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2	2	Union Calendar No. 459
3	3	118THCONGRESS
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5	5	DSESSION H. R. 8773
6	6	[Report No. 118–556]
7	7	Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the
8	8	fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	JUNE17, 2024
11	11	Mr. J
12	12	OYCEof Ohio, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the fol-
13	13	lowing bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
14	14	on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
17	17	ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025,
18	18	and for other purposes.
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22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
25	25	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
26	26	fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other pur-5
27	27	poses, namely: 6
28	28	TITLE I 7
29	29	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 8
30	30	D
31	31	EPARTMENTAL OFFICES 9
32	32	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
33	33	For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 11
34	34	including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 12
35	35	Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-13
36	36	senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-14
37	37	ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 15
38	38	for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-16
39	39	essary for the performance of official business; executive 17
40	40	direction program activities; international affairs and eco-18
41	41	nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-19
42	42	tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 20
43	43	territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-21
44	44	cies and programs activities, $244,424,000, of which not 22
45	45	less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administra-23
46	46	tion of financial assistance, in addition to amounts other-24
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50	50	wise available for such purposes: Provided, That of the 1
51	51	amount appropriated under this heading— 2
52	52	(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-3
53	53	tion and representation expenses; 4
54	54	(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 5
55	55	emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 6
56	56	and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 7
57	57	the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 8
58	58	Secretary’s certificate; and 9
59	59	(3) not to exceed $34,000,000 shall remain 10
60	60	available until September 30, 2026, for— 11
61	61	(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 12
62	62	Audit and Internal Control Program; 13
63	63	(B) information technology modernization 14
64	64	requirements; 15
65	65	(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-16
66	66	tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 17
67	67	(D) the development and implementation 18
68	68	of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 19
69	69	and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 20
70	70	entering into cooperative agreements; 21
71	71	(E) operations and maintenance of facili-22
72	72	ties; and 23
73	73	(F) international operations. 24
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77	77	COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 1
78	78	STATES FUND 2
79	79	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
80	80	For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 4
81	81	Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain 5
82	82	available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 6
83	83	of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-7
84	84	partment or agency represented on the Committee (ex-8
85	85	cluding the Department of the Treasury) subject to ad-9
86	86	vance notification to the Committees on Appropriations of 10
87	87	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 11
88	88	further, That amounts so transferred shall remain avail-12
89	89	able until expended for expenses of implementing section 13
90	90	721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, (50 U.S.C. 14
91	91	4565), and shall be available in addition to any other 15
92	92	funds available to any department or agency: Provided fur-16
93	93	ther, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of such Act 17
94	94	shall be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collec-18
95	95	tions: Provided further, That the total amount appro-19
96	96	priated under this heading from the general fund shall be 20
97	97	reduced as such offsetting collections are received during 21
98	98	fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a total appropriation 22
99	99	from the general fund estimated at not more than $0. 23
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103	103	OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 1
104	104	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
105	105	For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 3
106	106	and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-4
107	107	tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-5
108	108	rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 6
109	109	proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 7
110	110	drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 8
111	111	$230,533,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 9
112	112	available for addressing human rights violations and cor-10
113	113	ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 11
114	114	Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 12
115	115	2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 13
116	116	under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail-14
117	117	able until September 30, 2026. 15
118	118	CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 16
119	119	For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 17
120	120	for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 18
121	121	$99,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 19
122	122	2027: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 20
123	123	supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-21
124	124	ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-22
125	125	ther, That of the total amount made available under this 23
126	126	heading, $7,000,000 shall be available for administrative 24
127	127	expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 25
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131	131	provide oversight of the investments made under this 1
132	132	heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-2
133	133	ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 3
134	134	to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 4
135	135	DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 5
136	136	INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 6
137	137	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
138	138	For development and acquisition of automatic data 8
139	139	processing equipment, software, and services and for re-9
140	140	pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-10
141	141	ment of the Treasury, $9,400,000, to remain available 11
142	142	until September 30, 2027: Provided, That these funds 12
143	143	shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-13
144	144	essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-14
145	145	fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 15
146	146	That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 16
147	147	other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-17
148	148	ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-18
149	149	ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-19
150	150	enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 20
151	151	Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 21
152	152	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 22
153	153	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
154	154	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 24
155	155	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 25
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159	159	5, United States Code, $47,887,000, including hire of pas-1
160	160	senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 2
161	161	shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-3
162	162	fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 4
163	163	direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 5
164	164	which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-6
165	165	tember 30, 2026, shall be for audits and investigations 7
166	166	conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 8
167	167	Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-9
168	168	vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 10
169	169	U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 11
170	170	shall be available for official reception and representation 12
171	171	expenses. 13
172	172	TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 14
173	173	ADMINISTRATION 15
174	174	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
175	175	For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 17
176	176	General for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 18
177	177	4 of title 5, United States Code, including purchase and 19
178	178	hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 20
179	179	services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 21
180	180	may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad-22
181	181	ministration; $170,000,000, of which $5,000,000 shall re-23
182	182	main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 24
183	183	exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel ex-25
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187	187	penses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 1
188	188	for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 2
189	189	allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec-3
190	190	tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 4
191	191	exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 5
192	192	representation expenses. 6
193	193	F
194	194	INANCIALCRIMESENFORCEMENTNETWORK 7
195	195	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8
196	196	For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-9
197	197	forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-10
198	198	hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 11
199	199	foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 12
200	200	training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-13
201	201	telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-14
202	202	tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 15
203	203	$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 16
204	204	and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 17
205	205	with or without reimbursement, $170,193,000, of which 18
206	206	not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until 19
207	207	September 30, 2027. 20
208	208	B
209	209	UREAU OF THEFISCALSERVICE 21
210	210	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
211	211	For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 23
212	212	of the Fiscal Service, $343,511,000; of which not to ex-24
213	213	ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 25
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217	217	2027, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 1
218	218	and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 2
219	219	and representation expenses. 3
220	220	In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil 4
221	221	Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 5
222	222	and personnel expenses for financial management of the 6
223	223	Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 7
224	224	380. 8
225	225	A
226	226	LCOHOL ANDTOBACCOTAX ANDTRADEBUREAU 9
227	227	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
228	228	For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 11
229	229	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 12
230	230	passenger motor vehicles, $158,506,000; of which not to 13
231	231	exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 14
232	232	representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 15
233	233	$50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-16
234	234	velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 17
235	235	of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 18
236	236	or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 19
237	237	appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 20
238	238	the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 21
239	239	label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 22
240	240	appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 23
241	241	available until September 30, 2026, shall be for the costs 24
242	242	associated with enforcement of and education regarding 25
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246	246	the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-1
247	247	ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 2
248	248	U
249	249	NITEDSTATESMINT 3
250	250	UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 4
251	251	Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 5
252	252	Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 6
253	253	the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 7
254	254	associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-8
255	255	matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-9
256	256	ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 10
257	257	the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-11
258	258	curred during fiscal year 2025 under such section 5136 12
259	259	for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-13
260	260	vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 14
261	261	$50,000,000. 15
262	262	C
263	263	OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTFINANCIALINSTITUTIONS 16
264	264	F
265	265	UNDPROGRAMACCOUNT 17
266	266	To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 18
267	267	Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 19
268	268	I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 20
269	269	by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 21
270	270	for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 22
271	271	to the rate for EX–III, $276,600,000. Of the amount ap-23
272	272	propriated under this heading— 24
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276	276	(1) not less than $170,000,000, notwith-1
277	277	standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 2
278	278	U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-3
279	279	ing Community Development Financial Institutions 4
280	280	Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 5
281	281	2026, for financial assistance and technical assist-6
282	282	ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 7
283	283	108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 8
284	284	U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 9
285	285	$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-10
286	286	reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 11
287	287	U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be 12
288	288	used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 13
289	289	$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec-14
290	290	tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 15
291	291	4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as-16
292	292	sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 17
293	293	to community development financial institutions to 18
294	294	expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-19
295	295	abilities: Provided, That the cost of direct and guar-20
296	296	anteed loans, including the cost of modifying such 21
297	297	loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-22
298	298	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, 23
299	299	That these funds are available to subsidize gross ob-24
300	300	ligations for the principal amount of direct loans not 25
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304	304	to exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the 1
305	305	funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 2
306	306	those made to community development financial in-3
307	307	stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-4
308	308	uals with disabilities and those made to community 5
309	309	development financial institutions that serve popu-6
310	310	lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 7
311	311	Community Development Financial Institutions 8
312	312	Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance awards to 9
313	313	organizations that invest and lend in high-poverty 10
314	314	areas: Provided further, That for purposes of this 11
315	315	section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means any 12
316	316	census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 per-13
317	317	cent as measured by the 2016–2020 five-year data 14
318	318	series available from the American Community Sur-15
319	319	vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 16
320	320	Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 17
321	321	percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De-18
322	322	cennial Census data for any territory or possession 19
323	323	of the United States; 20
324	324	(2) not less than $35,000,000, notwithstanding 21
325	325	section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 22
326	326	4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2026, for 23
327	327	financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 24
328	328	and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 25
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332	332	American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-1
333	333	munities and provided primarily through qualified 2
334	334	community development lender organizations with 3
335	335	experience and expertise in community development 4
336	336	banking and lending in Indian country, Native 5
337	337	American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza-6
338	338	tions, and other suitable providers; 7
339	339	(3) not less than $35,000,000 is available until 8
340	340	September 30, 2026, for the Bank Enterprise Award 9
341	341	program; 10
342	342	(4) not less than $3,000,000 is available until 11
343	343	September 30, 2026, to provide grants for loan loss 12
344	344	reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 13
345	345	small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 14
346	346	Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, 15
347	347	That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public 16
348	348	Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 17
349	349	and technical assistance; 18
350	350	(5) up to $33,600,000 is available for adminis-19
351	351	trative expenses, including administration of Com-20
352	352	munity Development Financial Institutions Fund 21
353	353	programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Pro-22
354	354	gram, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for the 23
355	355	development of tools to better assess and inform 24
356	356	Community Development Financial Institutions in-25
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360	360	vestment performance and Community Development 1
361	361	Financial Institutions program impacts, and up to 2
362	362	$300,000 is for administrative expenses to carry out 3
363	363	the direct loan program; and 4
364	364	(6) during fiscal year 2025, none of the funds 5
365	365	available under this heading are available for the 6
366	366	cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 7
367	367	Budget Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee 8
368	368	bonds and notes under section 114A of the Riegle 9
369	369	Community Development and Regulatory Improve-10
370	370	ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, 11
371	371	That commitments to guarantee bonds and notes 12
372	372	under such section 114A shall not exceed 13
373	373	$500,000,000: Provided further, That such section 14
374	374	114A shall remain in effect until December 31, 15
375	375	2026: Provided further, That of the funds awarded 16
376	376	under this heading, not less than 10 percent shall be 17
377	377	used for awards that support investments that serve 18
378	378	populations living in persistent poverty counties: 19
379	379	Provided further, That for the purposes of this para-20
380	380	graph and paragraph (1), the term ‘‘persistent pov-21
381	381	erty counties’’ means any county, including county 22
382	382	equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that has had 20 23
383	383	percent or more of its population living in poverty 24
384	384	over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990 25
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388	388	and 2000 decennial censuses and the 2016–2020 1
389	389	five-year data series available from the American 2
390	390	Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census or 3
391	391	any other territory or possession of the United 4
392	392	States that has had 20 percent or more of its popu-5
393	393	lation living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 6
394	394	measured by the 1990, 2000 and 2010 Island Areas 7
395	395	Decennial Censuses, or equivalent data, of the Bu-8
396	396	reau of the Census. 9
397	397	I
398	398	NTERNALREVENUESERVICE 10
399	399	TAXPAYER SERVICES 11
400	400	For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-12
401	401	ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-13
402	402	ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 14
403	403	advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 15
404	404	U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 16
405	405	Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed 17
406	406	$100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 18
407	407	2026, of which not less than $13,000,000 shall be for the 19
408	408	Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 20
409	409	than $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 21
410	410	2026 shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic 22
411	411	grants, including grants to individual clinics of up to 23
412	412	$200,000, of which not less than $45,000,000, to remain 24
413	413	available until September 30, 2026, shall be available for 25
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417	417	the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Match-1
418	418	ing Grants Program for tax return preparation assistance, 2
419	419	and of which not less than $291,200,000 shall be available 3
420	420	for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: 4
421	421	Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Tax-5
422	422	payer Advocate Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be 6
423	423	for identity theft and refund fraud casework. 7
424	424	ENFORCEMENT 8
425	425	For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 9
426	426	of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 10
427	427	owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-11
428	428	duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 12
429	429	related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-13
430	430	nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-14
431	431	cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 15
432	432	as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 16
433	433	determined by the Commissioner, $3,437,622,000; of 17
434	434	which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available 18
435	435	until September 30, 2026; of which not less than 19
436	436	$65,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 20
437	437	Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 21
438	438	$35,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 22
439	439	Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 23
440	440	amount made available for investigative technology for the 24
441	441	Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 25
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445	445	amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-1
446	446	vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading. 2
447	447	OPERATIONS SUPPORT 3
448	448	For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev-4
449	449	enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement 5
450	450	programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 6
451	451	printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and 7
452	452	other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta-8
453	453	tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-9
454	454	nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-10
455	455	nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 11
456	456	(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev-12
457	457	enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au-13
458	458	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-14
459	459	mined by the Commissioner; $3,750,826,000, of which not 15
460	460	to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-16
461	461	tember 30, 2026; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 17
462	462	remain available until expended for acquisition of equip-18
463	463	ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; 19
464	464	of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available 20
465	465	until September 30, 2027, for research; and of which not 21
466	466	to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep-22
467	467	resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 23
468	468	days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 24
469	469	Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-25
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473	473	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 1
474	474	and the Comptroller General of the United States detail-2
475	475	ing major information technology investments in the Inter-3
476	476	nal Revenue Service Integrated Modernization Business 4
477	477	Plan portfolio, including detailed, plain language sum-5
478	478	maries on the status of plans, costs, and results; prior re-6
479	479	sults and actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcom-7
480	480	ing deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and 8
481	481	mitigation strategies associated with ongoing work; rea-9
482	482	sons for any cost or schedule variances; and total expendi-10
483	483	tures by fiscal year: Provided further, That the Internal 11
484	484	Revenue Service shall include, in its budget justification 12
485	485	for fiscal year 2026, a summary of cost and schedule per-13
486	486	formance information for its major information technology 14
487	487	systems. 15
488	488	BUSINESS SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION 16
489	489	For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-17
490	490	ice’s business systems modernization program, 18
491	491	$150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 19
492	492	2027, and shall be for the capital asset acquisition of in-20
493	493	formation technology systems, including management and 21
494	494	related contractual costs of said acquisitions, including re-22
495	495	lated Internal Revenue Service labor costs, and contrac-23
496	496	tual costs associated with operations authorized by 5 24
497	497	U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That not later than 30 days after 25
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501	501	the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue Service shall 1
502	502	submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 2
503	503	the House of Representatives and the Senate and the 3
504	504	Comptroller General of the United States detailing major 4
505	505	information technology investments in the Internal Rev-5
506	506	enue Service Integrated Modernization Business Plan 6
507	507	portfolio, including detailed, plain language summaries on 7
508	508	the status of plans, costs, and results; prior results and 8
509	509	actual expenditures of the prior quarter; upcoming 9
510	510	deliverables and costs for the fiscal year; risks and mitiga-10
511	511	tion strategies associated with ongoing work; reasons for 11
512	512	any cost or schedule variances; and total expenditures by 12
513	513	fiscal year. 13
514	514	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —INTERNAL REVENUE 14
515	515	SERVICE 15
516	516	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
517	517	S
518	518	EC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropria-17
519	519	tion in this Act made available to the Internal Revenue 18
520	520	Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue 19
521	521	Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the 20
522	522	Committee: Provided, That, no funds may be transferred 21
523	523	to ‘‘Enforcement’’. 22
524	524	S
525	525	EC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-23
526	526	tain an employee training program, which shall include the 24
527	527	following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 25
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531	531	with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-1
532	532	partial application of tax law. 2
533	533	S
534	534	EC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-3
535	535	tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-4
536	536	guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-5
537	537	tect taxpayers against identity theft. 6
538	538	S
539	539	EC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 7
540	540	Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 8
541	541	improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-9
542	542	cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 10
543	543	The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 11
544	544	to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 12
545	545	a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 13
546	546	response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 14
547	547	with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 15
548	548	S
549	549	EC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 16
550	550	a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 17
551	551	to an employer making employment tax payments, and 18
552	552	such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 19
553	553	and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 20
554	554	Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 21
555	555	offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-22
556	556	tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 23
557	557	S
558	558	EC. 106. None of the funds made available under 24
559	559	this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 25
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563	563	target citizens of the United States for exercising any 1
564	564	right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-2
565	565	stitution of the United States. 3
566	566	S
567	567	EC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 4
568	568	Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 5
569	569	groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 6
570	570	beliefs. 7
571	571	S
572	572	EC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 8
573	573	to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-9
574	574	pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-10
575	575	dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 11
576	576	and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 12
577	577	Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-13
578	578	sult of the recommendations in the report published on 14
579	579	May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 15
580	580	Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 16
581	581	Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-17
582	582	heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 18
583	583	S
584	584	EC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 19
585	585	Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 20
586	586	expended— 21
587	587	(1) to make a payment to any employee under 22
588	588	a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 23
589	589	(2) under any hiring or personnel selection 24
590	590	process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 25
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594	594	unless such program or process takes into account the 1
595	595	conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 2
596	596	former employee. 3
597	597	S
598	598	EC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 4
599	599	Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 5
600	600	Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 6
601	601	and disclosure of returns and return information). 7
602	602	S
603	603	EC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-8
604	604	retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 9
605	605	Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-10
606	606	retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-11
607	607	thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 12
608	608	regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 13
609	609	to positions in the competitive service to process back-14
610	610	logged tax returns and return information. 15
611	611	S
612	612	EC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 16
613	613	United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 17
614	614	Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-18
615	615	senger carrier transportation and protection between the 19
616	616	Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 20
617	617	of employment. 21
618	618	S
619	619	EC. 113. None of the funds made available by this 22
620	620	or any other Act may be used to develop or provide tax-23
621	621	payers a free, public electronic return-filing service option, 24
622	622	without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-25
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626	626	priations of the House and the Senate, House Ways and 1
627	627	Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee. 2
628	628	S
629	629	EC. 114. None of the funds in this Act may be used 3
630	630	to purchase firearms or ammunition for the Internal Rev-4
631	631	enue Service above the levels in the possession of the In-5
632	632	ternal Revenue Service on December 22, 2022. 6
633	633	A
634	634	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 7
635	635	T
636	636	REASURY 8
637	637	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 9
638	638	S
639	639	EC. 115. Appropriations to the Department of the 10
640	640	Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-11
641	641	lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 12
642	642	including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 13
643	643	insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 14
644	644	countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 15
645	645	general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 16
646	646	and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 17
647	647	contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 18
648	648	of health and medical services to employees and their de-19
649	649	pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-20
650	650	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 21
651	651	S
652	652	EC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-22
653	653	tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-23
654	654	partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 24
655	655	Inspector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-25
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659	659	work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 1
660	660	Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred be-2
661	661	tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of 3
662	662	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-4
663	663	resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no transfer 5
664	664	under this section may increase or decrease any such ap-6
665	665	propriation by more than 2 percent. 7
666	666	S
667	667	EC. 117. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-8
668	668	tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 9
669	669	Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-10
670	670	eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-11
671	671	vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 12
672	672	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 13
673	673	That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-14
674	674	priation by more than 2 percent. 15
675	675	S
676	676	EC. 118. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 16
677	677	or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 17
678	678	or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 18
679	679	to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 19
680	680	S
681	681	EC. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-20
682	682	fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-21
683	683	ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-22
684	684	essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 23
685	685	such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-24
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689	689	penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 1
690	690	Collection Fund. 2
691	691	S
692	692	EC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other-3
693	693	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 4
694	694	by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-5
695	695	seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 6
696	696	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 7
697	697	Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 8
698	698	the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 9
699	699	Affairs. 10
700	700	S
701	701	EC. 121. None of the funds appropriated or other-11
702	702	wise made available by this or any other Act or source 12
703	703	to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-13
704	704	ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 14
705	705	or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-15
706	706	tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 16
707	707	United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 17
708	708	House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-18
709	709	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 19
710	710	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-20
711	711	atives and the Senate. 21
712	712	S
713	713	EC. 122. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 22
714	714	available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-23
715	715	partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-24
716	716	lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 25
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720	720	the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 1
721	721	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 2
722	722	2025 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 3
723	723	Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 4
724	724	S
725	725	EC. 123. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-5
726	726	able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-6
727	727	trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 7
728	728	representation expenses. 8
729	729	S
730	730	EC. 124. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 9
731	731	a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-10
732	732	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 11
733	733	not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-12
734	734	nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 13
735	735	such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-14
736	736	ment spending from all accounts within the Department 15
737	737	of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-16
738	738	ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-17
739	739	count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-18
740	740	ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 19
741	741	Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-20
742	742	ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 21
743	743	project that has not been fully completed. 22
744	744	S
745	745	EC. 125. During fiscal year 2025— 23
746	746	(1) none of the funds made available in this or 24
747	747	any other Act may be used by the Department of 25
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751	751	the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv-1
752	752	ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-2
753	753	enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-3
754	754	ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 4
755	755	used to determine whether an organization is oper-5
756	756	ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 6
757	757	for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 7
758	758	Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-8
759	759	lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 9
760	760	29, 2013)); and 10
761	761	(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 11
762	762	January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de-12
763	763	terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-13
764	764	ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 14
765	765	under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-15
766	766	tions created on, before, or after such date. 16
767	767	S
768	768	EC. 126. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 17
769	769	of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 18
770	770	an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 19
771	771	of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 20
772	772	amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-21
773	773	chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 22
774	774	provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 23
775	775	description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 24
776	776	each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-25
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780	780	tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-1
781	781	chise Fund. 2
782	782	S
783	783	EC. 127. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 3
784	784	of each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall 4
785	785	submit reports on the activities of the Office to the Com-5
786	786	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 6
787	787	and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of 7
788	788	the House of Representatives, and the Senate Committee 8
789	789	on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 9
790	790	(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 10
791	791	include— 11
792	792	(1) the obligations made during the previous 12
793	793	quarter by object class, office, and activity; 13
794	794	(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 14
795	795	of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 15
796	796	(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 16
797	797	each office during the previous quarter; 17
798	798	(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-18
799	799	lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-19
800	800	cal year; and 20
801	801	(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-21
802	802	tives, and performance measures of each office. 22
803	803	(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 23
804	804	in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall 24
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808	808	make officials available to testify on the contents of the 1
809	809	reports required under subsection (a). 2
810	810	S
811	811	EC. 128. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 3
812	812	there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 4
813	813	Pandemic Recovery, $5,000,000, to remain available until 5
814	814	expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out section 6
815	815	4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-7
816	816	rity Act (Public Law 116–136). 8
817	817	S
818	818	EC. 129. None of the funds made available in this 9
819	819	Act may be used to approve, license, facilitate, authorize, 10
820	820	or otherwise allow, whether by general or specific license, 11
821	821	travel-related or other transactions incident to non-edu-12
822	822	cational exchanges described in section 515.565(b) of title 13
823	823	31, Code of Federal Regulations. 14
824	824	S
825	825	EC. 130. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Sec-15
826	826	retary of Homeland Security shall provide a joint report 16
827	827	not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act 17
828	828	regarding travel pursuant to sections 515.565(b), 18
829	829	515.560(a)(1), 515.560(c)(4)(i), and 515.561 of title 31, 19
830	830	Code of Federal Regulations. 20
831	831	S
832	832	EC. 131. None of the funds made available by this 21
833	833	Act may be used by the Department of the Treasury to 22
834	834	design, build, develop, or establish a United States Central 23
835	835	Bank Digital Currency or discontinue circulation or use 24
836	836	of paper currency as legal tender in the United States. 25
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840	840	SEC. 132. None of the funds made available by this 1
841	841	Act may be used by the Financial Crimes Enforcement 2
842	842	Network to implement or enforce beneficial ownership re-3
843	843	porting rules pursuant to division F of the William M. 4
844	844	(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 5
845	845	Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–283) that have been 6
846	846	found by a Federal court to be unconstitutional or do not 7
847	847	reflect Congressional intent, including reporting rules for 8
848	848	small businesses and homeowners associations. 9
849	849	S
850	850	EC. 133. None of the funds made available by this 10
851	851	Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 11
852	852	rulemaking entitled, ‘‘Exchange of Coin’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 12
853	853	36721 (May 3, 2024)). 13
854	854	S
855	855	EC. 134. None of the funds made available by this 14
856	856	Act may be used to implement or enforce the rule relating 15
857	857	to ‘‘Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds’’ 16
858	858	(88 Fed. Reg. 80584 (November 20, 2023)) or any sub-17
859	859	stantially similar rule. 18
860	860	S
861	861	EC. 135. None of the funds made available by this 19
862	862	Act may be used by the Federal Insurance Office to imple-20
863	863	ment, administer, or enforce subsection (e)(6) of section 21
864	864	313 of title 31, United States Code. Additionally, none 22
865	865	of the funds made available by this Act may be used by 23
866	866	the Office of Financial Research to implement, administer, 24
867	867	or enforce section 5343(f) of title 12, United States Code. 25
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871	871	SEC. 136. None of the funds made available by this 1
872	872	Act may be used to establish with the Department of 2
873	873	Treasury an advisory committee with respect to any envi-3
874	874	ronmental, social, or governance matter. 4
875	875	S
876	876	EC. 137. Amounts made available under section 5
877	877	601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3)) 6
878	878	shall be available for any necessary expenses of the De-7
879	879	partment of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with 8
880	880	respect to section 601 of that Act, subtitle A of title V 9
881	881	of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 10
882	882	2021, and section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act 11
883	883	of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 12
884	884	such purposes. 13
885	885	S
886	886	EC. 138. None of the funds made available by this 14
887	887	Act may be used to carry out amendments published on 15
888	888	May 29, 2024, with respect to sections 515.340, 515.570, 16
889	889	515.582, and 515.584 of title 31, Code of Federal Regula-17
890	890	tions. 18
891	891	S
892	892	EC. 139. None of the funds appropriated or other-19
893	893	wise made available by this Act may be used for bonuses, 20
894	894	pay raises, or official travel by political appointees at the 21
895	895	Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the 22
896	896	Treasury until the Office adds— 23
897	897	(1) all entities on the list, on the date of the en-24
898	898	actment of this Act, of Chinese military companies 25
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902	902	produced by the Department of Defense in accord-1
903	903	ance with section 1260H of the William M. (Mac) 2
904	904	Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 3
905	905	Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) to the Non- 4
906	906	SDN Chinese Military-Industrial Complex Compa-5
907	907	nies List (NS-CMIC List), that are not already on 6
908	908	the NS-CMIC List; and 7
909	909	(2) all subsidiaries and affiliates on the date of 8
910	910	the enactment of this Act of companies on the NS- 9
911	911	CMIC List, including of any entity added to such 10
912	912	list pursuant to paragraph (1), to the NS-CMIC 11
913	913	List. 12
914	914	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 13
915	915	Treasury Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 14
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919	919	TITLE II 1
920	920	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 2
921	921	FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 3
922	922	T
923	923	HEWHITEHOUSE 4
924	924	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
925	925	For necessary expenses for the White House as au-6
926	926	thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 7
927	927	services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 8
928	928	subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 9
929	929	shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 10
930	930	section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 11
931	931	to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 12
932	932	provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 13
933	933	official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-14
934	934	able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-15
935	935	dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 16
936	936	Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 17
937	937	3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $60,000,000. 18
938	938	E
939	939	XECUTIVERESIDENCE AT THEWHITEHOUSE 19
940	940	OPERATING EXPENSES 20
941	941	For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 21
942	942	at the White House, $15,000,000, to be expended and ac-22
943	943	counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 23
944	944	112–114. 24
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948	948	REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 1
949	949	For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-2
950	950	dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-3
951	951	essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 4
952	952	of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 5
953	953	with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 6
954	954	That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 7
955	955	amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 8
956	956	exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-9
957	957	ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-10
958	958	penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 11
959	959	shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-12
960	960	ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-13
961	961	mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 14
962	962	shall be credited to this account and remain available until 15
963	963	expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 16
964	964	shall require the national committee of the political party 17
965	965	of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 18
966	966	separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-19
967	967	ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 20
968	968	committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 21
969	969	the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 22
970	970	of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 23
971	971	under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 24
972	972	such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-25
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976	976	curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 1
977	977	after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 2
978	978	the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 3
979	979	penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 4
980	980	not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 5
981	981	the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-6
982	982	standing debt on a United States Government claim under 7
983	983	31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 8
984	984	that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 9
985	985	charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-10
986	986	neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-11
987	987	dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-12
988	988	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-13
989	989	ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal 14
990	990	year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reim-15
991	991	bursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 16
992	992	during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 17
993	993	amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 18
994	994	consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 19
995	995	amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 20
996	996	events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 21
997	997	reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 22
998	998	That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 23
999	999	the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 24
1000	1000	within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 25
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1004	1004	for the classification of any such expense as political or 1
1005	1005	nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 2
1006	1006	paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-3
1007	1007	idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-4
1008	1008	chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 5
1009	1009	Code. 6
1010	1010	W
1011	1011	HITEHOUSEREPAIR ANDRESTORATION 7
1012	1012	For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 8
1013	1013	Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 9
1014	1014	U.S.C. 105(d), $2,475,000, to remain available until ex-10
1015	1015	pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 11
1016	1016	health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 12
1017	1017	C
1018	1018	OUNCIL OFECONOMICADVISERS 13
1019	1019	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
1020	1020	For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 15
1021	1021	Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-16
1022	1022	ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,200,000. 17
1023	1023	N
1024	1024	ATIONALSECURITYCOUNCIL ANDHOMELAND 18
1025	1025	S
1026	1026	ECURITYCOUNCIL 19
1027	1027	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
1028	1028	For necessary expenses of the National Security 21
1029	1029	Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 22
1030	1030	services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,500,000, of 23
1031	1031	which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official 24
1032	1032	reception and representation expenses. 25
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1036	1036	OFFICE OFADMINISTRATION 1
1037	1037	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1038	1038	For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-3
1039	1039	tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 4
1040	1040	and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 5
1041	1041	$106,500,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 6
1042	1042	remain available until expended for continued moderniza-7
1043	1043	tion of information resources within the Executive Office 8
1044	1044	of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided 9
1045	1045	under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available 10
1046	1046	for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-11
1047	1047	sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to 12
1048	1048	students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-13
1049	1049	charged from active duty who are performing voluntary 14
1050	1050	services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-15
1051	1051	tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable 16
1052	1052	authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 17
1053	1053	available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 18
1054	1054	further, That such payments shall not be considered com-19
1055	1055	pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may 20
1056	1056	be paid in advance. 21
1057	1057	O
1058	1058	FFICE OFMANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 22
1059	1059	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
1060	1060	For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 24
1061	1061	and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 25
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1065	1065	and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 1
1066	1066	the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 2
1067	1067	Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 3
1068	1068	States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 4
1069	1069	title 31, United States Code, $126,000,000, of which not 5
1070	1070	to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-6
1071	1071	tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-7
1072	1072	priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 8
1073	1073	Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-9
1074	1074	cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 10
1075	1075	under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-11
1076	1076	ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 12
1077	1077	That none of the funds made available for the Office of 13
1078	1078	Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 14
1079	1079	the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-15
1080	1080	nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 16
1081	1081	Management and Budget, before the Committees of the 17
1082	1082	House of Representatives and the Senate on Appropria-18
1083	1083	tions or their subcommittees: Provided further, That none 19
1084	1084	of the funds made available for the Office of Management 20
1085	1085	and Budget by this Act may be expended for the altering 21
1086	1086	of the annual work plan developed by the Corps of Engi-22
1087	1087	neers for submission to the Committees on Appropria-23
1088	1088	tions: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 24
1089	1089	in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or indirectly, 25
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1093	1093	by the Office of Management and Budget, for evaluating 1
1094	1094	or determining if water resource project or study reports 2
1095	1095	submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting through the 3
1096	1096	Secretary of the Army are in compliance with all applica-4
1097	1097	ble laws, regulations, and requirements relevant to the 5
1098	1098	Civil Works water resource planning process: Provided fur-6
1099	1099	ther, That the Office of Management and Budget shall 7
1100	1100	have not more than 60 days in which to perform budgetary 8
1101	1101	policy reviews of water resource matters on which the 9
1102	1102	Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided further, That 10
1103	1103	the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 11
1104	1104	shall notify the appropriate authorizing and appropriating 12
1105	1105	committees when the 60-day review is initiated: Provided 13
1106	1106	further, That if water resource reports have not been 14
1107	1107	transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and appro-15
1108	1108	priating committees within 15 days after the end of the 16
1109	1109	Office of Management and Budget review period based on 17
1110	1110	the notification from the Director, Congress shall assume 18
1111	1111	Office of Management and Budget concurrence with the 19
1112	1112	report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no later 20
1113	1113	than 14 days after the submission of the budget of the 21
1114	1114	United States Government for fiscal year 2026, the Direc-22
1115	1115	tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall make 23
1116	1116	publicly available on a website a tabular list for each agen-24
1117	1117	cy that submits budget justification materials (as defined 25
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1121	1121	in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 1
1122	1122	Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-2
1123	1123	imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 3
1124	1124	budget justification materials of the agency were sub-4
1125	1125	mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 5
1126	1126	the budget justification materials are published on the 6
1127	1127	website of the agency. 7
1128	1128	I
1129	1129	NTELLECTUALPROPERTYENFORCEMENT 8
1130	1130	C
1131	1131	OORDINATOR 9
1132	1132	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-10
1133	1133	tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 11
1134	1134	title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 12
1135	1135	Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), 13
1136	1136	including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 14
1137	1137	$1,838,000. 15
1138	1138	O
1139	1139	FFICE OF THENATIONALCYBERDIRECTOR 16
1140	1140	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
1141	1141	For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 18
1142	1142	Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-19
1143	1143	liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-20
1144	1144	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 21
1145	1145	$19,126,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-22
1146	1146	able for official reception and representation expenses. 23
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1150	1150	OFFICE OFNATIONALDRUGCONTROLPOLICY 1
1151	1151	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1152	1152	For necessary expenses of the Office of National 3
1153	1153	Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 4
1154	1154	the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-5
1155	1155	tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 6
1156	1156	official reception and representation expenses; and for par-7
1157	1157	ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 8
1158	1158	on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 9
1159	1159	public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-10
1160	1160	bursement, $19,000,000: Provided, That the Office is au-11
1161	1161	thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 12
1162	1162	real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 13
1163	1163	limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 14
1164	1164	work of the Office. 15
1165	1165	FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 16
1166	1166	HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 17
1167	1167	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 18
1168	1168	For necessary expenses of the Office of National 19
1169	1169	Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 20
1170	1170	Areas Program, $299,600,000, to remain available until 21
1171	1171	September 30, 2026, for drug control activities consistent 22
1172	1172	with the approved strategy for each of the designated 23
1173	1173	High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 24
1174	1174	which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 25
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1178	1178	State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 1
1179	1179	be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 2
1180	1180	this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-3
1181	1181	ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 4
1182	1182	determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 5
1183	1183	Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 6
1184	1184	for auditing services and associated activities and 7
1185	1185	$1,500,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 8
1186	1186	for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro-9
1187	1187	vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 10
1188	1188	to fiscal year 2023 may be used for any other approved 11
1189	1189	activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re-12
1190	1190	quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des-13
1191	1191	ignated as of September 30, 2024, shall be funded at not 14
1192	1192	less than the fiscal year 2024 base level, unless the Direc-15
1193	1193	tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 16
1194	1194	House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 17
1195	1195	changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-18
1196	1196	ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 19
1197	1197	performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 20
1198	1198	That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-21
1199	1199	priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2025 fund-22
1200	1200	ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enact-23
1201	1201	ment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of 24
1202	1202	planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as deter-25
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1206	1206	mined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not 1
1207	1207	later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 2
1208	1208	further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 3
1209	1209	funds so transferred from this appropriation are not nec-4
1210	1210	essary for the purposes provided herein and upon notifica-5
1211	1211	tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
1212	1212	of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be 7
1213	1213	transferred back to this appropriation. 8
1214	1214	OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 9
1215	1215	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 10
1216	1216	For other drug control activities authorized by the 11
1217	1217	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 12
1218	1218	Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 13
1219	1219	amended, $134,950,000, to remain available until ex-14
1220	1220	pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 15
1221	1221	for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not 16
1222	1222	more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, 17
1223	1223	and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di-18
1224	1224	rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 19
1225	1225	by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for 20
1226	1226	drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000 21
1227	1227	for anti-doping activities; up to $2,500,000 for the United 22
1228	1228	States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-23
1229	1229	cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 24
1230	1230	$5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of 25
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1234	1234	Public Law 114–198: Provided, That amounts made avail-1
1235	1235	able under this heading may be transferred to other Fed-2
1236	1236	eral departments and agencies to carry out such activities: 3
1237	1237	Provided further, That the Director of the Office of Na-4
1238	1238	tional Drug Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days 5
1239	1239	prior to obligating funds under this heading for United 6
1240	1240	States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-7
1241	1241	cy, submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 8
1242	1242	House of Representatives and the Senate a spending plan 9
1243	1243	and explanation of the proposed uses of these funds. 10
1244	1244	U
1245	1245	NANTICIPATEDNEEDS 11
1246	1246	For expenses necessary to enable the President to 12
1247	1247	meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 13
1248	1248	interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 14
1249	1249	abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 15
1250	1250	3 U.S.C. 108, $990,000, to remain available until Sep-16
1251	1251	tember 30, 2025. 17
1252	1252	I
1253	1253	NFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYOVERSIGHT ANDREFORM 18
1254	1254	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
1255	1255	For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-20
1256	1256	grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 21
1257	1257	technology in the Federal Government, $8,000,000, to re-22
1258	1258	main available until expended: Provided, That the Director 23
1259	1259	of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 24
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1263	1263	these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 1
1264	1264	projects to meet these purposes. 2
1265	1265	S
1266	1266	PECIALASSISTANCE TO THEPRESIDENT 3
1267	1267	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1268	1268	For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 5
1269	1269	to provide assistance to the President in connection with 6
1270	1270	specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 7
1271	1271	U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-8
1272	1272	penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-9
1273	1273	pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 10
1274	1274	hire of passenger motor vehicles, $5,000,000. 11
1275	1275	O
1276	1276	FFICIALRESIDENCE OF THEVICEPRESIDENT 12
1277	1277	OPERATING EXPENSES 13
1278	1278	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
1279	1279	For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 15
1280	1280	and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 16
1281	1281	lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-17
1282	1282	cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 18
1283	1283	motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 19
1284	1284	U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $315,000: Provided, That advances, re-20
1285	1285	payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 21
1286	1286	made to any department or agency for expenses of car-22
1287	1287	rying out such activities. 23
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1291	1291	ADMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—EXECUTIVEOFFICE 1
1292	1292	O
1293	1293	F THEPRESIDENT ANDFUNDSAPPROPRIATED TO THE 2
1294	1294	P
1295	1295	RESIDENT 3
1296	1296	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
1297	1297	S
1298	1298	EC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 5
1299	1299	under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-6
1300	1300	dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 7
1301	1301	Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 8
1302	1302	Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-9
1303	1303	fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-10
1304	1304	dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 11
1305	1305	Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 12
1306	1306	such other officer as the President may designate in writ-13
1307	1307	ing), may, with advance approval of the Committees on 14
1308	1308	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 15
1309	1309	Senate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such ap-16
1310	1310	propriation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 17
1311	1311	with and available for the same time and for the same 18
1312	1312	purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-19
1313	1313	vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 20
1314	1314	increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-21
1315	1315	vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 22
1316	1316	‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-23
1317	1317	dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 24
1318	1318	Vice President. 25
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1322	1322	SEC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2025, any Executive 1
1323	1323	order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 2
1324	1324	the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 3
1325	1325	from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-4
1326	1326	et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 5
1327	1327	revenues, of such order or memorandum. 6
1328	1328	(b) Any such statement shall include— 7
1329	1329	(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-8
1330	1330	pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 9
1331	1331	Government; 10
1332	1332	(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 11
1333	1333	obligations and outlays as the result of such order 12
1334	1334	or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 13
1335	1335	year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 14
1336	1336	year 2025; and 15
1337	1337	(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-16
1338	1338	ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 17
1339	1339	over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 18
1340	1340	2025. 19
1341	1341	(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-20
1342	1342	randum is issued during fiscal year 2025 due to a national 21
1343	1343	emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 22
1344	1344	Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 23
1345	1345	(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 24
1346	1346	or memorandum is issued. 25
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1350	1350	(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-1
1351	1351	dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 2
1352	1352	memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 3
1353	1353	of $100,000,000. 4
1354	1354	S
1355	1355	EC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 5
1356	1356	enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-6
1357	1357	agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 7
1358	1358	Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 8
1359	1359	compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 9
1360	1360	S
1361	1361	EC. 204. None of the funds made available by this 10
1362	1362	Act may be used to develop or implement guidance related 11
1363	1363	to the valuation of ecosystem and environmental services 12
1364	1364	and natural assets in Federal regulatory decision-making, 13
1365	1365	as directed by Executive Order No. 14072 of April 22, 14
1366	1366	2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 24851, relating to strengthening the 15
1367	1367	Nation’s forests, communities, and local economies). 16
1368	1368	S
1369	1369	EC. 205. None of the funds made available by this 17
1370	1370	Act may be used to implement the proposed revisions, pub-18
1371	1371	lished on April 6, 2023, to OMB Circular A-4. 19
1372	1372	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 20
1373	1373	the President Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 21
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1377	1377	TITLE III 1
1378	1378	THE JUDICIARY 2
1379	1379	S
1380	1380	UPREMECOURT OF THEUNITEDSTATES 3
1381	1381	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1382	1382	For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-5
1383	1383	preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 6
1384	1384	building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas-7
1385	1385	senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 8
1386	1386	and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 9
1387	1387	representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, 10
1388	1388	to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, 11
1389	1389	$136,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 12
1390	1390	until expended. 13
1391	1391	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 14
1392	1392	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 15
1393	1393	justice and associate justices of the court. 16
1394	1394	CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 17
1395	1395	For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 18
1396	1396	the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-19
1397	1397	posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 20
1398	1398	under the direction of the Chief Justice, $13,506,000, to 21
1399	1399	remain available until expended. 22
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1403	1403	UNITEDSTATESCOURT OFAPPEALS FOR THEFEDERAL 1
1404	1404	C
1405	1405	IRCUIT 2
1406	1406	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3
1407	1407	For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-4
1408	1408	essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 5
1409	1409	$37,500,000. 6
1410	1410	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 7
1411	1411	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 8
1412	1412	judge and judges of the court. 9
1413	1413	U
1414	1414	NITEDSTATESCOURT OFINTERNATIONALTRADE 10
1415	1415	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
1416	1416	For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 12
1417	1417	services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-13
1418	1418	ized by law, $21,700,000. 14
1419	1419	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 15
1420	1420	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 16
1421	1421	judge and judges of the court. 17
1422	1422	C
1423	1423	OURTS OFAPPEALS, DISTRICTCOURTS, ANDOTHER 18
1424	1424	J
1425	1425	UDICIALSERVICES 19
1426	1426	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
1427	1427	For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 21
1428	1428	of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-22
1429	1429	cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 23
1430	1430	specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 24
1431	1431	and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 25
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1435	1435	for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-1
1436	1436	ized by law, $6,106,841,000 (including the purchase of 2
1437	1437	firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 3
1438	1438	$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 4
1439	1439	space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 5
1440	1440	related to new space alteration and construction projects. 6
1441	1441	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 7
1442	1442	be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 8
1443	1443	and district judges (including judges of the territorial 9
1444	1444	courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-10
1445	1445	tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 11
1446	1446	service. 12
1447	1447	In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 13
1448	1448	of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 14
1449	1449	the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-15
1450	1450	lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $11,686,000, to be appro-16
1451	1451	priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 17
1452	1452	Fund. 18
1453	1453	DEFENDER SERVICES 19
1454	1454	For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 20
1455	1455	the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-21
1456	1456	neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 22
1457	1457	3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-23
1458	1458	bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 24
1459	1459	expert, and other services for such representations as au-25
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1463	1463	thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 1
1464	1464	maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 2
1465	1465	of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 3
1466	1466	criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-4
1467	1467	tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 5
1468	1468	expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 6
1469	1469	actions for the protection of their employment, as author-7
1470	1470	ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-8
1471	1471	bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 9
1472	1472	U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 10
1473	1473	forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-11
1474	1474	ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 12
1475	1475	under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 13
1476	1476	general administrative expenses, $1,500,000,000, to re-14
1477	1477	main available until expended. 15
1478	1478	FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 16
1479	1479	For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 17
1480	1480	U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-18
1481	1481	sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-19
1482	1482	tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 20
1483	1483	pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-21
1484	1484	cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $38,555,000, 22
1485	1485	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 23
1486	1486	compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 24
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1490	1490	daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 1
1491	1491	5332. 2
1492	1492	COURT SECURITY 3
1493	1493	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
1494	1494	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 5
1495	1495	incident to the provision of protective guard services for 6
1496	1496	United States courthouses and other facilities housing 7
1497	1497	Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 8
1498	1498	States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 9
1499	1499	and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 10
1500	1500	United States courthouses and other facilities housing 11
1501	1501	Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 12
1502	1502	States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 13
1503	1503	inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 14
1504	1504	perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 15
1505	1505	Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 16
1506	1506	authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 17
1507	1507	and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 18
1508	1508	$777,361,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 19
1509	1509	remain available until expended, to be expended directly 20
1510	1510	or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 21
1511	1511	which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 22
1512	1512	Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 23
1513	1513	guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 24
1514	1514	Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-25
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1518	1518	eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-1
1519	1519	ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 2
1520	1520	to facilitate security and emergency management services 3
1521	1521	among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 4
1522	1522	Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-5
1523	1523	tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments 6
1524	1524	and the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel 7
1525	1525	Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 8
1526	1526	Law 117–263, division C, title LIX, subtitle D) and 28 9
1527	1527	U.S.C. 604(a)(24). 10
1528	1528	A
1529	1529	DMINISTRATIVEOFFICE OF THEUNITEDSTATES 11
1530	1530	C
1531	1531	OURTS 12
1532	1532	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
1533	1533	For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 14
1534	1534	of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-15
1535	1535	ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-16
1536	1536	senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 17
1537	1537	advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-18
1538	1538	where, $104,578,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-19
1539	1539	thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 20
1540	1540	F
1541	1541	EDERALJUDICIALCENTER 21
1542	1542	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
1543	1543	For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-23
1544	1544	ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,837,000; 24
1545	1545	of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-25
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1549	1549	tember 30, 2026, to provide education and training to 1
1550	1550	Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 2
1551	1551	$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-3
1552	1552	tion expenses. 4
1553	1553	U
1554	1554	NITEDSTATESSENTENCINGCOMMISSION 5
1555	1555	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1556	1556	For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 7
1557	1557	the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 8
1558	1558	Code, $22,050,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-9
1559	1559	thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 10
1560	1560	A
1561	1561	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—THEJUDICIARY 11
1562	1562	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1563	1563	S
1564	1564	EC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 13
1565	1565	this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 14
1566	1566	be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 15
1567	1567	S
1568	1568	EC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-16
1569	1569	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-17
1570	1570	ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-18
1571	1571	priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 19
1572	1572	Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-20
1573	1573	fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 21
1574	1574	and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-22
1575	1575	sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 23
1576	1576	any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 24
1577	1577	to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 25
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1581	1581	funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 1
1582	1582	not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 2
1583	1583	compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 3
1584	1584	S
1585	1585	EC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
1586	1586	law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 5
1587	1587	of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 6
1588	1588	shall be available for official reception and representation 7
1589	1589	expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 8
1590	1590	Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 9
1591	1591	$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 10
1592	1592	Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 11
1593	1593	capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 12
1594	1594	S
1595	1595	EC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 13
1596	1596	Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-14
1597	1597	utive’’ each place it appears. 15
1598	1598	S
1599	1599	EC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 16
1600	1600	and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 17
1601	1601	United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 18
1602	1602	courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 19
1603	1603	with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 20
1604	1604	United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 21
1605	1605	security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-22
1606	1606	partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 23
1607	1607	services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-24
1608	1608	ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-25
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1612	1612	rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 1
1613	1613	Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 2
1614	1614	rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 3
1615	1615	S
1616	1616	EC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-4
1617	1617	ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 5
1618	1618	note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12– 6
1619	1619	(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-7
1620	1620	trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘33 years and 6 8
1621	1621	months’’ and inserting ‘‘34 years and 6 months’’; 9
1622	1622	and 10
1623	1623	(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-11
1624	1624	trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘30 years and 6 12
1625	1625	months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’. 13
1626	1626	(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 14
1627	1627	Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-15
1628	1628	trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-16
1629	1629	tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 17
1630	1630	28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 18
1631	1631	(relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 19
1632	1632	‘‘31 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘32 years and 20
1633	1633	6 months’’. 21
1634	1634	(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-22
1635	1635	ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 23
1636	1636	Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 24
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1640	1640	(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘22 years’’ and 1
1641	1641	inserting ‘‘23 years’’; 2
1642	1642	(2) in the second sentence (relating to the central 3
1643	1643	District of California), by striking ‘‘21 years and 6 4
1644	1644	months’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 6 months’’; and 5
1645	1645	(3) in the third sentence (relating to the western dis-6
1646	1646	trict of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘20 years’’ and in-7
1647	1647	serting ‘‘21 years’’. 8
1648	1648	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-9
1649	1649	tions Act, 2025’’. 10
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1653	1653	TITLE IV 1
1654	1654	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2
1655	1655	F
1656	1656	EDERALFUNDS 3
1657	1657	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 4
1658	1658	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 5
1659	1659	to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 6
1660	1660	program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 7
1661	1661	Columbia resident tuition support, $20,000,000, to remain 8
1662	1662	available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-9
1663	1663	cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-10
1664	1664	half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 11
1665	1665	amount based upon the difference between in-State and 12
1666	1666	out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-13
1667	1667	cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 14
1668	1668	institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 15
1669	1669	awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 16
1670	1670	of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 17
1671	1671	eligible students and such other factors as may be author-18
1672	1672	ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-19
1673	1673	ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-20
1674	1674	dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 21
1675	1675	Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 22
1676	1676	and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-23
1677	1677	ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 24
1678	1678	this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 25
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1682	1682	shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 1
1683	1683	Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 2
1684	1684	for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-3
1685	1685	port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 4
1686	1686	Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 5
1687	1687	report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
1688	1688	of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-7
1689	1689	ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-8
1690	1690	pose therefor. 9
1691	1691	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 10
1692	1692	SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
1693	1693	For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-12
1694	1694	termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-13
1695	1695	ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 14
1696	1696	of surrounding jurisdictions, $77,000,000, to remain 15
1697	1697	available until expended, for the costs of providing public 16
1698	1698	safety at events related to the presence of the National 17
1699	1699	Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-18
1700	1700	quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-19
1701	1701	ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 20
1702	1702	of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 21
1703	1703	of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 22
1704	1704	terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 23
1705	1705	surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That, of the amount 24
1706	1706	provided under this heading in this Act, up to 25
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1710	1710	$47,000,000 shall be used for costs associated with the 1
1711	1711	Presidential Inauguration held in January 2025. 2
1712	1712	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 3
1713	1713	COURTS 4
1714	1714	For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-5
1715	1715	bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi-6
1716	1716	cles, $300,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-7
1717	1717	trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,283,000, of which 8
1718	1718	not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen-9
1719	1719	tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 10
1720	1720	Columbia, $142,571,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 11
1721	1721	is for official reception and representation expenses; for 12
1722	1722	the District of Columbia Court System, $91,896,000, of 13
1723	1723	which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 14
1724	1724	representation expenses; and $50,250,000, to remain 15
1725	1725	available until September 30, 2026, for capital improve-16
1726	1726	ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-17
1727	1727	vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 18
1728	1728	shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 19
1729	1729	Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-20
1730	1730	ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 21
1731	1731	appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co-22
1732	1732	lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 23
1733	1733	processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-24
1734	1734	tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-25
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1738	1738	able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated 1
1739	1739	with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the 2
1740	1740	District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 3
1741	1741	sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding 4
1742	1742	any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 5
1743	1743	shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-6
1744	1744	ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 7
1745	1745	manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 8
1746	1746	of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 9
1747	1747	after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-10
1748	1748	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-11
1749	1749	ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 12
1750	1750	more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 13
1751	1751	heading among the items and entities funded under this 14
1752	1752	heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 15
1753	1753	Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 16
1754	1754	by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 17
1755	1755	the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 18
1756	1756	title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 19
1757	1757	of Columbia Courts. 20
1758	1758	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN 21
1759	1759	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 22
1760	1760	(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 23
1761	1761	For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 24
1762	1762	section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-25
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1766	1766	tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 1
1767	1767	Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-2
1768	1768	ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 3
1769	1769	District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 4
1770	1770	Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 5
1771	1771	provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-6
1772	1772	nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 7
1773	1773	to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 8
1774	1774	payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 9
1775	1775	under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-10
1776	1776	ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 11
1777	1777	Code (relating to services provided under the District of 12
1778	1778	Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-13
1779	1779	rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 14
1780	1780	remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-15
1781	1781	vided under this heading shall be administered by the 16
1782	1782	Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-17
1783	1783	trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 18
1784	1784	any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-19
1785	1785	portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 20
1786	1786	Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 21
1787	1787	as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-22
1788	1788	cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 23
1789	1789	from prior year appropriations made available under this 24
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1793	1793	heading, $12,000,000, are hereby rescinded not later than 1
1794	1794	September 30, 2025. 2
1795	1795	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND 3
1796	1796	OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR 4
1797	1797	THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5
1798	1798	For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 6
1799	1799	hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 7
1800	1800	Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-8
1801	1801	thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 9
1802	1802	Government Improvement Act of 1997, $295,000,000, of 10
1803	1803	which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 11
1804	1804	representation expenses related to Community Supervision 12
1805	1805	and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 13
1806	1806	to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 14
1807	1807	to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 15
1808	1808	Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 16
1809	1809	Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-17
1810	1810	ing, $208,034,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-18
1811	1811	munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-19
1812	1812	clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 20
1813	1813	to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-21
1814	1814	lated to such persons, of which up to $4,253,000 shall re-22
1815	1815	main available until September 30, 2027, for costs associ-23
1816	1816	ated with the relocation under replacement leases for 24
1817	1817	headquarters offices, field offices, and related facilities: 25
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1821	1821	Provided further, That, of the funds appropriated under 1
1822	1822	this heading, $86,966,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 2
1823	1823	Services Agency, of which up to $2,503,000 shall remain 3
1824	1824	available until September 30, 2027, for costs associated 4
1825	1825	with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters 5
1826	1826	offices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, 6
1827	1827	That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 7
1828	1828	amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 8
1829	1829	by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 9
1830	1830	and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 10
1831	1831	for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-11
1832	1832	vided further, That amounts under this heading may be 12
1833	1833	used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-13
1834	1834	cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 14
1835	1835	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15
1836	1836	PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 16
1837	1837	For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 17
1838	1838	hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 18
1839	1839	Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 19
1840	1840	Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 20
1841	1841	1997, $59,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 21
1842	1842	other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 22
1843	1843	shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-23
1844	1844	ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 24
1845	1845	manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 25
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1849	1849	of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 1
1850	1850	of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 2
1851	1851	employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 3
1852	1852	Service a program substantially similar to the program set 4
1853	1853	forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 5
1854	1854	States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-6
1855	1855	ment made under the program to any individual may not 7
1856	1856	exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) 8
1857	1857	of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That for 9
1858	1858	the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 10
1859	1859	from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 11
1860	1860	accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage-12
1861	1861	ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 13
1862	1862	Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 14
1863	1863	agency of the United States Government: Provided further, 15
1864	1864	That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 16
1865	1865	may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable 17
1866	1866	services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 18
1867	1867	property and services to the same extent and under the 19
1868	1868	same conditions as an executive agency under sections 20
1869	1869	3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 21
1870	1870	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 22
1871	1871	COORDINATING COUNCIL 23
1872	1872	For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-24
1873	1873	ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 25
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1877	1877	expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 1
1878	1878	of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-2
1879	1879	trict of Columbia. 3
1880	1880	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 4
1881	1881	For a Federal payment, to remain available until 5
1882	1882	September 30, 2026, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-6
1883	1883	abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-7
1884	1884	nation Commission, $300,000. 8
1885	1885	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 9
1886	1886	For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-10
1887	1887	gram in the District of Columbia, $55,500,000, to remain 11
1888	1888	available until expended, for payments authorized under 12
1889	1889	the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 13
1890	1890	C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 14
1891	1891	that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 15
1892	1892	following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 16
1893	1893	Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 17
1894	1894	available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 18
1895	1895	Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-19
1896	1896	dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-20
1897	1897	vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-21
1898	1898	vided for opportunity scholarships, up to $1,750,000 shall 22
1899	1899	be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 23
1900	1900	3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 24
1901	1901	activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 25
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1905	1905	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1
1906	1906	NATIONAL GUARD 2
1907	1907	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 3
1908	1908	National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-4
1909	1909	pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-5
1910	1910	trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 6
1911	1911	Access Program. 7
1912	1912	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF 8
1913	1913	HIV/AIDS 9
1914	1914	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 10
1915	1915	for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-11
1916	1916	dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-12
1917	1917	quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-13
1918	1918	lumbia, $4,000,000. 14
1919	1919	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15
1920	1920	WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 16
1921	1921	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 17
1922	1922	Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-18
1923	1923	able until expended, to continue implementation of the 19
1924	1924	Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 20
1925	1925	That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 21
1926	1926	provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 22
1927	1927	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FUNDS 23
1928	1928	Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-24
1929	1929	lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 25
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1933	1933	of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro-1
1934	1934	grams and activities set forth under the heading ‘‘District 2
1935	1935	of Columbia Budget for the Fiscal Year ending September 3
1936	1936	30, 2025’’ and at the rate set forth under such heading, 4
1937	1937	as included in the Fiscal Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 5
1938	1938	2024 submitted to Congress by the District of Columbia, 6
1939	1939	as amended as of the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-7
1940	1940	vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 8
1941	1941	except as provided in section 450A of the District of Co-9
1942	1942	lumbia Home Rule Act (section 1–204.50a, D.C. Official 10
1943	1943	Code), sections 816 and 817 of the Financial Services and 11
1944	1944	General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (secs. 47– 12
1945	1945	369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. Official Code), and provi-13
1946	1946	sions of this Act, the total amount appropriated in this 14
1947	1947	Act for operating expenses for the District of Columbia 15
1948	1948	for fiscal year 2025 under this heading shall not exceed 16
1949	1949	the estimates included in the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget 17
1950	1950	Request Act of 2024 submitted to Congress by the District 18
1951	1951	of Columbia, as amended as of the date of enactment of 19
1952	1952	this Act or the sum of the total revenues of the District 20
1953	1953	of Columbia for such fiscal year: Provided further, That 21
1954	1954	the amount appropriated may be increased by proceeds of 22
1955	1955	one-time transactions, which are expended for emergency 23
1956	1956	or unanticipated operating or capital needs: Provided fur-24
1957	1957	ther, That such increases shall be approved by enactment 25
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1961	1961	of local District law and shall comply with all reserve re-1
1962	1962	quirements contained in the District of Columbia Home 2
1963	1963	Rule Act: Provided further, That the Chief Financial Offi-3
1964	1964	cer of the District of Columbia shall take such steps as 4
1965	1965	are necessary to assure that the District of Columbia 5
1966	1966	meets these requirements, including the apportioning by 6
1967	1967	the Chief Financial Officer of the appropriations and 7
1968	1968	funds made available to the District during fiscal year 8
1969	1969	2025, except that the Chief Financial Officer may not re-9
1970	1970	program for operating expenses any funds derived from 10
1971	1971	bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for capital 11
1972	1972	projects. 12
1973	1973	This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 13
1974	1974	Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 14
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1978	1978	TITLE V 1
1979	1979	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 2
1980	1980	A
1981	1981	DMINISTRATIVECONFERENCE OF THE UNITEDSTATES 3
1982	1982	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1983	1983	For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-5
1984	1984	ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 6
1985	1985	et seq., $3,430,000, to remain available until September 7
1986	1986	30, 2026, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-8
1987	1987	ception and representation expenses. 9
1988	1988	C
1989	1989	ONSUMERFINANCIALPROTECTIONBUREAU 10
1990	1990	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
1991	1991	For necessary expenses to carry out the authorities 12
1992	1992	of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 13
1993	1993	$650,000,000 to remain available until expended. 14
1994	1994	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —CONSUMER FINANCIAL 15
1995	1995	PROTECTION BUREAU 16
1996	1996	S
1997	1997	EC. 500. Section 1017 of the Consumer Financial 17
1998	1998	Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497) is amended— 18
1999	1999	(1) in subsection (a)— 19
2000	2000	(A) by amending the heading of such sub-20
2001	2001	section to read as follows: ‘‘BUDGET, FINAN-21
2002	2002	CIAL MANAGEMENT, AND AUDIT.—’’; 22
2003	2003	(B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 23
2004	2004	(3); 24
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2008	2008	(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 1
2009	2009	(5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and 2
2010	2010	(D) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) 3
2011	2011	of paragraph (1), as so redesignated; 4
2012	2012	(2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 5
2013	2013	(3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 6
2014	2014	subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and 7
2015	2015	(4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— 8
2016	2016	(A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 9
2017	2017	(3) and inserting the following: — 10
2018	2018	‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
2019	2019	OF APPROPRIA -11
2020	2020	TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated to 12
2021	2021	the Bureau $650,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 to 13
2022	2022	carry out the authorities of the Bureau.’’; and 14
2023	2023	(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 15
2024	2024	paragraph (2). 16
2025	2025	S
2026	2026	EC. 501. (a) INGENERAL.—The Consumer Finan-17
2027	2027	cial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is 18
2028	2028	amended— 19
2029	2029	(1) in section 1011-— 20
2030	2030	(A) in subsection (a)— 21
2031	2031	(i) by striking ‘‘in the Federal Reserve 22
2032	2032	System,’’; and 23
2033	2033	(ii) by striking ‘‘independent bureau’’ 24
2034	2034	and inserting ‘‘independent agency’’; 25
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2038	2038	(B) by striking subsections (b), (c), and 1
2039	2039	(d); 2
2040	2040	(C) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-3
2041	2041	section (j); 4
2042	2042	(D) in subsection (j), as so redesignated, 5
2043	2043	by striking ‘‘, including in cities in which the 6
2044	2044	Federal reserve banks, or branches of such 7
2045	2045	banks, are located,’’; and 8
2046	2046	(E) by inserting after subsection (a) the 9
2047	2047	following new subsections: 10
2048	2048	‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE REGULA-11
2049	2049	TIONS.—The commission of the Bureau may prescribe 12
2050	2050	such regulations and issue such orders in accordance with 13
2051	2051	this title as the Bureau may determine to be necessary 14
2052	2052	for carrying out this title and all other laws within the 15
2053	2053	Bureau’s jurisdiction and shall exercise any authorities 16
2054	2054	granted under this title and all other laws within the Bu-17
2055	2055	reau’s jurisdiction. 18
2056	2056	‘‘(c) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION.— 19
2057	2057	‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The management of the Bu-20
2058	2058	reau shall be vested in a commission, which shall be com-21
2059	2059	posed of 5 members who shall be appointed by the Presi-22
2060	2060	dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, 23
2061	2061	and at least 2 of whom shall have private sector experience 24
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2065	2065	in the provision of consumer financial products and serv-1
2066	2066	ices. 2
2067	2067	‘‘(2) STAGGERING.—The members of the commis-3
2068	2068	sion shall serve staggered terms, which initially shall be 4
2069	2069	established by the President for terms of 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
2070	2070	5 years, respectively. 6
2071	2071	‘‘(3) TERMS.— 7
2072	2072	‘‘(A) IN
2073	2073	GENERAL.—Except with respect to the 8
2074	2074	initial staggered terms described under paragraph 9
2075	2075	(2), each member of the commission, including the 10
2076	2076	Chair, shall serve for a term of 5 years. 11
2077	2077	‘‘(B) REMOVAL.—The President may remove 12
2078	2078	any member of the commission for inefficiency, ne-13
2079	2079	glect of duty, or malfeasance in office. 14
2080	2080	‘‘(C) VACANCIES.—Any member of the com-15
2081	2081	mission appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before 16
2082	2082	the expiration of the term to which that member’s 17
2083	2083	predecessor was appointed (including the Chair) 18
2084	2084	shall be appointed only for the remainder of the 19
2085	2085	term. 20
2086	2086	‘‘(D) CONTINUATION
2087	2087	OF SERVICE.—Each 21
2088	2088	member of the commission may continue to serve 22
2089	2089	after the expiration of the term of office to which 23
2090	2090	that member was appointed until a successor has 24
2091	2091	been appointed by the President and confirmed by 25
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2095	2095	the Senate, except that a member may not continue 1
2096	2096	to serve more than 1 year after the date on which 2
2097	2097	the term of that member would otherwise expire. 3
2098	2098	‘‘(E) OTHER
2099	2099	EMPLOYMENT PROHIBITED .—No 4
2100	2100	member of the commission shall engage in any other 5
2101	2101	business, vocation, or employment. 6
2102	2102	‘‘(d) AFFILIATION.—Not more than three mem-7
2103	2103	bers of the commission shall be members of any one polit-8
2104	2104	ical party. 9
2105	2105	‘‘(e) CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION.— 10
2106	2106	‘‘(1) INITIAL CHAIR.—The first member and 11
2107	2107	Chair of the commission shall be the individual serving 12
2108	2108	as Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-13
2109	2109	tion on the day before the date of the enactment of this 14
2110	2110	subsection. Such individual shall serve until the President 15
2111	2111	has appointed all 5 members of the commission in accord-16
2112	2112	ance with subsection (c). 17
2113	2113	‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT CHAIR.—Of the 5 members 18
2114	2114	appointed in accordance with subsection (c), the President 19
2115	2115	shall appoint 1 member to serve as the subsequent Chair 20
2116	2116	of the commission. 21
2117	2117	‘‘(3) AUTHORITY.—The Chair shall be the prin-22
2118	2118	cipal executive officer of the commission, and shall exer-23
2119	2119	cise all of the executive and administrative functions of 24
2120	2120	the commission, including with respect to— 25
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2124	2124	‘‘(A) the appointment and supervision of per-1
2125	2125	sonnel employed under the commission (other than 2
2126	2126	personnel employed regularly and full time in the 3
2127	2127	immediate offices of members of the commission 4
2128	2128	other than the Chair); 5
2129	2129	‘‘(B) the distribution of business among per-6
2130	2130	sonnel appointed and supervised by the Chair and 7
2131	2131	among administrative units of the commission; and 8
2132	2132	‘‘(C) the use and expenditure of funds. 9
2133	2133	‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—In carrying out any of the 10
2134	2134	Chair’s functions under the provisions of this subsection, 11
2135	2135	the Chair shall be governed by general policies of the com-12
2136	2136	mission and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and de-13
2137	2137	terminations as the commission may by law be authorized 14
2138	2138	to make. 15
2139	2139	‘‘(5) REQUESTS OR ESTIMATES RELATED TO 16
2140	2140	APPROPRIATIONS.—Requests or estimates for regular, 17
2141	2141	supplemental, or deficiency appropriations on behalf of the 18
2142	2142	commission may not be submitted by the Chair without 19
2143	2143	the prior approval of the commission. 20
2144	2144	‘‘(6) DESIGNATION.—The Chair shall be known as 21
2145	2145	both the ‘Chair of the commission’ of the Bureau and the 22
2146	2146	‘Chair of the Bureau’. 23
2147	2147	‘‘(f) INITIAL QUORUM ESTABLISHED.—For 24
2148	2148	the 6 month period beginning on the date of enactment 25
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2152	2152	of this subsection, the first member and Chair of the com-1
2153	2153	mission described under subsection (e)(1) shall constitute 2
2154	2154	a quorum for the transaction of business until the Presi-3
2155	2155	dent has appointed all 5 members of the commission in 4
2156	2156	accordance with subsection (c). Following such appoint-5
2157	2157	ment of 5 members, the quorum requirements of sub-6
2158	2158	section (g) shall apply. 7
2159	2159	‘‘(g) NO IMPAIRMENT BY REASON OF VACAN-8
2160	2160	CIES.—No vacancy in the members of the commission 9
2161	2161	after the establishment of an initial quorum under sub-10
2162	2162	section (f) shall impair the right of the remaining mem-11
2163	2163	bers of the commission to exercise all the powers of the 12
2164	2164	commission. Three members of the commission shall con-13
2165	2165	stitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except 14
2166	2166	that if there are only 3 members serving on the commis-15
2167	2167	sion because of vacancies in the commission, 2 members 16
2168	2168	of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the trans-17
2169	2169	action of business. If there are only 2 members serving 18
2170	2170	on the commission because of vacancies in the commission, 19
2171	2171	2 members shall constitute a quorum for the 6-month pe-20
2172	2172	riod beginning on the date of the vacancy which caused 21
2173	2173	the number of commission members to decline to 2. 22
2174	2174	‘‘(h) SEAL.—The Bureau shall have an official seal. 23
2175	2175	‘‘(i) COMPENSATION.— 24
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2179	2179	‘‘(1) CHAIR.—The Chair shall receive compensation 1
2180	2180	at the rate prescribed for level I of the Executive Schedule 2
2181	2181	under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. 3
2182	2182	‘‘(2) OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMIS-4
2183	2183	SION.—The 4 other members of the commission shall 5
2184	2184	each receive compensation at the rate prescribed for level 6
2185	2185	II of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 7
2186	2186	5, United States Code.’’; 8
2187	2187	(2) in section 1012(c)— 9
2188	2188	(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUTON-10
2189	2189	OMY OF THE BUREAU’’ and inserting ‘‘CO-11
2190	2190	ORDINATION WITH THE BOARD OF 12
2191	2191	GOVERNORS’’; 13
2192	2192	(B) by striking ‘‘(1) COORDINATION 14
2193	2193	WITH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.—’’; 15
2194	2194	and 16
2195	2195	(C) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 17
2196	2196	and (5); and 18
2197	2197	(3) in section 1014(b), by striking ‘‘Not fewer 19
2198	2198	than 6 members shall be appointed upon the rec-20
2199	2199	ommendation of the regional Federal Reserve Bank 21
2200	2200	Presidents, on a rotating basis.’’ and inserting ‘‘Not 22
2201	2201	fewer than half of all members shall have private 23
2202	2202	sector experience in the provision of consumer finan-24
2203	2203	cial products and services.’’. 25
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2207	2207	(b) DEEMING OF NAME.—Any reference in a law, 1
2208	2208	regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 2
2209	2209	States to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Finan-3
2210	2210	cial Protection, except in subsection (e)(1) of section 1011 4
2211	2211	of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 5
2212	2212	U.S.C. 5491), as added by this Act, shall be deemed a 6
2213	2213	reference to the commission leading and governing the Bu-7
2214	2214	reau of Consumer Financial Protection, as described 8
2215	2215	under section 1011 of the Consumer Financial Protection 9
2216	2216	Act of 2010. 10
2217	2217	(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 11
2218	2218	(1) CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ACT 12
2219	2219	OF 2010.— 13
2220	2220	(A) IN
2221	2221	GENERAL.—Except as provided under 14
2222	2222	subparagraph (B), the Consumer Financial Protec-15
2223	2223	tion Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq.) is amend-16
2224	2224	ed— 17
2225	2225	(i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ 18
2226	2226	each place such term appears, other than where 19
2227	2227	such term is used to refer to a Director other 20
2228	2228	than the Director of the Bureau of Consumer 21
2229	2229	Financial Protection, and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’; 22
2230	2230	(ii) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such 23
2231	2231	term appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’, other 24
2232	2232	than where such term is used to refer to a Di-25
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2236	2236	rector other than the Director of the Bureau of 1
2237	2237	Consumer Financial Protection; and 2
2238	2238	(iii) in section 1002, by striking paragraph 3
2239	2239	(10). 4
2240	2240	(B) EXCEPTIONS.— 5
2241	2241	(i) IN
2242	2242	GENERAL.—The Consumer Finan-6
2243	2243	cial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481 et 7
2244	2244	seq.) is amended— 8
2245	2245	(I) in section 1013(c)(3)— 9
2246	2246	(aa) by striking ‘‘Assistant Direc-10
2247	2247	tor of the Bureau for’’ and inserting 11
2248	2248	‘‘Head of the Office of’’; and 12
2249	2249	(bb) in subparagraph (B), by 13
2250	2250	striking ‘‘Assistant Director’’ and in-14
2251	2251	serting ‘‘Head of the Office’’; 15
2252	2252	(II) in section 1013(g)(2)— 16
2253	2253	(aa) by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT 17
2254	2254	DIRECTOR’’ and inserting ‘‘HEAD 18
2255	2255	OF THE OFFICE’’; and 19
2256	2256	(bb) by striking ‘‘an assistant di-20
2257	2257	rector’’ and inserting ‘‘a Head of the 21
2258	2258	Office of Financial Protection for 22
2259	2259	Older Americans’’; 23
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2263	2263	(III) in section 1016(a), by striking 1
2264	2264	‘‘Director of the Bureau’’ and inserting 2
2265	2265	‘‘Chair of the Bureau’’; and 3
2266	2266	(IV) by striking section 1066. 4
2267	2267	(ii) CLERICAL
2268	2268	AMENDMENT.—The table 5
2269	2269	of contents for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re-6
2270	2270	form and Consumer Protection Act is amended 7
2271	2271	by striking the item relating to section 1066. 8
2272	2272	(2) DODD-FRANK WALL STREET REFORM 9
2273	2273	AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT.—The Dodd- 10
2274	2274	Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 11
2275	2275	(12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended— 12
2276	2276	(A) in section 111(b)(1)(D), by striking ‘‘Direc-13
2277	2277	tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair’’; and 14
2278	2278	(B) in section 1447, by striking ‘‘Director of 15
2279	2279	the Bureau’’ each place such term appears and in-16
2280	2280	serting ‘‘Chair of the Bureau’’. 17
2281	2281	(3) ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT.— 18
2282	2282	Section 921(a)(4)(C) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act 19
2283	2283	(15 U.S.C. 1693o–2(a)(4)(C)), as added by section 20
2284	2284	1075(a)(2) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 21
2285	2285	2010, is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of 22
2286	2286	Consumer Financial Protection’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of 23
2287	2287	the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’’. 24
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2291	2291	(4) EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY 1
2292	2292	ACT.—The Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 2
2293	2293	4001 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Bu-3
2294	2294	reau’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Bu-4
2295	2295	reau’’. 5
2296	2296	(5) FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ACT.— 6
2297	2297	Section 2 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 7
2298	2298	1812) is amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer 8
2299	2299	Financial Protection Bureau’’ each place such term ap-9
2300	2300	pears and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Bureau of Consumer 10
2301	2301	Financial Protection’’. 11
2302	2302	(6) FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EX-12
2303	2303	AMINATION COUNCIL ACT OF 1978.—Section 13
2304	2304	1004(a)(4) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examina-14
2305	2305	tion Council Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3303(a)(4)) is 15
2306	2306	amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Consumer Financial 16
2307	2307	Protection Bureau’’ and inserting ‘‘Chair of the Bureau 17
2308	2308	of Consumer Financial Protection’’. 18
2309	2309	(7) FINANCIAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION 19
2310	2310	IMPROVEMENT ACT.—Section 513 of the Financial 20
2311	2311	Literacy and Education Improvement Act (20 U.S.C. 21
2312	2312	9702) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such 22
2313	2313	term appears and inserting ‘‘Chair’’. 23
2314	2314	(8) HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT OF 24
2315	2315	1975.—Section 307 of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act 25
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2319	2319	of 1975 (12 U.S.C. 2806 et seq) is amended by striking 1
2320	2320	‘‘Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-2
2321	2321	tion’’ each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau 3
2322	2322	of Consumer Financial Protection’’. 4
2323	2323	(9) INTERSTATE LAND SALES FULL DISCLO-5
2324	2324	SURE ACT.—The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure 6
2325	2325	Act (15 U.S.C. 1701 et seq) is amended— 7
2326	2326	(A) in section 1402— 8
2327	2327	(i) by striking paragraph (1); and 9
2328	2328	(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 10
2329	2329	through (12) as paragraphs (1) through (11), 11
2330	2330	respectively; 12
2331	2331	(B) in section 1403(c)— 13
2332	2332	(i) by striking ‘‘him’’ and inserting ‘‘the 14
2333	2333	Bureau’’; and 15
2334	2334	(ii) by striking ‘‘he’’ and inserting ‘‘the 16
2335	2335	Bureau’’; 17
2336	2336	(C) in section 1407— 18
2337	2337	(i) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘he’’ and 19
2338	2338	inserting ‘‘the Bureau’’; and 20
2339	2339	(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Director 21
2340	2340	or anyone designated by him’’ and inserting 22
2341	2341	‘‘Bureau’’; 23
2342	2342	(D) in section 1411(a)— 24
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2346	2346	(i) by striking ‘‘his findings’’ and inserting 1
2347	2347	‘‘the findings of the Bureau’’; and 2
2348	2348	(ii) by striking ‘‘his recommendation’’ and 3
2349	2349	inserting ‘‘the recommendation of the Bureau’’; 4
2350	2350	(E) in section 1415— 5
2351	2351	(i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘he may, 6
2352	2352	in his discretion,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Bureau 7
2353	2353	may, in the discretion of the Bureau,’’; 8
2354	2354	(ii) in subsection (b)— 9
2355	2355	(I) ) by striking ‘‘in his discretion’’ 10
2356	2356	each place such term appears and inserting 11
2357	2357	‘‘in the discretion of the Bureau’’; 12
2358	2358	(II) by striking ‘‘he deems’’ and in-13
2359	2359	serting ‘‘the Bureau determines’’; and 14
2360	2360	(III) by striking ‘‘he may deem’’ and 15
2361	2361	inserting ‘‘the Bureau may determine’’; 16
2362	2362	and 17
2363	2363	(iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Di-18
2364	2364	rector, or any officer designated by him,’’ and 19
2365	2365	inserting ‘‘the Bureau’’; 20
2366	2366	(F) in section 1416(a)— 21
2367	2367	(i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Bureau of 22
2368	2368	Consumer Financial Protection who may dele-23
2369	2369	gate any of his’’ and inserting ‘‘Bureau of Con-24
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2373	2373	sumer Financial Protection, which may delegate 1
2374	2374	any’’; 2
2375	2375	(ii) by striking ‘‘his administrative’’ and 3
2376	2376	inserting ‘‘administrative’’; and 4
2377	2377	(iii) by striking ‘‘himself’’ and inserting 5
2378	2378	‘‘the commission of the Bureau’’; 6
2379	2379	(G) in section 1418a(b)(4), by striking ‘‘Sec-7
2380	2380	retary’s determination’’ and inserting ‘‘determina-8
2381	2381	tion of the Bureau’’; and 9
2382	2382	(H) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such 10
2383	2383	term appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’. 11
2384	2384	(10) REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCE-12
2385	2385	DURES ACT OF 1974.—Section 5 of the Real Estate 13
2386	2386	Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 2604) is 14
2387	2387	amended— 15
2388	2388	(A) by striking ‘‘The Director of the Bureau of 16
2389	2389	Consumer Financial Protection (hereafter in this 17
2390	2390	section referred to as the ‘Director’)’’ and inserting 18
2391	2391	‘‘The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection 19
2392	2392	(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘Bu-20
2393	2393	reau’)’’; and 21
2394	2394	(B) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such term 22
2395	2395	appears and inserting ‘‘Bureau’’. 23
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2399	2399	(11) S.A.F.E. MORTGAGE LICENSING ACT OF 1
2400	2400	2008.—The S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 2
2401	2401	(12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is amended— 3
2402	2402	(A) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place such term 4
2403	2403	appears in headings and text and inserting ‘‘Bureau 5
2404	2404	of Consumer Financial Protection’’; and 6
2405	2405	(B) in section 1503, by striking paragraph 7
2406	2406	(10). 8
2407	2407	(12) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Sec-9
2408	2408	tion 3513(c) of title 44, United States Code, is amended 10
2409	2409	by striking ‘‘Director of the’’. 11
2410	2410	S
2411	2411	EC. 502. None of the funds made available by this 12
2412	2412	Act may be used to implement section 1071 of the Dodd- 13
2413	2413	Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 14
2414	2414	S
2415	2415	EC. 503. None of the funds made available by this 15
2416	2416	Act may be used to implement or enforce the Consumer 16
2417	2417	Financial Protection Bureau’s rule entitled ‘‘Credit Card 17
2418	2418	Penalty Fees (Regulation Z)’’. 18
2419	2419	S
2420	2420	EC. 504. None of the funds made available by this 19
2421	2421	Act may be used to implement or enforce the Consumer 20
2422	2422	Financial Protection Bureau’s rule entitled ‘‘Registry of 21
2423	2423	Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and 22
2424	2424	Court Orders’’. 23
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2428	2428	CONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYCOMMISSION 1
2429	2429	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2430	2430	For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 3
2431	2431	Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-4
2432	2432	hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 5
2433	2433	rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-6
2434	2434	alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 7
2435	2435	purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-8
2436	2436	cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 9
2437	2437	exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-10
2438	2438	penses, $142,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain 11
2439	2439	available until expended, to carry out the program, includ-12
2440	2440	ing administrative costs, authorized by section 1405 of the 13
2441	2441	Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (Public 14
2442	2442	Law 110–140 as amended), and of which $2,000,000 shall 15
2443	2443	remain available until expended, to carry out the program, 16
2444	2444	including administrative costs, authorized by section 204 17
2445	2445	of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Carbon Mon-18
2446	2446	oxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II of division 19
2447	2447	Q of Public Law 117–103). 20
2448	2448	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —CONSUMER PRODUCT 21
2449	2449	SAFETY COMMISSION 22
2450	2450	S
2451	2451	EC. 510. During fiscal year 2025, none of the 23
2452	2452	amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-24
2453	2453	ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 25
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2457	2457	Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 1
2458	2458	Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 2
2459	2459	19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 3
2460	2460	(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-4
2461	2461	sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 5
2462	2462	Administration and the Department of Defense, 6
2463	2463	completes a study to determine— 7
2464	2464	(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-8
2465	2465	bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-9
2466	2466	posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-10
2467	2467	ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-11
2468	2468	cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-12
2469	2469	overs in the off-road environment, including the 13
2470	2470	repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 14
2471	2471	compliance with such requirements; 15
2472	2472	(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 16
2473	2473	would be prevented if the proposed require-17
2474	2474	ments were adopted; 18
2475	2475	(C) whether there is a technical basis for 19
2476	2476	the proposal to provide information on a point- 20
2477	2477	of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-21
2478	2478	ance on a progressive scale; and 22
2479	2479	(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 23
2480	2480	by the United States military if the proposed 24
2481	2481	requirements were adopted; and 25
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2485	2485	(2) a report containing the results of the study 1
2486	2486	completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 2
2487	2487	(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 3
2488	2488	and Transportation of the Senate; 4
2489	2489	(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-5
2490	2490	merce of the House of Representatives; 6
2491	2491	(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 7
2492	2492	the Senate; and 8
2493	2493	(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 9
2494	2494	the House of Representatives. 10
2495	2495	S
2496	2496	EC. 511. None of the funds made available by this 11
2497	2497	Act may be used to promulgate, implement, administer, 12
2498	2498	or enforce any regulation issued by the U.S. Consumer 13
2499	2499	Product Safety Commission to ban gas stoves as a class 14
2500	2500	of products. 15
2501	2501	S
2502	2502	EC. 512. None of the funds made available by this 16
2503	2503	Act may be used to finalize or implement the Safety 17
2504	2504	Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries or Table 18
2505	2505	Saws (CPSC Docket No. 2011-0074) published by the 19
2506	2506	Consumer Product Safety Commission in the Federal Reg-20
2507	2507	ister on May 12, 2017 (82 FR 22190). 21
2508	2508	S
2509	2509	EC. 513. During fiscal year 2025, none of the 22
2510	2510	amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-23
2511	2511	ize or implement the Safety Standard for Debris Penetra-24
2512	2512	tion Hazards in off-highway vehicles, including rec-25
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2516	2516	reational off-highway vehicles (referred to in this section 1
2517	2517	as ‘‘ROVs’’) and utility task vehicles (referred to in this 2
2518	2518	section as ‘‘UTVs’’), published by the Consumer Product 3
2519	2519	Safety Commission in the Federal Register on July 21, 4
2520	2520	2022 (87 Fed. Reg. 43688) until after— 5
2521	2521	(1) The National Academy of Sciences, in con-6
2522	2522	sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 7
2523	2523	Administration and the Department of Defense, 8
2524	2524	completes a study to determine— 9
2525	2525	(A) the technical validity of the debris pen-10
2526	2526	etration resistance requirements proposed by 11
2527	2527	such standard for purposes of reducing the risk 12
2528	2528	of ROV/UTV debris penetration in the off-road 13
2529	2529	environment, including the repeatability and re-14
2530	2530	producibility of testing for compliance with such 15
2531	2531	requirements; 16
2532	2532	(B) the number of ROV/UTV debris pene-17
2533	2533	trations that would be prevented if the proposed 18
2534	2534	requirements were adopted; 19
2535	2535	(C) the effect on the availability and utility 20
2536	2536	of ROVs/UTVs used by the United States mili-21
2537	2537	tary if the proposed requirements were adopted; 22
2538	2538	(D) the effect on the availability and utility 23
2539	2539	of ROVs/UTVs used by consumers in the 24
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2543	2543	United States if the proposed requirements 1
2544	2544	were adopted; and 2
2545	2545	(2) a report containing the results of the study 3
2546	2546	completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 4
2547	2547	(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 5
2548	2548	and Transportation of the Senate; 6
2549	2549	(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-7
2550	2550	merce of the House of Representatives; 8
2551	2551	(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 9
2552	2552	the Senate; and 10
2553	2553	(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 11
2554	2554	the House of Representatives. 12
2555	2555	E
2556	2556	LECTIONASSISTANCECOMMISSION 13
2557	2557	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
2558	2558	For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-15
2559	2559	ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $20,000,000, 16
2560	2560	of which $1,500,000 shall be made available to the Na-17
2561	2561	tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 18
2562	2562	reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 19
2563	2563	Act of 2002; of which not less than $2,324,429 shall be 20
2564	2564	for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General; 21
2565	2565	and of which not to exceed $8,000 shall be for official re-22
2566	2566	ception and representation expenses. 23
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2570	2570	FEDERALCOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1
2571	2571	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2572	2572	For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-3
2573	2573	tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-4
2574	2574	forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5
2575	2575	5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 6
2576	2576	representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-7
2577	2577	cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 8
2578	2578	5 U.S.C. 3109, $416,112,000, to remain available until 9
2579	2579	expended: Provided, That $416,112,000 of offsetting col-10
2580	2580	lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 11
2581	2581	9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 12
2582	2582	retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 13
2583	2583	available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 14
2584	2584	herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 15
2585	2585	collections are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to 16
2586	2586	result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated 17
2587	2587	at $0: Provided further, That any offsetting collections re-18
2588	2588	ceived in excess of $416,112,000 in fiscal year 2025 shall 19
2589	2589	not be available for obligation: Provided further, That re-20
2590	2590	maining offsetting collections from prior years collected in 21
2591	2591	excess of the amount specified for collection in each such 22
2592	2592	year and otherwise be coming available on October 1, 23
2593	2593	2024, shall not be available for obligation: Provided fur-24
2594	2594	ther, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)(B), pro-25
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2598	2598	ceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system that 1
2599	2599	may be retained and made available for obligation shall 2
2600	2600	not exceed $139,000,000 for fiscal year 2025: Provided 3
2601	2601	further, That, of the amount appropriated under this head-4
2602	2602	ing, not less than $12,686,000 shall be for the salaries 5
2603	2603	and expenses of the Office of Inspector General. 6
2604	2604	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL 7
2605	2605	COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 8
2606	2606	S
2607	2607	EC. 520. Section 302 of the Universal Service 9
2608	2608	Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 10
2609	2609	striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ each place it appears and 11
2610	2610	inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 12
2611	2611	S
2612	2612	EC. 521. None of the funds made available by this 13
2613	2613	Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-14
2614	2614	sion to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations 15
2615	2615	for universal service support payments to implement the 16
2616	2616	February 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 17
2617	2617	Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-18
2618	2618	tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-19
2619	2619	port payments. 20
2620	2620	S
2621	2621	EC. 522. None of the funds made available by this 21
2622	2622	Act may be used by the Federal Communications Commis-22
2623	2623	sion or the Universal Service Administrative Company to 23
2624	2624	update the currently applicable minimum service stand-24
2625	2625	ards for fixed or mobile broadband Internet access services 25
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2629	2629	pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §54.408 without further consider-1
2630	2630	ation through notice and comment rulemaking procedures 2
2631	2631	of the impact these minimum standards have on afford-3
2632	2632	ability and consumer choice and to reduce the support 4
2633	2633	level pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §54.403(a)(2): Provided fur-5
2634	2634	ther, That, the FCC shall consider through notice and 6
2635	2635	comment rulemaking procedures the impact that the sup-7
2636	2636	port level for voice service as set forth in 47 C.F.R. 8
2637	2637	§54.403(a)(2) has on low-income consumers’ access to 9
2638	2638	public safety. 10
2639	2639	S
2640	2640	EC. 523. None of the funds made available by this 11
2641	2641	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 12
2642	2642	final rule entitled ‘‘The Infrastructure Investment and 13
2643	2643	Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimi-14
2644	2644	nation,’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 4128 (January 22, 2024)), or any 15
2645	2645	substantially similar rule. 16
2646	2646	S
2647	2647	EC. 524. None of the funds made available by this 17
2648	2648	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 18
2649	2649	final rule entitled ‘‘Safeguarding and Securing the Open 19
2650	2650	Internet; Restoring Internet Freedom’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 20
2651	2651	45404 (May 22, 2024)), or any substantially similar rule. 21
2652	2652	S
2653	2653	EC. 525. None of the funds made available by this 22
2654	2654	Act may be used to establish within the Federal Commu-23
2655	2655	nications Commission an advisory committee with respect 24
2656	2656	to any environmental, social or governance matter. 25
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2660	2660	FEDERALDEPOSITINSURANCECORPORATION 1
2661	2661	OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 2
2662	2662	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 3
2663	2663	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 4
2664	2664	5, United States Code, $52,632,000, to be derived from 5
2665	2665	the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, 6
2666	2666	the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 7
2667	2667	F
2668	2668	EDERALELECTIONCOMMISSION 8
2669	2669	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
2670	2670	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 10
2671	2671	of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 11
2672	2672	$76,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-12
2673	2673	able for reception and representation expenses. 13
2674	2674	F
2675	2675	EDERALLABORRELATIONSAUTHORITY 14
2676	2676	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
2677	2677	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 16
2678	2678	Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-17
2679	2679	nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 18
2680	2680	Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 19
2681	2681	U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-20
2682	2682	ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-21
2683	2683	cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 22
2684	2684	$1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 23
2685	2685	Columbia and elsewhere, $29,500,000: Provided, That 24
2686	2686	public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 25
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2690	2690	may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-1
2691	2691	sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 2
2692	2692	employed intermittently in the Government service, and 3
2693	2693	compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 4
2694	2694	further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-5
2695	2695	ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 6
2696	2696	labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 7
2697	2697	to and merged with this account, to be available without 8
2698	2698	further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 9
2699	2699	conferences. 10
2700	2700	F
2701	2701	EDERALPERMITTINGIMPROVEMENT STEERING 11
2702	2702	C
2703	2703	OUNCIL 12
2704	2704	ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IMPROVEMENT FUND 13
2705	2705	For necessary expenses of the Environmental Review 14
2706	2706	Improvement Fund established pursuant to section 15
2707	2707	41009(d) of Public Law 114–94, $4,000,000, to remain 16
2708	2708	available until expended. 17
2709	2709	F
2710	2710	EDERALTRADECOMMISSION 18
2711	2711	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
2712	2712	For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-20
2713	2713	mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-21
2714	2714	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 22
2715	2715	by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 23
2716	2716	not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-24
2717	2717	tion expenses, $388,700,000, to remain available until ex-25
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2721	2721	pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 1
2722	2722	available for use to contract with a person or persons for 2
2723	2723	collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 3
2724	2724	U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 4
2725	2725	other provision of law, not to exceed $304,000,000 of off-5
2726	2726	setting collections derived from fees collected for 6
2727	2727	premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Ro-7
2728	2728	dino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 8
2729	2729	18a), regardless of the year of collection, shall be retained 9
2730	2730	and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation: 10
2731	2731	Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-11
2732	2732	sion of law, not to exceed $15,000,000 in offsetting collec-12
2733	2733	tions derived from fees to implement and enforce the Tele-13
2734	2734	marketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the Tele-14
2735	2735	marketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 15
2736	2736	Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), shall be credited to this ac-16
2737	2737	count, and be retained and used for necessary expenses 17
2738	2738	in this appropriation: Provided further, That the sum here-18
2739	2739	in appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 19
2740	2740	as such offsetting collections are received during fiscal 20
2741	2741	year 2025 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 appro-21
2742	2742	priation from the general fund estimated at no more than 22
2743	2743	$69,700,000: Provided further, That none of the funds 23
2744	2744	made available to the Federal Trade Commission may be 24
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2748	2748	used to implement subsection (e)(2)(B) of section 43 of 1
2749	2749	the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 2
2750	2750	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL TRADE 3
2751	2751	COMMISSION 4
2752	2752	S
2753	2753	EC. 530. None of the funds made available by this 5
2754	2754	Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 6
2755	2755	entitled ‘‘Combating Auto Retail Scams Trade Regulation 7
2756	2756	Rule’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 590 (January 4, 2024)). 8
2757	2757	S
2758	2758	EC. 531. None of the funds made available by this 9
2759	2759	Act may be used to finalize or enforce the ‘‘Trade Regula-10
2760	2760	tion on the Use of Earnings Claims’’ or the ‘‘Review of 11
2761	2761	the Business Opportunity Rule’’ rulemakings without a 12
2762	2762	clear statement of need or unless overlapping rulemaking 13
2763	2763	and improvements in self-regulation and consumer protec-14
2764	2764	tion of industries that would be impacted is considered. 15
2765	2765	S
2766	2766	EC. 532. None of the funds made available by this 16
2767	2767	Act may be used by employees of the Federal Trade Com-17
2768	2768	mission to conduct any activity with the European Union’s 18
2769	2769	European Commission, the United Kingdom’s Competi-19
2770	2770	tion and Markets Authority, or the People’s Republic of 20
2771	2771	China’s State Administration for Market Regulation for 21
2772	2772	any merger review, investigation, or enforcement action. 22
2773	2773	S
2774	2774	EC. 533. None of the funds made available by this 23
2775	2775	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any 24
2776	2776	rule defining or describing unfair methods of competition 25
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2780	2780	for purposes of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 1
2781	2781	U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 2
2782	2782	S
2783	2783	EC. 534. None of the funds made available by this 3
2784	2784	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 4
2785	2785	February 4, 2021, suspension of early termination to fil-5
2786	2786	ings made under section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S. 6
2787	2787	C. 18a). 7
2788	2788	S
2789	2789	EC. 535. None of the funds made available by this 8
2790	2790	Act may be used to implement administer, or enforce 9
2791	2791	amendments to part 803 of the premerger notification 10
2792	2792	rules that implement section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 11
2793	2793	U.S.C. 18a) and to the premerger notification and report 12
2794	2794	form and instructions made after June 14, 2021. 13
2795	2795	S
2796	2796	EC. 536. None of the funds made available by this 14
2797	2797	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 15
2798	2798	October 25, 2021, Statement of the Commission on Use 16
2799	2799	of Prior Approval Provisions in Merger Orders. 17
2800	2800	S
2801	2801	EC. 537. None of the funds made available by this 18
2802	2802	Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 19
2803	2803	November 10, 2022, ‘‘Policy Statement Regarding the 20
2804	2804	Scope of Unfair Methods of Competition Under Section 21
2805	2805	5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, Commission File 22
2806	2806	No. P221202’’. 23
2807	2807	S
2808	2808	EC. 538. None of the funds made available by this 24
2809	2809	Act may be used to file a complaint unless all Commis-25
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2813	2813	sioners certify that they have had access to review all rel-1
2814	2814	evant materials at least 10 business days prior to a Com-2
2815	2815	mission Meeting or vote on the matter. 3
2816	2816	S
2817	2817	EC. 539. None of the funds made available by this 4
2818	2818	Act may be used for the Federal Trade Commission to 5
2819	2819	pursue or continue a Civil Investigative Demand against 6
2820	2820	a gaming or hospitality company if the action utilizes au-7
2821	2821	thority from the Safe Guards Rule (16 C.F.R. Part 314) 8
2822	2822	or the Red Flags Rule (16 C.F.R Part 681). 9
2823	2823	G
2824	2824	ENERALSERVICESADMINISTRATION 10
2825	2825	REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 11
2826	2826	FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 12
2827	2827	LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 13
2828	2828	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 14
2829	2829	Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-15
2830	2830	tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-16
2831	2831	essary expenses of real property management and related 17
2832	2832	activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 18
2833	2833	maintenance, and protection of Federally owned and 19
2834	2834	leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Co-20
2835	2835	lumbia; restoration of leased premises; moving govern-21
2836	2836	mental agencies (including space adjustments and tele-22
2837	2837	communications relocation expenses) in connection with 23
2838	2838	the assignment, allocation, and transfer of space; contrac-24
2839	2839	tual services incident to cleaning or servicing buildings, 25
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2843	2843	and moving; repair and alteration of Federally owned 1
2844	2844	buildings, including grounds, approaches, and appur-2
2845	2845	tenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance, 3
2846	2846	preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of 4
2847	2847	buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as oth-5
2848	2848	erwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to pur-6
2849	2849	chase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 7
2850	2850	Federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and de-8
2851	2851	sign of projects by contract or otherwise; construction of 9
2852	2852	new buildings (including equipment for such buildings); 10
2853	2853	and payment of principal, interest, and any other obliga-11
2854	2854	tions for public buildings acquired by installment purchase 12
2855	2855	and purchase contract; in the aggregate amount of 13
2856	2856	$8,932,122,000, of which— 14
2857	2857	(1) $250,000,000 shall remain available until 15
2858	2858	expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-16
2859	2859	ciated design and construction services, in addition 17
2860	2860	to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 18
2861	2861	which— 19
2862	2862	(A) $200,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and 20
2863	2863	Alterations; and 21
2864	2864	(B) $50,000,000 is for Special Emphasis 22
2865	2865	Programs: 23
2866	2866	Provided, That funds made available in this or any 24
2867	2867	previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-25
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2871	2871	pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 1
2872	2872	be limited to the amount identified for each project, 2
2873	2873	except each project in this or any previous Act may 3
2874	2874	be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 4
2875	2875	unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-5
2876	2876	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-6
2877	2877	resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 7
2878	2878	Provided further, That additional projects for which 8
2879	2879	prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-9
2880	2880	ed under this category only if advance approval is 10
2881	2881	obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 11
2882	2882	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-12
2883	2883	vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 13
2884	2884	any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 14
2885	2885	used to fund costs associated with implementing se-15
2886	2886	curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 16
2887	2887	the minimum standards for security in accordance 17
2888	2888	with current law and in compliance with the re-18
2889	2889	programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-19
2890	2890	tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 20
2891	2891	the difference between the funds appropriated and 21
2892	2892	expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 22
2893	2893	under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 23
2894	2894	be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or 24
2895	2895	used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 25
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2899	2899	projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 1
2900	2900	in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al-2
2901	2901	terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 3
2902	2902	Government arising from any projects under the 4
2903	2903	heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 5
2904	2904	authorized increases in prospectus projects; 6
2905	2905	(2) $5,606,122,000 for rental of space to re-7
2906	2906	main available until expended; and 8
2907	2907	(3) $3,076,000,000 for building operations to 9
2908	2908	remain available until expended: Provided, That the 10
2909	2909	total amount of funds made available from this 11
2910	2910	Fund to the General Services Administration shall 12
2911	2911	not be available for expenses of any construction, re-13
2912	2912	pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 14
2913	2913	prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 15
2914	2914	not been approved, except that necessary funds may 16
2915	2915	be expended for each project for required expenses 17
2916	2916	for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-18
2917	2917	vided further, That funds available in the Federal 19
2918	2918	Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-20
2919	2919	pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 21
2920	2920	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
2921	2921	resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 23
2922	2922	amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 24
2923	2923	services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 25
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2927	2927	and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 1
2928	2928	lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 2
2929	2929	or other property not in Government ownership or 3
2930	2930	control as may be appropriate to enable the United 4
2931	2931	States Secret Service to perform its protective func-5
2932	2932	tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 6
2933	2933	from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 7
2934	2934	That revenues and collections and any other sums 8
2935	2935	accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2025, ex-9
2936	2936	cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 10
2937	2937	in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 11
2938	2938	authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-12
2939	2939	eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 13
2940	2940	Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-14
2941	2941	cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 15
2942	2942	GENERAL ACTIVITIES 16
2943	2943	GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 17
2944	2944	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-18
2945	2945	vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the 19
2946	2946	management of real and personal property assets and cer-20
2947	2947	tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-21
2948	2948	port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 22
2949	2949	vehicles, information technology management, and related 23
2950	2950	technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 24
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2954	2954	U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by 1
2955	2955	statute; $69,000,000. 2
2956	2956	OPERATING EXPENSES 3
2957	2957	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-4
2958	2958	vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 5
2959	2959	utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-6
2960	2960	posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction and 7
2961	2961	management; $52,000,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 8
2962	2962	is for official reception and representation expenses. 9
2963	2963	CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 10
2964	2964	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-11
2965	2965	vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 12
2966	2966	Board of Contract Appeals, $10,000,000, of which 13
2967	2967	$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 14
2968	2968	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 15
2969	2969	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 16
2970	2970	General and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 17
2971	2971	$72,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 18
2972	2972	shall be available for information technology enhance-19
2973	2973	ments related to providing a modern technology case man-20
2974	2974	agement solutions: Provided further, That not to exceed 21
2975	2975	$50,000 shall be available for payment for information 22
2976	2976	and detection of fraud against the Government, including 23
2977	2977	payment for recovery of stolen Government property: Pro-24
2978	2978	vided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 25
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2981	2981	•HR 8773 RH
2982	2982	for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and pri-1
2983	2983	vate citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives result-2
2984	2984	ing in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 3
2985	2985	ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 4
2986	2986	PRESIDENTS 5
2987	2987	For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 6
2988	2988	25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 7
2989	2989	$5,500,000. 8
2990	2990	FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 9
2991	2991	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 10
2992	2992	For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 11
2993	2993	and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses author-12
2994	2994	ized by law in support of interagency projects that enable 13
2995	2995	the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 14
2996	2996	activities electronically, through the development and im-15
2997	2997	plementation of innovative uses of information technology; 16
2998	2998	$55,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 17
2999	2999	Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 18
3000	3000	be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur-19
3001	3001	pose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided fur-20
3002	3002	ther, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 21
3003	3003	and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 22
3004	3004	until expended for necessary expenses in support of inter-23
3005	3005	agency projects that enable the Federal Government to en-24
3006	3006	hance its ability to conduct activities electronically through 25
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3010	3010	the development and implementation of innovative uses of 1
3011	3011	information technology in the aggregate amount not to ex-2
3012	3012	ceed $150,000,000: Provided further, That appropriations, 3
3013	3013	revenues, reimbursements, and collections accruing to this 4
3014	3014	Fund during fiscal year 2025 in excess of such amount 5
3015	3015	shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for 6
3016	3016	expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts: 7
3017	3017	Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, 8
3018	3018	up to $5,000,000 shall be available for support functions 9
3019	3019	and full-time hires to support activities related to the Ad-10
3020	3020	ministration’s requirements under title II of the Founda-11
3021	3021	tions for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Pub-12
3022	3022	lic Law 115–435): Provided further, That the transfer au-13
3023	3023	thorities provided herein shall be in addition to any other 14
3024	3024	transfer authority provided in this Act. 15
3025	3025	PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 16
3026	3026	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17
3027	3027	For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 18
3028	3028	Transition Act of 1963 (Public Law 88–277), as amended 19
3029	3029	(in this heading referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), $10,202,314, 20
3030	3030	of which $6,971,863 is available for activities authorized 21
3031	3031	by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of the 22
3032	3032	Act; $2,730,451 is available for activities authorized by 23
3033	3033	section 5 of the Act; and not to exceed $500,000 is avail-24
3034	3034	able for activities authorized by subsections 3(a)(8) and 25
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3038	3038	3(a)(9) of the Act: Provided, That such amounts may be 1
3039	3039	transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisition Services 2
3040	3040	Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse obliga-3
3041	3041	tions incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the pur-4
3042	3042	poses provided herein related to the Presidential election 5
3043	3043	in 2024: Provided further, That in the case where the 6
3044	3044	President-elect is the incumbent President or in the case 7
3045	3045	where the Vice-President-elect is the incumbent Vice 8
3046	3046	President, $10,202,314 is permanently cancelled, pursu-9
3047	3047	ant to subsection 3(g) of the Act: Provided further, That 10
3048	3048	amounts available under this heading shall be in addition 11
3049	3049	to any other amounts available for such purposes. 12
3050	3050	WORKING CAPITAL FUND 13
3051	3051	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
3052	3052	For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv-15
3053	3053	ices Administration, $4,000,000, to remain available until 16
3054	3054	expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis-17
3055	3055	trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide 18
3056	3056	support services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 19
3057	3057	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —GENERAL SERVICES 20
3058	3058	ADMINISTRATION 21
3059	3059	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
3060	3060	S
3061	3061	EC. 540. Funds available to the General Services 23
3062	3062	Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 24
3063	3063	motor vehicles. 25
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3067	3067	SEC. 541. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 1
3068	3068	made available for fiscal year 2025 for Federal Buildings 2
3069	3069	Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 3
3070	3070	only to the extent necessary to meet program require-4
3071	3071	ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-5
3072	3072	proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 6
3073	3073	of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 7
3074	3074	S
3075	3075	EC. 542. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 8
3076	3076	funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 9
3077	3077	a fiscal year 2026 request for United States Courthouse 10
3078	3078	construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 11
3079	3079	standards for construction as established and approved by 12
3080	3080	the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-13
3081	3081	ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-14
3082	3082	ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 15
3083	3083	Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 16
3084	3084	Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 17
3085	3085	standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 18
3086	3086	to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 19
3087	3087	S
3088	3088	EC. 543. None of the funds provided in this Act may 20
3089	3089	be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 21
3090	3090	provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 22
3091	3091	other service usually provided through the Federal Build-23
3092	3092	ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 24
3093	3093	square foot assessment for space and services as deter-25
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3097	3097	mined by the General Services Administration in consider-1
3098	3098	ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 2
3099	3099	(Public Law 92–313). 3
3100	3100	S
3101	3101	EC. 544. From funds made available under the 4
3102	3102	heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-5
3103	3103	ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 6
3104	3104	than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 7
3105	3105	and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-8
3106	3106	ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-9
3107	3107	fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 10
3108	3108	of Representatives and the Senate. 11
3109	3109	S
3110	3110	EC. 545. In any case in which the Committee on 12
3111	3111	Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-13
3112	3112	resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-14
3113	3113	lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 15
3114	3114	authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-16
3115	3115	gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-17
3116	3116	istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 18
3117	3117	ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 19
3118	3118	to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 20
3119	3119	lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-21
3120	3120	mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 22
3121	3121	not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-23
3122	3122	spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 24
3123	3123	statement to each of such committees and the Committees 25
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3127	3127	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 1
3128	3128	Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 2
3129	3129	the resolution. 3
3130	3130	S
3131	3131	EC. 546. With respect to projects funded under the 4
3132	3132	heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-5
3133	3133	trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 6
3134	3134	and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 7
3135	3135	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-8
3136	3136	atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 9
3137	3137	date of enactment of this Act. 10
3138	3138	S
3139	3139	EC. 547. None of the funds appropriated or other-11
3140	3140	wise made available by this Act may be made available 12
3141	3141	for the purchase of real property by the General Services 13
3142	3142	Administration, unless as needed for a project authorized 14
3143	3143	pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 3307. 15
3144	3144	S
3145	3145	EC. 548. None of the funds made available by this 16
3146	3146	or any other appropriations Act under the heading ‘‘Gen-17
3147	3147	eral Services Administration—Federal Buildings Fund’’ 18
3148	3148	for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (in this section 19
3149	3149	referred to as the ‘‘FBI’’) Headquarters Consolidation, 20
3150	3150	may be obligated or expended until the General Services 21
3151	3151	Administration provides the Committee with a detailed 22
3152	3152	plan and timeline to support the District of Columbia- 23
3153	3153	based personnel by— 24
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3157	3157	(1) keeping the current FBI headquarters oper-1
3158	3158	ational; or 2
3159	3159	(2) identifying another Federally owned location 3
3160	3160	in the District of Columbia that can serve as the 4
3161	3161	FBI headquarters building. 5
3162	3162	S
3163	3163	EC. 549. None of the funds made available by this 6
3164	3164	Act may be used to finalize, promulgate, or implement the 7
3165	3165	rule proposed by the General Services Administration enti-8
3166	3166	tled ‘‘Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Green-9
3167	3167	house Gas Emissions and Climate-Related Financial 10
3168	3168	Risk’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 68312 (November 14, 2022)), or to 11
3169	3169	propose, promulgate, or implement any substantially simi-12
3170	3170	lar rule or policy. 13
3171	3171	H
3172	3172	ARRYS TRUMANSCHOLARSHIPFOUNDATION 14
3173	3173	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
3174	3174	For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 16
3175	3175	Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-17
3176	3176	lic Law 93–642, $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-18
3177	3177	pended. 19
3178	3178	M
3179	3179	ERITSYSTEMSPROTECTIONBOARD 20
3180	3180	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
3181	3181	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
3182	3182	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 23
3183	3183	Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-24
3184	3184	tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 25
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3187	3187	•HR 8773 RH
3188	3188	Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1
3189	3189	1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-2
3190	3190	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 3
3191	3191	District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 4
3192	3192	motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 5
3193	3193	not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-6
3194	3194	tion expenses, $49,135,000, to remain available until Sep-7
3195	3195	tember 30, 2026, and in addition not to exceed 8
3196	3196	$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 9
3197	3197	for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-10
3198	3198	peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 11
3199	3199	and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 12
3200	3200	Systems Protection Board. 13
3201	3201	M
3202	3202	ORRISK. UDALL ANDSTEWARTL. UDALL 14
3203	3203	F
3204	3204	OUNDATION 15
3205	3205	MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L . UDALL TRUST FUND 16
3206	3206	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17
3207	3207	For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 18
3208	3208	Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 19
3209	3209	Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 20
3210	3210	seq.), $1,782,000, to remain available for direct expendi-21
3211	3211	ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 22
3212	3212	and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available 23
3213	3213	to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of 24
3214	3214	Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 25
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3218	3218	106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current 1
3219	3219	and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec-2
3220	3220	tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 3
3221	3221	available until expended for audits and investigations of 4
3222	3222	the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 5
3223	3223	consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 6
3224	3224	and for annual independent financial audits of the Morris 7
3225	3225	K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to 8
3226	3226	the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 9
3227	3227	107–289): Provided further, That previous amounts trans-10
3228	3228	ferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-11
3229	3229	ment of the Interior may be transferred to the Morris K. 12
3230	3230	Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual inde-13
3231	3231	pendent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of 14
3232	3232	Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided 15
3233	3233	further, That any interest earned during fiscal year 2025 16
3234	3234	from investments made from discretionary appropriations 17
3235	3235	to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund 18
3236	3236	after the date specified in 20 U.S.C. §5606(b)(1) shall be 19
3237	3237	available until expended. 20
3238	3238	ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 21
3239	3239	For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-22
3240	3240	tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-23
3241	3241	ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 24
3242	3242	$3,904,000, to remain available until expended. 25
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3246	3246	NATIONALARCHIVES ANDRECORDSADMINISTRATION 1
3247	3247	OPERATING EXPENSES 2
3248	3248	For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-3
3249	3249	istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-4
3250	3250	tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 5
3251	3251	as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-6
3252	3252	view and declassification of documents, the activities of 7
3253	3253	the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 8
3254	3254	and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 9
3255	3255	hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-10
3256	3256	lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 11
3257	3257	including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 12
3258	3258	$427,250,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-13
3259	3259	able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the 14
3260	3260	Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 15
3261	3261	manage, and store Government records. 16
3262	3262	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 17
3263	3263	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 18
3264	3264	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 19
3265	3265	General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 20
3266	3266	Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United 21
3267	3267	States Code, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 22
3268	3268	$5,920,000. 23
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3272	3272	REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 1
3273	3273	For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-2
3274	3274	chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment 3
3275	3275	for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 4
3276	3276	holdings, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 5
3277	3277	NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND 6
3278	3278	RECORDS COMMISSION GRANTS PROGRAM 7
3279	3279	For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 8
3280	3280	historical publications and records as authorized by 44 9
3281	3281	U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-10
3282	3282	pended. 11
3283	3283	N
3284	3284	ATIONALCREDITUNIONADMINISTRATION 12
3285	3285	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 13
3286	3286	For the Community Development Revolving Loan 14
3287	3287	Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 15
3288	3288	and 9910, $3,423,000 shall be available until September 16
3289	3289	30, 2025, for technical assistance to low-income des-17
3290	3290	ignated credit unions. 18
3291	3291	O
3292	3292	FFICE OFGOVERNMENTETHICS 19
3293	3293	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
3294	3294	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 21
3295	3295	Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the chapter 131 22
3296	3296	of title 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 23
3297	3297	1989, and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter 24
3298	3298	Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 25
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3302	3302	including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 1
3303	3303	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-2
3304	3304	where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 3
3305	3305	$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 4
3306	3306	$22,386,000. 5
3307	3307	O
3308	3308	FFICE OFPERSONNELMANAGEMENT 6
3309	3309	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
3310	3310	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 8
3311	3311	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 9
3312	3312	Office of Personnel Management in this heading referred 10
3313	3313	to as ‘‘OPM’’ pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 11
3314	3314	2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, in-12
3315	3315	cluding services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 13
3316	3316	examinations performed for veterans by private physicians 14
3317	3317	on a fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District 15
3318	3318	of Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehi-16
3319	3319	cles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and rep-17
3320	3320	resentation expenses; and payment of per diem and/or sub-18
3321	3321	sistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights Act 19
3322	3322	activities require an employee to remain overnight at his 20
3323	3323	or her post of duty, $198,137,000: Provided, That of the 21
3324	3324	total amount made available under this heading, 22
3325	3325	$10,710,000 may remain available until expended, for in-23
3326	3326	formation technology modernization, and shall be in addi-24
3327	3327	tion to funds otherwise made available for such purposes: 25
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3331	3331	Provided further, That of the total amount made available 1
3332	3332	under this heading, $1,445,000 may be made available for 2
3333	3333	strengthening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisi-3
3334	3334	tion workforce (as defined by the Office of Federal Pro-4
3335	3335	curement Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et 5
3336	3336	seq.)), including the recruitment, hiring, training, and re-6
3337	3337	tention of such workforce and information technology in 7
3338	3338	support of acquisition workforce effectiveness or for man-8
3339	3339	agement solutions to improve acquisition management; 9
3340	3340	and in addition $241,000,000 for administrative expenses, 10
3341	3341	to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM 11
3342	3342	without regard to other statutes, including direct procure-12
3343	3343	ment of printed materials, for the retirement and insur-13
3344	3344	ance programs: Provided further, That the provisions of 14
3345	3345	this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use ap-15
3346	3346	plicable trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 16
3347	3347	8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 17
3348	3348	5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 18
3349	3349	this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-19
3350	3350	penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 20
3351	3351	pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 21
3352	3352	or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 22
3353	3353	That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-23
3354	3354	lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-24
3355	3355	ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2025, accept dona-25
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3359	3359	tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 1
3360	3360	further, That such donations, including those from prior 2
3361	3361	years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-3
3362	3362	rials to provide information about the White House Fel-4
3363	3363	lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 5
3364	3364	travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-6
3365	3365	ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 7
3366	3366	That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 8
3367	3367	under this heading may be transferred to an information 9
3368	3368	technology working capital fund established for purposes 10
3369	3369	authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 11
3370	3370	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 12
3371	3371	(Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 13
3372	3372	further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 14
3373	3373	approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 15
3374	3374	House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 16
3375	3375	in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 17
3376	3376	Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 18
3377	3377	under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-19
3378	3378	egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or-20
3379	3379	ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 21
3380	3380	required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 22
3381	3381	amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 23
3382	3382	for obligation through September 30, 2028. 24
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3386	3386	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
3387	3387	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
3388	3388	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 3
3389	3389	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 4
3390	3390	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 5
3391	3391	5, United States Code, including services as authorized by 6
3392	3392	5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 7
3393	3393	$7,000,000, and in addition, not to exceed $31,000,000 8
3394	3394	for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-9
3395	3395	vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-10
3396	3396	ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-11
3397	3397	ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 12
3398	3398	Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 13
3399	3399	General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-14
3400	3400	ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 15
3401	3401	and elsewhere. 16
3402	3402	O
3403	3403	FFICE OFSPECIALCOUNSEL 17
3404	3404	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
3405	3405	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 19
3406	3406	Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 20
3407	3407	by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-21
3408	3408	nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-22
3409	3409	lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-23
3410	3410	cles, $31,585,000. 24
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3414	3414	PRIVACY ANDCIVILLIBERTIESOVERSIGHTBOARD 1
3415	3415	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
3416	3416	For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-3
3417	3417	erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 4
3418	3418	the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 5
3419	3419	2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $13,700,000, to remain avail-6
3420	3420	able until September 30, 2026. 7
3421	3421	P
3422	3422	UBLICBUILDINGSREFORMBOARD 8
3423	3423	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
3424	3424	For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-10
3425	3425	form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 11
3426	3426	Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $3,605,000, 12
3427	3427	to remain available until expended. 13
3428	3428	S
3429	3429	ECURITIES ANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION 14
3430	3430	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
3431	3431	For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-16
3432	3432	change Commission, including services as authorized by 17
3433	3433	5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 18
3434	3434	year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 19
3435	3435	not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-20
3436	3436	tion expenses, $2,004,663,000, to remain available until 21
3437	3437	expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for 22
3438	3438	the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 23
3439	3439	$275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 24
3440	3440	for the International Organization of Securities Commis-25
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3444	3444	sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-1
3445	3445	able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 2
3446	3446	by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 3
3447	3447	regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 4
3448	3448	staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 5
3449	3449	such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-6
3450	3450	trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 7
3451	3451	foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-8
3452	3452	penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 9
3453	3453	(3) related lodging or subsistence; and of which not more 10
3454	3454	than $644,719,000 shall be for the Division of Enforce-11
3455	3455	ment. 12
3456	3456	In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 13
3457	3457	replication, and related costs associated with replacement 14
3458	3458	leases for the Commission’s office facilities, not to exceed 15
3459	3459	$8,400,000, to remain available until expended. 16
3460	3460	For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 17
3461	3461	31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 18
3462	3462	78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2025, all amounts appropriated 19
3463	3463	under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-20
3464	3464	propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2025: Pro-21
3465	3465	vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 22
3466	3466	the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 23
3467	3467	shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 24
3468	3468	Provided further, That not to exceed $2,004,663,000 of 25
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3472	3472	such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 1
3473	3473	for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 2
3474	3474	$8,400,000 of such offsetting collections shall be available 3
3475	3475	until expended for move, replication, and related costs 4
3476	3476	under this heading associated with replacement leases for 5
3477	3477	the Commission’s office facilities: Provided further, That 6
3478	3478	the total amount appropriated under this heading from 7
3479	3479	the general fund for fiscal year 2025 shall be reduced as 8
3480	3480	such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a final 9
3481	3481	total fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general fund 10
3482	3482	estimated at not more than $0: Provided further, That if 11
3483	3483	any amount of the appropriation for move, replication, and 12
3484	3484	related costs associated with replacement leases for the 13
3485	3485	Commission’s office facilities is subsequently de-obligated 14
3486	3486	by the Commission, such amount that was derived from 15
3487	3487	the general fund shall be returned to the general fund, 16
3488	3488	and such amounts that were derived from fees or assess-17
3489	3489	ments collected for such purpose shall be paid to each na-18
3490	3490	tional securities exchange and national securities associa-19
3491	3491	tion, respectively, in proportion to any fees or assessments 20
3492	3492	paid by such national securities exchange or national secu-21
3493	3493	rities association under section 31 of the Securities Ex-22
3494	3494	change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) in fiscal year 2025. 23
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3498	3498	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —SECURITIES AND 1
3499	3499	EXCHANGE COMMISSION 2
3500	3500	S
3501	3501	EC. 550. None of the funds made available by this 3
3502	3502	Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 4
3503	3503	entitled ‘‘The Enhancement and Standardization of Cli-5
3504	3504	mate-Related Disclosures for Investors’’ (89 Fed. Reg. 6
3505	3505	21668 (March 28, 2024)) or any substantially similar 7
3506	3506	rule. 8
3507	3507	S
3508	3508	EC. 551. None of the funds made available by this 9
3509	3509	Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 10
3510	3510	rulemaking entitled ‘‘Open-End Fund Liquidity Risk 11
3511	3511	Management Programs and Swing Pricing; Form N- 12
3512	3512	PORT Reporting’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 77172 (December 16, 13
3513	3513	2022)). 14
3514	3514	S
3515	3515	EC. 552. None of the funds made available by this 15
3516	3516	Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 16
3517	3517	rulemakings entitled ‘‘Regulation Best Execution’’, 17
3518	3518	‘‘Order Competition Rule’’, and ‘‘Regulation NMS: Min-18
3519	3519	imum Pricing Increments, Access Fees, and Transparency 19
3520	3520	of Better Priced Order’’. 20
3521	3521	S
3522	3522	EC. 553. None of the funds made available by this 21
3523	3523	Act may be used to compel a private company to make 22
3524	3524	a public offering under the Securities Act of 1933 by 23
3525	3525	amending the ‘‘held of record’’ definition under section 24
3526	3526	12(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 25
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3530	3530	SEC. 554. None of the funds made available by this 1
3531	3531	Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 2
3532	3532	rulemaking entitled ‘‘Safeguarding Advisory Client As-3
3533	3533	sets’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 14672 (March 9, 2023)). 4
3534	3534	S
3535	3535	EC. 555. None of the funds made available by this 5
3536	3536	Act may be used to implement any program that requires 6
3537	3537	a national securities exchange, a national securities asso-7
3538	3538	ciation, or a member of such an exchange or association 8
3539	3539	to collect and provide personally identifiable information 9
3540	3540	with respect to a retail market participant to meet the re-10
3541	3541	quirements relating to an order or a reportable event 11
3542	3542	under section 242.613(c)(7) of title 17, Code of Federal 12
3543	3543	Regulations, or any successor regulations thereof. 13
3544	3544	S
3545	3545	EC. 556. None of the funds made available by this 14
3546	3546	Act may be used to review or approve the budget for the 15
3547	3547	Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) as de-16
3548	3548	scribed in 15 U.S.C. 7219, until the FASB withdraws the 17
3549	3549	Accounting Standards Update on Income Tax Disclosures 18
3550	3550	issued in December 2023 (No. 2023-09). 19
3551	3551	S
3552	3552	EC. 557. None of the funds made available by this 20
3553	3553	Act may be used to develop, promulgate, finalize, imple-21
3554	3554	ment, or enforce rulemaking that would, directly or indi-22
3555	3555	rectly, create new disclosure requirements under Regula-23
3556	3556	tion D or lower the amount of money an issuer can raise 24
3557	3557	through Regulation D. 25
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3561	3561	SEC. 558. None of the funds made available by this 1
3562	3562	Act may be used to implement or enforce ‘‘Staff Account-2
3563	3563	ing Bulletin No. 121’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 21015 (April 11, 3
3564	3564	2022)). 4
3565	3565	S
3566	3566	EC. 559. None of the funds made available by this 5
3567	3567	Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule 6
3568	3568	entitled ‘‘Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Gov-7
3569	3569	ernance, and Incident Disclosure’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 51896 8
3570	3570	(August 4, 2023)). 9
3571	3571	S
3572	3572	EC. 560. None of the funds made available by this 10
3573	3573	Act may be used to carry out an enforcement action re-11
3574	3574	lated to a digital asset transaction, except for enforcement 12
3575	3575	actions related to fraud or market manipulation, unless 13
3576	3576	(1) the Securities and Exchange Commission has promul-14
3577	3577	gated a regulation that clarifies which digital assets are 15
3578	3578	securities under existing law, or (2) Congress passes legis-16
3579	3579	lation that gives the Securities and Exchange Commission 17
3580	3580	regulatory and enforcement jurisdiction over digital assets 18
3581	3581	and it is signed into law by the President. 19
3582	3582	S
3583	3583	ELECTIVESERVICESYSTEM 20
3584	3584	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21
3585	3585	For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-22
3586	3586	tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 23
3587	3587	training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 24
3588	3588	Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 25
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3592	3592	civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-1
3593	3593	ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 2
3594	3594	$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 3
3595	3595	$31,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 4
3596	3596	year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 5
3597	3597	the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 6
3598	3598	deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-7
3599	3599	tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 8
3600	3600	appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-9
3601	3601	nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 10
3602	3602	Forces of the United States. 11
3603	3603	S
3604	3604	MALLBUSINESSADMINISTRATION 12
3605	3605	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
3606	3606	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 14
3607	3607	of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 15
3608	3608	passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 16
3609	3609	and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-17
3610	3610	ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-18
3611	3611	penses, $305,378,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 19
3612	3612	shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 20
3613	3613	lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-21
3614	3614	trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-22
3615	3615	lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 23
3616	3616	and certain loan program activities, including fees author-24
3617	3617	ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 25
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3621	3621	further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 1
3622	3622	received from all such activities shall be credited to this 2
3623	3623	account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 3
3624	3624	out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-4
3625	3625	vided further, That the Small Business Administration 5
3626	3626	may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 6
3627	3627	and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-7
3628	3628	tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 8
3629	3629	fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 9
3630	3630	be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 10
3631	3631	System, to be available until September 30, 2026: Pro-11
3632	3632	vided further, That $15,500,000 shall be available for 12
3633	3633	costs associated with the certification of small business 13
3634	3634	concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-dis-14
3635	3635	abled veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the Small 15
3636	3636	Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and 16
3637	3637	section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be available until 17
3638	3638	September 30, 2026. 18
3639	3639	ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 19
3640	3640	For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-20
3641	3641	trepreneurial and small business development, 21
3642	3642	$299,550,000, to remain available until September 30, 22
3643	3643	2026: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to 23
3644	3644	fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2025 or fiscal 24
3645	3645	year 2026 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-25
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3649	3649	ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for 1
3650	3650	marketing, management, and technical assistance under 2
3651	3651	section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 3
3652	3652	636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 4
3653	3653	the microloan program: Provided further, That 5
3654	3654	$20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 6
3655	3655	carry out export programs that assist small business con-7
3656	3656	cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 8
3657	3657	Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 9
3658	3658	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 10
3659	3659	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 11
3660	3660	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 12
3661	3661	5, United States Code, $42,020,000. 13
3662	3662	OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 14
3663	3663	For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 15
3664	3664	carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 16
3665	3665	305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-17
3666	3666	bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,109,000, 18
3667	3667	to remain available until expended. 19
3668	3668	BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 20
3669	3669	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
3670	3670	For the cost of direct loans, $3,000,000, to remain 22
3671	3671	available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-23
3672	3672	cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-24
3673	3673	fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 25
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3677	3677	1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 1
3678	3678	Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 2
3679	3679	2025 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 3
3680	3680	of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com-4
3681	3681	mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 5
3682	3682	section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 6
3683	3683	1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-7
3684	3684	gate, $12,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-8
3685	3685	cal year 2025 commitments for general business loans au-9
3686	3686	thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 10
3687	3687	7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 11
3688	3688	$32,500,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 12
3689	3689	loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 13
3690	3690	by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 14
3691	3691	year 2025 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 15
3692	3692	under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 16
3693	3693	Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,000,000,000: Provided 17
3694	3694	further, That during fiscal year 2025, guarantees of trust 18
3695	3695	certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-19
3696	3696	ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 20
3697	3697	$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 21
3698	3698	to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 22
3699	3699	$162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 23
3700	3700	with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 24
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3704	3704	DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 1
3705	3705	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 2
3706	3706	For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 3
3707	3707	loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 4
3708	3708	Business Act, $175,000,000, to be available until ex-5
3709	3709	pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 6
3710	3710	General of the Small Business Administration for audits 7
3711	3711	and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-8
3712	3712	grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 9
3713	3713	appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 10
3714	3714	which $165,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 11
3715	3715	of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 12
3716	3716	program, which may be transferred to and merged with 13
3717	3717	the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 14
3718	3718	which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 15
3719	3719	for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 16
3720	3720	and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-17
3721	3721	penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 18
3722	3722	heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-19
3723	3723	clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 20
3724	3724	and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-21
3725	3725	vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 22
3726	3726	this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 23
3727	3727	disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 24
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3731	3731	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1
3732	3732	1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 2
3733	3733	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —SMALL BUSINESS 3
3734	3734	ADMINISTRATION 4
3735	3735	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5
3736	3736	S
3737	3737	EC. 570. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-6
3738	3738	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 7
3739	3739	Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-8
3740	3740	ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-9
3741	3741	priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 10
3742	3742	any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 11
3743	3743	to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 12
3744	3744	funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-13
3745	3745	able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 14
3746	3746	with the procedures set forth in that section. 15
3747	3747	S
3748	3748	EC. 571. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-16
3749	3749	tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-17
3750	3750	ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 18
3751	3751	and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-19
3752	3752	ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-20
3753	3753	tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 21
3754	3754	as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 22
3755	3755	A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 23
3756	3756	Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 24
3757	3757	1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 25
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3761	3761	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-1
3762	3762	atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 2
3763	3763	to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 3
3764	3764	for obligation through September 30, 2028. 4
3765	3765	S
3766	3766	EC. 572. None of the funds made available by this 5
3767	3767	Act may be used to carry out an enforcement action 6
3768	3768	against a recipient of Federal assistance for a major dis-7
3769	3769	aster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 8
3770	3770	Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 9
3771	3771	seq.) in any case in which such recipient— 10
3772	3772	(1) is unable to make monthly repayments for 11
3773	3773	a duplication of benefits under section 312 of the 12
3774	3774	Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 13
3775	3775	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155); and 14
3776	3776	(2) has not yet received Community Develop-15
3777	3777	ment Block Grant funds for which such recipient is 16
3778	3778	eligible. 17
3779	3779	S
3780	3780	EC. 573. None of the funds made available by this 18
3781	3781	Act may be used by the Small Business Administration 19
3782	3782	to further fund or transfer funds to the Community Navi-20
3783	3783	gator Pilot Program established under section 5004 of the 21
3784	3784	American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9013). 22
3785	3785	S
3786	3786	EC. 574. None of the funds made available by this 23
3787	3787	Act may be used by the Small Business Administration 24
3788	3788	to fund climate change initiatives. 25
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3792	3792	SEC. 575. None of the funds made available by this 1
3793	3793	Act may be used to create, implement, administer, expand, 2
3794	3794	or enforce a direct lending program by the Small Business 3
3795	3795	Administration not in effect on January 1, 2024. 4
3796	3796	S
3797	3797	EC. 576. None of the funds made available by this 5
3798	3798	Act may be used to hire staff at the District of Columbia 6
3799	3799	office until the Small Business Administration senior area 7
3800	3800	manager position at the Coachella Valley, California, sat-8
3801	3801	ellite office is staffed by at least one individual. 9
3802	3802	S
3803	3803	EC. 577. None of the funds made available by this 10
3804	3804	Act may be used to carry out the memorandum of under-11
3805	3805	standing between the Small Business Administration and 12
3806	3806	the Michigan Department of State, dated March 18, 2024, 13
3807	3807	relating to the provision of voter registration services in 14
3808	3808	Michigan. 15
3809	3809	U
3810	3810	NITEDSTATESPOSTALSERVICE 16
3811	3811	PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 17
3812	3812	For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 18
3813	3813	forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-19
3814	3814	sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 20
3815	3815	States Code, $49,750,000: Provided, That mail for over-21
3816	3816	seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 22
3817	3817	Provided further, That none of the funds made available 23
3818	3818	to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-24
3819	3819	ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 25
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3823	3823	or employee of any State or local child support enforce-1
3824	3824	ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 2
3825	3825	or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 3
3826	3826	information requested or provided concerning an address 4
3827	3827	of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 5
3828	3828	funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 6
3829	3829	close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 7
3830	3830	further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 8
3831	3831	continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 9
3832	3832	Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-10
3833	3833	ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 11
3834	3834	Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 12
3835	3835	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 13
3836	3836	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
3837	3837	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
3838	3838	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 16
3839	3839	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 17
3840	3840	5, United States Code, $274,000,000, to be derived by 18
3841	3841	transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 19
3842	3842	authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-20
3843	3843	ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 21
3844	3844	U
3845	3845	NITEDSTATESTAXCOURT 22
3846	3846	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
3847	3847	For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 24
3848	3848	and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 25
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3852	3852	not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-1
3853	3853	tion expenses, $55,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-2
3854	3854	main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex-3
3855	3855	penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-4
3856	3856	cate of the judge. 5
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3860	3860	TITLE VI 1
3861	3861	GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 2
3862	3862	S
3863	3863	EC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 3
3864	3864	for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 4
3865	3865	expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 5
3866	3866	intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 6
3867	3867	funded in this Act. 7
3868	3868	S
3869	3869	EC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 8
3870	3870	shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 9
3871	3871	fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-10
3872	3872	tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 11
3873	3873	in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 12
3874	3874	expressly so provided herein. 13
3875	3875	S
3876	3876	EC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 14
3877	3877	under this Act for any consulting service through procure-15
3878	3878	ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 16
3879	3879	to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 17
3880	3880	of public record and available for public inspection, except 18
3881	3881	where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-19
3882	3882	isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 20
3883	3883	S
3884	3884	EC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 21
3885	3885	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-22
3886	3886	strumentality of the United States Government, except 23
3887	3887	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-24
3888	3888	vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 25
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3892	3892	SEC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 1
3893	3893	Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 2
3894	3894	salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-3
3895	3895	tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 4
3896	3896	result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-5
3897	3897	icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 6
3898	3898	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 7
3899	3899	S
3900	3900	EC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 8
3901	3901	Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 9
3902	3902	that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 10
3903	3903	with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 11
3904	3904	S
3905	3905	EC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 12
3906	3906	available under this Act shall be made available to any 13
3907	3907	person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-14
3908	3908	ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 15
3909	3909	S
3910	3910	EC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 16
3911	3911	none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-17
3912	3912	vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-18
3913	3913	ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-19
3914	3914	penditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any ac-20
3915	3915	counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 21
3916	3916	and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 22
3917	3917	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-23
3918	3918	programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 24
3919	3919	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 25
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3923	3923	funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 1
3924	3924	for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-2
3925	3925	gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-3
3926	3926	tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 4
3927	3927	House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 5
3928	3928	purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-6
3929	3929	tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 7
3930	3930	is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-8
3931	3931	ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 9
3932	3932	creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-10
3933	3933	less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-11
3934	3934	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-12
3935	3935	ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 13
3936	3936	restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 14
3937	3937	or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 15
3938	3938	consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 16
3939	3939	House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-17
3940	3940	ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-18
3941	3941	ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 19
3942	3942	submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 20
3943	3943	the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 21
3944	3944	the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-22
3945	3945	fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 23
3946	3946	That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 24
3947	3947	for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 25
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3951	3951	equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 1
3952	3952	to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 2
3953	3953	budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-3
3954	3954	ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 4
3955	3955	fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 5
3956	3956	each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 6
3957	3957	level by object class and program, project, and activity as 7
3958	3958	detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 8
3959	3959	budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-9
3960	3960	ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 10
3961	3961	for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 11
3962	3962	for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 12
3963	3963	discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 13
3964	3964	and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 14
3965	3965	interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 15
3966	3966	or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 16
3967	3967	be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 17
3968	3968	required date that the report has not been submitted to 18
3969	3969	the Congress. 19
3970	3970	S
3971	3971	EC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 20
3972	3972	by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 21
3973	3973	remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from 22
3974	3974	appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 23
3975	3975	for fiscal year 2025 in this Act, shall remain available 24
3976	3976	through September 30, 2026, for each such account for 25
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3980	3980	the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 1
3981	3981	be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 2
3982	3982	House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 3
3983	3983	prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 4
3984	3984	That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-5
3985	3985	programming guidelines. 6
3986	3986	S
3987	3987	EC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 7
3988	3988	this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-8
3989	3989	dent to request— 9
3990	3990	(1) any official background investigation report 10
3991	3991	on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-11
3992	3992	tigation; or 12
3993	3993	(2) a determination with respect to the treat-13
3994	3994	ment of an organization as described in section 14
3995	3995	501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 15
3996	3996	exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 16
3997	3997	Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 17
3998	3998	Internal Revenue Service. 18
3999	3999	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 19
4000	4000	(1) in the case of an official background inves-20
4001	4001	tigation report, if such individual has given express 21
4002	4002	written consent for such request not more than 6 22
4003	4003	months prior to the date of such request and during 23
4004	4004	the same presidential administration; or 24
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4008	4008	(2) if such request is required due to extraor-1
4009	4009	dinary circumstances involving national security. 2
4010	4010	S
4011	4011	EC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-3
4012	4012	gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 4
4013	4013	shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-5
4014	4014	eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 6
4015	4015	under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 7
4016	4016	S
4017	4017	EC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 8
4018	4018	implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 9
4019	4019	nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-10
4020	4020	fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 11
4021	4021	(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 12
4022	4022	expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made 13
4023	4023	available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 14
4024	4024	to court approval. 15
4025	4025	S
4026	4026	EC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 16
4027	4027	be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 17
4028	4028	expenses in connection with any health plan under the fed-18
4029	4029	eral employees health benefits program which provides any 19
4030	4030	benefits or coverage for abortions. 20
4031	4031	S
4032	4032	EC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 21
4033	4033	apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 22
4034	4034	if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 23
4035	4035	result of an act of rape or incest. 24
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4039	4039	SEC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 1
4040	4040	commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-2
4041	4041	chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 3
4042	4042	forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-4
4043	4043	larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 5
4044	4044	to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-6
4045	4045	tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 7
4046	4046	United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 8
4047	4047	in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 9
4048	4048	S
4049	4049	EC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 10
4050	4050	United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-11
4051	4051	latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-12
4052	4052	cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 13
4053	4053	commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 14
4054	4054	non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-15
4055	4055	penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 16
4056	4056	to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-17
4057	4057	tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-18
4058	4058	ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 19
4059	4059	is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 20
4060	4060	or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 21
4061	4061	to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 22
4062	4062	person or entity is an organization described in section 23
4063	4063	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-24
4064	4064	empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 25
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4068	4068	SEC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 1
4069	4069	of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 2
4070	4070	authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 3
4071	4071	construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-4
4072	4072	ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 5
4073	4073	Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-6
4074	4074	fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 7
4075	4075	case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 8
4076	4076	with the current lessor. 9
4077	4077	(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 10
4078	4078	emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 11
4079	4079	the President to require emergency leasing authority with 12
4080	4080	respect to such agency. 13
4081	4081	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 14
4082	4082	agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 15
4083	4083	provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-16
4084	4084	eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 17
4085	4085	Service. 18
4086	4086	S
4087	4087	EC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-19
4088	4088	lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 20
4089	4089	(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 21
4090	4090	102). 22
4091	4091	(2) Payments to— 23
4092	4092	(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 24
4093	4093	(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 25
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4097	4097	(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 1
4098	4098	(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 2
4099	4099	(C) the United States Court of Federal 3
4100	4100	Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 4
4101	4101	178(l)). 5
4102	4102	(3) Payment of Government contributions— 6
4103	4103	(A) with respect to the health benefits of 7
4104	4104	retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 8
4105	4105	of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 9
4106	4106	Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 10
4107	4107	Stat. 849); and 11
4108	4108	(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-12
4109	4109	fits for employees retiring after December 31, 13
4110	4110	1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 14
4111	4111	(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 15
4112	4112	new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 16
4113	4113	Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 17
4114	4114	8348). 18
4115	4115	(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 19
4116	4116	from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 20
4117	4117	Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 21
4118	4118	III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 22
4119	4119	States Code. 23
4120	4120	(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-24
4121	4121	empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 25
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4125	4125	otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-1
4126	4126	tained in this Act. 2
4127	4127	S
4128	4128	EC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 3
4129	4129	Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 4
4130	4130	complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 5
4131	4131	Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-6
4132	4132	posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-7
4133	4133	latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 8
4134	4134	Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 9
4135	4135	No. 13563. 10
4136	4136	S
4137	4137	EC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch 11
4138	4138	agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-12
4139	4139	formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-13
4140	4140	ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 14
4141	4141	related to information technology. 15
4142	4142	(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 16
4143	4143	agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-17
4144	4144	tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-18
4145	4145	sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 19
4146	4146	budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 20
4147	4147	of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 21
4148	4148	as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-22
4149	4149	ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 23
4150	4150	Officer of the agency and budget officials. 24
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4154	4154	SEC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 1
4155	4155	Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 2
4156	4156	33 of title 44, United States Code. 3
4157	4157	S
4158	4158	EC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 4
4159	4159	Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 5
4160	4160	disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-6
4161	4161	ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-7
4162	4162	tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-8
4163	4163	tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 9
4164	4164	in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 10
4165	4165	in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 11
4166	4166	Constitution of the United States. 12
4167	4167	S
4168	4168	EC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 13
4169	4169	to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 14
4170	4170	access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-15
4171	4171	able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-16
4172	4172	tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 17
4173	4173	5, United States Code, or to prevent or impede that In-18
4174	4174	spector General’s access to such records, documents, or 19
4175	4175	other materials, under any provision of law, except a provi-20
4176	4176	sion of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 21
4177	4177	and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of ac-22
4178	4178	cess. A department or agency covered by this section shall 23
4179	4179	provide its Inspector General with access to all such 24
4180	4180	records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-25
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4184	4184	ner. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 1
4185	4185	statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the informa-2
4186	4186	tion provided by the establishment over which that Inspec-3
4187	4187	tor General has responsibilities under the chapter 4 of title 4
4188	4188	5, United States Code. Each Inspector General covered 5
4189	4189	by this section shall report to the Committees on Appro-6
4190	4190	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 7
4191	4191	within five calendar days any failures to comply with this 8
4192	4192	requirement. 9
4193	4193	S
4194	4194	EC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 10
4195	4195	may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 11
4196	4196	to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 12
4197	4197	the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 13
4198	4198	competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 14
4199	4199	that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-15
4200	4200	tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 16
4201	4201	in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 17
4202	4202	shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-18
4203	4203	oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-19
4204	4204	native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 20
4205	4205	any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 21
4206	4206	high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-22
4207	4207	cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-23
4208	4208	mences. 24
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4212	4212	SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in 1
4213	4213	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 2
4214	4214	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 3
4215	4215	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 4
4216	4216	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 5
4217	4217	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 6
4218	4218	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 7
4219	4219	criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi-8
4220	4220	ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 9
4221	4221	activity. 10
4222	4222	S
4223	4223	EC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other- 11
4224	4224	wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 12
4225	4225	or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 13
4226	4226	been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 14
4227	4227	budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 15
4228	4228	a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 16
4229	4229	deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 17
4230	4230	driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 18
4231	4231	overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 19
4232	4232	such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 20
4233	4233	16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 21
4234	4234	S
4235	4235	EC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 22
4236	4236	this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-23
4237	4237	tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 24
4238	4238	department, agency, board, or commission funded by this 25
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4242	4242	Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 1
4243	4243	the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 2
4244	4244	in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 3
4245	4245	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-4
4246	4246	resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 5
4247	4247	determination. 6
4248	4248	(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 7
4249	4249	may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 8
4250	4250	than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 9
4251	4251	States, at any single conference occurring outside the 10
4252	4252	United States unless the agency or entity determines that 11
4253	4253	such attendance is in the national interest and advance 12
4254	4254	notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 13
4255	4255	of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-14
4256	4256	cludes the basis of that determination. 15
4257	4257	S
4258	4258	EC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 16
4259	4259	Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 17
4260	4260	the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 18
4261	4261	Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 19
4262	4262	10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 20
4263	4263	S
4264	4264	EC. 629. In addition to any amounts appropriated 21
4265	4265	or otherwise made available for expenses related to en-22
4266	4266	hancements to www.oversight.gov, $450,000, to remain 23
4267	4267	available until expended, shall be provided for an addi-24
4268	4268	tional amount for such purpose to the Inspectors General 25
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4272	4272	Council Fund established pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) 1
4273	4273	of chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code: Provided, That 2
4274	4274	these amounts shall be in addition to any amounts or any 3
4275	4275	authority available to the Council of the Inspectors Gen-4
4276	4276	eral on Integrity and Efficiency under section 424 of title 5
4277	4277	5, United States Code. 6
4278	4278	S
4279	4279	EC. 630. None of the funds made available by this 7
4280	4280	Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 8
4281	4281	public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-9
4282	4282	agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 10
4283	4283	2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 11
4284	4284	transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 12
4285	4285	House of Representatives and the Senate. 13
4286	4286	S
4287	4287	EC. 631. Federal agencies funded under this Act 14
4288	4288	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 15
4289	4289	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 16
4290	4290	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-17
4291	4291	lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-18
4292	4292	pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 19
4293	4293	this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 20
4294	4294	available to the agency for advertising or other commu-21
4295	4295	nications regarding the programs and activities of the 22
4296	4296	agency. 23
4297	4297	S
4298	4298	EC. 632. When issuing statements, press releases, 24
4299	4299	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-25
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4303	4303	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 1
4304	4304	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 2
4305	4305	funds included in this Act, shall clearly state— 3
4306	4306	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-4
4307	4307	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 5
4308	4308	money; 6
4309	4309	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 7
4310	4310	project or program; and 8
4311	4311	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 9
4312	4312	costs of the project or program that will be financed 10
4313	4313	by non-governmental sources. 11
4314	4314	S
4315	4315	EC. 633. None of the funds made available by this 12
4316	4316	Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-13
4317	4317	sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 14
4318	4318	or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 15
4319	4319	contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 16
4320	4320	to trade associations. 17
4321	4321	S
4322	4322	EC. 634. Not later than 45 days after the last day 18
4323	4323	of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-19
4324	4324	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 20
4325	4325	of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-21
4326	4326	port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 22
4327	4327	quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 23
4328	4328	appropriation. 24
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4332	4332	SEC. 635. None of the funds made available by this 1
4333	4333	Act may be used to procure electric vehicles, electric vehi-2
4334	4334	cle batteries, electric vehicle charging stations or infra-3
4335	4335	structure. 4
4336	4336	S
4337	4337	EC. 636. None of the funds appropriated or other-5
4338	4338	wise made available by this Act may be used to implement, 6
4339	4339	enforce, or otherwise carry out Executive Order No. 14037 7
4340	4340	of August 5, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 43583, relating to 8
4341	4341	Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and 9
4342	4342	Trucks), Executive Order No. 14057 of December 8, 2021 10
4343	4343	(86 Fed. Reg. 70935, relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy 11
4344	4344	Industries and Jobs through Federal Sustainability), Ex-12
4345	4345	ecutive Order No. 14096 of April 21, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 13
4346	4346	25251, relating to Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment 14
4347	4347	to Environmental Justice for All), Executive Order No. 15
4348	4348	13990 of January 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7037, relating 16
4349	4349	to Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Re-17
4350	4350	storing Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis), Executive 18
4351	4351	Order No. 14008 of January 27, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 19
4352	4352	7619, relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and 20
4353	4353	Abroad), Executive Order No. 14030 of May 20, 2021 (86 21
4354	4354	Fed. Reg. 27967, relating to Climate-Related Financial 22
4355	4355	Risk), Executive Order No. 14082 of September 12, 2022 23
4356	4356	(87 Fed. Reg. 56861, relating to Implementation of the 24
4357	4357	Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Re-25
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4361	4361	duction Act of 2022), and section 6 of Executive Order 1
4362	4362	No. 14013 of February 4, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg 8839, relat-2
4363	4363	ing to Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle 3
4364	4364	Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change 4
4365	4365	on Migration). 5
4366	4366	S
4367	4367	EC. 637. None of the funds made available by this 6
4368	4368	Act may be used to carry out any program, project, or 7
4369	4369	activity that promotes or advances Critical Race Theory 8
4370	4370	or any concept associated with Critical Race Theory. 9
4371	4371	S
4372	4372	EC. 638. None of the funds appropriated or other-10
4373	4373	wise made available by this Act may be made available 11
4374	4374	to implement, administer, apply, enforce, or carry out the 12
4375	4375	Equity Action Plans of the Department of Treasury, the 13
4376	4376	Federal Communications Commission, the General Serv-14
4377	4377	ices Administration, the Office of Personnel Management 15
4378	4378	or any other Federal agency diversity, equity, or inclusion 16
4379	4379	initiative, as well as Executive Order No. 13985 of Janu-17
4380	4380	ary 20, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7009, relating to advancing 18
4381	4381	racial equity and support for underserved communities 19
4382	4382	through the Federal Government), Executive Order No. 20
4383	4383	14035 of June 21, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 34596, relating 21
4384	4384	to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the Fed-22
4385	4385	eral workforce), or Executive Order No. 14091 of Feb-23
4386	4386	ruary 16, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 10825, relating to further 24
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4390	4390	advancing racial equity and support for underserved com-1
4391	4391	munities through the Federal Government). 2
4392	4392	S
4393	4393	EC. 639. None of the funds made available by this 3
4394	4394	Act may be made available to support, directly or indi-4
4395	4395	rectly, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any laboratory 5
4396	4396	owned or controlled by the governments of the People’s 6
4397	4397	Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Re-7
4398	4398	public of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 8
4399	4399	the Russian Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-9
4400	4400	ezuela under the regime of Nicola´s Maduro Moros, or any 10
4401	4401	other country determined by the Secretary of State to be 11
4402	4402	a foreign adversary. 12
4403	4403	S
4404	4404	EC. 640. None of the funds made available by this 13
4405	4405	Act may be used to enforce the requirements in section 14
4406	4406	316(b)(4)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 15
4407	4407	1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(4)(D)) that the solicitation of 16
4408	4408	contributions from member corporations stockholders and 17
4409	4409	executive or administrative personnel, and the families of 18
4410	4410	such stockholders or personnel, by trade associations must 19
4411	4411	be separately and specifically approved by the member cor-20
4412	4412	poration involved prior to such solicitation, and that such 21
4413	4413	member corporation does not approve any such solicitation 22
4414	4414	by more than one such trade association in any calendar 23
4415	4415	year. 24
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4419	4419	SEC. 641. (a) INGENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-1
4420	4420	tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 2
4421	4421	title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 3
4422	4422	none of the funds provided by this Act shall be used in 4
4423	4423	whole or in part to take any discriminatory action against 5
4424	4424	a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person 6
4425	4425	speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held reli-7
4426	4426	gious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or 8
4427	4427	should be recognized as, a union of one man and one 9
4428	4428	woman. 10
4429	4429	(b) D
4430	4430	ISCRIMINATORYACTIONDEFINED.—As used in 11
4431	4431	subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 12
4432	4432	taken by the Federal Government to— 13
4433	4433	(1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 14
4434	4434	of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as-15
4435	4435	sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp-16
4436	4436	tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter-17
4437	4437	nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 18
4438	4438	in subsection (a); 19
4439	4439	(2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur-20
4440	4440	poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 21
4441	4441	such person; 22
4442	4442	(3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 23
4443	4443	exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 24
4444	4444	deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co-25
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4448	4448	operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li-1
4449	4449	cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 2
4450	4450	other similar position or status from or to such per-3
4451	4451	son; or 4
4452	4452	(4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth-5
4453	4453	erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 6
4454	4454	benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 7
4455	4455	admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 8
4456	4456	degree from an educational program, from or to 9
4457	4457	such person. 10
4458	4458	(c) A
4459	4459	CCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 11
4460	4460	The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li-12
4461	4461	censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 13
4462	4462	that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec-14
4463	4463	tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 15
4464	4464	such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per-16
4465	4465	son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 17
4466	4466	religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 18
4467	4467	(a). 19
4468	4468	S
4469	4469	EC. 642. None of the funds made available by this 20
4470	4470	Act may be used to develop, finalize, or implement the pro-21
4471	4471	posed regulation titled Revising Scope of the Mining Sec-22
4472	4472	tor of Projects that are Eligible for Coverage Under title 23
4473	4473	41 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act 24
4474	4474	(88 Fed. Reg. 65350 (Sept. 22, 2023)). 25
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4478	4478	SEC. 643. The Postmaster General of the United 1
4479	4479	States Postal Service shall notify in writing any Member 2
4480	4480	of Congress at least 30 days before the Postal Service re-3
4481	4481	leases any stamp (including special stamps, semipostal 4
4482	4482	stamps, and any other stamp) depicting a landmark in, 5
4483	4483	a significant event or commemoration of an event that oc-6
4484	4484	curred in, or an individual from, in the case of a Member 7
4485	4485	of the House of Representatives, the district or State the 8
4486	4486	Member represents or, in the case of a Senator, the State 9
4487	4487	the Senator represents. In this section, the term ‘‘Member 10
4488	4488	of Congress’’ has the meaning given that term in section 11
4489	4489	2106 of title 5, United States Code, but does not include 12
4490	4490	the Vice President. 13
4491	4491	S
4492	4492	EC. 644. None of the funds made available by this 14
4493	4493	Act may be used to fly or display a flag over or within 15
4494	4494	a facility of the Federal Government other than the flag 16
4495	4495	of the United States, a flag bearing an official U.S. Gov-17
4496	4496	ernment seal or insignia, or the Prisoner of War/Missing 18
4497	4497	in Action flag. 19
4498	4498	S
4499	4499	EC. 645. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-20
4500	4500	erwise made available to the United States Postal Service 21
4501	4501	by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following 22
4502	4502	persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting over-23
4503	4503	sight, any facility owned or leased by the United States 24
4504	4504	Postal Service used for the delivery of letters, printed ma-25
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4508	4508	terials, or mailable packages, including acceptance, collec-1
4509	4509	tion, sorting, transportation, or other functions ancillary 2
4510	4510	thereto, or to make any temporary modification at any 3
4511	4511	such facility that in any way alters what is observed by 4
4512	4512	a visiting member of Congress or such designated em-5
4513	4513	ployee, compared to what would be observed in the absence 6
4514	4514	of such modification: 7
4515	4515	(1) A Member of Congress. 8
4516	4516	(2) An employee of the United States House of 9
4517	4517	Representatives or the United States Senate des-10
4518	4518	ignated by such a Member for the purposes of this 11
4519	4519	section. 12
4520	4520	(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to re-13
4521	4521	quire a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the 14
4522	4522	intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for 15
4523	4523	the purpose of conducting oversight. 16
4524	4524	TITLE VII 17
4525	4525	GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 18
4526	4526	D
4527	4527	EPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, ANDCORPORATIONS 19
4528	4528	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20
4529	4529	S
4530	4530	EC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 21
4531	4531	of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 22
4532	4532	this or any other Act for fiscal year 2025 shall obligate 23
4533	4533	or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-24
4534	4534	cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 25
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4538	4538	administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-1
4539	4539	sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 2
4540	4540	use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 3
4541	4541	(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 4
4542	4542	802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 5
4543	4543	agency, or instrumentality. 6
4544	4544	S
4545	4545	EC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 7
4546	4546	maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 8
4547	4547	in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United 9
4548	4548	States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-10
4549	4549	hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforce-11
4550	4550	ment vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 12
4551	4551	vehicles, and police type), is hereby fixed at $40,000 ex-13
4552	4552	cept station wagons for which the maximum shall be 14
4553	4553	$41,140: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by 15
4554	4554	not to exceed $7,775 for police-type vehicles: Provided fur-16
4555	4555	ther, That the limits set forth in this section may not be 17
4556	4556	exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric or hybrid ve-18
4557	4557	hicles purchased for demonstration under the provisions 19
4558	4558	of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Develop-20
4559	4559	ment, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided further, 21
4560	4560	That the limits set forth in this section may be exceeded 22
4561	4561	by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles 23
4562	4562	acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over the cost 24
4563	4563	of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Provided fur-25
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4567	4567	ther, That the limits set forth in this section shall not 1
4568	4568	apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and which 2
4569	4569	operates on alternative fuel, including but not limited to 3
4570	4570	electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell ve-4
4571	4571	hicles. 5
4572	4572	S
4573	4573	EC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-6
4574	4574	ments and independent establishments for the current fis-7
4575	4575	cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-8
4576	4576	penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 9
4577	4577	for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 10
4578	4578	accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 11
4579	4579	S
4580	4580	EC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 12
4581	4581	the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-13
4582	4582	tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 14
4583	4583	compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-15
4584	4584	ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-16
4585	4585	jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 17
4586	4586	of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-18
4587	4587	nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 19
4588	4588	of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-20
4589	4589	ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 21
4590	4590	outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 22
4591	4591	is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-23
4592	4592	ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 24
4593	4593	of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 25
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4597	4597	then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 1
4598	4598	allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-2
4599	4599	poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 3
4600	4600	shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-4
4601	4601	ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 5
4602	4602	being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 6
4603	4603	of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-7
4604	4604	mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-8
4605	4605	essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 9
4606	4606	affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 10
4607	4607	shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 11
4608	4608	more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 12
4609	4609	above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-13
4610	4610	stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 14
4611	4611	further, That any payment made to any officer or em-15
4612	4612	ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 16
4613	4613	recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 17
4614	4614	further, That this section shall not apply to any person 18
4615	4615	who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 19
4616	4616	United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 20
4617	4617	to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-21
4618	4618	casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 22
4619	4619	of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 23
4620	4620	service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 24
4621	4621	Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 25
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4625	4625	employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 1
4626	4626	120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-2
4627	4627	ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 3
4628	4628	to an agreement with another country. 4
4629	4629	S
4630	4630	EC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-5
4631	4631	ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-6
4632	4632	essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-7
4633	4633	penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 8
4634	4634	Services Administration for charges for space and services 9
4635	4635	and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-10
4636	4636	ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 11
4637	4637	performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 12
4638	4638	1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 13
4639	4639	of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 14
4640	4640	S
4641	4641	EC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 15
4642	4642	any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-16
4643	4643	ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 17
4644	4644	including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 18
4645	4645	records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-19
4646	4646	vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-20
4647	4647	pended for the following purposes: 21
4648	4648	(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 22
4649	4649	and recycling programs as described in Executive 23
4650	4650	Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 24
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4654	4654	such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 1
4655	4655	the Executive order. 2
4656	4656	(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-3
4657	4657	agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 4
4658	4658	development and implementation of hazardous waste 5
4659	4659	management and pollution prevention programs. 6
4660	4660	(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 7
4661	4661	law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 8
4662	4662	Federal agency. 9
4663	4663	S
4664	4664	EC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 10
4665	4665	Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 11
4666	4666	of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 12
4667	4667	title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 13
4668	4668	to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 14
4669	4669	for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 15
4670	4670	with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 16
4671	4671	head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 17
4672	4672	expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 18
4673	4673	Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 19
4674	4674	the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-20
4675	4675	penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 21
4676	4676	funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 22
4677	4677	correspondingly reduced. 23
4678	4678	S
4679	4679	EC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 24
4680	4680	this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 25
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4684	4684	financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 1
4685	4685	commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 2
4686	4686	(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 3
4687	4687	not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 4
4688	4688	financial support from more than one agency or instru-5
4689	4689	mentality. 6
4690	4690	S
4691	4691	EC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 7
4692	4692	to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 8
4693	4693	to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 9
4694	4694	has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 10
4695	4695	adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 11
4696	4696	United States. 12
4697	4697	S
4698	4698	EC. 710. During the period in which the head of 13
4699	4699	any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 14
4700	4700	employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 15
4701	4701	President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 16
4702	4702	be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 17
4703	4703	or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 18
4704	4704	head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 19
4705	4705	make improvements for any such office, unless advance 20
4706	4706	notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 21
4707	4707	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
4708	4708	resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-23
4709	4709	tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-24
4710	4710	fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 25
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4714	4714	used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 1
4715	4715	directly controlled by the individual. 2
4716	4716	S
4717	4717	EC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-3
4718	4718	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 4
4719	4719	fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 5
4720	4720	the interagency funding of national security and emer-6
4721	4721	gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 7
4722	4722	benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-8
4723	4723	ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 9
4724	4724	2012). 10
4725	4725	S
4726	4726	EC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 11
4727	4727	this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 12
4728	4728	any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 13
4729	4729	Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 14
4730	4730	individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-15
4731	4731	icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-16
4732	4732	petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 17
4733	4733	States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 18
4734	4734	213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 19
4735	4735	the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 20
4736	4736	instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-21
4737	4737	tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-22
4738	4738	ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-23
4739	4739	vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 24
4740	4740	the individual to the White House. 25
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4744	4744	(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 1
4745	4745	Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-2
4746	4746	tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 3
4747	4747	(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 4
4748	4748	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 5
4749	4749	S
4750	4750	EC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 6
4751	4751	this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 7
4752	4752	of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 8
4753	4753	Government, who— 9
4754	4754	(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-10
4755	4755	ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-11
4756	4756	ployee of the Federal Government from having any 12
4757	4757	direct oral or written communication or contact with 13
4758	4758	any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 14
4759	4759	Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 15
4760	4760	to the employment of such other officer or employee 16
4761	4761	or pertaining to the department or agency of such 17
4762	4762	other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 18
4763	4763	whether such communication or contact is at the ini-19
4764	4764	tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-20
4765	4765	sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 21
4766	4766	committee, or subcommittee; or 22
4767	4767	(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 23
4768	4768	demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 24
4769	4769	performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 25
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4772	4772	•HR 8773 RH
4773	4773	to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-1
4774	4774	criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-2
4775	4775	tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-3
4776	4776	ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 4
4777	4777	Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 5
4778	4778	commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 6
4779	4779	such other officer or employee, by reason of any 7
4780	4780	communication or contact of such other officer or 8
4781	4781	employee with any Member, committee, or sub-9
4782	4782	committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 10
4783	4783	(1); 11
4784	4784	(3) unjustifiably refuses to comply with a duly 12
4785	4785	issued and valid congressional subpoena. 13
4786	4786	S
4787	4787	EC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 14
4788	4788	this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 15
4789	4789	any employee training that— 16
4790	4790	(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-17
4791	4791	edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 18
4792	4792	performance of official duties; 19
4793	4793	(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-20
4794	4794	els of emotional response or psychological stress in 21
4795	4795	some participants; 22
4796	4796	(3) does not require prior employee notification 23
4797	4797	of the content and methods to be used in the train-24
4798	4798	ing and written end of course evaluation; 25
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4802	4802	(4) contains any methods or content associated 1
4803	4803	with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 2
4804	4804	‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-3
4805	4805	ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 4
4806	4806	915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 5
4807	4807	(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-6
4808	4808	ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 7
4809	4809	workplace. 8
4810	4810	(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 9
4811	4811	otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 10
4812	4812	bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 11
4813	4813	S
4814	4814	EC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 12
4815	4815	or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-13
4816	4816	tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-14
4817	4817	tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 15
4818	4818	purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 16
4819	4819	any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 17
4820	4820	or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-18
4821	4821	tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 19
4822	4822	to the Congress itself. 20
4823	4823	S
4824	4824	EC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 21
4825	4825	any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-22
4826	4826	eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 23
4827	4827	except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 24
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4831	4831	or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 1
4832	4832	competent jurisdiction. 2
4833	4833	S
4834	4834	EC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 3
4835	4835	or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 4
4836	4836	information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-5
4837	4837	ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 6
4838	4838	Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-7
4839	4839	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 8
4840	4840	and the Senate. 9
4841	4841	S
4842	4842	EC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 10
4843	4843	this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 11
4844	4844	including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-12
4845	4845	ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 13
4846	4846	authorized by Congress. 14
4847	4847	S
4848	4848	EC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 15
4849	4849	(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 16
4850	4850	under 5 U.S.C. 105; 17
4851	4851	(2) includes a military department, as defined 18
4852	4852	under section 102 of such title and includes the 19
4853	4853	United States Postal Service. 20
4854	4854	(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-21
4855	4855	lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 22
4856	4856	of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 23
4857	4857	to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 24
4858	4858	system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 25
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4862	4862	5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 1
4863	4863	effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 2
4864	4864	in the performance of official duties. 3
4865	4865	S
4866	4866	EC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-4
4867	4867	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 5
4868	4868	fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 6
4869	4869	or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 7
4870	4870	Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 8
4871	4871	finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 9
4872	4872	costs. 10
4873	4873	S
4874	4874	EC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-11
4875	4875	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-12
4876	4876	ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 13
4877	4877	reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 14
4878	4878	wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-15
4879	4879	fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 16
4880	4880	the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 17
4881	4881	rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 18
4882	4882	That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-19
4883	4883	trator of General Services to support Government-wide 20
4884	4884	and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 21
4885	4885	procurement, and other management innovations, initia-22
4886	4886	tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 23
4887	4887	reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 24
4888	4888	Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 25
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4891	4891	•HR 8773 RH
4892	4892	the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-1
4893	4893	ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-2
4894	4894	agement Council for overall management improvement ini-3
4895	4895	tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 4
4896	4896	management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 5
4897	4897	Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 6
4898	4898	Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-7
4899	4899	tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-8
4900	4900	ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-9
4901	4901	cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-10
4902	4902	ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 11
4903	4903	not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 12
4904	4904	duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 13
4905	4905	Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 14
4906	4906	and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-15
4907	4907	vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 16
4908	4908	the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 17
4909	4909	Services Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during 18
4910	4910	fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obligation 19
4911	4911	through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That not 20
4912	4912	later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-21
4913	4913	tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-22
4914	4914	tion with the Administrator of General Services, shall sub-23
4915	4915	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24
4916	4916	of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on 25
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4919	4919	•HR 8773 RH
4920	4920	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-1
4921	4921	ate, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 2
4922	4922	of the House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for 3
4923	4923	the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided fur-4
4924	4924	ther, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: 5
4925	4925	(i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under 6
4926	4926	this section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred 7
4927	4927	or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a detailed break-8
4928	4928	down of the purposes for all funds estimated to be trans-9
4929	4929	ferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including 10
4930	4930	total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose 11
4931	4931	salaries are provided for by this section); (iii) where appli-12
4932	4932	cable, a description of the funds intended for use by or 13
4933	4933	for the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where 14
4934	4934	applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by 15
4935	4935	or for the implementation of specific laws passed by Con-16
4936	4936	gress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimburse-17
4937	4937	ments may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days 18
4938	4938	following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 19
4939	4939	of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 20
4940	4940	Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 21
4941	4941	S
4942	4942	EC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 22
4943	4943	law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 23
4944	4944	in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 24
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4948	4948	and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 1
4949	4949	the location. 2
4950	4950	S
4951	4951	EC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-3
4952	4952	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 4
4953	4953	fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 5
4954	4954	the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 6
4955	4955	studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 7
4956	4956	the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 8
4957	4957	by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 9
4958	4958	Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 10
4959	4959	the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-11
4960	4960	port describing the budget of and resources connected with 12
4961	4961	the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-13
4962	4962	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 14
4963	4963	and the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, 15
4964	4964	and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 16
4965	4965	Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of 17
4966	4966	this Act. 18
4967	4967	S
4968	4968	EC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 19
4969	4969	grant application, form, notification, press release, or 20
4970	4970	other publications involving the distribution of Federal 21
4971	4971	funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 22
4972	4972	200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 23
4973	4973	That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 24
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4977	4977	funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 1
4978	4978	funds. 2
4979	4979	S
4980	4980	EC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OFFEDERALAGENCY 3
4981	4981	M
4982	4982	ONITORING OFINDIVIDUALS’ INTERNETUSE.—None of 4
4983	4983	the funds made available in this or any other Act may 5
4984	4984	be used by any Federal agency— 6
4985	4985	(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 7
4986	4986	of data, derived from any means, that includes any 8
4987	4987	personally identifiable information relating to an in-9
4988	4988	dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-10
4989	4989	ment Internet site of the agency; or 11
4990	4990	(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 12
4991	4991	party (including another government agency) to col-13
4992	4992	lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-14
4993	4993	rived from any means, that includes any personally 15
4994	4994	identifiable information relating to an individual’s 16
4995	4995	access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 17
4996	4996	site. 18
4997	4997	(b) E
4998	4998	XCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 19
4999	4999	subsection (a) shall not apply to— 20
5000	5000	(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 21
5001	5001	identify particular persons; 22
5002	5002	(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-23
5003	5003	tifiable information; 24
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5007	5007	(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-1
5008	5008	latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 2
5009	5009	applicable law; or 3
5010	5010	(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 4
5011	5011	that is a system security action taken by the oper-5
5012	5012	ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 6
5013	5013	to providing the Internet site services or to pro-7
5014	5014	tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 8
5015	5015	Internet site. 9
5016	5016	(c) D
5017	5017	EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 10
5018	5018	(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-11
5019	5019	tions to implement, interpret, or enforce authorities 12
5020	5020	provided in law. 13
5021	5021	(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-14
5022	5022	tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-15
5023	5023	ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 16
5024	5024	condition, management practices and policies and 17
5025	5025	compliance with applicable standards as provided in 18
5026	5026	law. 19
5027	5027	S
5028	5028	EC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 20
5029	5029	Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 21
5030	5030	includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 22
5031	5031	except where the contract also includes a provision for con-23
5032	5032	traceptive coverage. 24
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5036	5036	(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 1
5037	5037	with— 2
5038	5038	(1) any of the following religious plans: 3
5039	5039	(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 4
5040	5040	(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 5
5041	5041	(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 6
5042	5042	for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 7
5043	5043	religious beliefs. 8
5044	5044	(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 9
5045	5045	into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-10
5046	5046	ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 11
5047	5047	individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 12
5048	5048	contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 13
5049	5049	to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 14
5050	5050	(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-15
5051	5051	quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 16
5052	5052	S
5053	5053	EC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-17
5054	5054	ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 18
5055	5055	Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 19
5056	5056	anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-20
5057	5057	cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 21
5058	5058	oversight authorities. 22
5059	5059	S
5060	5060	EC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 23
5061	5061	law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-24
5062	5062	partments and agencies may be used by such departments 25
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5066	5066	and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 1
5067	5067	Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-2
5068	5068	ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 3
5069	5069	ownership pilot program. 4
5070	5070	S
5071	5071	EC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5
5072	5072	law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 6
5073	5073	under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 7
5074	5074	to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 8
5075	5075	Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-9
5076	5076	plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-10
5077	5077	sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 11
5078	5078	300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-12
5079	5079	ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 13
5080	5080	number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 14
5081	5081	of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 15
5082	5082	S
5083	5083	EC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 16
5084	5084	law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 17
5085	5085	or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-18
5086	5086	uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 19
5087	5087	conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 20
5088	5088	advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 21
5089	5089	the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 22
5090	5090	the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-23
5091	5091	ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 24
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5095	5095	by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 1
5096	5096	cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 2
5097	5097	S
5098	5098	EC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 3
5099	5099	law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 4
5100	5100	may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 5
5101	5101	any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-6
5102	5102	tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 7
5103	5103	a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-8
5104	5104	packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 9
5105	5105	prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 10
5106	5106	S
5107	5107	EC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 11
5108	5108	Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 12
5109	5109	5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 13
5110	5110	Act), and regulations implementing that section. 14
5111	5111	S
5112	5112	EC. 733. (a) INGENERAL.—None of the funds ap-15
5113	5113	propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 16
5114	5114	other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-17
5115	5115	tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 18
5116	5116	as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 19
5117	5117	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 20
5118	5118	or any subsidiary of such an entity. 21
5119	5119	(b) W
5120	5120	AIVERS.— 22
5121	5121	(1) I
5122	5122	N GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 23
5123	5123	subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-24
5124	5124	ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 25
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5128	5128	if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-1
5129	5129	quired in the interest of national security. 2
5130	5130	(2) R
5131	5131	EPORT TO CONGRESS .—Any Secretary 3
5132	5132	issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 4
5133	5133	such issuance to Congress. 5
5134	5134	(c) E
5135	5135	XCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 6
5136	5136	Federal Government contract entered into before the date 7
5137	5137	of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 8
5138	5138	pursuant to such contract. 9
5139	5139	S
5140	5140	EC. 734. During fiscal year 2025, for each employee 10
5141	5141	who— 11
5142	5142	(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 12
5143	5143	8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 13
5144	5144	(2) retires under any other provision of sub-14
5145	5145	chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 15
5146	5146	5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-16
5147	5147	rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 17
5148	5148	Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 18
5149	5149	equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-19
5150	5150	age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 20
5151	5151	the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 21
5152	5152	available until expended to the Office of Personnel 22
5153	5153	Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-23
5154	5154	trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 24
5155	5155	5, United States Code. 25
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5159	5159	SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 1
5160	5160	this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-2
5161	5161	quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 3
5162	5162	to disclose any of the following information as a condition 4
5163	5163	of submitting the offer: 5
5164	5164	(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 6
5165	5165	expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-7
5166	5166	ment for an electioneering communication that is 8
5167	5167	made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 9
5168	5168	of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 10
5169	5169	election for Federal office or to a political com-11
5170	5170	mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 12
5171	5171	election for Federal office. 13
5172	5172	(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 14
5173	5173	payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 15
5174	5174	entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 16
5175	5175	or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 17
5176	5176	reasonable expectation that the person will use the 18
5177	5177	funds to make a payment described in paragraph 19
5178	5178	(1). 20
5179	5179	(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 21
5180	5180	‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-22
5181	5181	eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 23
5182	5182	‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 24
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5186	5186	Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 1
5187	5187	et seq.). 2
5188	5188	S
5189	5189	EC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 3
5190	5190	or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 4
5191	5191	a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-5
5192	5192	ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-6
5193	5193	ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-7
5194	5194	missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 8
5195	5195	agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 9
5196	5196	Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 10
5197	5197	S
5198	5198	EC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 11
5199	5199	of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 12
5200	5200	no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 13
5201	5201	2025, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 14
5202	5202	prevailing rate employee described in section 15
5203	5203	5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 16
5204	5204	(A) during the period from the date of expira-17
5205	5205	tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-18
5206	5206	tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-19
5207	5207	fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-20
5208	5208	ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2025, in an 21
5209	5209	amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-22
5210	5210	cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 23
5211	5211	in accordance with such section; and 24
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5215	5215	(B) during the period consisting of the remain-1
5216	5216	der of fiscal year 2025, in an amount that exceeds, 2
5217	5217	as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 3
5218	5218	payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 4
5219	5219	sum of— 5
5220	5220	(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 6
5221	5221	in fiscal year 2025 under section 5303 of title 7
5222	5222	5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 8
5223	5223	under the General Schedule; and 9
5224	5224	(ii) the difference between the overall aver-10
5225	5225	age percentage of the locality-based com-11
5226	5226	parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 12
5227	5227	2025 under section 5304 of such title (whether 13
5228	5228	by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-14
5229	5229	erage percentage of such payments which was 15
5230	5230	effective in the previous fiscal year under such 16
5231	5231	section. 17
5232	5232	(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 18
5233	5233	prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 19
5234	5234	(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 20
5235	5235	and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 21
5236	5236	may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 22
5237	5237	is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 23
5238	5238	be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-24
5239	5239	cable to such employee. 25
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5243	5243	(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-1
5244	5244	able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 2
5245	5245	who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 3
5246	5246	30, 2024, shall be determined under regulations pre-4
5247	5247	scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 5
5248	5248	(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 6
5249	5249	of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 7
5250	5250	may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 8
5251	5251	30, 2024, except to the extent determined by the Office 9
5252	5252	of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-10
5253	5253	pose of this subsection. 11
5254	5254	(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 12
5255	5255	for service performed after September 30, 2024. 13
5256	5256	(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 14
5257	5257	of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-15
5258	5258	mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-16
5259	5259	ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-17
5260	5260	tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 18
5261	5261	basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 19
5262	5262	or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-20
5263	5263	section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 21
5264	5264	(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 22
5265	5265	permit or require the payment to any employee covered 23
5266	5266	by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 24
5267	5267	be payable were this subsection not in effect. 25
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5271	5271	(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 1
5272	5272	for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-2
5273	5273	section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 3
5274	5274	necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-4
5275	5275	fied employees. 5
5276	5276	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 6
5277	5277	in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 7
5278	5278	take place in fiscal year 2025 under sections 5344 and 8
5279	5279	5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 9
5280	5280	(1) not less than the percentage received by em-10
5281	5281	ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 11
5282	5282	are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 12
5283	5283	under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 13
5284	5284	States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-14
5285	5285	ees at locations where there are no employees whose 15
5286	5286	pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 16
5287	5287	of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 17
5288	5288	employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 18
5289	5289	United States Code, shall be considered to be located 19
5290	5290	in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 20
5291	5291	States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 21
5292	5292	States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 22
5293	5293	(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-23
5294	5294	plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 24
5295	5295	2024. 25
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5299	5299	SEC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-1
5300	5300	partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 2
5301	5301	this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 3
5302	5302	reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 4
5303	5303	for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 5
5304	5304	costs and contracting procedures related to each con-6
5305	5305	ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-7
5306	5306	mission, or office during fiscal year 2025 for which the 8
5307	5307	cost to the United States Government was more than 9
5308	5308	$100,000. 10
5309	5309	(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-11
5310	5310	ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-12
5311	5311	ble period— 13
5312	5312	(1) a description of its purpose; 14
5313	5313	(2) the number of participants attending; 15
5314	5314	(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 16
5315	5315	United States Government, including— 17
5316	5316	(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 18
5317	5317	(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 19
5318	5318	(C) the cost of employee or contractor 20
5319	5319	travel to and from the conference; and 21
5320	5320	(D) a discussion of the methodology used 22
5321	5321	to determine which costs relate to the con-23
5322	5322	ference; and 24
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5326	5326	(4) a description of the contracting procedures 1
5327	5327	used including— 2
5328	5328	(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 3
5329	5329	competitive basis; and 4
5330	5330	(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 5
5331	5331	conducted by the departmental component or 6
5332	5332	office in evaluating potential contractors for the 7
5333	5333	conference. 8
5334	5334	(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 9
5335	5335	head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 10
5336	5336	or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 11
5337	5337	official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 12
5338	5338	date, location, and number of employees attending a con-13
5339	5339	ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 14
5340	5340	board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 15
5341	5341	appropriations Act during fiscal year 2025 for which the 16
5342	5342	cost to the United States Government was more than 17
5343	5343	$20,000. 18
5344	5344	(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-19
5345	5345	priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 20
5346	5346	be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-21
5347	5347	ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 22
5348	5348	programmatically related to the purpose for which the 23
5349	5349	grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 24
5350	5350	in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 25
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5353	5353	•HR 8773 RH
5354	5354	or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 1
5355	5355	the grant or contract. 2
5356	5356	(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 3
5357	5357	other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-4
5358	5358	ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 5
5359	5359	of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 6
5360	5360	dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 7
5361	5361	memorandum. 8
5362	5362	S
5363	5363	EC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 9
5364	5364	or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 10
5365	5365	eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-11
5366	5366	tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 12
5367	5367	a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 13
5368	5368	enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 14
5369	5369	is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-15
5370	5370	sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 16
5371	5371	S
5372	5372	EC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 17
5373	5373	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 18
5374	5374	enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 19
5375	5375	published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 20
5376	5376	Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 21
5377	5377	et seq.). 22
5378	5378	S
5379	5379	EC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-23
5380	5380	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 24
5381	5381	to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 25
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5384	5384	•HR 8773 RH
5385	5385	regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 1
5386	5386	function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-2
5387	5387	fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 3
5388	5388	other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 4
5389	5389	S
5390	5390	EC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-5
5391	5391	erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 6
5392	5392	available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 7
5393	5393	with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 8
5394	5394	such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 9
5395	5395	internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-10
5396	5396	iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-11
5397	5397	tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 12
5398	5398	to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-13
5399	5399	ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-14
5400	5400	ceive such information. 15
5401	5401	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-16
5402	5402	travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 17
5403	5403	Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-18
5404	5404	ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 19
5405	5405	information. 20
5406	5406	S
5407	5407	EC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 21
5408	5408	other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-22
5409	5409	ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-23
5410	5410	ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-24
5411	5411	ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 25
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5415	5415	the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 1
5416	5416	with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 2
5417	5417	the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 3
5418	5418	existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-4
5419	5419	fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 5
5420	5420	reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 6
5421	5421	Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 7
5422	5422	mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-8
5423	5423	thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 9
5424	5424	health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 10
5425	5425	The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-11
5426	5426	tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-12
5427	5427	ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 13
5428	5428	agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-14
5429	5429	standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-15
5430	5430	disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 16
5431	5431	by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 17
5432	5432	or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 18
5433	5433	officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-19
5434	5434	visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 20
5435	5435	such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 21
5436	5436	shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-22
5437	5437	close any classified information received in the course of 23
5438	5438	such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 24
5439	5439	United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 25
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5443	5443	shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 1
5444	5444	to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 2
5445	5445	agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 3
5446	5446	to reporting a substantial violation of law. 4
5447	5447	(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 5
5448	5448	implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 6
5449	5449	if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 7
5450	5450	that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 8
5451	5451	(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 9
5452	5452	may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-10
5453	5453	tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 11
5454	5454	substantially similar language to that required in sub-12
5455	5455	section (a). 13
5456	5456	S
5457	5457	EC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 14
5458	5458	or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 15
5459	5459	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 16
5460	5460	with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 17
5461	5461	to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-18
5462	5462	ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-19
5463	5463	ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 20
5464	5464	and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 21
5465	5465	to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-22
5466	5466	lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 23
5467	5467	aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 24
5468	5468	has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 25
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5471	5471	•HR 8773 RH
5472	5472	and has made a determination that this further action is 1
5473	5473	not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 2
5474	5474	S
5475	5475	EC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 3
5476	5476	or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 4
5477	5477	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 5
5478	5478	with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 6
5479	5479	to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 7
5480	5480	violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 8
5481	5481	months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-9
5482	5482	tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 10
5483	5483	or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-11
5484	5484	mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-12
5485	5485	tect the interests of the Government. 13
5486	5486	S
5487	5487	EC. 746. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-14
5488	5488	justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 15
5489	5489	the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 16
5490	5490	year 2025 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 17
5491	5491	on December 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of divi-18
5492	5492	sion B of Public Law 118–47. 19
5493	5493	(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 20
5494	5494	section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 21
5495	5495	provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 22
5496	5496	2025 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 23
5497	5497	position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 24
5498	5498	by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 25
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5502	5502	payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-1
5503	5503	cember 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of division 2
5504	5504	B of Public Law 118–47. Such an employee may not re-3
5505	5505	ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2025, except 4
5506	5506	as provided in subsection (i). 5
5507	5507	(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-6
5508	5508	ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-7
5509	5509	sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 8
5510	5510	subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-9
5511	5511	ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 10
5512	5512	(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 11
5513	5513	(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-12
5514	5514	tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 13
5515	5515	official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 14
5516	5516	or 15
5517	5517	(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-16
5518	5518	gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 17
5519	5519	serving under a political appointment and paid a 18
5520	5520	rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 19
5521	5521	level IV of the Executive Schedule. 20
5522	5522	(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 21
5523	5523	5, United States Code, an employee described in para-22
5524	5524	graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal-23
5525	5525	endar year 2025, except as provided in subsection (i). 24
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5529	5529	(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 1
5530	5530	employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 2
5531	5531	based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 3
5532	5532	States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 4
5533	5533	rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 5
5534	5534	under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 6
5535	5535	increase during calendar year 2025, except as provided in 7
5536	5536	subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 8
5537	5537	in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 9
5538	5538	pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 10
5539	5539	of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 11
5540	5540	pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 12
5541	5541	or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-13
5542	5542	plied to them. 14
5543	5543	(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-15
5544	5544	vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-16
5545	5545	ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 17
5546	5546	under applicable law. 18
5547	5547	(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 19
5548	5548	makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 20
5549	5549	pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 21
5550	5550	for such time as that election is in effect. 22
5551	5551	(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 23
5552	5552	makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 24
5553	5553	entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 25
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5557	5557	Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 1
5558	5558	election is in effect. 2
5559	5559	(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 3
5560	5560	employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-4
5561	5561	crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-5
5562	5562	ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-6
5563	5563	ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 7
5564	5564	the level or range for the position held immediately before 8
5565	5565	the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 9
5566	5566	rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 10
5567	5567	of pay in effect on December 31, 2024, by operation of 11
5568	5568	section 747 of division B of Public Law 118–47. 12
5569	5569	(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 13
5570	5570	an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 14
5571	5571	during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 15
5572	5572	pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 16
5573	5573	limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 17
5574	5574	31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of division B of Pub-18
5575	5575	lic Law 118–47. 19
5576	5576	(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 20
5577	5577	to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2025 21
5578	5578	but ends in calendar year 2026, the bar on the employee’s 22
5579	5579	receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 23
5580	5580	of that pay period. 24
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5584	5584	(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 1
5585	5585	position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 2
5586	5586	pay is restricted under this section. 3
5587	5587	(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 4
5588	5588	first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 5
5589	5589	1, 2025. 6
5590	5590	S
5591	5591	EC. 747. In the event of a violation of the Impound-7
5592	5592	ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 8
5593	5593	the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 9
5594	5594	shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 10
5595	5595	and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 11
5596	5596	of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 12
5597	5597	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 13
5598	5598	Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 14
5599	5599	report is transmitted to the Congress. 15
5600	5600	S
5601	5601	EC. 748. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-16
5602	5602	utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 17
5603	5603	the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 18
5604	5604	House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 19
5605	5605	appropriate congressional committees if— 20
5606	5606	(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-21
5607	5607	quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 22
5608	5608	title 31, United States Code; 23
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5612	5612	(2) an approved apportionment received by the 1
5613	5613	department or agency conditions the availability of 2
5614	5614	an appropriation on further action; or 3
5615	5615	(3) an approved apportionment received by the 4
5616	5616	department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-5
5617	5617	gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 6
5618	5618	program, project, or activity by such department or 7
5619	5619	agency. 8
5620	5620	(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 9
5621	5621	committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-10
5622	5622	tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 11
5623	5623	name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 12
5624	5624	account. 13
5625	5625	S
5626	5626	EC. 749. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 14
5627	5627	United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 15
5628	5628	made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 16
5629	5629	agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-17
5630	5630	agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 18
5631	5631	recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 19
5632	5632	Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-20
5633	5633	gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 21
5634	5634	National Institutes of Health research programs. 22
5635	5635	S
5636	5636	EC. 750. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-23
5637	5637	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-24
5638	5638	ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 25
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5641	5641	•HR 8773 RH
5642	5642	reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit-1
5643	5643	izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 2
5644	5644	the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail-3
5645	5645	able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 4
5646	5646	including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 5
5647	5647	Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other-6
5648	5648	wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 7
5649	5649	of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed-8
5650	5650	eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government- 9
5651	5651	wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech-10
5652	5652	nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv-11
5653	5653	ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 12
5654	5654	agencies to take advantage of information technology in 13
5655	5655	sharing information: Provided further, That the total 14
5656	5656	funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 15
5657	5657	$29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 16
5658	5658	funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 17
5659	5659	Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 18
5660	5660	during fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obliga-19
5661	5661	tion through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 20
5662	5662	not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 21
5663	5663	Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 22
5664	5664	the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 23
5665	5665	shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 24
5666	5666	House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 25
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5670	5670	plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro-1
5671	5671	vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 2
5672	5672	include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 3
5673	5673	under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 4
5674	5674	transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a de-5
5675	5675	tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 6
5676	5676	to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 7
5677	5677	(including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 8
5678	5678	whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 9
5679	5679	where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 10
5680	5680	use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 11
5681	5681	by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim-12
5682	5682	bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 13
5683	5683	15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap-14
5684	5684	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-15
5685	5685	ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 16
5686	5686	Budget. 17
5687	5687	S
5688	5688	EC. 751. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 18
5689	5689	provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 19
5690	5690	year 2025 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-20
5691	5691	mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 21
5692	5692	Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV that 22
5693	5693	is included in the report or explanatory statement accom-23
5694	5694	panying any such Act shall be deemed to be a recipient 24
5695	5695	of a Federal award with respect to such funds for purposes 25
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5699	5699	of the requirements of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records 1
5700	5700	retention, and 2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the 2
5701	5701	Comptroller General of the United States. 3
5702	5702	(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 4
5703	5703	amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-5
5704	5704	ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-6
5705	5705	scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 7
5706	5706	Comptroller General. 8
5707	5707	S
5708	5708	EC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 9
5709	5709	Act or any other Act may be provided to States, cities, 10
5710	5710	or localities that allow non-citizens to vote in Federal elec-11
5711	5711	tions. 12
5712	5712	S
5713	5713	EC. 753. None of the funds made available by this 13
5714	5714	Act, or any other Act, may be used to make investments 14
5715	5715	under the Thrift Savings Plan in certain mutual funds 15
5716	5716	that make investment decisions based primarily on envi-16
5717	5717	ronmental, social, or governance criteria. 17
5718	5718	S
5719	5719	EC. 754. None of the funds appropriated or other-18
5720	5720	wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 19
5721	5721	available to— 20
5722	5722	(a) classify or facilitate the classification of any com-21
5723	5723	munications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or 22
5724	5724	mal-information; or 23
5725	5725	(b) partner with or fund nonprofit or other organiza-24
5726	5726	tions that pressure or recommend private companies to 25
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5730	5730	censor lawful and constitutionally protected speech of 1
5731	5731	United States persons, including recommending the cen-2
5732	5732	soring or removal of content on social media platforms. 3
5733	5733	S
5734	5734	EC. 755. None of the funds made available by this 4
5735	5735	Act or any other Act shall be used or transferred to an-5
5736	5736	other Federal agency, board, or commission to recruit, 6
5737	5737	hire, promote, or retain any person who either has been 7
5738	5738	convicted of a Federal or State child pornography charge, 8
5739	5739	has been convicted of any other Federal or State sexual 9
5740	5740	assault charge or has been formally disciplined for using 10
5741	5741	Federal resources to access, use, or sell child pornography. 11
5742	5742	S
5743	5743	EC. 756. None of the funds made available by this 12
5744	5744	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 13
5745	5745	or otherwise carry out Executive Order No. 14019 (86 14
5746	5746	Fed. Reg. 13623; relating to promoting access to voting), 15
5747	5747	except for sections 7, 8, and 10 of such Order. 16
5748	5748	S
5749	5749	EC. 757. None of the funds made available by this 17
5750	5750	Act or any other Act may be used to implement, admin-18
5751	5751	ister, or enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine man-19
5752	5752	dates. 20
5753	5753	S
5754	5754	EC. 758. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-21
5755	5755	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive agency 22
5756	5756	(as that term is defined in section 105 of title 5, United 23
5757	5757	States Code) may transfer to or reimburse the ‘‘Informa-24
5758	5758	tion Technology Oversight and Reform’’ account with 25
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5762	5762	funds made available for the current fiscal year by this 1
5763	5763	or any other Act, including rebates from charge card and 2
5764	5764	other contracts: Provided, That these funds, in addition 3
5765	5765	to amounts otherwise available, shall be administered by 4
5766	5766	the Director of the Office of Management and Budget for 5
5767	5767	necessary expenses of the United States Digital Service: 6
5768	5768	Provided further, That the total funds transferred or reim-7
5769	5769	bursed pursuant to this authority shall not exceed 8
5770	5770	$30,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That 9
5771	5771	funds transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this author-10
5772	5772	ity during fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obli-11
5773	5773	gation through September 30, 2027: Provided further, 12
5774	5774	That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 13
5775	5775	of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 14
5776	5776	Budget shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 15
5777	5777	of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 16
5778	5778	spend plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: 17
5779	5779	Provided further, That the spend plan shall, at a min-18
5780	5780	imum, include: (i) the estimate of amounts to be trans-19
5781	5781	ferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a detailed 20
5782	5782	breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated to be 21
5783	5783	transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (includ-22
5784	5784	ing total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose 23
5785	5785	salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) where 24
5786	5786	applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by 25
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5790	5790	or for the implementation of specific laws passed by Con-1
5791	5791	gress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimburse-2
5792	5792	ments may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days 3
5793	5793	following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 4
5794	5794	of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 5
5795	5795	Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 6
5796	5796	S
5797	5797	EC. 759. None of the funds made available by this 7
5798	5798	Act or any other Act may be used to contract with, grant 8
5799	5799	awards to, or otherwise obligate or expend to NewsGuard 9
5800	5800	Technologies, Inc. (doing business as ‘‘NewsGuard’’); 10
5801	5801	Disinformation Index, Inc., Disinformation Index, Ltd., or 11
5802	5802	Global Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing busi-12
5803	5803	ness as ‘‘Global Disinformation Index’’); or any other enti-13
5804	5804	ty, including a nonprofit organization (as described by sec-14
5805	5805	tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), that 15
5806	5806	engages in operations or activities, or produces products, 16
5807	5807	the function of which is to demonetize or rate the credi-17
5808	5808	bility of a domestic entity (including news and information 18
5809	5809	outlets) based on lawful speech of such domestic entity 19
5810	5810	under the stated function of ‘‘fact-checking’’, or otherwise 20
5811	5811	exposing or correcting mis-information, dis-information, 21
5812	5812	or mal-information. 22
5813	5813	S
5814	5814	EC. 760. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 23
5815	5815	any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 24
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5819	5819	than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 1
5820	5820	VIII. 2
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5824	5824	TITLE VIII 1
5825	5825	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 2
5826	5826	COLUMBIA 3
5827	5827	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
5828	5828	S
5829	5829	EC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 5
5830	5830	funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 6
5831	5831	necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 7
5832	5832	settlements or judgments that have been entered against 8
5833	5833	the District of Columbia government. 9
5834	5834	S
5835	5835	EC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 10
5836	5836	Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 11
5837	5837	implementation of any policy including boycott designed 12
5838	5838	to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 13
5839	5839	or any State legislature. 14
5840	5840	S
5841	5841	EC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 15
5842	5842	under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 16
5843	5843	Federal and District government agencies, that remain 17
5844	5844	available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, 18
5845	5845	or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 19
5846	5846	United States derived by the collection of fees available 20
5847	5847	to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 21
5848	5848	obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-22
5849	5849	programming of funds which— 23
5850	5850	(1) creates new programs; 24
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5854	5854	(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-1
5855	5855	bility center; 2
5856	5856	(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-3
5857	5857	cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 4
5858	5858	(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 5
5859	5859	for any program, project, or responsibility center for 6
5860	5860	which funds have been denied or restricted; 7
5861	5861	(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-8
5862	5862	viously deferred through reprogramming; 9
5863	5863	(6) augments any existing program, project, or 10
5864	5864	responsibility center through a reprogramming of 11
5865	5865	funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-12
5866	5866	ever is less; or 13
5867	5867	(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 14
5868	5868	assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-15
5869	5869	bility center, unless prior approval is received from 16
5870	5870	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 17
5871	5871	Representatives and the Senate. 18
5872	5872	(b) The District of Columbia government is author-19
5873	5873	ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 20
5874	5874	requests of local funds under this title through November 21
5875	5875	7, 2025. 22
5876	5876	S
5877	5877	EC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 23
5878	5878	Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 24
5879	5879	for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 25
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5883	5883	offices of United States Senators or United States Rep-1
5884	5884	resentatives under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 2
5885	5885	Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 3
5886	5886	(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 4
5887	5887	S
5888	5888	EC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-5
5889	5889	tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 6
5890	5890	any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-7
5891	5891	ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 8
5892	5892	unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 9
5893	5893	performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 10
5894	5894	For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 11
5895	5895	does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 12
5896	5896	residence and workplace, except in the case of— 13
5897	5897	(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 14
5898	5898	Police Department who resides in the District of Co-15
5899	5899	lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 16
5900	5900	Department; 17
5901	5901	(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-18
5902	5902	cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 19
5903	5903	Emergency Medical Services Department who re-20
5904	5904	sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 21
5905	5905	hours a day; 22
5906	5906	(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-23
5907	5907	partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 24
5908	5908	the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 25
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5912	5912	who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 1
5913	5913	call 24 hours a day; 2
5914	5914	(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-3
5915	5915	aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 4
5916	5916	Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 5
5917	5917	of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 6
5918	5918	(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 7
5919	5919	Homeland Security and Emergency Management 8
5920	5920	Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-9
5921	5921	curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-10
5922	5922	sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 11
5923	5923	hours a day; 12
5924	5924	(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 13
5925	5925	(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 14
5926	5926	of Columbia. 15
5927	5927	S
5928	5928	EC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 16
5929	5929	in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-17
5930	5930	ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 18
5931	5931	government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 19
5932	5932	civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 20
5933	5933	voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-21
5934	5934	lumbia. 22
5935	5935	(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-23
5936	5936	lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 24
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5940	5940	on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-1
5941	5941	cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 2
5942	5942	S
5943	5943	EC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 3
5944	5944	this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 4
5945	5945	for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 5
5946	5946	pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 6
5947	5947	local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 7
5948	5948	be inappropriate for such distribution. 8
5949	5949	S
5950	5950	EC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 9
5951	5951	prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 10
5952	5952	from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 11
5953	5953	coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 12
5954	5954	of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 13
5955	5955	should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-14
5956	5956	tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 15
5957	5957	S
5958	5958	EC. 809. No funds available for obligation or ex-16
5959	5959	penditure by the District of Columbia government under 17
5960	5960	any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 18
5961	5961	where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 19
5962	5962	fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 20
5963	5963	result of an act of rape or incest. 21
5964	5964	S
5965	5965	EC. 810. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 22
5966	5966	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 23
5967	5967	Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 24
5968	5968	appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 25
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5972	5972	Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 1
5973	5973	funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 2
5974	5974	the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 3
5975	5975	to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 4
5976	5976	(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 5
5977	5977	District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2025 that 6
5978	5978	is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 7
5979	5979	that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 8
5980	5980	other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 9
5981	5981	actual expenditures. 10
5982	5982	(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 11
5983	5983	which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-12
5984	5984	lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 13
5985	5985	unanticipated changes in program requirements. 14
5986	5986	S
5987	5987	EC. 811. No later than 30 calendar days after the 15
5988	5988	date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-16
5989	5989	cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-17
5990	5990	priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 18
5991	5991	for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 19
5992	5992	operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 20
5993	5993	Schools that aligns schools’ budgets to actual enrollment. 21
5994	5994	The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-22
5995	5995	mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-23
5996	5996	ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 24
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5999	5999	•HR 8773 RH
6000	6000	of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 1
6001	6001	204.42). 2
6002	6002	S
6003	6003	EC. 812. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 3
6004	6004	operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-4
6005	6005	lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 5
6006	6006	once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-6
6007	6007	sistent with the provisions of this Act. 7
6008	6008	(b) The District of Columbia government is author-8
6009	6009	ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 9
6010	6010	local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 10
6011	6011	four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 11
6012	6012	funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-12
6013	6013	grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 13
6014	6014	with the provisions of this Act. 14
6015	6015	(c) The District of Columbia government may not 15
6016	6016	transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 16
6017	6017	derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 17
6018	6018	capital projects. 18
6019	6019	S
6020	6020	EC. 813. None of the Federal funds appropriated 19
6021	6021	in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 20
6022	6022	the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 21
6023	6023	other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 22
6024	6024	S
6025	6025	EC. 814. Except as otherwise specifically provided 23
6026	6026	by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-24
6027	6027	ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 25
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6031	6031	year 2024 from appropriations of Federal funds made 1
6032	6032	available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2025 in 2
6033	6033	this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 3
6034	6034	2026, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 4
6035	6035	Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-5
6036	6036	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 6
6037	6037	and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 7
6038	6038	such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 8
6039	6039	made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-9
6040	6040	lined in section 803 of this Act. 10
6041	6041	S
6042	6042	EC. 815. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2026, during a 11
6043	6043	period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 12
6044	6044	resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 13
6045	6045	bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 14
6046	6046	provided for any project or activity for which local funds 15
6047	6047	are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-16
6048	6048	ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-17
6049	6049	bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 18
6050	6050	subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 19
6051	6051	(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 20
6052	6052	of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 21
6053	6053	which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2026 22
6054	6054	which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-23
6055	6055	lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 24
6056	6056	of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-25
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6059	6059	•HR 8773 RH
6060	6060	ment for fiscal year 2026 for purposes of section 446 of 1
6061	6061	the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 2
6062	6062	D.C. Official Code). 3
6063	6063	(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 4
6064	6064	to be available— 5
6065	6065	(1) during any period in which a District of Co-6
6066	6066	lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2026 is 7
6067	6067	in effect; or 8
6068	6068	(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 9
6069	6069	District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 10
6070	6070	2026. 11
6071	6071	(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-12
6072	6072	vided under the authority and conditions as provided 13
6073	6073	under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 14
6074	6074	in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 15
6075	6075	(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 16
6076	6076	cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 17
6077	6077	project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2026 18
6078	6078	for which this section applies to such project or activity. 19
6079	6079	(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 20
6080	6080	during any period of fiscal year 2026 if any other provi-21
6081	6081	sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-22
6082	6082	tions)— 23
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6086	6086	(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-1
6087	6087	able, or grants authority for such project or activity 2
6088	6088	to continue for such period; or 3
6089	6089	(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 4
6090	6090	shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 5
6091	6091	no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-6
6092	6092	tivity to continue for such period. 7
6093	6093	(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 8
6094	6094	obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 9
6095	6095	mandated by other law. 10
6096	6096	S
6097	6097	EC. 816. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 11
6098	6098	of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 12
6099	6099	(sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 13
6100	6100	respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 14
6101	6101	Bridge Project. 15
6102	6102	(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 16
6103	6103	means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 17
6104	6104	and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 18
6105	6105	Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 19
6106	6106	the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 20
6107	6107	other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 21
6108	6108	passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 22
6109	6109	access crossings over the Potomac River. 23
6110	6110	S
6111	6111	EC. 817. Not later than 45 days after the last day 24
6112	6112	of each quarter, each Federal and District government 25
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6115	6115	•HR 8773 RH
6116	6116	agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-1
6117	6117	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 2
6118	6118	of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-3
6119	6119	port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 4
6120	6120	quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 5
6121	6121	this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 6
6122	6122	S
6123	6123	EC. 818. None of the funds available for obligation 7
6124	6124	or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 8
6125	6125	under any authority may be used to carry out the Repro-9
6126	6126	ductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 10
6127	6127	2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or reg-11
6128	6128	ulation promulgated to carry out such Act. 12
6129	6129	S
6130	6130	EC. 819. (a) Section 602(a) of the District of Co-13
6131	6131	lumbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1 206.02(a), D.C. Official 14
6132	6132	Code) is amended— 15
6133	6133	(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (9); 16
6134	6134	(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 17
6135	6135	(10) and inserting ‘‘; or ;’’ and 18
6136	6136	(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 19
6137	6137	‘‘(11) enact any act, resolution, rule, regulation, 20
6138	6138	guidance, or other law to permit any person to carry 21
6139	6139	out any activity, or to reduce the penalties imposed 22
6140	6140	with respect to any activity, to which subsection (a) 23
6141	6141	of section 3 of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restric-24
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6144	6144	•HR 8773 RH
6145	6145	tion Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402) applies (taking 1
6146	6146	into consideration subsection (b) of such section).’’. 2
6147	6147	(b) The Death With Dignity Act of 2016 (D.C. Law 3
6148	6148	21 182) is hereby repealed. 4
6149	6149	S
6150	6150	EC. 820. (a) No later than 60 calendar days after 5
6151	6151	the date of the enactment of this Act the District of Co-6
6152	6152	lumbia shall submit a report to the Committees regarding 7
6153	6153	the District of Columbia’s enforcement of the Partial 8
6154	6154	Birth Abortion Ban Act. 9
6155	6155	(b) The report submitted shall include: 10
6156	6156	(1) how health care providers within the District of 11
6157	6157	Columbia are alerted to their responsibility to comply with 12
6158	6158	the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act; 13
6159	6159	(2) how the District of Columbia responds to poten-14
6160	6160	tial violations; 15
6161	6161	(3) how many potential violations have been inves-16
6162	6162	tigated in the District of Columbia in the past five years; 17
6163	6163	(4) whether the District of Columbia preserved each 18
6164	6164	child’s remains for appropriate examination during the in-19
6165	6165	vestigation; 20
6166	6166	(5) whether the District of Columbia conducted a 21
6167	6167	thorough investigation of the death of each child and what 22
6168	6168	each investigation showed; 23
6169	6169	(6) whether the Chief Medical Examiner was directed 24
6170	6170	to perform an autopsy on each child to determine the 25
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6174	6174	method and cause of death in accordance with section 1
6175	6175	2906 of the Establishment of the Office of the Chief Med-2
6176	6176	ical Examiner Act of 2000(sec. 5–1405, D.C. Official 3
6177	6177	Code; 4
6178	6178	(7) whether the District of Columbia directed a sub-5
6179	6179	sequent autopsy to be completed by an independent, li-6
6180	6180	censed pathologist to confirm the findings of the Chief 7
6181	6181	Medical Examiner; and 8
6182	6182	(8) whether the District of Columbia ensured the 9
6183	6183	proper and respectful burial of each child. 10
6184	6184	S
6185	6185	EC. 821. None of the funds available for obligation 11
6186	6186	or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 12
6187	6187	under any authority may be used to enforce the District 13
6188	6188	of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment’s 14
6189	6189	December 29, 2023, final rule relating to ‘‘Adoption of 15
6190	6190	California Vehicle Emission Standards’’. 16
6191	6191	S
6192	6192	EC. 822. None of the funds available for obligation 17
6193	6193	or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 18
6194	6194	under any authority may be used by the District of Colum-19
6195	6195	bia to enact or carry out any law which prohibits motorists 20
6196	6196	from making right turns on red, including the Safer 21
6197	6197	Streets Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. Law 24-214). 22
6198	6198	S
6199	6199	EC. 823. None of the funds available for obligation 23
6200	6200	or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 24
6201	6201	under any authority may be used to carry out title IX of 25
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6205	6205	the Fiscal Year 1997 Budget Support Act of 1996 (sec. 1
6206	6206	50-2209.01 et seq., D.C. Official Code). 2
6207	6207	S
6208	6208	EC. 824. (a) Section 5 of the Corrections Oversight 3
6209	6209	Improvement Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022 (D.C. 4
6210	6210	Law 24–344) is repealed, and the provision of law amend-5
6211	6211	ed by such section (section 16–5505, D.C. Official Code) 6
6212	6212	is restored as if such section had not been enacted into 7
6213	6213	law. 8
6214	6214	(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in 9
6215	6215	the enactment of the Corrections Oversight Improvement 10
6216	6216	Omnibus Amendment Act of 2022. 11
6217	6217	S
6218	6218	EC. 825. None of the funds available for obligation 12
6219	6219	or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 13
6220	6220	under any authority may be used to implement the Local 14
6221	6221	Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 (D. C. 15
6222	6222	Law 24-344) or any activities related to enrolling or reg-16
6223	6223	istering noncitizens into voter rolls for local elections. 17
6224	6224	S
6225	6225	EC. 826. An individual who has a valid weapons 18
6226	6226	carry permit from any United States state or territory 19
6227	6227	may possess and carry a concealed handgun in the area 20
6228	6228	governed by the District of Columbia and Washington 21
6229	6229	Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 22
6230	6230	S
6231	6231	EC. 827. None of the funds available for obligation 23
6232	6232	or expenditure by the District of Columbia government 24
6233	6233	under any authority may be used to carry out the Com-25
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6237	6237	prehensive Policing and Justice Reform Amendment Act 1
6238	6238	of 2022 (D.C. Law 24–345). 2
6239	6239	S
6240	6240	EC. 828. Sections 102(a)(3) and 102(c)(1)(B) of the 3
6241	6241	Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Law 4
6242	6242	22–197) are hereby repealed, and any provision of law 5
6243	6243	amended by these sections is hereby restored as if such 6
6244	6244	sections had not been enacted into law. 7
6245	6245	S
6246	6246	EC. 829. None of the funds made available for obli-8
6247	6247	gation or expenditure by the District of Columbia under 9
6248	6248	any authority may be used to implement, administer, or 10
6249	6249	enforce any COVID–19 mask or vaccine mandate. 11
6250	6250	S
6251	6251	EC. 830. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 12
6252	6252	in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 13
6253	6253	rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 14
6254	6254	associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 15
6255	6255	Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 16
6256	6256	(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-17
6257	6257	rivative. 18
6258	6258	(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 19
6259	6259	by the District of Columbia government under any author-20
6260	6260	ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 21
6261	6261	legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 22
6262	6262	possession, use, or distribution of any Schedule I sub-23
6263	6263	stance under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 24
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6267	6267	801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for 1
6268	6268	recreational purposes. 2
6269	6269	S
6270	6270	EC. 831. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 3
6271	6271	any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 4
6272	6272	title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 5
6273	6273	of this title or of title IV. 6
6274	6274	TITLE IX 7
6275	6275	ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS 8
6276	6276	SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 9
6277	6277	S
6278	6278	EC. 901. $0. 10
6279	6279	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services 11
6280	6280	and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 12
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6284	6284	459
6285	6285	118
6286	6286	TH
6287	6287	CONGRESS
6288	6288	2
6289	6289	D
6290	6290	S
6291	6291	ESSION
6292	6292
6293	6293	H. R. 8773
6294	6294	[Report No. 118–556]
6295	6295	A BILL
6296	6296	Making appropriations for financial services and
6297	6297	general government for the fiscal year ending
6298	6298	September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
6299	6299	J
6300	6300	UNE
6301	6301	17, 2024
6302	6302	Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
6303	6303	State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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