwise provided in this Act, none of the funds provided 13
4285	4285	by this Act may be obligated for a new program, project, 14
4286	4286	or activity using such Fund for which a notification was 15
4287	4287	not submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 16
4288	4288	House of Representatives and the Senate before the date 17
4289	4289	of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-18
4290	4290	retary may obligate funds from such Fund for any pro-19
4291	4291	gram, project, or activity for which a notification was sub-20
4292	4292	mitted before the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 21
4293	4293	further, That the Secretary may transfer amounts into 22
4294	4294	such Fund: Provided further, That any amounts trans-23
4295	4295	ferred into such Fund are available for the purposes pro-24
4296	4296	vided by this section or for which a notification was sub-25
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4300	4300	mitted to such Committees on Appropriations before the 1
4301	4301	date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 2
4302	4302	authority to transfer amounts under this section is in ad-3
4303	4303	dition to any other transfer authority in law. 4
4304	4304	S
4305	4305	EC. 311. (a) None of the funds made available by 5
4306	4306	this title may be used to issue or implement as final rules 6
4307	4307	the rules proposed by the Department of Education relat-7
4308	4308	ing to title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 8
4309	4309	5 U.S.C. 1681-1688) and described under the heading 9
4310	4310	‘‘Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Pro-10
4311	4311	grams or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assist-11
4312	4312	ance’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 41390; published July 12, 2022). 12
4313	4313	(b) None of the funds made available by this title may 13
4314	4314	be used to issue or implement— 14
4315	4315	(1) as final rules the rules proposed by the De-15
4316	4316	partment of Education relating title IX of the Edu-16
4317	4317	cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681-1688) 17
4318	4318	and described under the heading ‘‘Nondiscrimination 18
4319	4319	on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Ac-19
4320	4320	tivities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance: Sex- 20
4321	4321	Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female 21
4322	4322	Athletic Teams’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 22860; published 22
4323	4323	April 13, 2023), or 23
4324	4324	(2) any rule similar in substance to the pro-24
4325	4325	posed rules described in paragraph (1) that relates 25
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4329	4329	to eligibility criteria for participation on athletic 1
4330	4330	teams. 2
4331	4331	S
4332	4332	EC. 312. None of the funds made available under 3
4333	4333	this Act may be provided to any public institution of high-4
4334	4334	er education that denies to a religious student organiza-5
4335	4335	tion any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise af-6
4336	4336	forded to other student organizations at the institution 7
4337	4337	(including full access to the facilities of the institution and 8
4338	4338	official recognition of the organization by the institution) 9
4339	4339	because of the religious beliefs, practices, speech, leader-10
4340	4340	ship standards, or standards of conduct of the religious 11
4341	4341	student organization. 12
4342	4342	(RESCISSION) 13
4343	4343	S
4344	4344	EC. 313. Of the amounts which are made available 14
4345	4345	to ‘‘Department of Education—Education for the Dis-15
4346	4346	advantaged’’ on October 1, 2023 by Public Law 117–328, 16
4347	4347	$8,671,399,000 are hereby rescinded. 17
4348	4348	(RESCISSION) 18
4349	4349	S
4350	4350	EC. 314. Of the amounts which are made available 19
4351	4351	to ‘‘Department of Education—School Improvement Pro-20
4352	4352	grams’’ on October 1, 2023 by Public Law 117–328, 21
4353	4353	$1,681,441,000 are hereby rescinded. 22
4354	4354	S
4355	4355	EC. 315. None of the funds made available by this 23
4356	4356	Act may be used to— 24
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4360	4360	(1) implement the waivers and modifications of 1
4361	4361	statutory and regulatory provisions relating to an 2
4362	4362	extension of the suspension of payments on certain 3
4363	4363	loans and waivers of interest on such loans under 4
4364	4364	section 3513 of the CARES Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 5
4365	4365	note), described by the Department of Education in 6
4366	4366	the Federal Register on October 12, 2022 (87 Fed. 7
4367	4367	Reg. 61513 et seq.), and most recently extended in 8
4368	4368	the announcement by the Department of Education 9
4369	4369	on November 22, 2022; 10
4370	4370	(2) take any substantially similar action; or 11
4371	4371	(3) waive any consequences of nonpayment by 12
4372	4372	a borrower in repayment such as delinquency or de-13
4373	4373	fault. 14
4374	4374	S
4375	4375	EC. 316. None of the funds made available by this 15
4376	4376	Act may be used to— 16
4377	4377	(1) implement the modifications of statutory 17
4378	4378	and regulatory provisions relating to debt discharge 18
4379	4379	described by the Department of Education in the 19
4380	4380	Federal Register on October 12, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 20
4381	4381	61514), or take any substantially similar action; 21
4382	4382	(2) issue a final rule or otherwise implement 22
4383	4383	the proposed rule on ‘‘Improving Income-Driven Re-23
4384	4384	payment for the William D. Ford Federal Direct 24
4385	4385	Loan Program’’ published by the Department of 25
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4389	4389	Education in the Federal Register on January 11, 1
4390	4390	2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 1894 et seq.), or take any sub-2
4391	4391	stantially similar action; or 3
4392	4392	(3) implement, administer, or enforce parts 4
4393	4393	600, 668, and 685 of title 34, Code of Federal Reg-5
4394	4394	ulations, (relating to borrower defense to repay-6
4395	4395	ment), as amended by the final regulations published 7
4396	4396	by the Department of Education in the Federal Reg-8
4397	4397	ister on November 1, 2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 65904 et 9
4398	4398	seq.) or take any substantially similar action. 10
4399	4399	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-11
4400	4400	cation Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 12
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4403	4403	•HR 5894 IH
4404	4404	TITLE IV 1
4405	4405	RELATED AGENCIES 2
4406	4406	C
4407	4407	OMMITTEE FORPURCHASEFROMPEOPLEWHOARE 3
4408	4408	B
4409	4409	LIND ORSEVERELYDISABLED 4
4410	4410	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4411	4411	For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-6
4412	4412	chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 7
4413	4413	(referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 8
4414	4414	under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 9
4415	4415	$13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 10
4416	4416	central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 11
4417	4417	8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re-12
4418	4418	quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 13
4419	4419	51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-14
4420	4420	mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 15
4421	4421	central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 16
4422	4422	agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re-17
4423	4423	porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 18
4424	4424	of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 19
4425	4425	such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 20
4426	4426	heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 21
4427	4427	Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele-22
4428	4428	ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 23
4429	4429	4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 24
4430	4430	A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 25
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4434	4434	such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 1
4435	4435	section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 2
4436	4436	prior to executing a written agreement with the Com-3
4437	4437	mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 4
4438	4438	shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 5
4439	4439	C
4440	4440	ORPORATION FORNATIONAL ANDCOMMUNITYSERVICE 6
4441	4441	OPERATING EXPENSES 7
4442	4442	For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-8
4443	4443	tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 9
4444	4444	‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 10
4445	4445	of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 11
4446	4446	National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 12
4447	4447	to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $593,347,000, notwith-13
4448	4448	standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 14
4449	4449	501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 15
4450	4450	amounts provided under this heading up to 1 percent of 16
4451	4451	program grant funds may be used to defray the costs of 17
4452	4452	conducting grant application reviews, including the use of 18
4453	4453	outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the 19
4454	4454	grants cycle: Provided further, That for the purposes of 20
4455	4455	carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in 21
4456	4456	section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need 22
4457	4457	by the local community. 23
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4461	4461	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 1
4462	4462	For necessary expenses of administration as provided 2
4463	4463	under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 3
4464	4464	504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-4
4465	4465	thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 5
4466	4466	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-6
4467	4467	ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 7
4468	4468	U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-8
4469	4469	tion and representation expenses, $60,000,000. 9
4470	4470	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 10
4471	4471	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 11
4472	4472	General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 12
4473	4473	$7,595,000. 13
4474	4474	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 14
4475	4475	S
4476	4476	EC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 15
4477	4477	to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 16
4478	4478	through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 17
4479	4479	year 2024, during any grant selection process, an officer 18
4480	4480	or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-19
4481	4481	ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 20
4482	4482	directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 21
4483	4483	or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-22
4484	4484	ceive such information. 23
4485	4485	S
4486	4486	EC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 24
4487	4487	under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 25
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4490	4490	•HR 5894 IH
4491	4491	overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 1
4492	4492	first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 2
4493	4493	thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-3
4494	4494	ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 4
4495	4495	Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 5
4496	4496	match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-6
4497	4497	port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 7
4498	4498	Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 8
4499	4499	2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 9
4500	4500	S
4501	4501	EC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 10
4502	4502	196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-11
4503	4503	grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 12
4504	4504	Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 13
4505	4505	shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-14
4506	4506	grams and operations. 15
4507	4507	S
4508	4508	EC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 16
4509	4509	146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 17
4510	4510	the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 18
4511	4511	to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 19
4512	4512	101 of the Act. 20
4513	4513	S
4514	4514	EC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 21
4515	4515	189D of the 1990 Act— 22
4516	4516	(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 23
4517	4517	section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 24
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4521	4521	section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1
4522	4522	1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 2
4523	4523	(2) individuals described in such section shall 3
4524	4524	be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 4
4525	4525	NCPA; and 5
4526	4526	(3) State Commissions on National and Com-6
4527	4527	munity Service established pursuant to section 178 7
4528	4528	of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 8
4529	4529	history record information, consistent with Public 9
4530	4530	Law 92–544. 10
4531	4531	S
4532	4532	EC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 11
4533	4533	147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-12
4534	4534	pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-13
4535	4535	ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na-14
4536	4536	tional service education award having a value of 70 per-15
4537	4537	cent of the value of a national service education award 16
4538	4538	determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 17
4539	4539	(RESCISSION) 18
4540	4540	S
4541	4541	EC. 407. Of the unobligated balances available in 19
4542	4542	the ‘‘National Service Trust’’ established in section 102 20
4543	4543	of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 21
4544	4544	1993, $243,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded, 22
4545	4545	except that no amounts may be rescinded from amounts 23
4546	4546	that were previously designated by the Congress as being 24
4547	4547	for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 25
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4550	4550	•HR 5894 IH
4551	4551	resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 1
4552	4552	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2
4553	4553	F
4554	4554	EDERALMEDIATION ANDCONCILIATIONSERVICE 3
4555	4555	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
4556	4556	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 5
4557	4557	and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-6
4558	4558	tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 7
4559	4559	1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-8
4560	4560	penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 9
4561	4561	Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 10
4562	4562	to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 11
4563	4563	Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 12
4564	4564	31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 13
4565	4565	special training activities and other conflict resolution 14
4566	4566	services and technical assistance, including those provided 15
4567	4567	to foreign governments and international organizations, 16
4568	4568	and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 17
4569	4569	merged with this account, and shall remain available until 18
4570	4570	expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-19
4571	4571	ices shall be available only for education, training, and 20
4572	4572	professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-21
4573	4573	vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-22
4574	4574	ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 23
4575	4575	of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 24
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4579	4579	of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-1
4580	4580	tion. 2
4581	4581	F
4582	4582	EDERALMINESAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 3
4583	4583	C
4584	4584	OMMISSION 4
4585	4585	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4586	4586	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 6
4587	4587	and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 7
4588	4588	I
4589	4589	NSTITUTE OFMUSEUM ANDLIBRARYSERVICES 8
4590	4590	OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES : GRANTS 9
4591	4591	AND ADMINISTRATION 10
4592	4592	For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 11
4593	4593	Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-12
4594	4594	ican History and Culture Act, $294,800,000. 13
4595	4595	M
4596	4596	EDICAID ANDCHIPPAYMENT ANDACCESS 14
4597	4597	C
4598	4598	OMMISSION 15
4599	4599	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
4600	4600	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 17
4601	4601	the Social Security Act, $9,405,000. 18
4602	4602	M
4603	4603	EDICAREPAYMENTADVISORYCOMMISSION 19
4604	4604	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
4605	4605	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 21
4606	4606	the Social Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to 22
4607	4607	this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 23
4608	4608	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-24
4609	4609	surance Trust Fund. 25
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4613	4613	NATIONALCOUNCIL ONDISABILITY 1
4614	4614	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
4615	4615	For expenses necessary for the National Council on 3
4616	4616	Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 4
4617	4617	Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 5
4618	4618	N
4619	4619	ATIONALLABORRELATIONSBOARD 6
4620	4620	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
4621	4621	For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-8
4622	4622	tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 9
4623	4623	Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 10
4624	4624	$200,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-11
4625	4625	tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 12
4626	4626	agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-13
4627	4627	tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 14
4628	4628	units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 15
4629	4629	section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 16
4630	4630	by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-17
4631	4631	fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 18
4632	4632	including in said definition employees engaged in the 19
4633	4633	maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 20
4634	4634	and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 21
4635	4635	nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 22
4636	4636	or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 23
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4640	4640	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 1
4641	4641	S
4642	4642	EC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act 2
4643	4643	or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 3
4644	4644	Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-4
4645	4645	ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-5
4646	4646	ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 6
4647	4647	in an election to determine a representative for the pur-7
4648	4648	poses of collective bargaining. 8
4649	4649	S
4650	4650	EC. 409. No Federal funds may be made available 9
4651	4651	to alter or affect the administration, implementation, or 10
4652	4652	enforcement of the final rule entitled ‘‘Joint Employer 11
4653	4653	Status Under the National Labor Relations Act’’ (86 Fed. 12
4654	4654	Reg. 11184) and dated February 26, 2020. 13
4655	4655	N
4656	4656	ATIONALMEDIATIONBOARD 14
4657	4657	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
4658	4658	For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 16
4659	4659	of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-17
4660	4660	pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 18
4661	4661	O
4662	4662	CCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 19
4663	4663	C
4664	4664	OMMISSION 20
4665	4665	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
4666	4666	For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 22
4667	4667	and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000. 23
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4671	4671	RAILROADRETIREMENTBOARD 1
4672	4672	DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 2
4673	4673	For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-3
4674	4674	count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-4
4675	4675	tirement Act of 1974, $8,000,000, which shall include 5
4676	4676	amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2024 pursuant 6
4677	4677	to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-7
4678	4678	tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 8
4679	4679	provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 9
4680	4680	amount by which the product of recipients and the average 10
4681	4681	benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 11
4682	4682	of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 12
4683	4683	provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 13
4684	4684	equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 14
4685	4685	year. 15
4686	4686	FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 16
4687	4687	ACCOUNTS 17
4688	4688	For payment to the accounts established in the 18
4689	4689	Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 19
4690	4690	Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 20
4691	4691	checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 21
4692	4692	30, 2025, which shall be the maximum amount available 22
4693	4693	for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 23
4694	4694	76. 24
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4698	4698	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 1
4699	4699	For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 2
4700	4700	Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-3
4701	4701	tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 4
4702	4702	Act, $103,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-5
4703	4703	termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-6
4704	4704	counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-7
4705	4705	ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 8
4706	4706	notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-9
4707	4707	ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 10
4708	4708	only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 11
4709	4709	the previous proviso shall not change the status under 12
4710	4710	Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 13
4711	4711	Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-14
4712	4712	vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 15
4713	4713	Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 16
4714	4714	hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 17
4715	4715	or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-18
4716	4716	cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-19
4717	4717	ties established by the Office of Personnel Management. 20
4718	4718	LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 21
4719	4719	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 22
4720	4720	General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 23
4721	4721	authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 24
4722	4722	than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-25
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4726	4726	ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-1
4727	4727	count. 2
4728	4728	S
4729	4729	OCIALSECURITYADMINISTRATION 3
4730	4730	PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 4
4731	4731	For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 5
4732	4732	Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-6
4733	4733	ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 7
4734	4734	1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $10,000,000. 8
4735	4735	SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 9
4736	4736	For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-10
4737	4737	curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 11
4738	4738	of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 12
4739	4739	Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-13
4740	4740	rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-14
4741	4741	suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 15
4742	4742	$45,455,426,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-16
4743	4743	vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 17
4744	4744	in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 18
4745	4745	during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-19
4746	4746	vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 20
4747	4747	available for research and demonstrations under sections 21
4748	4748	1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-22
4749	4749	main available through September 30, 2026. 23
4750	4750	For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 24
4751	4751	benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-25
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4755	4755	cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 1
4756	4756	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 2
4757	4757	For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 3
4758	4758	Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 4
4759	4759	2025, $21,700,000,0000, to remain available until ex-5
4760	4760	pended. 6
4761	4761	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 7
4762	4762	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
4763	4763	For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-9
4764	4764	chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 10
4765	4765	$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 11
4766	4766	not more than $11,951,978,000 may be expended, as au-12
4767	4767	thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 13
4768	4768	from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 14
4769	4769	section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 15
4770	4770	for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 16
4771	4771	That unobligated balances of funds provided under this 17
4772	4772	paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2024 not needed for 18
4773	4773	fiscal year 2024 shall remain available until expended to 19
4774	4774	invest in the Social Security Administration information 20
4775	4775	technology and telecommunications hardware and soft-21
4776	4776	ware infrastructure, including related equipment and non- 22
4777	4777	payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this 23
4778	4778	information technology and telecommunications infra-24
4779	4779	structure: Provided further, That the Commissioner of So-25
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4783	4783	cial Security shall notify the Committees on Appropria-1
4784	4784	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior 2
4785	4785	to making unobligated balances available under the au-3
4786	4786	thority in the previous proviso: Provided further, That re-4
4787	4787	imbursement to the trust funds under this heading for ex-5
4788	4788	penditures for official time for employees of the Social Se-6
4789	4789	curity Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for 7
4790	4790	facilities or support services for labor organizations pursu-8
4791	4791	ant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in 9
4792	4792	section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Sec-10
4793	4793	retary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the 11
4794	4794	general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as pos-12
4795	4795	sible after such expenditures are made. 13
4796	4796	In addition, $1,851,000,000 may be expended, as au-14
4797	4797	thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 15
4798	4798	from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 16
4799	4799	section, to remain available through March 31, 2025, for 17
4800	4800	the costs associated with continuing disability reviews 18
4801	4801	under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, includ-19
4802	4802	ing work-related continuing disability reviews to determine 20
4803	4803	whether earnings derived from services demonstrate an in-21
4804	4804	dividual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 22
4805	4805	for the costs associated with conducting redeterminations 23
4806	4806	of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 24
4807	4807	for the costs of co-operative disability investigation units, 25
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4811	4811	and for the costs associated with the prosecution of fraud 1
4812	4812	in the programs and operations of the Social Security Ad-2
4813	4813	ministration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 3
4814	4814	Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided 4
4815	4815	to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 5
4816	4816	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 6
4817	4817	1985, as amended, and $1,578,000,000 is additional new 7
4818	4818	budget authority specified for purposes of section 8
4819	4819	251(b)(2)(B)(i)(XI) of such Act: Provided further, That, 9
4820	4820	of the additional new budget authority described in the 10
4821	4821	preceding proviso, $18,000,000 may be transferred to the 11
4822	4822	‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administra-12
4823	4823	tion, for the costs of jointly operated co-operative disability 13
4824	4824	investigation units: Provided further, That such transfer 14
4825	4825	authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 15
4826	4826	provided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner 16
4827	4827	shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fis-17
4828	4828	cal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 18
4829	4829	these funds, similar to the reports that were required by 19
4830	4830	section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 20
4831	4831	1996 through 2002: Provided further, That none of the 21
4832	4832	funds described in this paragraph shall be available for 22
4833	4833	transfer or reprogramming except as specified in this 23
4834	4834	paragraph. 24
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4838	4838	In addition, $150,000,000 to be derived from admin-1
4839	4839	istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-2
4840	4840	ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 3
4841	4841	Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 4
4842	4842	which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 5
4843	4843	That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 6
4844	4844	to such sections in fiscal year 2024 exceed $150,000,000, 7
4845	4845	the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2025 only 8
4846	4846	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 9
4847	4847	In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 10
4848	4848	collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 11
4849	4849	Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-12
4850	4850	pended. 13
4851	4851	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14
4852	4852	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
4853	4853	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 16
4854	4854	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 17
4855	4855	General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 18
4856	4856	exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 19
4857	4857	authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 20
4858	4858	from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 21
4859	4859	Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 22
4860	4860	Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-23
4861	4861	pended for information technology modernization, includ-24
4862	4862	ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 25
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4866	4866	equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-1
4867	4867	ciated with information technology modernization. 2
4868	4868	In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 3
4869	4869	the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 4
4870	4870	from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 5
4871	4871	Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 6
4872	4872	to be available for the time and purposes for which this 7
4873	4873	account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-8
4874	4874	fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 9
4875	4875	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 10
4876	4876	Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 11
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4880	4880	TITLE V 1
4881	4881	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
4882	4882	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
4883	4883	S
4884	4884	EC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 4
4885	4885	Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 5
4886	4886	unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 6
4887	4887	corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 7
4888	4888	Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 8
4889	4889	purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 9
4890	4890	were originally appropriated. 10
4891	4891	S
4892	4892	EC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 11
4893	4893	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 12
4894	4894	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 13
4895	4895	S
4896	4896	EC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 14
4897	4897	in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 15
4898	4898	Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 16
4899	4899	and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-17
4900	4900	licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-18
4901	4901	tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 19
4902	4902	electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-20
4903	4903	entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 21
4904	4904	legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-22
4905	4905	lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 23
4906	4906	Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-24
4907	4907	signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-25
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4911	4911	lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-1
4912	4912	tive branch of any State or local government, except in 2
4913	4913	presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 3
4914	4914	government itself. 4
4915	4915	(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 5
4916	4916	Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 6
4917	4917	111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 7
4918	4918	any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 8
4919	4919	recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 9
4920	4920	enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-10
4921	4921	ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-11
4922	4922	ing before the Congress or any State government, State 12
4923	4923	legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 13
4924	4924	than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-14
4925	4925	tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 15
4926	4926	State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-16
4927	4927	ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 17
4928	4928	government. 18
4929	4929	(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 19
4930	4930	include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 20
4931	4931	pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 21
4932	4932	any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-22
4933	4933	tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 23
4934	4934	marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 24
4935	4935	promotion of gun control. 25
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4939	4939	SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 1
4940	4940	are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 2
4941	4941	and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-3
4942	4942	ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 4
4943	4943	official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-5
4944	4944	tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 6
4945	4945	authorized to make available for official reception and rep-7
4946	4946	resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 8
4947	4947	available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 9
4948	4948	Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-10
4949	4949	tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 11
4950	4950	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-12
4951	4951	ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 13
4952	4952	Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 14
4953	4953	S
4954	4954	EC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 15
4955	4955	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-16
4956	4956	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 17
4957	4957	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 18
4958	4958	funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 19
4959	4959	State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-20
4960	4960	search grants, shall clearly state— 21
4961	4961	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-22
4962	4962	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 23
4963	4963	money; 24
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4967	4967	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 1
4968	4968	project or program; and 2
4969	4969	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 3
4970	4970	costs of the project or program that will be financed 4
4971	4971	by non-governmental sources. 5
4972	4972	S
4973	4973	EC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 6
4974	4974	Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 7
4975	4975	funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 8
4976	4976	any abortion. 9
4977	4977	(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 10
4978	4978	none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 11
4979	4979	appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-12
4980	4980	efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 13
4981	4981	(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 14
4982	4982	package of services covered by a managed care provider 15
4983	4983	or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-16
4984	4984	ment. 17
4985	4985	S
4986	4986	EC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-18
4987	4987	ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 19
4988	4988	(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 20
4989	4989	rape or incest; or 21
4990	4990	(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 22
4991	4991	physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 23
4992	4992	including a life-endangering physical condition 24
4993	4993	caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 25
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4997	4997	would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 1
4998	4998	in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 2
4999	4999	(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-3
5000	5000	strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 4
5001	5001	entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 5
5002	5002	(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 6
5003	5003	matching funds). 7
5004	5004	(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-8
5005	5005	strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-9
5006	5006	vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 10
5007	5007	State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-11
5008	5008	vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 12
5009	5009	State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 13
5010	5010	funds). 14
5011	5011	(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 15
5012	5012	may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 16
5013	5013	or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 17
5014	5014	or government subjects any institutional or individual 18
5015	5015	health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 19
5016	5016	health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-20
5017	5017	erage of, or refer for abortions. 21
5018	5018	(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 22
5019	5019	includes an individual physician or other health care pro-23
5020	5020	fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 24
5021	5021	health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 25
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5025	5025	or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 1
5026	5026	plan. 2
5027	5027	S
5028	5028	EC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
5029	5029	this Act may be used for— 4
5030	5030	(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 5
5031	5031	for research purposes; or 6
5032	5032	(2) research in which a human embryo or em-7
5033	5033	bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-8
5034	5034	jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 9
5035	5035	allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 10
5036	5036	CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 11
5037	5037	Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 12
5038	5038	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 13
5039	5039	embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 14
5040	5040	as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 15
5041	5041	the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 16
5042	5042	parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 17
5043	5043	more human gametes or human diploid cells. 18
5044	5044	S
5045	5045	EC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 19
5046	5046	this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 20
5047	5047	legalization of any drug or other substance included in 21
5048	5048	schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-22
5049	5049	lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 23
5050	5050	except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 24
5051	5051	communications. 25
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5055	5055	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 1
5056	5056	when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 2
5057	5057	advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 3
5058	5058	that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 4
5059	5059	to determine therapeutic advantage. 5
5060	5060	S
5061	5061	EC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 6
5062	5062	Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-7
5063	5063	ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-8
5064	5064	viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 9
5065	5065	health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-10
5066	5066	ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 11
5067	5067	until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 12
5068	5068	standard. 13
5069	5069	S
5070	5070	EC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 14
5071	5071	Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 15
5072	5072	a contract with an entity if— 16
5073	5073	(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 17
5074	5074	the United States and is subject to the requirement 18
5075	5075	in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 19
5076	5076	annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 20
5077	5077	employment of certain veterans; and 21
5078	5078	(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 22
5079	5079	required by that section for the most recent year for 23
5080	5080	which such requirement was applicable to such enti-24
5081	5081	ty. 25
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5084	5084	•HR 5894 IH
5085	5085	SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 1
5086	5086	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-2
5087	5087	strumentality of the United States Government, except 3
5088	5088	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-4
5089	5089	vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 5
5090	5090	S
5091	5091	EC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 6
5092	5092	Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 7
5093	5093	may be made available to any library covered by para-8
5094	5094	graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 9
5095	5095	the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 10
5096	5096	has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 11
5097	5097	such section. 12
5098	5098	S
5099	5099	EC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 13
5100	5100	Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 14
5101	5101	agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-15
5102	5102	gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from 16
5103	5103	any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 17
5104	5104	by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 18
5105	5105	by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 19
5106	5106	through a reprogramming of funds that— 20
5107	5107	(1) creates new programs; 21
5108	5108	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 22
5109	5109	(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 23
5110	5110	for any project or activity for which funds have been 24
5111	5111	denied or restricted; 25
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5114	5114	•HR 5894 IH
5115	5115	(4) relocates an office or employees; 1
5116	5116	(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 2
5117	5117	(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 3
5118	5118	(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 4
5119	5119	activities presently performed by Federal employees; 5
5120	5120	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 6
5121	5121	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 7
5122	5122	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 8
5123	5123	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-9
5124	5124	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 10
5125	5125	of such reprogramming. 11
5126	5126	(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 12
5127	5127	provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-13
5128	5128	cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 14
5129	5129	or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any 15
5130	5130	accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 16
5131	5131	the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 17
5132	5132	this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 18
5133	5133	through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 19
5134	5134	or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 20
5135	5135	(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-21
5136	5136	cluding construction projects), or activities; 22
5137	5137	(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-23
5138	5138	ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-24
5139	5139	sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 25
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5142	5142	•HR 5894 IH
5143	5143	(3) results from any general savings from a re-1
5144	5144	duction in personnel which would result in a change 2
5145	5145	in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-3
5146	5146	proved by Congress; 4
5147	5147	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 5
5148	5148	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 6
5149	5149	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 7
5150	5150	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-8
5151	5151	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 9
5152	5152	of such reprogramming. 10
5153	5153	S
5154	5154	EC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 11
5155	5155	this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-12
5156	5156	pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-13
5157	5157	close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-14
5158	5158	didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-15
5159	5159	spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-16
5160	5160	essary for the work of the committee involved. 17
5161	5161	(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 18
5162	5162	be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 19
5163	5163	false or misleading. 20
5164	5164	S
5165	5165	EC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 21
5166	5166	each department and related agency funded through this 22
5167	5167	Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-23
5168	5168	gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 24
5169	5169	for fiscal year 2024 that are different than those specified 25
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5172	5172	•HR 5894 IH
5173	5173	in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the com-1
5174	5174	mittee report accompanying this Act, or the fiscal year 2
5175	5175	2024 budget request. 3
5176	5176	S
5177	5177	EC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 4
5178	5178	Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 5
5179	5179	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
5180	5180	of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 7
5181	5181	and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-8
5182	5182	ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 9
5183	5183	particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 10
5184	5184	value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-11
5185	5185	tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2024, but not 12
5186	5186	to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 13
5187	5187	by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-14
5188	5188	tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-15
5189	5189	mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 16
5190	5190	award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 17
5191	5191	transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 18
5192	5192	end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 19
5193	5193	S
5194	5194	EC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 20
5195	5195	shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-21
5196	5196	cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 22
5197	5197	benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 23
5198	5198	to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 24
5199	5199	based on work performed under a social security account 25
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5202	5202	•HR 5894 IH
5203	5203	number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-1
5204	5204	formance of such work under such number has formed the 2
5205	5205	basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-3
5206	5206	tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 4
5207	5207	S
5208	5208	EC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 5
5209	5209	may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 6
5210	5210	the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-7
5211	5211	tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 8
5212	5212	to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 9
5213	5213	agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-10
5214	5214	lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-11
5215	5215	rity system established by title II of the Social Security 12
5216	5216	Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 13
5217	5217	not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 14
5218	5218	S
5219	5219	EC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 15
5220	5220	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 16
5221	5221	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 17
5222	5222	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 18
5223	5223	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 19
5224	5224	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 20
5225	5225	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-21
5226	5226	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 22
5227	5227	S
5228	5228	EC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 23
5229	5229	Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-24
5230	5230	randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 25
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5233	5233	•HR 5894 IH
5234	5234	contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 1
5235	5235	conference attendance and expenditures: 2
5236	5236	(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-3
5237	5237	sidered independent agencies; and 4
5238	5238	(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-5
5239	5239	ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 6
5240	5240	included in agency totals. 7
5241	5241	S
5242	5242	EC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 8
5243	5243	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 9
5244	5244	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 10
5245	5245	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-11
5246	5246	lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-12
5247	5247	payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 13
5248	5248	carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 14
5249	5249	made available to the agency for advertising or other com-15
5250	5250	munications regarding the programs and activities of the 16
5251	5251	agency. 17
5252	5252	S
5253	5253	EC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-18
5254	5254	cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 19
5255	5255	carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 20
5256	5256	Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 21
5257	5257	of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-22
5258	5258	rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-23
5259	5259	stituting ‘‘Fiscal Year 2024’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in 24
5260	5260	the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 25
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5263	5263	•HR 5894 IH
5264	5264	30, 2028’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it ap-1
5265	5265	pears: Provided, That such pilots shall include commu-2
5266	5266	nities that have experienced civil unrest. 3
5267	5267	(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 4
5268	5268	discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 5
5269	5269	participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 6
5270	5270	being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 7
5271	5271	section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 8
5272	5272	524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 9
5273	5273	division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 10
5274	5274	H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 11
5275	5275	Public Law 115–141, section 524 of division A of Public 12
5276	5276	Law 116–94, section 524 of division H of Public Law 13
5277	5277	116–260, and section 523 of division H of Public Law 14
5278	5278	117–103. 15
5279	5279	(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 16
5280	5280	and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 17
5281	5281	agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 18
5282	5282	authorities. 19
5283	5283	S
5284	5284	EC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of 20
5285	5285	each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 21
5286	5286	fiscal year 2024 the Departments of Labor, Health and 22
5287	5287	Human Services and Education and the Social Security 23
5288	5288	Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-24
5289	5289	priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 25
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5292	5292	•HR 5894 IH
5293	5293	report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-1
5294	5294	vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-2
5295	5295	mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 3
5296	5296	monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-4
5297	5297	tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 5
5298	5298	with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 6
5299	5299	fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 7
5300	5300	S
5301	5301	EC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 8
5302	5302	Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-9
5303	5303	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10
5304	5304	and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-11
5305	5305	petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 12
5306	5306	issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 13
5307	5307	3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 14
5308	5308	a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-15
5309	5309	fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 16
5310	5310	of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 17
5311	5311	business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 18
5312	5312	program year). 19
5313	5313	S
5314	5314	EC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
5315	5315	this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 21
5316	5316	to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 22
5317	5317	injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-23
5318	5318	tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 24
5319	5319	a program other than making such purchases if the rel-25
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5322	5322	•HR 5894 IH
5323	5323	evant State or local health department, in consultation 1
5324	5324	with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-2
5325	5325	termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 3
5326	5326	is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 4
5327	5327	hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 5
5328	5328	drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 6
5329	5329	with State and local law. 7
5330	5330	S
5331	5331	EC. 527. (a) Each department and related agency 8
5332	5332	funded through this Act shall provide answers to questions 9
5333	5333	submitted for the record by members of any congressional 10
5334	5334	committee within 45 business days after receipt. 11
5335	5335	(b) There is rescinded an amount equal to $1,000 for 12
5336	5336	each day of the noncompliance period described in sub-13
5337	5337	section (c) from an account listed in subsection (d). 14
5338	5338	(c) The noncompliance period under subsection (b) 15
5339	5339	means the period beginning on the first day following the 16
5340	5340	failure to comply with the deadline described in subsection 17
5341	5341	(a) and ending on the date on which the department or 18
5342	5342	agency becomes compliant. 19
5343	5343	(d) Any rescission under subsection (b) shall be from 20
5344	5344	the applicable following account of the noncompliant de-21
5345	5345	partment or agency: 22
5346	5346	(1)‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-23
5347	5347	ices—Office of the Secretary—General Depart-24
5348	5348	mental Management’’ 25
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5351	5351	•HR 5894 IH
5352	5352	(2) ‘‘Department of Labor—Departmental 1
5353	5353	Management—Salaries and Expenses’’ 2
5354	5354	(3) ‘‘Department of Education—Departmental 3
5355	5355	Management—Program Administration’’ 4
5356	5356	S
5357	5357	EC. 528. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-5
5358	5358	ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 6
5359	5359	Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-7
5360	5360	ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 8
5361	5361	that Act, $13,493,000,000 shall not be available for obli-9
5362	5362	gation in this fiscal year. 10
5363	5363	S
5364	5364	EC. 529. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin-11
5365	5365	istration for Children and Families in the Department of 12
5366	5366	Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 13
5367	5367	Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-14
5368	5368	agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu-15
5369	5369	reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 16
5370	5370	(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 17
5371	5371	either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 18
5372	5372	basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 19
5373	5373	identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-20
5374	5374	tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 21
5375	5375	September 30, 2028: Provided, That when an office ref-22
5376	5376	erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 23
5377	5377	funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 24
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5380	5380	•HR 5894 IH
5381	5381	use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 1
5382	5382	funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 2
5383	5383	(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un-3
5384	5384	expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 4
5385	5385	or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im-5
5386	5386	mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 6
5387	5387	fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 7
5388	5388	evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 8
5389	5389	are available. 9
5390	5390	S
5391	5391	EC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 10
5392	5392	Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 11
5393	5393	activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 12
5394	5394	or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 13
5395	5395	S
5396	5396	EC. 531. None of the funds appropriated or other-14
5397	5397	wise made available by this Act may be made available 15
5398	5398	to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out Ex-16
5399	5399	ecutive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 17
5400	5400	7009, relating to advancing racial equity and support for 18
5401	5401	under-served communities through the Federal Govern-19
5402	5402	ment), Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (86 Fed. 20
5403	5403	Reg. 34593, relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and 21
5404	5404	accessibility in the federal workforce), or Executive Order 22
5405	5405	14091 of February 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825 relating 23
5406	5406	to further advancing racial equity and support for under-24
5407	5407	served communities through the federal government). 25
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5410	5410	•HR 5894 IH
5411	5411	SEC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 1
5412	5412	Act may be made available to support, directly or indi-2
5413	5413	rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 3
5414	5414	owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 4
5415	5415	Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re-5
5416	5416	public of Iran, The Democratic People’s Republic of 6
5417	5417	Korea, the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic 7
5418	5418	of Venezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, 8
5419	5419	or any other country determined by the Secretary of State 9
5420	5420	to be a foreign adversary. 10
5421	5421	S
5422	5422	EC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 11
5423	5423	Act may be used, either directly or indirectly, to conduct 12
5424	5424	or support any gain-of-function research involving a poten-13
5425	5425	tial pandemic pathogen by any country determined by the 14
5426	5426	Secretary of State to be a foreign adversary including the 15
5427	5427	People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Is-16
5428	5428	lamic Republic of Iran, The Democratic People’s Republic 17
5429	5429	of Korea, the Russian Federation, or the Bolivarian Re-18
5430	5430	public of Venezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro 19
5431	5431	Moros. 20
5432	5432	S
5433	5433	EC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 21
5434	5434	Act may be used for surgical procedures or hormone thera-22
5435	5435	pies for the purposes of gender affirming care. 23
5436	5436	S
5437	5437	EC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 24
5438	5438	Act may be used to implement, administer, apply, enforce, 25
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5442	5442	or carry out any diversity, equity, and inclusion office, pro-1
5443	5443	gram, or training. 2
5444	5444	S
5445	5445	EC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 3
5446	5446	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Ex-4
5447	5447	ecutive Order 14076 (Protecting Access to Reproductive 5
5448	5448	Healthcare Services) or Executive Order 14079 (Securing 6
5449	5449	Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services). 7
5450	5450	S
5451	5451	EC. 537. (a) In general.—Notwithstanding section 8
5452	5452	7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of title 9
5453	5453	28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 10
5454	5454	none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro-11
5455	5455	priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 12
5456	5456	any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par-13
5457	5457	tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 14
5458	5458	accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 15
5459	5459	conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 16
5460	5460	a union of one man and one woman. 17
5461	5461	(b) Discriminatory action defined.—As used in sub-18
5462	5462	section (a), a discriminatory action means any action 19
5463	5463	taken by the Federal Government to— 20
5464	5464	(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 21
5465	5465	of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-22
5466	5466	sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-23
5467	5467	tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-24
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5471	5471	nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 1
5472	5472	in subsection (a); 2
5473	5473	(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-3
5474	5474	poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 4
5475	5475	such person; 5
5476	5476	(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 6
5477	5477	exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 7
5478	5478	deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-8
5479	5479	operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-9
5480	5480	cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 10
5481	5481	other similar position or status from or to such per-11
5482	5482	son; 12
5483	5483	(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-13
5484	5484	erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 14
5485	5485	benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 15
5486	5486	admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 16
5487	5487	degree from an educational program, from or to 17
5488	5488	such person; or 18
5489	5489	(5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-19
5490	5490	erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle-20
5491	5491	ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in-21
5492	5492	stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 22
5493	5493	and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam-23
5494	5494	paigns from or to such person. 24
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5498	5498	(c) Accreditation; Licensure; Certification.—The 1
5499	5499	Federal Government shall consider accredited, licensed, or 2
5500	5500	certified for purposes of Federal law any person that 3
5501	5501	would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respectively, for 4
5502	5502	such purposes but for a determination against such person 5
5503	5503	wholly or partially on the basis that the person speaks, 6
5504	5504	or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief 7
5505	5505	or moral conviction described in subsection (a). 8
5506	5506	(RESCISSION) 9
5507	5507	S
5508	5508	EC. 538. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-10
5509	5509	recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 111(a) 11
5510	5510	of division B of Public Law 116–93, $11,000,000,000 are 12
5511	5511	hereby permanently rescinded. 13
5512	5512	(RESCISSION) 14
5513	5513	S
5514	5514	EC. 539. Of the unobligated balances available in 15
5515	5515	Public Law 117-169, $9,774,000,000 available under sec-16
5516	5516	tion 10301(1)(A)(iii) as of the date of the enactment of 17
5517	5517	this Act are permanently rescinded. 18
5518	5518	S
5519	5519	EC. 540. None of the funds made available by this 19
5520	5520	Act may be used by the Secretaries of Labor, Health and 20
5521	5521	Human Services, or Education, the Commissioner of the 21
5522	5522	Social Security Administration, or the head of any other 22
5523	5523	agency funded in this Act to fly or display a flag over 23
5524	5524	a federal facility other than the flag of the United States; 24
5525	5525	the flag of a State, territory, or the District of Columbia; 25
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5529	5529	the flag of an Indian Tribal Government; the official flag 1
5530	5530	of a U.S. Department or agency; or the POW/MIA flag. 2
5531	5531	SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 3
5532	5532	S
5533	5533	EC. 541. The amount by which the applicable alloca-4
5534	5534	tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 5
5535	5535	Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-6
5536	5536	tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex-7
5537	5537	ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 8
5538	5538	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 9
5539	5539	Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 10
5540	5540	Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 11
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