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1-H. R. 9747
2-One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
3-of the
4-United States of America
5-AT THE SECOND SESSION
6-Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
7-the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
1+118THCONGRESS
2+2
3+DSESSION H. R. 9747
84 AN ACT
9-Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for
10-other purposes.
11-Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
12-the United States of America in Congress assembled,
13-SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
14-This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations and
15-Extensions Act, 2025’’.
16-SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
17-The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
5+Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal
6+year 2025, and for other purposes.
7+Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
8+tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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10+SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
11+This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria-2
12+tions and Extensions Act, 2025’’. 3
13+SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 4
14+The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 5
1815 Sec. 1. Short title.
1916 Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
2017 Sec. 3. References.
2118 DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025
2219 DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS
2320 TITLE I—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS
2421 TITLE II—HEALTH EXTENDERS
2522 TITLE III—VETERANS EXTENDERS
2623 TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
2724 SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
28-Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this
29-Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
30-referring only to the provisions of that division.
31-DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025
32-The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money
33-in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable
34-corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several
35-departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units
36-of Government for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, namely:
25+6
26+Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 7
27+to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 8
28+be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-9
29+sion. 10
30+DIVISION A—CONTINUING 11
31+APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 12
32+The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 13
33+any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 14
34+and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 15
35+and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora-16
36+tions, and other organizational units of Government for 17
37+fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 18 3
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39+SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a 1
40+rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro-2
41+priations Acts for fiscal year 2024 and under the authority 3
42+and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 4
43+projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 5
44+and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 6
45+provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 7
46+2024, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au-8
47+thority were made available in the following appropriations 9
48+Acts: 10
49+(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 11
50+and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-12
51+propriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 13
52+118–42). 14
53+(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re-15
54+lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C 16
55+of Public Law 118–42). 17
56+(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 18
57+Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118–47). 19
58+(4) The Energy and Water Development and 20
59+Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division 21
60+D of Public Law 118–42). 22
61+(5) The Financial Services and General Govern-23
62+ment Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public 24
63+Law 118–47), except sections 637 and 638. 25 4
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65+(6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-1
66+propriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 2
67+118–47), except section 546(e), and including sec-3
68+tions 102 through 105 of title I of division G of 4
69+Public Law 118–47. 5
70+(7) The Department of the Interior, Environ-6
71+ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 7
72+2024 (division E of Public Law 118–42), except sec-8
73+tion 447. 9
74+(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 10
75+Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-11
76+cies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public 12
77+Law 118–47). 13
78+(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 14
79+2024 (division E of Public Law 118–47), except the 15
80+matter under the heading ‘‘Joint Items—Joint Con-16
81+gressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 17
82+2025’’, and including section 7 in the matter pre-18
83+ceding division A of Public Law 118–47. 19
84+(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Af-20
85+fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 21
86+2024 (division A of Public Law 118–42), except sec-22
87+tion 259. 23
88+(11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper-24
89+ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 25 5
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91+2024 (division F of Public Law 118–47), except sec-1
92+tion 7075(a). 2
93+(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 3
94+Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 4
95+Act, 2024 (division F of Public Law 118–42). 5
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38-EC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for
39-operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for
40-fiscal year 2024 and under the authority and conditions provided
41-in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the
42-costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise
43-specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal
44-year 2024, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority
45-were made available in the following appropriations Acts: H. R. 9747—2
46-(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
47-Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
48-(division B of Public Law 118–42).
49-(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
50-Appropriations Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–42).
51-(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024
52-(division A of Public Law 118–47).
53-(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
54-cies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division D of Public Law 118–
55-42).
56-(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
57-priations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118–47), except
58-sections 637 and 638.
59-(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
60-Act, 2024 (division C of Public Law 118–47), except section
61-546(e), and including sections 102 through 105 of title I of
62-division G of Public Law 118–47.
63-(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
64-Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division E of Public
65-Law 118–42), except section 447.
66-(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
67-and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
68-(division D of Public Law 118–47).
69-(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024 (divi-
70-sion E of Public Law 118–47), except the matter under the
71-heading ‘‘Joint Items—Joint Congressional Committee on Inau-
72-gural Ceremonies of 2025’’, and including section 7 in the
73-matter preceding division A of Public Law 118–47.
74-(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
75-Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public
76-Law 118–42), except section 259.
77-(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
78-Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of Public
79-Law 118–47), except section 7075(a).
80-(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development,
81-and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (division F of
82-Public Law 118–42).
97+EC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-6
98+able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 7
99+Department of Defense shall be used for: 8
100+(1) the new production of items not funded for pro-9
101+duction in fiscal year 2024 or prior years; 10
102+(2) the increase in production rates above those sus-11
103+tained with fiscal year 2024 funds; or 12
104+(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any 13
105+project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 14
106+project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program ele-15
107+ment, and subprogram within a program element, and for 16
108+any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budg-17
109+et activity within an appropriation account and an R–1 18
110+line item that includes a program element and subprogram 19
111+element within an appropriation account) for which appro-20
112+priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-21
113+ing fiscal year 2024. 22
114+(b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-23
115+thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart-24
116+ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro-25 6
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118+curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco-1
119+nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap-2
120+propriated later. 3
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84-EC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or
85-authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of
86-Defense shall be used for:
87-(1) the new production of items not funded for production
88-in fiscal year 2024 or prior years;
89-(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with
90-fiscal year 2024 funds; or
91-(3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project,
92-activity, operation, or organization (defined as any project, sub-
93-project, activity, budget activity, program element, and subprogram
94-within a program element, and for any investment items defined
95-as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within an appropriation
96-account and an R–1 line item that includes a program element
97-and subprogram element within an appropriation account) for which
98-appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during
99-fiscal year 2024.
100-(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority
101-granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense
102-shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance H. R. 9747—3
103-procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement
104-unless specifically appropriated later.
122+EC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 4
123+be available to the extent and in the manner that would 5
124+be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 6
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106-EC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available
107-to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the
108-pertinent appropriations Act.
126+EC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 7
127+102, no appropriation or funds made available or author-8
128+ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-9
129+tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-10
130+priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-11
131+ing fiscal year 2024. 12
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110-EC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no
111-appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
112-ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project
113-or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were
114-not available during fiscal year 2024.
133+EC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-13
134+ed pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or ex-14
135+penditures incurred for any project or activity during the 15
136+period for which funds or authority for such project or 16
137+activity are available under this Act. 17
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116-EC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant
117-to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred
118-for any project or activity during the period for which funds or
119-authority for such project or activity are available under this Act.
139+EC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 18
140+or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 19
141+2025, appropriations and funds made available and au-20
142+thority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available 21
143+until whichever of the following first occurs: 22
144+(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 23
145+for any project or activity provided for in this Act. 24 7
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147+(2) The enactment into law of the applicable 1
148+appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025 without any 2
149+provision for such project or activity. 3
150+(3) December 20, 2024. 4
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121-EC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the
122-applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025, appropriations
123-and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this
124-Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs:
125-(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any
126-project or activity provided for in this Act.
127-(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations
128-Act for fiscal year 2025 without any provision for such project
129-or activity.
130-(3) December 20, 2024.
152+EC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 5
153+shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 6
154+authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap-7
155+propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 8
156+into law. 9
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132-EC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be
133-charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization
134-whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or
135-authorization is contained is enacted into law.
158+EC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 10
159+available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may 11
160+be used without regard to the time limitations for submis-12
161+sion and approval of apportionments set forth in section 13
162+1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this 14
163+Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law 15
164+governing the apportionment of funds. 16
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137-EC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by
138-or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without
139-regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
140-tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code,
141-but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other
142-provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
166+EC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 17
167+this Act, except section 106, for those programs that 18
168+would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or 19
169+complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning 20
170+of fiscal year 2025 because of distributions of funding to 21
171+States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high 22
172+initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 23
173+be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro-24 8
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175+grams funded by this Act that would impinge on final 1
176+funding prerogatives. 2
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144-EC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
145-except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have
146-high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
147-tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2025 because of distributions
148-of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such
149-high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not
150-be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded
151-by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
178+EC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only 3
179+the most limited funding action of that permitted in the 4
180+Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 5
181+projects and activities. 6
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153-EC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the
154-most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall
155-be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
156-ties.
183+EC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory 7
184+payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-8
185+priations Acts for fiscal year 2024, and for activities under 9
186+the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 10
187+continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 11
188+current law, under the authority and conditions provided 12
189+in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, 13
190+to be continued through the date specified in section 14
191+106(3). 15
192+(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-16
193+datory payments due on or about the first day of any 17
194+month that begins after October 2024 but not later than 18
195+30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con-19
196+tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 20
197+payments. 21
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158-EC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments
159-whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for
160-fiscal year 2024, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition
161-Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain
162-program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
163-tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year
164-2024, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3).
165-(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
166-ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins
167-after October 2024 but not later than 30 days after the date specified H. R. 9747—4
168-in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be
169-available for such payments.
199+EC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 22
200+for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 23
201+department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 24
202+for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-25 9
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204+partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-1
205+priations Act for fiscal year 2024, except that such author-2
206+ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 3
207+the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 4
208+to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-5
209+penses. 6
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171-EC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian
172-personnel compensation and benefits in each department and
173-agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
174-to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent
175-with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024, except
176-that such authority provided under this section shall not be used
177-until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions
178-to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.
211+EC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be 7
212+obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of 8
213+Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 9
214+State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 10
215+U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-11
216+thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 12
217+6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 13
218+of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 14
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180-EC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated
181-and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672
182-(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
183-ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
184-tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.
185-6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947
186-(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
220+EC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 15
221+in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress 16
222+as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 17
223+251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 18
224+Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 19
225+pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is des-20
226+ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 21
227+pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act or as 22
228+being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 23
229+of such Act, respectively. 24 10
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231+(b) Section 6 of Public Laws 118–42 and 118–47 1
232+shall apply to amounts designated in subsection (a) and 2
233+sections 138, 140, and 151 of this Act as an emergency 3
234+requirement. 4
235+(c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 5
236+Act that was previously designated in division B of Public 6
237+Law 117–159, division J of Public Law 117–58, or in sec-7
238+tion 443(b) of division G of Public Law 117–328 by the 8
239+Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-9
240+current resolution on the budget shall continue to be treat-10
241+ed as an amount specified in section 103(b) of division 11
242+A of Public Law 118–5. 12
243+(d) This section shall become effective immediately 13
244+upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect 14
245+through the date in section 106(3). 15
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188-EC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this
189-Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
190-gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
191-anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as
192-being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such
193-Act is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
194-pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act or as being for dis-
195-aster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
196-(b) Section 6 of Public Laws 118–42 and 118–47 shall apply
197-to amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 138, 140,
198-and 151 of this Act as an emergency requirement.
199-(c) Each amount incorporated by reference in this Act that
200-was previously designated in division B of Public Law 117–159,
201-division J of Public Law 117–58, or in section 443(b) of division
202-G of Public Law 117–328 by the Congress as an emergency require-
203-ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget shall con-
204-tinue to be treated as an amount specified in section 103(b) of
205-division A of Public Law 118–5.
206-(d) This section shall become effective immediately upon enact-
207-ment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date
208-in section 106(3).
247+EC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discre-16
248+tionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 17
249+101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— 18
250+(1) to which other appropriations are not provided 19
251+by this Act, but for which there is a current applicable 20
252+TAFS that does receive an appropriation in this Act; or 21
253+(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appro-22
254+priations in this Act, may be continued instead by reduc-23
255+ing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 24
256+101 for such current applicable TAFS, as long as doing 25 11
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258+so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of 1
259+the Congress. 2
260+(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in sub-3
261+section (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser 4
262+of— 5
263+(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation 6
264+in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 7
265+101 of this Act; or 8
266+(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 9
267+1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or can-10
268+cellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced 11
269+in section 101 of this Act. 12
270+(c) No later than November 18, 2024, the Director 13
271+of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to 14
272+the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-15
273+resentatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the 16
274+rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to 17
275+section 101: Provided, That the information in such com-18
276+prehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any 19
277+subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, 20
278+as of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescis-21
279+sion or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act 22
280+referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be trans-23
281+mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24
282+of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 25 12
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284+SEC. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for 1
285+‘‘Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance 2
286+Fund Program Account’’ may be apportioned up to the 3
287+rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved 4
288+applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership 5
289+loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq., and direct 6
290+farm operating loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1941 et 7
291+seq. 8
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210-EC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget
211-authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appro-
212-priations Fund Symbols (TAFS)—
213-(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this
214-Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that does
215-receive an appropriation in this Act; or
216-(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations
217-in this Act, may be continued instead by reducing the rate for
218-operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current
219-applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the
220-final funding prerogatives of the Congress.
221-(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall
222-continue in an amount equal to the lesser of—
223-(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in the
224-applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act;
225-or
226-(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 2024,
227-from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the
228-applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 of this Act. H. R. 9747—5
229-(c) No later than November 18, 2024, the Director of the Office
230-of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on
231-Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
232-a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will
233-continue pursuant to section 101: Provided, That the information
234-in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect
235-any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as
236-of October 1, 2024, from the funds specified for rescission or can-
237-cellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section
238-101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees
239-on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
240-upon request.
293+EC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for 9
294+‘‘Rural Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities 10
295+Program Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 11
296+operations necessary to maintain activities as authorized 12
297+by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the 13
298+Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 14
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242-EC. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Farm
243-Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program
244-Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
245-to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed
246-farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.,
247-and direct farm operating loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1941
248-et seq.
300+EC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for 15
301+‘‘Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Serv-16
302+ice—Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 17
303+Infants, and Children (WIC)’’ may be apportioned at the 18
304+rate for operations necessary to maintain participation. 19
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250-EC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Rural
251-Housing Service—Rural Community Facilities Program Account’’
252-may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
253-maintain activities as authorized by section 306 and described
254-in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
255-ment Act.
306+EC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for 20
307+‘‘Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Serv-21
308+ice—Commodity Assistance Program’’ may be appor-22
309+tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain 23
310+current program caseload in the Commodity Supplemental 24
311+Food Program. 25 13
312+•HR 9747 EH
313+SEC. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing 1
314+Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Live-2
315+stock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 3
316+note; Public Law 106–78) shall be applied by substituting 4
317+the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep-5
318+tember 30, 2024’’. 6
256319 S
257-EC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Domestic
258-Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Special Supplemental
259-Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)’’ may
260-be apportioned at the rate for operations necessary to maintain
261-participation.
320+EC. 121. During the period covered by this Act, sec-7
321+tion 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 8
322+U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 2032), 9
323+as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United 10
324+States Code, and the United States Parole Commission, 11
325+shall be applied by substituting ‘‘37’’ for ‘‘36’’ each place 12
326+it appears. 13
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263-EC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Domestic
264-Food Programs—Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assist-
265-ance Program’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
266-necessary to maintain current program caseload in the Commodity
267-Supplemental Food Program.
328+EC. 122. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts 14
329+made available by section 101 for ‘‘Corps of Engineers— 15
330+Civil—Operation and Maintenance’’ may be used up to an 16
331+amount not to exceed $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation 17
332+beginning August 1, 2024, to provide compensation for re-18
333+serving and operating 3.6 million acre-feet of pre-planned 19
334+flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam to minimize the 20
335+flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United 21
336+States. 22
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269-EC. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
270-1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory
271-Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78)
272-shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3)
273-of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2024’’.
338+EC. 123. During the period covered by this Act, sec-23
339+tion 3 of Public Law 106–392 shall be applied by sub-24
340+stituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2024’’ each place it appears. 25 14
341+•HR 9747 EH
342+SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 106, for the dura-1
343+tion of fiscal year 2025, amounts made available under 2
344+section 601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 3
345+801(f)(3)) shall be available for any necessary expenses 4
346+of the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector 5
347+General with respect to section 601 of such Act, subtitle 6
348+A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropria-7
349+tions Act of 2021, or section 3201 of the American Rescue 8
350+Plan Act of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-9
351+able for such purposes. 10
274352 S
275-EC. 121. During the period covered by this Act, section 235(b)
276-of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public
277-Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter
278-311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States Parole
279-Commission, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘37’’ for ‘‘36’’ each
280-place it appears.
353+EC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, for ‘‘Execu-11
354+tive Office of the President—Office of Administration— 12
355+Presidential Transition Administrative Support’’, there is 13
356+appropriated $25,000,000 for an additional amount for 14
357+fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 15
358+2025, to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 16
359+(3 U.S.C. 102 note) and similar expenses, in addition to 17
360+amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, 18
361+That such funds may be transferred to other accounts (in-19
362+cluding other agencies) that provide support to offices 20
363+within the Executive Office of the President and the Office 21
364+of the Vice President, to carry out such purposes, includ-22
365+ing to reimburse obligations incurred prior to the enact-23
366+ment of this Act for such purposes. 24 15
367+•HR 9747 EH
368+SEC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 1
369+by section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘District of Co-2
370+lumbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and 3
371+Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’ at a rate for 4
372+operations of $47,000,000, for an additional amount for 5
373+costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration to be 6
374+held in January 2025: Provided, That such amounts may 7
375+be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 8
376+maintain emergency planning and security activities relat-9
377+ing to such Presidential Inauguration. 10
281378 S
282-EC. 122. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available
283-by section 101 for ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil—Operation and
284-Maintenance’’ may be used up to an amount not to exceed
285-$37,600,000, adjusted for inflation beginning August 1, 2024, to
286-provide compensation for reserving and operating 3.6 million acre-
287-feet of pre-planned flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam to
288-minimize the flood risk in the Columbia River Basin in the United
289-States.
379+EC. 127. (a) The matter preceding the first proviso 11
380+under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of 12
381+Columbia Public Defender Service’’ in division B of Public 13
382+Law 118–47 is amended by striking ‘‘, for costs associated 14
383+with relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters 15
384+offices, field offices, and related facilities’’. 16
385+(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall 17
386+become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. 18
387+(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, 19
388+subsection (a) shall be applied as if it were in effect on 20
389+September 30, 2024. 21
390+(c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter pre-22
391+ceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Federal Pay-23
392+ment to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service’’ 24
393+in division B of Public Law 118–47, as amended by sub-25 16
394+•HR 9747 EH
395+section (a), shall be applied as if ‘‘, of which $3,000,000 1
396+shall remain available until September 30, 2026’’ were 2
397+struck. 3
290398 S
291-EC. 123. During the period covered by this Act, section 3
292-of Public Law 106–392 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’
293-for ‘‘2024’’ each place it appears. H. R. 9747—6
399+EC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
400+this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may 5
401+expend local funds made available under the heading ‘‘Dis-6
402+trict of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds’’ for such 7
403+programs and activities under the District of Columbia 8
404+Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division B of Public 9
405+Law 118–47) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 10
406+Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–501), as modified 11
407+as of the date of enactment of this Act. 12
294408 S
295-EC. 124. Notwithstanding section 106, for the duration of
296-fiscal year 2025, amounts made available under section 601(f)(3)
297-of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3)) shall be available
298-for any necessary expenses of the Department of the Treasury
299-Office of Inspector General with respect to section 601 of such
300-Act, subtitle A of title V of division N of the Consolidated Appropria-
301-tions Act of 2021, or section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan
302-Act of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
303-purposes.
409+EC. 129. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, for ‘‘Gen-13
410+eral Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential 14
411+Transition’’, there is appropriated $19,424,177, for an ad-15
412+ditional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available 16
413+until September 30, 2025, for necessary expenses to carry 17
414+out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 18
415+note), of which $14,443,726 is available for activities au-19
416+thorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) 20
417+of such Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities author-21
418+ized by section 5 of such Act; and $2,000,000 is available 22
419+for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) 23
420+of such Act: Provided, That if there are two or more pos-24
421+sible apparent successful candidates, each such candidate, 25 17
422+•HR 9747 EH
423+with the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled 1
424+to a proportional share of the appropriations made avail-2
425+able for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3
426+3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of 4
427+such Act: Provided further, That no apparent successful 5
428+candidate shall receive more than $7,221,863 for activities 6
429+authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 7
430+3(a)(10) of such Act and $1,000,000 for activities author-8
431+ized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided 9
432+further, That such amounts may be transferred and cred-10
433+ited to the ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or the ‘‘Federal 11
434+Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse obligations incurred prior 12
435+to enactment of this Act for the purposes provided herein 13
436+related to the Presidential election in 2024: Provided fur-14
437+ther, That in the case of two or more possible apparent 15
438+successful candidates, after a sole apparent successful can-16
439+didate is determined, the remaining funds allotted to any 17
440+unsuccessful candidate shall be permanently rescinded: 18
441+Provided further, That amounts available under this sec-19
442+tion shall be in addition to any other amounts available 20
443+for such purposes. 21
444+(b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are pro-22
445+vided by this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration— 23
446+Pre-Election Presidential Transition’’. 24 18
447+•HR 9747 EH
448+SEC. 130. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 1
449+by section 101, for ‘‘National Archives and Records Ad-2
450+ministration—Operating Expenses’’, there is appropriated 3
451+$23,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 4
452+2025, to remain available until September 30, 2025, to 5
453+carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the 6
454+United States under sections 2201 through 2209 of title 7
455+44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Presi-8
456+dential Records Act of 1978’’), in addition to amounts oth-9
457+erwise available for such purposes. 10
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305-EC. 125. Notwithstanding section 101, for ‘‘Executive Office
306-of the President—Office of Administration—Presidential Transition
307-Administrative Support’’, there is appropriated $25,000,000 for an
308-additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until
309-September 30, 2025, to carry out the Presidential Transition Act
310-of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) and similar expenses, in addition to
311-amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided, That such
312-funds may be transferred to other accounts (including other agen-
313-cies) that provide support to offices within the Executive Office
314-of the President and the Office of the Vice President, to carry
315-out such purposes, including to reimburse obligations incurred prior
316-to the enactment of this Act for such purposes.
459+EC. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 11
460+preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Office of 12
461+Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses’’ in divi-13
462+sion B of Public Law 118–47 shall be applied by sub-14
463+stituting ‘‘$190,784,000’’ for ‘‘$219,076,000’’ and the 15
464+second proviso under such heading in such division of such 16
465+Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$245,267,000’’ for 17
466+‘‘$192,975,000’’. 18
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318-EC. 126. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section
319-101, amounts are provided for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal Pay-
320-ment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District
321-of Columbia’’ at a rate for operations of $47,000,000, for an addi-
322-tional amount for costs associated with the Presidential Inaugura-
323-tion to be held in January 2025: Provided, That such amounts
324-may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
325-maintain emergency planning and security activities relating to
326-such Presidential Inauguration.
468+EC. 132. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts 19
469+made available by section 101 to the Department of 20
470+Homeland Security for ‘‘Coast Guard—Procurement, 21
471+Construction, and Improvements’’ may be used for close-22
472+out costs relating to the C–27J missionization program. 23
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328-EC. 127. (a) The matter preceding the first proviso under
329-the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of Columbia Public
330-Defender Service’’ in division B of Public Law 118–47 is amended
331-by striking ‘‘, for costs associated with relocation under a replace-
332-ment lease for headquarters offices, field offices, and related facili-
333-ties’’.
334-(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall become
335-effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
336-(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, subsection
337-(a) shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024.
338-(c) Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding the first
339-proviso under the heading ‘‘Federal Payment to the District of
340-Columbia Public Defender Service’’ in division B of Public Law
341-118–47, as amended by subsection (a), shall be applied as if ‘‘,
342-of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
343-2026’’ were struck.
474+EC. 133. During the period covered by this Act, sec-24
475+tion 11223(b)(2) of division K of Public Law 117–263 25 19
476+•HR 9747 EH
477+shall be applied by substituting ‘‘shall not apply’’ for 1
478+‘‘shall apply’’. 2
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345-EC. 128. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
346-except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds
347-made available under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia—District
348-of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under the
349-District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2024 (title IV of division
350-B of Public Law 118–47) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year
351-2025 Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–501), as modified
352-as of the date of enactment of this Act.
480+EC. 134. Amounts made available by section 101 to 3
481+the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 4
482+‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re-5
483+lief Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-6
484+ations necessary to carry out response and recovery activi-7
485+ties under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 8
486+Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 9
353487 S
354-EC. 129. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, for ‘‘General Services
355-Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transition’’, there is appro-
356-priated $19,424,177, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, H. R. 9747—7
357-to remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary
358-expenses to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3
359-U.S.C. 102 note), of which $14,443,726 is available for activities
360-authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of such
361-Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by section
362-5 of such Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activities authorized
363-by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided, That if there
364-are two or more possible apparent successful candidates, each such
365-candidate, with the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled
366-to a proportional share of the appropriations made available for
367-activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10)
368-and sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further, That
369-no apparent successful candidate shall receive more than $7,221,863
370-for activities authorized by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and
371-3(a)(10) of such Act and $1,000,000 for activities authorized by
372-sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided further, That
373-such amounts may be transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisition
374-Services Fund’’ or the ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse obliga-
375-tions incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes
376-provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2024: Pro-
377-vided further, That in the case of two or more possible apparent
378-successful candidates, after a sole apparent successful candidate
379-is determined, the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful
380-candidate shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further, That
381-amounts available under this section shall be in addition to any
382-other amounts available for such purposes.
383-(b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by
384-this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration—Pre-Election Presi-
385-dential Transition’’.
488+EC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to 10
489+the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘United States 11
490+Secret Service—Operations and Support’’ may be appor-12
491+tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out 13
492+protective operations, including activities related to Na-14
493+tional Special Security Events and the 2024 Presidential 15
494+Campaign. 16
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387-EC. 130. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section
388-101, for ‘‘National Archives and Records Administration—Operating
389-Expenses’’, there is appropriated $23,000,000, for an additional
390-amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until September
391-30, 2025, to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist
392-of the United States under sections 2201 through 2209 of title
393-44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Presidential
394-Records Act of 1978’’), in addition to amounts otherwise available
395-for such purposes.
496+EC. 136. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 17
497+by section 101, there is appropriated to the Department 18
498+of Homeland Security for ‘‘United States Secret Service— 19
499+Operations and Support’’, $231,000,000, for an additional 20
500+amount for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep-21
501+tember 30, 2025, for operations necessary to carry out 22
502+protective operations including the 2024 Presidential 23
503+Campaign and National Special Security Events: Pro-24
504+vided, That not later than 30 days after the date of enact-25 20
505+•HR 9747 EH
506+ment of this Act, the Director of the United States Secret 1
507+Service shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 2
508+of the House of Representatives and the Senate an ex-3
509+penditure plan that identifies, by program, project, and 4
510+activity, the funding obligated for the purposes specified 5
511+in this section with amounts for ‘‘Operations and Sup-6
512+port’’ in this Act and shall provide to the Committees 7
513+monthly reports on the execution of such expenditure plan: 8
514+Provided further, That such amounts may not be obligated 9
515+until the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secu-10
516+rity transmits to the House of Representatives Task Force 11
517+on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump and 12
518+the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-13
519+mental Affairs the Mission Assurance Report: Provided 14
520+further, That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the 15
521+Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security shall 16
522+provide to the House of Representatives Task Force on 17
523+the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump all ma-18
524+terials responsive to such Task Force’s letters transmitted 19
525+on August 12, 2024, and August 28, 2024: Provided fur-20
526+ther, That the Director of the Secret Service shall respond 21
527+in a timely manner to oversight inquiries (including re-22
528+quests for documents, information, and testimony from 23
529+any Secret Service personnel) on protective operations 24
530+funded in this Act or in Public Law 118–47 from the 25 21
531+•HR 9747 EH
532+House of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted 1
533+Assassination of Donald J. Trump; the Committees on 2
534+Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Ac-3
535+countability, and Judiciary of the House of Representa-4
536+tives; and the Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, 5
537+and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 6
538+Senate, or any subcommittees thereof: Provided further, 7
539+That responses shall be considered timely if provided on 8
540+or before the deadline specified by the requesting com-9
541+mittee or subcommittee. 10
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397-EC. 131. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding
398-the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Office of Personnel Manage-
399-ment—Salaries and Expenses’’ in division B of Public Law 118–
400-47 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$190,784,000’’ for
401-‘‘$219,076,000’’ and the second proviso under such heading in such
402-division of such Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$245,267,000’’
403-for ‘‘$192,975,000’’.
543+EC. 137. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the Na-11
544+tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) 12
545+and 4026) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-13
546+fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 14
547+2023’’. 15
548+(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall be-16
549+come effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. 17
550+(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, 18
551+this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on Sep-19
552+tember 30, 2024. 20
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405-EC. 132. Notwithstanding section 104, amounts made available
406-by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘Coast
407-Guard—Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’’ may be
408-used for closeout costs relating to the C–27J missionization pro-
409-gram.
554+EC. 138. (a) During the period covered by this Act, 21
555+section 104 of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assist-22
556+ance Act (division G of Public Law 117–180) shall be ap-23
557+plied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 24
558+of this Act for ‘‘2 years after the date on which regulations 25 22
559+•HR 9747 EH
560+are first promulgated under subsection (f)’’, and ‘‘May 31, 1
561+2024’’. 2
562+(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 3
563+were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-4
564+gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 5
565+Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent 6
566+resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency 7
567+requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 8
568+Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 9
569+1985. 10
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411-EC. 133. During the period covered by this Act, section
412-11223(b)(2) of division K of Public Law 117–263 shall be applied
413-by substituting ‘‘shall not apply’’ for ‘‘shall apply’’.
571+EC. 139. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 11
572+by section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of 12
573+the Interior—National Park Service—Operation of the 13
574+National Park System’’ at a rate for operations of 14
575+$5,000,000, for an additional amount for security and vis-15
576+itor safety activities related to the Presidential Inaugural 16
577+Ceremonies. 17
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415-EC. 134. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
416-ment of Homeland Security under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency
417-Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ may be apportioned
418-up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and H. R. 9747—8
419-recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
420-and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
579+EC. 140. (a) Funds previously made available in the 18
580+Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Dis-19
581+aster Relief Requirements Act, 2018 (subdivision 1 of divi-20
582+sion B of Public Law 115–123) for the ‘‘National Park 21
583+Service—Historic Preservation Fund’’ that were available 22
584+for obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain avail-23
585+able through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of valid 24
586+obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Pro-25 23
587+•HR 9747 EH
588+vided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 1
589+that were previously designated by the Congress as an 2
590+emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 3
591+and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-4
592+ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 5
593+251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 6
594+Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7
595+(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall be-8
596+come effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. 9
597+(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, 10
598+this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on Sep-11
599+tember 30, 2024. 12
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422-EC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
423-ment of Homeland Security for ‘‘United States Secret Service—
424-Operations and Support’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for
425-operations necessary to carry out protective operations, including
426-activities related to National Special Security Events and the 2024
427-Presidential Campaign.
601+EC. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 for 13
602+‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland 14
603+Fire Management’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 15
604+operations necessary for wildfire suppression activities. 16
428605 S
429-EC. 136. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section
430-101, there is appropriated to the Department of Homeland Security
431-for ‘‘United States Secret Service—Operations and Support’’,
432-$231,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025, to
433-remain available until September 30, 2025, for operations necessary
434-to carry out protective operations including the 2024 Presidential
435-Campaign and National Special Security Events: Provided, That
436-not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
437-the Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide to
438-the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
439-and the Senate an expenditure plan that identifies, by program,
440-project, and activity, the funding obligated for the purposes specified
441-in this section with amounts for ‘‘Operations and Support’’ in this
442-Act and shall provide to the Committees monthly reports on the
443-execution of such expenditure plan: Provided further, That such
444-amounts may not be obligated until the Secretary of the Department
445-of Homeland Security transmits to the House of Representatives
446-Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump
447-and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
448-mental Affairs the Mission Assurance Report: Provided further,
449-That within 15 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
450-the Department of Homeland Security shall provide to the House
451-of Representatives Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of
452-Donald J. Trump all materials responsive to such Task Force’s
453-letters transmitted on August 12, 2024, and August 28, 2024: Pro-
454-vided further, That the Director of the Secret Service shall respond
455-in a timely manner to oversight inquiries (including requests for
456-documents, information, and testimony from any Secret Service
457-personnel) on protective operations funded in this Act or in Public
458-Law 118–47 from the House of Representatives Task Force on
459-the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump; the Committees
460-on Appropriations, Homeland Security, Oversight and Account-
461-ability, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the
462-Committees on Appropriations, Judiciary, and Homeland Security
463-and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, or any subcommittees
464-thereof: Provided further, That responses shall be considered timely
465-if provided on or before the deadline specified by the requesting
466-committee or subcommittee.
606+EC. 142. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise pro-17
607+vided by section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Depart-18
608+ment of Health and Human Services—Indian Health 19
609+Service—Indian Health Services’’ at a rate for operations 20
610+of $24,262,000, for an additional amount for costs of 21
611+staffing and operating facilities that were opened, ren-22
612+ovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and 23
613+such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-24
614+ations necessary to staff and operate such facilities. 25 24
615+•HR 9747 EH
616+(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by sec-1
617+tion 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of 2
618+Health and Human Services—Indian Health Service—In-3
619+dian Health Facilities’’ at a rate for operations of 4
620+$2,060,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing 5
621+and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or ex-6
622+panded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts 7
623+may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 8
624+to staff and operate such facilities. 9
467625 S
468-EC. 137. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood
469-Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied
470-by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
471-for ‘‘September 30, 2023’’.
472-(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effec-
473-tive immediately upon enactment of this Act.
474-(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section
475-shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024.
626+EC. 143. During the period covered by this Act, sec-10
627+tion 113 of division G of Public Law 113–76, as amended 11
628+by Public Law 116–6, shall be applied by substituting 12
629+‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2024’’. 13
476630 S
477-EC. 138. (a) During the period covered by this Act, section
478-104 of the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act (division
479-G of Public Law 117–180) shall be applied by substituting the H. R. 9747—9
480-date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘2 years after the
481-date on which regulations are first promulgated under subsection
482-(f)’’, and ‘‘May 31, 2024’’.
483-(b) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were
484-previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
485-pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
486-Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated
487-as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)
488-of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
631+EC. 144. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 14
632+by section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of 15
633+Labor—Bureau of Labor Statistics—Salaries and Ex-16
634+penses’’ at a rate for operations of $6,000,000, for an ad-17
635+ditional amount for the Current Population Survey. 18
489636 S
490-EC. 139. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section
491-101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of the Interior—
492-National Park Service—Operation of the National Park System’’
493-at a rate for operations of $5,000,000, for an additional amount
494-for security and visitor safety activities related to the Presidential
495-Inaugural Ceremonies.
637+EC. 145. Activities authorized by part A of title IV 19
638+(other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 20
639+1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through 21
640+the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner author-22
641+ized for fiscal year 2024, and out of any money in the 23
642+Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 24 25
643+•HR 9747 EH
644+there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be nec-1
645+essary for such purpose. 2
496646 S
497-EC. 140. (a) Funds previously made available in the Further
498-Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief
499-Requirements Act, 2018 (subdivision 1 of division B of Public Law
500-115–123) for the ‘‘National Park Service—Historic Preservation
501-Fund’’ that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019
502-are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation
503-of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 and 2019: Provided,
504-That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were pre-
505-viously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
506-pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
507-Act of 1985 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant
508-to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
509-Deficit Control Act of 1985.
510-(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effec-
511-tive immediately upon enactment of this Act.
512-(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section
513-shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024.
647+EC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3
648+this Act, there is appropriated— 4
649+(1) for payment to the heirs at law of Sheila 5
650+Jackson Lee, late a Representative from the State of 6
651+Texas, $174,000; 7
652+(2) for payment to Elsie M. Pascrell, widow of 8
653+William Pascrell, Jr., late a Representative from the 9
654+State of New Jersey, $174,000; and 10
655+(3) for payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of 11
656+Donald M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from 12
657+the State of New Jersey, $174,000. 13
514658 S
515-EC. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
516-ment of Agriculture—Forest Service—Wildland Fire Management’’
517-may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for
518-wildfire suppression activities.
659+EC. 147. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, 14
660+amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 15
661+of Defense for ‘‘Military Construction, Navy’’ may be used 16
662+by the Secretary of the Navy to carry out military con-17
663+struction not otherwise authorized by law for a Trident 18
664+Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings 19
665+Bay. 20
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520-EC. 142. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by
521-section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and
522-Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services’’
523-at a rate for operations of $24,262,000, for an additional amount
524-for costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, ren-
525-ovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such
526-amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
527-to staff and operate such facilities.
528-(b) In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101,
529-amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
530-ices—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities’’ at a rate
531-for operations of $2,060,000, for an additional amount for costs
532-of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated,
533-or expanded in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and such amounts
534-may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
535-staff and operate such facilities.
667+EC. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 21
668+of division A of Public Law 118–42 shall be applied by 22
669+substituting ‘‘fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020’’ for 23
670+‘‘fiscal year 2017, 2018, and 2019’’. 24 26
671+•HR 9747 EH
672+SEC. 149. (a) The remaining unobligated balances as 1
673+of September 30, 2024, from amounts made available 2
674+until September 30, 2024, for ‘‘Departmental Administra-3
675+tion—Construction, Major Projects’’ in title II of division 4
676+F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 5
677+(Public Law 116–94) are hereby rescinded, and in addi-6
678+tion to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an 7
679+amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 8
680+the amount rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby 9
681+appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an additional 10
682+amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until Sep-11
683+tember 30, 2029, and shall be available for the same pur-12
684+poses and under the same authorities provided under such 13
685+heading in Public Law 116–94, in addition to other funds 14
686+as may be available for such purposes. 15
687+(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall be-16
688+come effective immediately upon enactment of this Act. 17
689+(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, 18
690+this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on Sep-19
691+tember 30, 2024. 20
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537-EC. 143. During the period covered by this Act, section 113
538-of division G of Public Law 113–76, as amended by Public Law
539-116–6, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2025’’ for ‘‘2024’’.
693+EC. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for 21
694+‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-22
695+retary—Payments to Air Carriers’’ may be apportioned up 23
696+to the rate for operations necessary to maintain Essential 24
697+Air Service program operations. 25 27
698+•HR 9747 EH
699+SEC. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the 1
700+Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use 2
701+the unobligated balances of amounts made available in 3
702+prior fiscal years in the second paragraph under the head-4
703+ing ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 5
704+Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental Assist-6
705+ance’’ to support additional allocations under subpara-7
706+graph (D) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) of 8
707+paragraph (4) of such heading to prevent the termination 9
708+of rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient 10
709+funding in the calendar year 2024 funding cycle: Provided, 11
710+That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 12
711+were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-13
712+gency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on 14
713+the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-15
714+icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress 16
715+as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-17
716+tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-18
717+gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19
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541-EC. 144. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section
542-101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Labor—Bureau of H. R. 9747—10
543-Labor Statistics—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate for operations
544-of $6,000,000, for an additional amount for the Current Population
545-Survey.
719+EC. 152. During the period covered by this Act, sec-20
720+tion 517 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply 21
721+with respect to the Coast Guard. 22
722+This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appro-23
723+priations Act, 2025’’. 24 28
724+•HR 9747 EH
725+DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS 1
726+TITLE I—MISCELLANEOUS 2
727+EXTENSIONS 3
728+SEC. 101. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS-4
729+SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 5
730+Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 6
731+2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 7
732+1, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’. 8
733+SEC. 102. JOINT TASK FORCES. 9
734+Section 708(b)(13) of the Homeland Security Act of 10
735+2002 (6 U.S.C. 348(b)(13)) shall be applied by sub-11
736+stituting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 12
737+2024’’. 13
738+SEC. 103. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS-14
739+TEM AUTHORIZATION. 15
740+Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity En-16
741+hancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended 17
742+by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-18
743+ber 20, 2024’’. 19
744+SEC. 104. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HIS-20
745+TORICAL PARK COMMISSION. 21
746+Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal De-22
747+velopment Act (16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g)) is amended by strik-23
748+ing ‘‘40’’ and all that follows through the period at the 24
749+end and inserting ‘‘on December 20, 2024.’’. 25 29
750+•HR 9747 EH
751+SEC. 105. EBT BENEFIT FRAUD PREVENTION. 1
752+Section 501 of division HH of the Consolidated Ap-2
753+propriations Act, 2023 (7 U.S.C. 2016a), is amended— 3
754+(1) in subsection (a)— 4
755+(A) in paragraph (4)(A)(iii), by striking 5
756+‘‘to the maximum extent practicable,’’; and 6
757+(B) in paragraph (5)— 7
758+(i) in the matter preceding subpara-8
759+graph (A), by striking ‘‘October’’ and in-9
760+serting ‘‘December’’; 10
761+(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 11
762+‘‘to the maximum extent practicable,’’; 12
763+(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 13
764+‘‘and’’ at the end; 14
765+(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 15
766+(D) as subparagraph (E); 16
767+(v) by inserting after subparagraph 17
768+(C) the following: 18
769+‘‘(D) a comparison of State plans related 19
770+to reimbursement, prevention, and other rel-20
771+evant procedures approved in accordance with 21
772+subsection (b)(1)(A); and’’; and 22
773+(vi) in subparagraph (E) (as so redes-23
774+ignated), by inserting ‘‘and proactively’’ 24
775+after ‘‘consistently’’; 25 30
776+•HR 9747 EH
777+(2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘Sep-1
778+tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2
779+2024’’; and 3
780+(3) by adding at the end the following: 4
781+‘‘(e) C
782+OMPTROLLERGENERAL.— 5
783+‘‘(1) I
784+N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 6
785+the date of enactment of this subsection, the Comp-7
786+troller General of the United States shall submit to 8
787+the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-9
788+resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-10
789+trition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that ex-11
790+amines risks related to supplemental nutrition as-12
791+sistance program electronic benefit transfer payment 13
792+system security, including the risk of stolen benefits 14
793+through card skimming, card cloning, and other 15
794+similar methods. 16
795+‘‘(2) C
796+ONTENTS.—The report under paragraph 17
797+(1) shall include an assessment of— 18
798+‘‘(A) the extent to which the Department 19
799+of Agriculture manages payment system secu-20
800+rity, including risks related to stolen benefits, 21
801+compared to leading industry practices; 22
802+‘‘(B) the manner in which States, retailers, 23
803+and other relevant entities manage risks related 24
804+to stolen benefits; 25 31
805+•HR 9747 EH
806+‘‘(C) the oversight of and guidance pro-1
807+vided by the Secretary to States regarding sto-2
808+len benefits; and 3
809+‘‘(D) recommendations and policy options 4
810+for— 5
811+‘‘(i) improving how the Department of 6
812+Agriculture and other relevant entities 7
813+manage payment system security risks, in-8
814+cluding those related to stolen benefits; 9
815+and 10
816+‘‘(ii) how the Department of Agri-11
817+culture may best share those improvements 12
818+with States, retailers, and other relevant 13
819+entities.’’. 14
820+SEC. 106. EXTENSION OF FOREST SERVICE PARTICIPATION 15
821+IN ACES PROGRAM. 16
822+Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 17
823+U.S.C. 3851a(b)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘1 day 18
824+after December 20, 2024’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2023’’. 19
825+SEC. 107. EXTENSION OF GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY. 20
826+Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 21
827+2014 (16 U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)(C)(ii)) shall be applied by 22
828+substituting ‘‘1 day after December 20, 2024’’ for ‘‘Octo-23
829+ber 1, 2024’’. 24 32
830+•HR 9747 EH
831+SEC. 108. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF FOOD FOR PEACE 1
832+ACT. 2
833+The authorities provided by each provision of the 3
834+Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), as in effect 4
835+on September 30, 2024, shall remain in effect through De-5
836+cember 20, 2024. 6
837+SEC. 109. OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITA-7
838+TION. 8
839+(a) I
840+NGENERAL.—The authority provided under sec-9
841+tion 1113 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 10
842+(Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in ef-11
843+fect through December 20, 2024. 12
844+(b) L
845+IMITATION.—The authority described in sub-13
846+section (a) may not be used to pay an eligible member 14
847+of the Foreign Service (as defined in section 1113(b) of 15
848+the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 16
849+111–32; 123 Stat. 1904)) a locality-based comparability 17
850+payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-thirds 18
851+of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment 19
852+(stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such 20
853+member under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 21
854+if such member’s official duty station were in the District 22
855+of Columbia. 23 33
856+•HR 9747 EH
857+SEC. 110. PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE COMPACT OF 1
858+FREE ASSOCIATION WITH THE REPUBLIC OF 2
859+PALAU. 3
860+(a) F
861+EDERALPROGRAMS AND SERVICESAGREE-4
862+MENTWITH THEGOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF 5
863+P
864+ALAU.—During the period beginning on October 1, 6
865+2024, and ending on the date on which a new Federal 7
866+programs and services agreement with the Government of 8
867+the Republic of Palau enters into force, any activities de-9
868+scribed in sections 132 and 221(a) of the Compact of Free 10
869+Association between the Government of the United States 11
870+of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau 12
871+set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 13
872+1931 note) shall, with the mutual consent of the Govern-14
873+ment of the Republic of Palau, continue in the manner 15
874+authorized and required for fiscal year 2024 under the 16
875+amended agreements described in subsections (b) and (f) 17
876+of section 462 of that Compact. 18
877+(b) A
878+MENDMENTSRELATED TO THE2024 FEDERAL 19
879+P
880+ROGRAMS AND SERVICESAGREEMENTWITH THERE-20
881+PUBLIC OFPALAU.— 21
882+(1) Section 204(e) of the Compact of Free As-22
883+sociation Amendments Act of 2024 (48 U.S.C. 23
884+1983(e)) is amended— 24 34
885+•HR 9747 EH
886+(A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating 1
887+subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and 2
888+(ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; 3
889+(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 4
890+through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 5
891+respectively, and indenting appropriately; 6
892+(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph 7
893+(A) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘An agree-8
894+ment’’ and inserting the following: 9
895+‘‘(1) I
896+N GENERAL.—An agreement’’; and 10
897+(D) by adding at the end the following: 11
898+‘‘(2) F
899+EDERAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES 12
900+AGREEMENT WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU .—Sub-13
901+paragraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of section 101(c)(2) of 14
902+Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931(c)(2)) and sub-15
903+section (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement 16
904+that would amend, change, or terminate the agree-17
905+ment described in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau 18
906+Compact.’’. 19
907+(2) Section 210(a)(2) of the Compact of Free 20
908+Association Amendments Act of 2024 (48 U.S.C. 21
909+1989(a)(2)) is amended— 22
910+(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 23
911+‘‘and’’ at the end; 24 35
912+•HR 9747 EH
913+(B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 1
914+subparagraph (F); and 2
915+(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 3
916+the following: 4
917+‘‘(E) with respect to the Federal Deposit 5
918+Insurance Corporation, any applicable Federal 6
919+programs and services agreement between the 7
920+United States and the Republic of Palau; and’’. 8
921+SEC. 111. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 9
922+DEVELOPMENT CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT 10
923+WAIVER. 11
924+Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act 12
925+of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B)) shall be applied by 13
926+striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 14
927+2024’’. 15
928+SEC. 112. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 16
929+DEVELOPMENT INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNU-17
930+ITANT WAIVER. 18
931+The authorities provided under section 1015(b) of the 19
932+Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111– 20
933+212; 124 Stat. 2332)— 21
934+(1) shall remain in effect through December 20, 22
935+2024; and 23
936+(2) may be used to facilitate the assignment of 24
937+persons for oversight of programs in countries with 25 36
938+•HR 9747 EH
939+a humanitarian disaster or complex emergency dec-1
940+laration. 2
941+SEC. 113. EXTENSION OF HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS AND 3
942+DEMOCRACY ACT OF 2019. 4
943+Section 7(h) of the Hong Kong Human Rights and 5
944+Democracy Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–76; 22 U.S.C. 6
945+5701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 7
946+years after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and 8
947+inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’. 9
948+SEC. 114. EXTENSION OF TRANSFERS OF AIR TRAFFIC SYS-10
949+TEMS ACQUIRED WITH AIP FUNDING. 11
950+Section 728(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 12
951+2024 (Public Law 118–63) is amended by striking ‘‘Octo-13
952+ber 1, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’. 14
953+TITLE II—HEALTH EXTENDERS 15
954+Subtitle A—Public Health 16
955+SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS RELATING TO AUTISM. 17
956+(a) D
957+EVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESSURVEILLANCE 18
958+ANDRESEARCHPROGRAM.—Section 399AA(e) of the 19
959+Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280i(e)) is amended 20
960+by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem-21
961+ber 20, 2024’’. 22
962+(b) A
963+UTISMEDUCATION, EARLYDETECTION, AND 23
964+I
965+NTERVENTION.—Section 399BB(g) of the Public Health 24
966+Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–1(g)) is amended by striking 25 37
967+•HR 9747 EH
968+‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 1
969+2024’’. 2
970+(c) I
971+NTERAGENCY AUTISMCOORDINATING COM-3
972+MITTEE.—Section 399CC(f) of the Public Health Service 4
973+Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–2(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-5
974+tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’. 6
975+SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PRIORITY 7
976+REVIEW VOUCHERS TO ENCOURAGE TREAT-8
977+MENTS FOR RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASES. 9
978+Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 10
979+Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended by strik-11
980+ing ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ each place it appears and in-12
981+serting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’. 13
982+SEC. 203. NO SURPRISES ACT IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING. 14
983+Section 118(a) of title I of division BB of the Consoli-15
984+dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is 16
985+amended by striking ‘‘through 2024’’ and inserting 17
986+‘‘through September 30, 2025’’. 18
987+Subtitle B—Medicaid 19
988+SEC. 211. MEDICAID FUNDING FOR THE NORTHERN MAR-20
989+IANA ISLANDS. 21
990+Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 22
991+1308) is amended— 23 38
992+•HR 9747 EH
993+(1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding 1
994+subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and (5)’’ and insert-2
995+ing ‘‘, (5), and (14)’’; and 3
996+(2) by adding at the end the following new 4
997+paragraph: 5
998+‘‘(14) A
999+DDITIONAL INCREASE FOR THE NORTH -6
1000+ERN MARIANA ISLANDS.— 7
1001+‘‘(A) I
1002+N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 8
1003+increase the total amount otherwise determined 9
1004+under this subsection for the Northern Mariana 10
1005+Islands for the period beginning on October 1, 11
1006+2022, and ending on September 30, 2024, by 12
1007+$27,100,000. 13
1008+‘‘(B) S
1009+PECIAL RULES.—The increase de-14
1010+scribed in subparagraph (A)— 15
1011+‘‘(i) shall apply to the total amount 16
1012+certified by the Secretary under title XIX 17
1013+for payment to the Northern Mariana Is-18
1014+lands for services attributable to fiscal year 19
1015+2023 or 2024, notwithstanding that pay-20
1016+ments for any such services are made by 21
1017+the Northern Mariana Islands in fiscal 22
1018+year 2025; and 23
1019+‘‘(ii) shall be in addition to the 24
1020+amount calculated under paragraph (2) for 25 39
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1022+the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal 1
1023+years 2023 and 2024 and shall not be 2
1024+taken into account in calculating an 3
1025+amount under paragraph (2) for the 4
1026+Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year 5
1027+2025 or a subsequent fiscal year.’’. 6
1028+Subtitle C—Medicare 7
1029+SEC. 221. REVISING PHASE-IN OF MEDICARE CLINICAL LAB-8
1030+ORATORY TEST PAYMENT CHANGES. 9
1031+(a) R
1032+EVISEDPHASE-IN OFREDUCTIONSFROMPRI-10
1033+VATE PAYOR RATE IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 11
1034+1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 12
1035+1395m–1(b)(3)) is amended— 13
1036+(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2027’’ 14
1037+and inserting ‘‘2028’’; and 15
1038+(2) in subparagraph (B)— 16
1039+(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 17
1040+inserting ‘‘2025’’; and 18
1041+(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘2025 19
1042+through 2027’’ and inserting ‘‘2026 through 20
1043+2028’’. 21
1044+(b) R
1045+EVISEDREPORTINGPERIOD FORREPORTING 22
1046+OFPRIVATESECTORPAYMENTRATES FORESTABLISH-23
1047+MENT OF MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES.—Section 24 40
1048+•HR 9747 EH
1049+1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1
1050+1395m–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 2
1051+(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and insert-3
1052+ing ‘‘2025’’; and 4
1053+(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2025’’ each place 5
1054+it appears and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 6
1055+SEC. 222. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 7
1056+Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 8
1057+U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2022, $0’’ 9
1058+and inserting ‘‘2026, $3,197,000,000’’. 10
1059+TITLE III—VETERANS 11
1060+EXTENDERS 12
1061+Subtitle A—Health Care 13
1062+SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF 14
1063+COPAYMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND 15
1064+NURSING HOME CARE. 16
1065+Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 17
1066+Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and 18
1067+inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 19 41
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1069+SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 1
1070+NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET-2
1071+ERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED DISABIL-3
1072+ITIES. 4
1073+Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 5
1074+amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 6
1075+‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 7
1076+SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF EXPANSION OF RURAL ACCESS 8
1077+NETWORK FOR GROWTH ENHANCEMENT 9
1078+PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VET-10
1079+ERANS AFFAIRS. 11
1080+Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans 12
1081+Mental Health Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–21; 38 13
1082+U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 14
1083+inserting ‘‘2025’’. 15
1084+SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE 16
1085+VETERANS ACCESS TO COMPLEMENTARY 17
1086+AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH PROGRAMS 18
1087+THROUGH ANIMAL THERAPY, AGRITHERAPY, 19
1088+SPORTS AND RECREATION THERAPY, ART 20
1089+THERAPY, AND POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH 21
1090+PROGRAMS. 22
1091+Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans 23
1092+Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public 24
1093+Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by 25
1094+striking ‘‘for a three-year period beginning on the com-26 42
1095+•HR 9747 EH
1096+mencement of the pilot program’’ and inserting ‘‘until 1
1097+September 30, 2025’’. 2
1098+SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPART-3
1099+MENT OF DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VET-4
1100+ERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITY DEM-5
1101+ONSTRATION FUND. 6
1102+Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authoriza-7
1103+tion Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 8
1104+Stat. 2573), as most recently amended by section 104 of 9
1105+division E of the Continuing Appropriations and Ukraine 10
1106+Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117– 11
1107+180; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking ‘‘September 12
1108+30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 13
1109+Subtitle B—Memorial Affairs 14
1110+SEC. 311. EXTENSION OF ENTITLEMENT TO MEMORIAL 15
1111+HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR COMMEMO-16
1112+RATION OF VETERANS AND CERTAIN INDI-17
1113+VIDUALS. 18
1114+Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 19
1115+is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ both places it 20
1116+appears and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 21 43
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1118+SEC. 312. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO BURY REMAINS OF 1
1119+CERTAIN SPOUSES AND CHILDREN IN NA-2
1120+TIONAL CEMETERIES. 3
1121+Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 4
1122+is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting 5
1123+‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 6
1124+SEC. 313. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FLAT GRAVE MARKERS 7
1125+AT SANTA FE NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEW 8
1126+MEXICO. 9
1127+Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 10
1128+is amended— 11
1129+(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 12
1130+and inserting a period at the end; 13
1131+(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 14
1132+at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 15
1133+(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-16
1134+paragraph: 17
1135+‘‘(F) in the case of Santa Fe National Ceme-18
1136+tery, New Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat 19
1137+grave markers in any section of such cemetery in 20
1138+which flat markers were in use on December 22, 21
1139+2023.’’. 22 44
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1141+Subtitle C—Homelessness 1
1142+SEC. 321. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSIST-2
1143+ANCE FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING 3
1144+FOR DISABLED VETERANS RESIDING TEMPO-4
1145+RARILY IN HOUSING OWNED BY A FAMILY 5
1146+MEMBER. 6
1147+Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is 7
1148+amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting 8
1149+‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 9
1150+SEC. 322. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIALLY 10
1151+ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 11
1152+GRANT PROGRAM. 12
1153+Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is 13
1154+amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 14
1155+‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 15
1156+SEC. 323. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-16
1157+TIONS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS 17
1158+AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN 18
1159+REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 19
1160+Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 20
1161+is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 21 45
1162+•HR 9747 EH
1163+SEC. 324. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND 1
1164+REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY 2
1165+ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 3
1166+(a) G
1167+ENERALTREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 4
1168+38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-5
1169+tember 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 6
1170+(b) A
1171+DDITIONALSERVICES AT CERTAINLOCA-7
1172+TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by strik-8
1173+ing ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 9
1174+2025’’. 10
1175+SEC. 325. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSIST-11
1176+ANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY 12
1177+LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN PERMA-13
1178+NENT HOUSING. 14
1179+(a) I
1180+NGENERAL.—Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, 15
1181+United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 16
1182+inserting ‘‘2025’’. 17
1183+(b) T
1184+ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 2044(e) of 18
1185+such title is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 19
1186+through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively. 20
1187+SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM 21
1188+FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL 22
1189+NEEDS. 23
1190+Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 24
1191+is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. 25 46
1192+•HR 9747 EH
1193+Subtitle D—Other Authorities 1
1194+SEC. 331. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDI-2
1195+VIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF 3
1196+VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 4
1197+Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 5
1198+is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-6
1199+ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 7
1200+SEC. 332. EXTENSION OF TESTIMONIAL SUBPOENA AU-8
1201+THORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 9
1202+DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 10
1203+Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 11
1204+is amended by striking ‘‘May 31, 2025’’ and inserting 12
1205+‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 13
1206+SEC. 333. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-14
1207+GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE 15
1208+PHILIPPINES. 16
1209+Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 17
1210+amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting 18
1211+‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 19 47
1212+•HR 9747 EH
1213+SEC. 334. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY 1
1214+FOR MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR 2
1215+DISABLED VETERANS TRAINING IN 3
1216+PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC SPORTS PRO-4
1217+GRAM. 5
1218+Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is 6
1219+amended— 7
1220+(1) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic 8
1221+Committee’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the 9
1222+United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee’’; 10
1223+(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Veterans 11
1224+Benefits Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans 12
1225+Health Administration’’; and 13
1226+(3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph 14
1227+(4) to read as follows: 15
1228+‘‘(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry 16
1229+out this subsection the following: 17
1230+‘‘(A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 18
1231+2023, $2,000,000. 19
1232+‘‘(B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 20
1233+2027, $2,500,000.’’. 21 48
1234+•HR 9747 EH
1235+SEC. 335. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REPORT ON EQ-1
1236+UITABLE RELIEF PROVIDED DUE TO ADMIN-2
1237+ISTRATIVE ERROR. 3
1238+Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 4
1239+amended, in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘December 5
1240+31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 6
1241+SEC. 336. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN 7
1242+FEES. 8
1243+The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, 9
1244+United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 10
1245+15, 2031’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 11
1246+29, 2031’’. 12
1247+SEC. 337. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF 13
1248+REAL PROPERTY. 14
1249+Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 15
1250+is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and insert-16
1251+ing ‘‘September 30, 2025’’. 17
1252+SEC. 338. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 18
1253+CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE DEPART-19
1254+MENT. 20
1255+Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. 21
1256+Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improve-22
1257+ment Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–315) is amended by 23
1258+striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2022 and each of the next three 24
1259+subsequent fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 25
1260+years 2026 through 2029’’. 26 49
1261+•HR 9747 EH
1262+TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 1
1263+SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 2
1264+(a) S
1265+TATUTORYPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-3
1266+etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either 4
1267+PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 5
1268+the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 6
1269+(b) S
1270+ENATEPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 7
1271+effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 8
1272+scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 9
1273+Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 10
1274+(c) C
1275+LASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARYEFFECTS.— 11
1276+Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 12
1277+Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 13
1278+the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-14
1279+port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 15
1280+Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 16
1281+budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 17
1282+(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 18
1283+(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-19
1284+mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 20
1285+of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 21 50
1286+•HR 9747 EH
1287+(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 1
1288+3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 2
1289+being included in an appropriation Act. 3
1290+Passed the House of Representatives September 25,
1291+2024.
1292+Attest:
1293+Clerk. 118
1294+TH
1295+CONGRESS
1296+2
1297+D
5461298 S
547-EC. 145. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other
548-than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social
549-Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section
550-106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2024, and out
551-of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
552-appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may
553-be necessary for such purpose.
554-S
555-EC. 146. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
556-there is appropriated—
557-(1) for payment to the heirs at law of Sheila Jackson
558-Lee, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $174,000;
559-(2) for payment to Elsie M. Pascrell, widow of William
560-Pascrell, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New
561-Jersey, $174,000; and
562-(3) for payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald
563-M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of New
564-Jersey, $174,000.
565-S
566-EC. 147. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made
567-available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Military
568-Construction, Navy’’ may be used by the Secretary of the Navy
569-to carry out military construction not otherwise authorized by law
570-for a Trident Refit Facility project at Naval Submarine Base Kings
571-Bay.
572-S
573-EC. 148. Notwithstanding section 101, section 126 of division
574-A of Public Law 118–42 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal
575-year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2017, 2018, and
576-2019’’.
577-S
578-EC. 149. (a) The remaining unobligated balances as of Sep-
579-tember 30, 2024, from amounts made available until September
580-30, 2024, for ‘‘Departmental Administration—Construction, Major
581-Projects’’ in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appro-
582-priations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) are hereby rescinded, and
583-in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an
584-amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
585-rescinded pursuant to this section is hereby appropriated on Sep-
586-tember 30, 2024, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2024,
587-to remain available until September 30, 2029, and shall be available
588-for the same purposes and under the same authorities provided
589-under such heading in Public Law 116–94, in addition to other
590-funds as may be available for such purposes.
591-(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effec-
592-tive immediately upon enactment of this Act.
593-(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2024, this section
594-shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2024.
595-S
596-EC. 150. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
597-ment of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Payments to Air
598-Carriers’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
599-to maintain Essential Air Service program operations.
600-S
601-EC. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the Secretary
602-of Housing and Urban Development may use the unobligated bal-
603-ances of amounts made available in prior fiscal years in the second
604-paragraph under the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban
605-Development—Public and Indian Housing—Tenant-Based Rental
606-Assistance’’ to support additional allocations under subparagraph H. R. 9747—11
607-(D) of paragraph (1) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of
608-such heading to prevent the termination of rental assistance for
609-families as a result of insufficient funding in the calendar year
610-2024 funding cycle: Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant
611-to this section that were previously designated by the Congress
612-as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution
613-on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
614-trol Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being for an
615-emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
616-Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
617-S
618-EC. 152. During the period covered by this Act, section 517
619-of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to
620-the Coast Guard.
621-This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations
622-Act, 2025’’.
623-DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS
624-TITLE I—MISCELLANEOUS EXTENSIONS
625-SEC. 101. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND ASSETS FROM
626-UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
627-Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
628-124n(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting
629-‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
630-SEC. 102. JOINT TASK FORCES.
631-Section 708(b)(13) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
632-U.S.C. 348(b)(13)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘December 20,
633-2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2024’’.
634-SEC. 103. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYSTEM
635-AUTHORIZATION.
636-Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
637-of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
638-2024’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
639-SEC. 104. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
640-COMMISSION.
641-Section 6(g) of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development
642-Act (16 U.S.C. 410y–4(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘40’’ and all
643-that follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘on
644-December 20, 2024.’’.
645-SEC. 105. EBT BENEFIT FRAUD PREVENTION.
646-Section 501 of division HH of the Consolidated Appropriations
647-Act, 2023 (7 U.S.C. 2016a), is amended—
648-(1) in subsection (a)—
649-(A) in paragraph (4)(A)(iii), by striking ‘‘to the max-
650-imum extent practicable,’’; and
651-(B) in paragraph (5)—
652-(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
653-striking ‘‘October’’ and inserting ‘‘December’’;
654-(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘to the max-
655-imum extent practicable,’’;
656-(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
657-end; H. R. 9747—12
658-(iv) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subpara-
659-graph (E);
660-(v) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
661-lowing:
662-‘‘(D) a comparison of State plans related to reimburse-
663-ment, prevention, and other relevant procedures approved
664-in accordance with subsection (b)(1)(A); and’’; and
665-(vi) in subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated), by
666-inserting ‘‘and proactively’’ after ‘‘consistently’’;
667-(2) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’
668-and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’; and
669-(3) by adding at the end the following:
670-‘‘(e) C
671-OMPTROLLER GENERAL.—
672-‘‘(1) I
673-N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date
674-of enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of
675-the United States shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture
676-of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
677-culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that
678-examines risks related to supplemental nutrition assistance
679-program electronic benefit transfer payment system security,
680-including the risk of stolen benefits through card skimming,
681-card cloning, and other similar methods.
682-‘‘(2) C
683-ONTENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall
684-include an assessment of—
685-‘‘(A) the extent to which the Department of Agriculture
686-manages payment system security, including risks related
687-to stolen benefits, compared to leading industry practices;
688-‘‘(B) the manner in which States, retailers, and other
689-relevant entities manage risks related to stolen benefits;
690-‘‘(C) the oversight of and guidance provided by the
691-Secretary to States regarding stolen benefits; and
692-‘‘(D) recommendations and policy options for—
693-‘‘(i) improving how the Department of Agriculture
694-and other relevant entities manage payment system
695-security risks, including those related to stolen bene-
696-fits; and
697-‘‘(ii) how the Department of Agriculture may best
698-share those improvements with States, retailers, and
699-other relevant entities.’’.
700-SEC. 106. EXTENSION OF FOREST SERVICE PARTICIPATION IN ACES
701-PROGRAM.
702-Section 8302(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C.
703-3851a(b)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘1 day after December
704-20, 2024’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2023’’.
705-SEC. 107. EXTENSION OF GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY.
706-Section 8206(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (16
707-U.S.C. 2113a(b)(2)(C)(ii)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘1 day
708-after December 20, 2024’’ for ‘‘October 1, 2024’’.
709-SEC. 108. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF FOOD FOR PEACE ACT.
710-The authorities provided by each provision of the Food for
711-Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.), as in effect on September 30,
712-2024, shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024. H. R. 9747—13
713-SEC. 109. OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY AND LIMITATION.
714-(a) INGENERAL.—The authority provided under section 1113
715-of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–
716-32; 123 Stat. 1904) shall remain in effect through December 20,
717-2024.
718-(b) L
719-IMITATION.—The authority described in subsection (a) may
720-not be used to pay an eligible member of the Foreign Service
721-(as defined in section 1113(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations
722-Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32; 123 Stat. 1904)) a locality-based
723-comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that exceeds two-
724-thirds of the amount of the locality-based comparability payment
725-(stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such member
726-under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, if such member’s
727-official duty station were in the District of Columbia.
728-SEC. 110. PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIA-
729-TION WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.
730-(a) FEDERALPROGRAMS AND SERVICESAGREEMENT WITH THE
731-G
732-OVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.—During the period
733-beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on the date on which
734-a new Federal programs and services agreement with the Govern-
735-ment of the Republic of Palau enters into force, any activities
736-described in sections 132 and 221(a) of the Compact of Free Associa-
737-tion between the Government of the United States of America
738-and the Government of the Republic of Palau set forth in section
739-201 of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) shall, with the
740-mutual consent of the Government of the Republic of Palau, con-
741-tinue in the manner authorized and required for fiscal year 2024
742-under the amended agreements described in subsections (b) and
743-(f) of section 462 of that Compact.
744-(b) A
745-MENDMENTS RELATED TO THE 2024 FEDERALPROGRAMS
746-ANDSERVICESAGREEMENTWITH THEREPUBLIC OFPALAU.—
747-(1) Section 204(e) of the Compact of Free Association
748-Amendments Act of 2024 (48 U.S.C. 1983(e)) is amended—
749-(A) in paragraph (4), by redesignating subparagraphs
750-(A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and
751-indenting appropriately;
752-(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as
753-subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting
754-appropriately;
755-(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so
756-redesignated), by striking ‘‘An agreement’’ and inserting
757-the following:
758-‘‘(1) I
759-N GENERAL.—An agreement’’; and
760-(D) by adding at the end the following:
761-‘‘(2) F
762-EDERAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
763-THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU .—Subparagraphs (A) and (D)(iii) of
764-section 101(c)(2) of Public Law 99–658 (48 U.S.C. 1931(c)(2))
765-and subsection (d)(2)(A) shall not apply to an agreement that
766-would amend, change, or terminate the agreement described
767-in section 462(f) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.’’.
768-(2) Section 210(a)(2) of the Compact of Free Association
769-Amendments Act of 2024 (48 U.S.C. 1989(a)(2)) is amended—
770-(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
771-(B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subpara-
772-graph (F); and
773-(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: H. R. 9747—14
774-‘‘(E) with respect to the Federal Deposit Insurance
775-Corporation, any applicable Federal programs and services
776-agreement between the United States and the Republic
777-of Palau; and’’.
778-SEC. 111. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
779-MENT CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIVER.
780-Section 625(j)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
781-U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)(B)) shall be applied by striking ‘‘October 1, 2010’’
782-and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
783-SEC. 112. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOP-
784-MENT INSPECTOR GENERAL ANNUITANT WAIVER.
785-The authorities provided under section 1015(b) of the Supple-
786-mental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–212; 124 Stat.
787-2332)—
788-(1) shall remain in effect through December 20, 2024; and
789-(2) may be used to facilitate the assignment of persons
790-for oversight of programs in countries with a humanitarian
791-disaster or complex emergency declaration.
792-SEC. 113. EXTENSION OF HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOC-
793-RACY ACT OF 2019.
794-Section 7(h) of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy
795-Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–76; 22 U.S.C. 5701 note) is amended
796-by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment
797-of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
798-SEC. 114. EXTENSION OF TRANSFERS OF AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEMS
799-ACQUIRED WITH AIP FUNDING.
800-Section 728(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public
801-Law 118–63) is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting
802-‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
803-TITLE II—HEALTH EXTENDERS
804-Subtitle A—Public Health
805-SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF PROGRAMS RELATING TO AUTISM.
806-(a) DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIESSURVEILLANCE AND RESEARCH
807-P
808-ROGRAM.—Section 399AA(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42
809-U.S.C. 280i(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and
810-inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
811-(b) A
812-UTISMEDUCATION, EARLYDETECTION, ANDINTERVEN-
813-TION.—Section 399BB(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
814-280i–1(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and
815-inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
816-(c) I
817-NTERAGENCY AUTISMCOORDINATING COMMITTEE.—Section
818-399CC(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280i–2(f))
819-is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting
820-‘‘December 20, 2024’’. H. R. 9747—15
821-SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE PRIORITY REVIEW
822-VOUCHERS TO ENCOURAGE TREATMENTS FOR RARE PEDI-
823-ATRIC DISEASES.
824-Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
825-(21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’
826-each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 20, 2024’’.
827-SEC. 203. NO SURPRISES ACT IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.
828-Section 118(a) of title I of division BB of the Consolidated
829-Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended by
830-striking ‘‘through 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘through September 30,
831-2025’’.
832-Subtitle B—Medicaid
833-SEC. 211. MEDICAID FUNDING FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
834-Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308)
835-is amended—
836-(1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph
837-(A), by striking ‘‘and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (5), and (14)’’; and
838-(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
839-‘‘(14) A
840-DDITIONAL INCREASE FOR THE NORTHERN MARIANA
841-ISLANDS.—
842-‘‘(A) I
843-N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall increase the
844-total amount otherwise determined under this subsection
845-for the Northern Mariana Islands for the period beginning
846-on October 1, 2022, and ending on September 30, 2024,
847-by $27,100,000.
848-‘‘(B) S
849-PECIAL RULES .—The increase described in
850-subparagraph (A)—
851-‘‘(i) shall apply to the total amount certified by
852-the Secretary under title XIX for payment to the
853-Northern Mariana Islands for services attributable to
854-fiscal year 2023 or 2024, notwithstanding that pay-
855-ments for any such services are made by the Northern
856-Mariana Islands in fiscal year 2025; and
857-‘‘(ii) shall be in addition to the amount calculated
858-under paragraph (2) for the Northern Mariana Islands
859-for fiscal years 2023 and 2024 and shall not be taken
860-into account in calculating an amount under paragraph
861-(2) for the Northern Mariana Islands for fiscal year
862-2025 or a subsequent fiscal year.’’.
863-Subtitle C—Medicare
864-SEC. 221. REVISING PHASE-IN OF MEDICARE CLINICAL LABORATORY
865-TEST PAYMENT CHANGES.
866-(a) REVISEDPHASE-IN OFREDUCTIONS FROMPRIVATEPAYOR
867-R
868-ATEIMPLEMENTATION .—Section 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security
869-Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(b)(3)) is amended—
870-(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2027’’ and inserting
871-‘‘2028’’; and
872-(2) in subparagraph (B)—
873-(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting
874-‘‘2025’’; and H. R. 9747—16
875-(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘2025 through 2027’’
876-and inserting ‘‘2026 through 2028’’.
877-(b) R
878-EVISEDREPORTINGPERIOD FOR REPORTING OF PRIVATE
879-S
880-ECTORPAYMENTRATES FORESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICAREPAY-
881-MENTRATES.—Section 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act
882-(42 U.S.C. 1395m–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
883-(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’;
884-and
885-(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2025’’ each place it appears
886-and inserting ‘‘2026’’.
887-SEC. 222. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.
888-Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
889-1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2022, $0’’ and inserting ‘‘2026,
890-$3,197,000,000’’.
891-TITLE III—VETERANS EXTENDERS
892-Subtitle A—Health Care
893-SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF COPAY-
894-MENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND NURSING HOME CARE.
895-Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
896-by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
897-2025’’.
898-SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURSING HOME
899-CARE TO CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CONNECTED
900-DISABILITIES.
901-Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
902-by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
903-2025’’.
904-SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF EXPANSION OF RURAL ACCESS NETWORK
905-FOR GROWTH ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM OF THE DEPART-
906-MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
907-Section 2(d) of the Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans Mental Health
908-Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–21; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended
909-by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’.
910-SEC. 304. EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE VETERANS
911-ACCESS TO COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH
912-PROGRAMS THROUGH ANIMAL THERAPY, AGRITHERAPY,
913-SPORTS AND RECREATION THERAPY, ART THERAPY, AND
914-POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH PROGRAMS.
915-Section 203(d)(1) of the Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health
916-Care Improvement Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–171; 38 U.S.C.
917-1712A note) is amended by striking ‘‘for a three-year period begin-
918-ning on the commencement of the pilot program’’ and inserting
919-‘‘until September 30, 2025’’.
920-SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR JOINT DEPARTMENT OF
921-DEFENSE-DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL
922-FACILITY DEMONSTRATION FUND.
923-Section 1704(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
924-Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 123 Stat. 2573), as most
925-recently amended by section 104 of division E of the Continuing H. R. 9747—17
926-Appropriations and Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023
927-(Public Law 117–180; 136 Stat. 2137), is amended by striking
928-‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
929-Subtitle B—Memorial Affairs
930-SEC. 311. EXTENSION OF ENTITLEMENT TO MEMORIAL HEADSTONES
931-AND MARKERS FOR COMMEMORATION OF VETERANS AND
932-CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.
933-Section 2306(b)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
934-by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ both places it appears and inserting
935-‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
936-SEC. 312. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO BURY REMAINS OF CERTAIN
937-SPOUSES AND CHILDREN IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
938-Section 2402(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
939-by striking ‘‘October 1, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
940-SEC. 313. AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FLAT GRAVE MARKERS AT SANTA
941-FE NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEW MEXICO.
942-Section 2404(c)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
943-(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting
944-a period at the end;
945-(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the
946-end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
947-(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
948-‘‘(F) in the case of Santa Fe National Cemetery, New
949-Mexico, the Secretary may provide for flat grave markers in
950-any section of such cemetery in which flat markers were in
951-use on December 22, 2023.’’.
952-Subtitle C—Homelessness
953-SEC. 321. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR
954-SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS
955-RESIDING TEMPORARILY IN HOUSING OWNED BY A
956-FAMILY MEMBER.
957-Section 2102A(e) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
958-by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
959-2025’’.
960-SEC. 322. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SPECIALLY ADAPTED
961-HOUSING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.
962-Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
963-by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
964-2025’’.
965-SEC. 323. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
966-HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND HOMELESS VETERANS
967-WITH CHILDREN REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM.
968-Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
969-by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’. H. R. 9747—18
970-SEC. 324. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND
971-REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND
972-HOMELESS VETERANS.
973-(a) GENERALTREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 38, United
974-States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and
975-inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
976-(b) A
977-DDITIONALSERVICES AT CERTAINLOCATIONS.—Section
978-2033(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’
979-and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
980-SEC. 325. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
981-SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN
982-FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
983-(a) INGENERAL.—Section 2044(e)(H) of title 38, United States
984-Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’.
985-(b) T
986-ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—Section 2044(e) of such title is
987-amended by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as para-
988-graphs (1) through (8), respectively.
989-SEC. 326. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR HOME-
990-LESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
991-Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
992-by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2025’’.
993-Subtitle D—Other Authorities
994-SEC. 331. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDIVIDUALS
995-TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
996-FACILITIES.
997-Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
998-by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
999-2025’’.
1000-SEC. 332. EXTENSION OF TESTIMONIAL SUBPOENA AUTHORITY OF
1001-INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
1002-AFFAIRS.
1003-Section 312(d)(7)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
1004-by striking ‘‘May 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’.
1005-SEC. 333. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN REGIONAL OFFICE
1006-IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
1007-Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
1008-by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
1009-2025’’.
1010-SEC. 334. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR
1011-MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE FOR DISABLED VET-
1012-ERANS TRAINING IN PARALYMPIC AND OLYMPIC SPORTS
1013-PROGRAM.
1014-Section 322 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—
1015-(1) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Committee’’
1016-each place it appears and inserting ‘‘the United States Olympic
1017-& Paralympic Committee’’;
1018-(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Veterans Benefits
1019-Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
1020-tion’’; and H. R. 9747—19
1021-(3) in subsection (d), by amending paragraph (4) to read
1022-as follows:
1023-‘‘(4) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
1024-subsection the following:
1025-‘‘(A) For each of fiscal years 2010 through 2023, $2,000,000.
1026-‘‘(B) For each of fiscal years 2024 through 2027,
1027-$2,500,000.’’.
1028-SEC. 335. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REPORT ON EQUITABLE
1029-RELIEF PROVIDED DUE TO ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.
1030-Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended,
1031-in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ and
1032-inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’.
1033-SEC. 336. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN HOUSING LOAN FEES.
1034-The loan fee table in section 3729(b)(2) of title 38, United
1035-States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘November 15, 2031’’ each
1036-place it appears and inserting ‘‘November 29, 2031’’.
1037-SEC. 337. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF REAL PROP-
1038-ERTY.
1039-Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
1040-by striking ‘‘September 30, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
1041-2025’’.
1042-SEC. 338. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CHIEF FINAN-
1043-CIAL OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
1044-Section 7103 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D.
1045-Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (Public
1046-Law 116–315) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2022 and
1047-each of the next three subsequent fiscal years’’ and inserting ‘‘for
1048-each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029’’.
1049-TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
1050-SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
1051-(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects
1052-of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard
1053-maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-
1054-Go Act of 2010.
1055-(b) S
1056-ENATEPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this
1057-division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained
1058-for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
1059-(c) C
1060-LASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARYEFFECTS.—Notwithstanding
1061-Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
1062-joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accom-
1063-panying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the
1064-Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
1065-budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated—
1066-(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
1067-(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appro-
1068-priations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional
1069-Budget Act of 1974; and H. R. 9747—20
1070-(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the
1071-Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an
1072-appropriation Act.
1073-Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1074-Vice President of the United States and
1075-President of the Senate.
1299+ESSION
1300+
1301+H. R. 9747
1302+AN ACT
1303+Making continuing appropriations and extensions
1304+for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.