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2	2	Calendar No. 131
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	1
5	5	STSESSION S. 2309
6	6	[Report No. 118–61]
7	7	Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the
8	8	fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	JULY13, 2023
11	11	Mr. V
12	12	ANHOLLEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
13	13	following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
14	14	A BILL
15	15	Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
16	16	ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024,
17	17	and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
21	21	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fi-4
22	22	nancial services and general government for the fiscal year 5
23	23	ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, 6
24	24	namely: 7 2
25	25	•S 2309 RS
26	26	TITLE I 1
27	27	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 2
28	28	D
29	29	EPARTMENTAL OFFICES 3
30	30	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
31	31	For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 5
32	32	including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 6
33	33	Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-7
34	34	senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-8
35	35	ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 9
36	36	for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-10
37	37	essary for the performance of official business; executive 11
38	38	direction program activities; international affairs and eco-12
39	39	nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-13
40	40	tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 14
41	41	territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-15
42	42	cies and programs activities, $273,882,000, of which not 16
43	43	less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administra-17
44	44	tion of financial assistance, in addition to amounts other-18
45	45	wise available for such purposes: Provided, That of the 19
46	46	amount appropriated under this heading— 20
47	47	(1) not to exceed $350,000 is for official recep-21
48	48	tion and representation expenses; 22
49	49	(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 23
50	50	emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 24
51	51	and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 25 3
52	52	•S 2309 RS
53	53	the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 1
54	54	Secretary’s certificate; and 2
55	55	(3) not to exceed $42,000,000 shall remain 3
56	56	available until September 30, 2025, for— 4
57	57	(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 5
58	58	Audit and Internal Control Program; 6
59	59	(B) information technology modernization 7
60	60	requirements; 8
61	61	(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-9
62	62	tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 10
63	63	(D) the development and implementation 11
64	64	of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 12
65	65	and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 13
66	66	entering into cooperative agreements; 14
67	67	(E) operations and maintenance of facili-15
68	68	ties; 16
69	69	(F) international operations; and 17
70	70	(G) investment security. 18
71	71	COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 19
72	72	STATES FUND 20
73	73	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
74	74	For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 22
75	75	Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain 23
76	76	available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 24
77	77	of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-25 4
78	78	•S 2309 RS
79	79	partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-1
80	80	ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 2
81	81	notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 3
82	82	House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-4
83	83	ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 5
84	84	until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 6
85	85	of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 7
86	86	U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any 8
87	87	other funds available to any department or agency: Pro-9
88	88	vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 10
89	89	such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset-11
90	90	ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 12
91	91	appropriated under this heading from the general fund 13
92	92	shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 14
93	93	during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a total appro-15
94	94	priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 16
95	95	$0. 17
96	96	OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 18
97	97	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
98	98	For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 20
99	99	and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-21
100	100	tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-22
101	101	rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 23
102	102	proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 24
103	103	drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 25 5
104	104	•S 2309 RS
105	105	$221,059,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 1
106	106	available for addressing human rights violations and cor-2
107	107	ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 3
108	108	Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 4
109	109	2656 note): Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 5
110	110	under this heading, up to $16,000,000 shall remain avail-6
111	111	able until September 30, 2025. 7
112	112	CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 8
113	113	For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 9
114	114	for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 10
115	115	$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 11
116	116	2026: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 12
117	117	supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-13
118	118	ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-14
119	119	ther, That of the total amount made available under this 15
120	120	heading $9,000,000 shall be available for administrative 16
121	121	expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 17
122	122	provide oversight of the investments made under this 18
123	123	heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-19
124	124	ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 20
125	125	to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 21 6
126	126	•S 2309 RS
127	127	DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 1
128	128	INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 2
129	129	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
130	130	For development and acquisition of automatic data 4
131	131	processing equipment, software, and services and for re-5
132	132	pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-6
133	133	ment of the Treasury, $11,118,000, to remain available 7
134	134	until September 30, 2026: Provided, That these funds 8
135	135	shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-9
136	136	essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-10
137	137	fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 11
138	138	That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 12
139	139	other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-13
140	140	ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-14
141	141	ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-15
142	142	enue Service, Operations Support’’ or ‘‘Internal Revenue 16
143	143	Service, Business Systems Modernization’’. 17
144	144	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 18
145	145	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
146	146	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 20
147	147	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 21
148	148	General Act of 1978, $48,878,000, including hire of pas-22
149	149	senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 23
150	150	shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-24
151	151	fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 25 7
152	152	•S 2309 RS
153	153	direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 1
154	154	which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-2
155	155	tember 30, 2025, shall be for audits and investigations 3
156	156	conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 4
157	157	Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-5
158	158	vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 6
159	159	U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 7
160	160	shall be available for official reception and representation 8
161	161	expenses. 9
162	162	TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 10
163	163	ADMINISTRATION 11
164	164	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
165	165	For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 13
166	166	General for Tax Administration in carrying out the In-14
167	167	spector General Act of 1978, as amended, including pur-15
168	168	chase and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 16
169	169	1343(b)); and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at 17
170	170	such rates as may be determined by the Inspector General 18
171	171	for Tax Administration; $174,250,000, of which 19
172	172	$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 20
173	173	2025; of which not to exceed $6,000,000 shall be available 21
174	174	for official travel expenses; of which not to exceed 22
175	175	$500,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of 23
176	176	a confidential nature, to be allocated and expended under 24
177	177	the direction of the Inspector General for Tax Administra-25 8
178	178	•S 2309 RS
179	179	tion; and of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be available 1
180	180	for official reception and representation expenses. 2
181	181	F
182	182	INANCIALCRIMESENFORCEMENTNETWORK 3
183	183	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
184	184	For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-5
185	185	forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-6
186	186	hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 7
187	187	foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 8
188	188	training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-9
189	189	telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-10
190	190	tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 11
191	191	$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 12
192	192	and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 13
193	193	with or without reimbursement, $190,193,000, of which 14
194	194	not to exceed $55,000,000 shall remain available until 15
195	195	September 30, 2026. 16
196	196	B
197	197	UREAU OF THEFISCALSERVICE 17
198	198	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
199	199	For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 19
200	200	of the Fiscal Service, $386,485,000; of which not to ex-20
201	201	ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 21
202	202	2026, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 22
203	203	and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 23
204	204	and representation expenses. 24 9
205	205	•S 2309 RS
206	206	In addition, $225,000, to be derived from the Oil 1
207	207	Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 2
208	208	and personnel expenses for financial management of the 3
209	209	Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 4
210	210	380. 5
211	211	A
212	212	LCOHOL ANDTOBACCOTAX ANDTRADEBUREAU 6
213	213	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
214	214	For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 8
215	215	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 9
216	216	passenger motor vehicles, $153,863,000; of which not to 10
217	217	exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 11
218	218	representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 12
219	219	$50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-13
220	220	velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 14
221	221	of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 15
222	222	or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 16
223	223	appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 17
224	224	the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 18
225	225	label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 19
226	226	appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 20
227	227	available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the costs 21
228	228	associated with enforcement of and education regarding 22
229	229	the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-23
230	230	ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 24 10
231	231	•S 2309 RS
232	232	UNITEDSTATESMINT 1
233	233	UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 2
234	234	Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 3
235	235	Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 4
236	236	the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 5
237	237	associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-6
238	238	matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-7
239	239	ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 8
240	240	the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-9
241	241	curred during fiscal year 2024 under such section 5136 10
242	242	for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-11
243	243	vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 12
244	244	$50,000,000. 13
245	245	C
246	246	OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTFINANCIALINSTITUTIONS 14
247	247	F
248	248	UND 15
249	249	To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 16
250	250	Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 17
251	251	I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 18
252	252	by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 19
253	253	for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 20
254	254	to the rate for EX–III, $334,000,000. Of the amount ap-21
255	255	propriated under this heading— 22
256	256	(1) not less than $191,000,000, notwith-23
257	257	standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 24
258	258	U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-25 11
259	259	•S 2309 RS
260	260	ing Community Development Financial Institutions 1
261	261	Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 2
262	262	2025, for financial assistance and technical assist-3
263	263	ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 4
264	264	108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 5
265	265	U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 6
266	266	$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-7
267	267	reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 8
268	268	U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be 9
269	269	used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 10
270	270	$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec-11
271	271	tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 12
272	272	4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as-13
273	273	sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 14
274	274	to community development financial institutions to 15
275	275	expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-16
276	276	abilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for 17
277	277	the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con-18
278	278	junction with the Corporation for National and 19
279	279	Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: 20
280	280	Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 21
281	281	loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 22
282	282	shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-23
283	283	sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 24
284	284	these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-25 12
285	285	•S 2309 RS
286	286	tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 1
287	287	exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the 2
288	288	funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 3
289	289	those made to community development financial in-4
290	290	stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-5
291	291	uals with disabilities and those made to community 6
292	292	development financial institutions that serve popu-7
293	293	lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 8
294	294	CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 9
295	295	awards to organizations that invest and lend in high- 10
296	296	poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 11
297	297	this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means 12
298	298	any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 13
299	299	percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data 14
300	300	series available from the American Community Sur-15
301	301	vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 16
302	302	Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 17
303	303	percent as measured by the 2010 Island areas De-18
304	304	cennial Census data for any territory or possession 19
305	305	of the United States; 20
306	306	(2) not less than $25,000,000, notwithstanding 21
307	307	section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 22
308	308	4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2025, for 23
309	309	financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 24
310	310	and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 25 13
311	311	•S 2309 RS
312	312	American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-1
313	313	munities and provided primarily through qualified 2
314	314	community development lender organizations with 3
315	315	experience and expertise in community development 4
316	316	banking and lending in Indian country, Native 5
317	317	American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza-6
318	318	tions, and other suitable providers; 7
319	319	(3) not less than $40,000,000 is available until 8
320	320	September 30, 2025, for the Bank Enterprise Award 9
321	321	program; 10
322	322	(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding 11
323	323	subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 12
324	324	103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 13
325	325	until September 30, 2025, for a Healthy Food Fi-14
326	326	nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 15
327	327	technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-16
328	328	munity development financial institutions for the 17
329	329	purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-18
330	330	nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 19
331	331	food options in distressed communities; 20
332	332	(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until 21
333	333	September 30, 2025, to provide grants for loan loss 22
334	334	reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 23
335	335	small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 24
336	336	Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, 25 14
337	337	•S 2309 RS
338	338	That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public 1
339	339	Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 2
340	340	and technical assistance; 3
341	341	(6) up to $35,000,000 is available for adminis-4
342	342	trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 5
343	343	Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 6
344	344	Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for 7
345	345	the development of tools to better assess and inform 8
346	346	CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 9
347	347	impacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative 10
348	348	expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and 11
349	349	(7) during fiscal year 2024, up to $10,000,000 12
350	350	is available until September 30, 2025 for the cost, 13
351	351	as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-14
352	352	et Act of 1974, of commitments to guarantee bonds 15
353	353	and notes under section 114A of the Riegle Commu-16
354	354	nity Development and Regulatory Improvement Act 17
355	355	of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commit-18
356	356	ments to guarantee bonds and notes under such sec-19
357	357	tion 114A shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided 20
358	358	further, That such section 114A shall remain in ef-21
359	359	fect until December 31, 2025: Provided further, 22
360	360	That of the funds awarded under this heading, ex-23
361	361	cept those provided for the Economic Mobility 24
362	362	Corps, not less than 10 percent shall be used for 25 15
363	363	•S 2309 RS
364	364	awards that support investments that serve popu-1
365	365	lations living in persistent poverty counties: Provided 2
366	366	further, That for the purposes of this paragraph and 3
367	367	paragraph (1), the term ‘‘persistent poverty coun-4
368	368	ties’’ means any county, including county equivalent 5
369	369	areas in Puerto Rico, that has had 20 percent or 6
370	370	more of its population living in poverty over the past 7
371	371	30 years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decen-8
372	372	nial censuses and the 2016–2020 5-year data series 9
373	373	available from the American Community Survey of 10
374	374	the Bureau of the Census or any other territory or 11
375	375	possession of the United States that has had 20 per-12
376	376	cent or more of its population living in poverty over 13
377	377	the past 30 years, as measured by the 1990, 2000 14
378	378	and 2010 Island Areas Decennial Censuses, or 15
379	379	equivalent data, of the Bureau of the Census. 16
380	380	I
381	381	NTERNALREVENUESERVICE 17
382	382	TAXPAYER SERVICES 18
383	383	For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-19
384	384	ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-20
385	385	ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 21
386	386	advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 22
387	387	U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 23
388	388	Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed 24
389	389	$100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 25 16
390	390	•S 2309 RS
391	391	2025, of which not less than $12,000,000 shall be for the 1
392	392	Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 2
393	393	than $26,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 3
394	394	2025, shall be available for low-income taxpayer clinic 4
395	395	grants, including grants to individual clinics of up to 5
396	396	$200,000, of which not less than $41,000,000, to remain 6
397	397	available until September 30, 2025, shall be available for 7
398	398	the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Match-8
399	399	ing Grants Program for tax return preparation assistance, 9
400	400	and of which not less than $254,000,000 shall be available 10
401	401	for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advocate Service: 11
402	402	Provided, That of the amounts made available for the Tax-12
403	403	payer Advocate Service, not less than $7,000,000 shall be 13
404	404	for identity theft and refund fraud casework. 14
405	405	ENFORCEMENT 15
406	406	For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 16
407	407	of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 17
408	408	owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-18
409	409	duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 19
410	410	related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-20
411	411	nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-21
412	412	cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 22
413	413	as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 23
414	414	determined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of 24
415	415	which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available 25 17
416	416	•S 2309 RS
417	417	until September 30, 2025; of which not less than 1
418	418	$60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 2
419	419	Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 3
420	420	$25,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 4
421	421	Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 5
422	422	amount made available for investigative technology for the 6
423	423	Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 7
424	424	amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-8
425	425	vision under the ‘‘Operations Support’’ heading. 9
426	426	OPERATIONS SUPPORT 10
427	427	For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev-11
428	428	enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement 12
429	429	programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 13
430	430	printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and 14
431	431	other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta-15
432	432	tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-16
433	433	nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-17
434	434	nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 18
435	435	(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev-19
436	436	enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au-20
437	437	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-21
438	438	mined by the Commissioner; $4,100,826,000, of which not 22
439	439	to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-23
440	440	tember 30, 2025; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 24
441	441	remain available until expended for acquisition of equip-25 18
442	442	•S 2309 RS
443	443	ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; 1
444	444	of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available 2
445	445	until September 30, 2025, for research; and of which not 3
446	446	to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep-4
447	447	resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 5
448	448	days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 6
449	449	Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-7
450	450	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 8
451	451	and the Comptroller General of the United States detail-9
452	452	ing major information technology investments in the Inter-10
453	453	nal Revenue Service portfolio, including detailed, plain 11
454	454	language summaries on the status of plans, costs, and re-12
455	455	sults; prior results and actual expenditures of the prior 13
456	456	quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the fiscal 14
457	457	year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with ongo-15
458	458	ing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; and 16
459	459	total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, That 17
460	460	the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget 18
461	461	justification for fiscal year 2025, a summary of cost and 19
462	462	schedule performance information for its major informa-20
463	463	tion technology systems. 21 19
464	464	•S 2309 RS
465	465	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —INTERNAL REVENUE 1
466	466	SERVICE 2
467	467	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
468	468	S
469	469	EC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of the appropria-4
470	470	tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 5
471	471	Service under the ‘‘Enforcement’’ heading, and not to ex-6
472	472	ceed 5 percent of any other appropriation made available 7
473	473	in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service, may be trans-8
474	474	ferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropria-9
475	475	tion upon the advance approval of the Committees on Ap-10
476	476	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-11
477	477	ate. 12
478	478	S
479	479	EC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-13
480	480	tain an employee training program, which shall include the 14
481	481	following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 15
482	482	with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-16
483	483	partial application of tax law. 17
484	484	S
485	485	EC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-18
486	486	tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-19
487	487	guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-20
488	488	tect taxpayers against identity theft. 21
489	489	S
490	490	EC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 22
491	491	Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 23
492	492	improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-24
493	493	cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 25 20
494	494	•S 2309 RS
495	495	The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 1
496	496	to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 2
497	497	a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 3
498	498	response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 4
499	499	with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 5
500	500	S
501	501	EC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 6
502	502	a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 7
503	503	to an employer making employment tax payments, and 8
504	504	such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 9
505	505	and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 10
506	506	Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 11
507	507	offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-12
508	508	tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 13
509	509	S
510	510	EC. 106. None of the funds made available under 14
511	511	this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 15
512	512	target citizens of the United States for exercising any 16
513	513	right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-17
514	514	stitution of the United States. 18
515	515	S
516	516	EC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 19
517	517	Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 20
518	518	groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 21
519	519	beliefs. 22
520	520	S
521	521	EC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 23
522	522	to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-24
523	523	pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-25 21
524	524	•S 2309 RS
525	525	dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 1
526	526	and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 2
527	527	Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-3
528	528	sult of the recommendations in the report published on 4
529	529	May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 5
530	530	Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 6
531	531	Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-7
532	532	heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 8
533	533	S
534	534	EC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 9
535	535	Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 10
536	536	expended— 11
537	537	(1) to make a payment to any employee under 12
538	538	a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 13
539	539	(2) under any hiring or personnel selection 14
540	540	process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 15
541	541	unless such program or process takes into account the 16
542	542	conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 17
543	543	former employee. 18
544	544	S
545	545	EC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 19
546	546	Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 20
547	547	Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 21
548	548	and disclosure of returns and return information). 22
549	549	S
550	550	EC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-23
551	551	retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 24
552	552	Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-25 22
553	553	•S 2309 RS
554	554	retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-1
555	555	thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 2
556	556	regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 3
557	557	to positions in the competitive service to process back-4
558	558	logged tax returns and return information. 5
559	559	S
560	560	EC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 6
561	561	United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 7
562	562	Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-8
563	563	senger carrier transportation and protection between the 9
564	564	Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 10
565	565	of employment. 11
566	566	S
567	567	EC. 113. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-12
568	568	retary’s delegate) may use funds made available to the In-13
569	569	ternal Revenue Service in this Act or any other provision 14
570	570	of law, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the 15
571	571	Secretary’s delegate) may establish, to take such personnel 16
572	572	actions as the Secretary (or the Secretary’s delegate) de-17
573	573	termines necessary to administer the Internal Revenue 18
574	574	Code of 1986, including (1) in addition to the authority 19
575	575	under section 7812(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 20
576	576	1986, appointing not more than 200 individuals to posi-21
577	577	tions in the Internal Revenue Service under streamlined 22
578	578	critical pay authority subject to the requirements and con-23
579	579	ditions under section 9503 of title 5, United States Code, 24
580	580	except that section 9503(a)(3) of such title shall not apply; 25 23
581	581	•S 2309 RS
582	582	and (2) appointing not more than 300 individuals to posi-1
583	583	tions in the Internal Revenue Service at any one time for 2
584	584	which (A) the rate of basic pay may be established by the 3
585	585	Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) at 4
586	586	a rate that does not exceed the salary set in accordance 5
587	587	with section 104 of title 3, United States Code; and (B) 6
588	588	the total annual compensation paid to an employee in such 7
589	589	a position, including allowances, differentials, bonuses, 8
590	590	awards, and similar cash payments, may not exceed the 9
591	591	maximum amount of total annual compensation payable 10
592	592	at the salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 11
593	593	3, United States Code: Provided, That the authority pro-12
594	594	vided under this paragraph shall expire on September 30, 13
595	595	2031. 14
596	596	A
597	597	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 15
598	598	T
599	599	REASURY 16
600	600	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17
601	601	S
602	602	EC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 18
603	603	Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-19
604	604	lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 20
605	605	including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 21
606	606	insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 22
607	607	countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 23
608	608	general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 24
609	609	and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 25 24
610	610	•S 2309 RS
611	611	contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 1
612	612	of health and medical services to employees and their de-2
613	613	pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-3
614	614	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 4
615	615	S
616	616	EC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-5
617	617	tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-6
618	618	partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 7
619	619	Inspector General’’, ‘‘Special Inspector General for the 8
620	620	Troubled Asset Relief Program’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes En-9
621	621	forcement Network’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and 10
622	622	‘‘Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be 11
623	623	transferred between such appropriations upon the advance 12
624	624	approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 13
625	625	House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, That 14
626	626	no such transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-15
627	627	priation by more than 2 percent. 16
628	628	S
629	629	EC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-17
630	630	tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 18
631	631	Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-19
632	632	eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-20
633	633	vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 21
634	634	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 22
635	635	That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-23
636	636	priation by more than 2 percent. 24 25
637	637	•S 2309 RS
638	638	SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 1
639	639	or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 2
640	640	or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 3
641	641	to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 4
642	642	S
643	643	EC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-5
644	644	fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-6
645	645	ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-7
646	646	essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 8
647	647	such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-9
648	648	penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 10
649	649	Collection Fund. 11
650	650	S
651	651	EC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-12
652	652	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 13
653	653	by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-14
654	654	seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 15
655	655	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 16
656	656	Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 17
657	657	the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 18
658	658	Affairs. 19
659	659	S
660	660	EC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other-20
661	661	wise made available by this or any other Act or source 21
662	662	to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-22
663	663	ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 23
664	664	or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-24
665	665	tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 25 26
666	666	•S 2309 RS
667	667	United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 1
668	668	House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-2
669	669	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 3
670	670	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-4
671	671	atives and the Senate. 5
672	672	S
673	673	EC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 6
674	674	available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-7
675	675	partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-8
676	676	lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 9
677	677	the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 10
678	678	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 11
679	679	2024 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 12
680	680	Act for Fiscal Year 2024. 13
681	681	S
682	682	EC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-14
683	683	able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-15
684	684	trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 16
685	685	representation expenses. 17
686	686	S
687	687	EC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 18
688	688	a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-19
689	689	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 20
690	690	not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-21
691	691	nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 22
692	692	such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-23
693	693	ment spending from all accounts within the Department 24
694	694	of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-25 27
695	695	•S 2309 RS
696	696	ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-1
697	697	count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-2
698	698	ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 3
699	699	Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-4
700	700	ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 5
701	701	project that has not been fully completed. 6
702	702	S
703	703	EC. 124. During fiscal year 2024— 7
704	704	(1) none of the funds made available in this or 8
705	705	any other Act may be used by the Department of 9
706	706	the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv-10
707	707	ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-11
708	708	enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-12
709	709	ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 13
710	710	used to determine whether an organization is oper-14
711	711	ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 15
712	712	for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 16
713	713	Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-17
714	714	lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 18
715	715	29, 2013)); and 19
716	716	(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 20
717	717	January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de-21
718	718	terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-22
719	719	ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 23
720	720	under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-24
721	721	tions created on, before, or after such date. 25 28
722	722	•S 2309 RS
723	723	SEC. 125. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 1
724	724	of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 2
725	725	an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 3
726	726	of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 4
727	727	amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-5
728	728	chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 6
729	729	provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 7
730	730	description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 8
731	731	each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-9
732	732	tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-10
733	733	chise Fund. 11
734	734	S
735	735	EC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 12
736	736	of each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall 13
737	737	submit reports on their activities to the Committees on 14
738	738	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 15
739	739	Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House 16
740	740	of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Bank-17
741	741	ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 18
742	742	(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 19
743	743	include— 20
744	744	(1) the obligations made during the previous 21
745	745	quarter by object class, office, and activity; 22
746	746	(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 23
747	747	of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 24 29
748	748	•S 2309 RS
749	749	(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 1
750	750	each office during the previous quarter; 2
751	751	(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-3
752	752	lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-4
753	753	cal year; and 5
754	754	(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-6
755	755	tives, and performance measures of each office. 7
756	756	(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 8
757	757	in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall 9
758	758	make officials available to testify on the contents of the 10
759	759	reports required under subsection (a). 11
760	760	S
761	761	EC. 127. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 12
762	762	there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 13
763	763	Pandemic Recovery, $12,000,000, to remain available 14
764	764	until expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out sec-15
765	765	tion 4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 16
766	766	Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 17
767	767	S
768	768	EC. 128. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-18
769	769	tion made available in this Act for the Department of the 19
770	770	Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor-20
771	771	mation technology system modernization and working cap-21
772	772	ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 22
773	773	of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza-23
774	774	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for 24
775	775	the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 25 30
776	776	•S 2309 RS
777	777	upon the prior notification of the Committees on Appro-1
778	778	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 2
779	779	Provided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 3
780	780	this section shall remain available for obligation through 4
781	781	September 30, 2027. 5
782	782	S
783	783	EC. 129. Up to $1,000,000 of any appropriation in 6
784	784	this title may be transferred to the Special Inspector Gen-7
785	785	eral for TARP or the Special Inspector General for Pan-8
786	786	demic Recovery appropriations upon the prior notification 9
787	787	of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-10
788	788	resentatives and the Senate. 11
789	789	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 12
790	790	Treasury Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 13 31
791	791	•S 2309 RS
792	792	TITLE II 1
793	793	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 2
794	794	FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 3
795	795	T
796	796	HEWHITEHOUSE 4
797	797	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
798	798	For necessary expenses for the White House as au-6
799	799	thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 7
800	800	services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 8
801	801	subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 9
802	802	shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 10
803	803	section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 11
804	804	to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 12
805	805	provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 13
806	806	official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-14
807	807	able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-15
808	808	dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 16
809	809	Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 17
810	810	3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $78,681,000. 18
811	811	E
812	812	XECUTIVERESIDENCE AT THEWHITEHOUSE 19
813	813	OPERATING EXPENSES 20
814	814	For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 21
815	815	at the White House, $15,609,000, to be expended and ac-22
816	816	counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 23
817	817	112–114. 24 32
818	818	•S 2309 RS
819	819	REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 1
820	820	For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-2
821	821	dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-3
822	822	essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 4
823	823	of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 5
824	824	with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 6
825	825	That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 7
826	826	amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 8
827	827	exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-9
828	828	ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-10
829	829	penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 11
830	830	shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-12
831	831	ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-13
832	832	mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 14
833	833	shall be credited to this account and remain available until 15
834	834	expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 16
835	835	shall require the national committee of the political party 17
836	836	of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 18
837	837	separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-19
838	838	ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 20
839	839	committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 21
840	840	the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 22
841	841	of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 23
842	842	under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 24
843	843	such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-25 33
844	844	•S 2309 RS
845	845	curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 1
846	846	after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 2
847	847	the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 3
848	848	penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 4
849	849	not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 5
850	850	the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-6
851	851	standing debt on a United States Government claim under 7
852	852	31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 8
853	853	that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 9
854	854	charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-10
855	855	neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-11
856	856	dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-12
857	857	propriations, by not later than 90 days after the end of 13
858	858	the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report setting forth 14
859	859	the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Res-15
860	860	idence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 16
861	861	amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 17
862	862	consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 18
863	863	amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 19
864	864	events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 20
865	865	reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 21
866	866	That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 22
867	867	the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 23
868	868	within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 24
869	869	for the classification of any such expense as political or 25 34
870	870	•S 2309 RS
871	871	nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 1
872	872	paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-2
873	873	idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-3
874	874	chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 4
875	875	Code. 5
876	876	W
877	877	HITEHOUSEREPAIR ANDRESTORATION 6
878	878	For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 7
879	879	Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 8
880	880	U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-9
881	881	pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 10
882	882	health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 11
883	883	C
884	884	OUNCIL OFECONOMICADVISERS 12
885	885	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
886	886	For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 14
887	887	Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-15
888	888	ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000. 16
889	889	N
890	890	ATIONALSECURITYCOUNCIL ANDHOMELAND 17
891	891	S
892	892	ECURITYCOUNCIL 18
893	893	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
894	894	For necessary expenses of the National Security 20
895	895	Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 21
896	896	services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,901,000, of 22
897	897	which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official 23
898	898	reception and representation expenses. 24 35
899	899	•S 2309 RS
900	900	OFFICE OFADMINISTRATION 1
901	901	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
902	902	For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-3
903	903	tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 4
904	904	and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 5
905	905	$115,463,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 6
906	906	remain available until expended for continued moderniza-7
907	907	tion of information resources within the Executive Office 8
908	908	of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided 9
909	909	under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available 10
910	910	for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-11
911	911	sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to 12
912	912	students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-13
913	913	charged from active duty who are performing voluntary 14
914	914	services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-15
915	915	tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable 16
916	916	authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 17
917	917	available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 18
918	918	further, That such payments shall not be considered com-19
919	919	pensation for purposes of such section 3111(b) and may 20
920	920	be paid in advance. 21
921	921	O
922	922	FFICE OFMANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 22
923	923	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
924	924	For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 24
925	925	and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 25 36
926	926	•S 2309 RS
927	927	and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 1
928	928	the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 2
929	929	Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 3
930	930	States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 4
931	931	title 31, United States Code, $128,035,000, of which not 5
932	932	to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-6
933	933	tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-7
934	934	priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 8
935	935	Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-9
936	936	cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 10
937	937	under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-11
938	938	ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 12
939	939	That none of the funds made available for the Office of 13
940	940	Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 14
941	941	the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-15
942	942	nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 16
943	943	Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-17
944	944	propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 18
945	945	That none of the funds made available for the Office of 19
946	946	Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 20
947	947	the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 21
948	948	Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 22
949	949	Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 23
950	950	provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or 24
951	951	indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for 25 37
952	952	•S 2309 RS
953	953	evaluating or determining if water resource project or 1
954	954	study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 2
955	955	through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 3
956	956	all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 4
957	957	to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-5
958	958	vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 6
959	959	shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 7
960	960	budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 8
961	961	which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-9
962	962	ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 10
963	963	Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-11
964	964	propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-12
965	965	ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 13
966	966	not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 14
967	967	appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 15
968	968	the Office of Management and Budget review period based 16
969	969	on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-17
970	970	sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 18
971	971	the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 19
972	972	later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of 20
973	973	the United States Government for fiscal year 2024, the 21
974	974	Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 22
975	975	make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each 23
976	976	agency that submits budget justification materials (as de-24
977	977	fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 25 38
978	978	•S 2309 RS
979	979	and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-1
980	980	imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 2
981	981	budget justification materials of the agency were sub-3
982	982	mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 4
983	983	the budget justification materials are published on the 5
984	984	website of the agency. 6
985	985	I
986	986	NTELLECTUALPROPERTYENFORCEMENT 7
987	987	C
988	988	OORDINATOR 8
989	989	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-9
990	990	tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 10
991	991	title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 11
992	992	Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), 12
993	993	including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 13
994	994	$1,902,000. 14
995	995	O
996	996	FFICE OF THENATIONALCYBERDIRECTOR 15
997	997	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
998	998	For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 17
999	999	Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-18
1000	1000	liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-19
1001	1001	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 20
1002	1002	$21,926,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-21
1003	1003	able for official reception and representation expenses. 22 39
1004	1004	•S 2309 RS
1005	1005	OFFICE OFNATIONALDRUGCONTROLPOLICY 1
1006	1006	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1007	1007	For necessary expenses of the Office of National 3
1008	1008	Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 4
1009	1009	the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-5
1010	1010	tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 6
1011	1011	official reception and representation expenses; and for par-7
1012	1012	ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 8
1013	1013	on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 9
1014	1014	public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-10
1015	1015	bursement, $35,045,000: Provided, That the Office is au-11
1016	1016	thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 12
1017	1017	real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 13
1018	1018	limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 14
1019	1019	work of the Office: Provided further, That of the amounts 15
1020	1020	made available under this heading, $13,045,000 shall be 16
1021	1021	for initiatives in the amounts and for the projects specified 17
1022	1022	in the table that appears under the heading ‘‘Office of Na-18
1023	1023	tional Drug Control Policy—Salaries and Expenses’’ in 19
1024	1024	the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That 20
1025	1025	none of the funds referenced in the previous proviso may 21
1026	1026	be transferred for any other purpose. 22 40
1027	1027	•S 2309 RS
1028	1028	FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 1
1029	1029	HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 2
1030	1030	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
1031	1031	For necessary expenses of the Office of National 4
1032	1032	Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 5
1033	1033	Areas Program, $301,600,000, to remain available until 6
1034	1034	September 30, 2025, for drug control activities consistent 7
1035	1035	with the approved strategy for each of the designated 8
1036	1036	High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 9
1037	1037	which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 10
1038	1038	State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 11
1039	1039	be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 12
1040	1040	this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-13
1041	1041	ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 14
1042	1042	determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 15
1043	1043	Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 16
1044	1044	for auditing services and associated activities and 17
1045	1045	$2,000,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 18
1046	1046	for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro-19
1047	1047	vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 20
1048	1048	to fiscal year 2022 may be used for any other approved 21
1049	1049	activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re-22
1050	1050	quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des-23
1051	1051	ignated as of September 30, 2023, shall be funded at not 24
1052	1052	less than the fiscal year 2023 base level, unless the Direc-25 41
1053	1053	•S 2309 RS
1054	1054	tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 1
1055	1055	House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 2
1056	1056	changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-3
1057	1057	ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 4
1058	1058	performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 5
1059	1059	That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-6
1060	1060	priations of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2024 fund-7
1061	1061	ing among HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enact-8
1062	1062	ment of this Act, and shall notify the Committees of 9
1063	1063	planned uses of discretionary HIDTA funding, as deter-10
1064	1064	mined in consultation with the HIDTA Directors, not 11
1065	1065	later than 90 days after enactment of this Act: Provided 12
1066	1066	further, That upon a determination that all or part of the 13
1067	1067	funds so transferred from this appropriation are not nec-14
1068	1068	essary for the purposes provided herein and upon notifica-15
1069	1069	tion to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 16
1070	1070	of Representatives and the Senate, such amounts may be 17
1071	1071	transferred back to this appropriation. 18
1072	1072	OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 19
1073	1073	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 20
1074	1074	For other drug control activities authorized by the 21
1075	1075	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 22
1076	1076	Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 23
1077	1077	amended, $142,520,000, to remain available until ex-24
1078	1078	pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 25 42
1079	1079	•S 2309 RS
1080	1080	for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not 1
1081	1081	more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, 2
1082	1082	and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di-3
1083	1083	rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 4
1084	1084	by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for 5
1085	1085	drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000 6
1086	1086	for anti-doping activities; up to $3,700,000 for the United 7
1087	1087	States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-8
1088	1088	cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 9
1089	1089	$5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of 10
1090	1090	Public Law 114–198; and $6,370,000 to implement evolv-11
1091	1091	ing and emerging drug threat response plans, as author-12
1092	1092	ized by section 709 of the Office of National Drug Control 13
1093	1093	Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1708), as 14
1094	1094	amended: Provided, That amounts made available under 15
1095	1095	this heading may be transferred to other Federal depart-16
1096	1096	ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 17
1097	1097	further, That the Director of the Office of National Drug 18
1098	1098	Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to obli-19
1099	1099	gating funds under this heading for United States mem-20
1100	1100	bership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency, submit to 21
1101	1101	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-22
1102	1102	resentatives and the Senate a spending plan and expla-23
1103	1103	nation of the proposed uses of these funds. 24 43
1104	1104	•S 2309 RS
1105	1105	UNANTICIPATEDNEEDS 1
1106	1106	For expenses necessary to enable the President to 2
1107	1107	meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 3
1108	1108	interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 4
1109	1109	abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 5
1110	1110	3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-6
1111	1111	tember 30, 2025. 7
1112	1112	I
1113	1113	NFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYOVERSIGHT ANDREFORM 8
1114	1114	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
1115	1115	For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-10
1116	1116	grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 11
1117	1117	technology in the Federal Government, $13,700,000, to 12
1118	1118	remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-13
1119	1119	tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 14
1120	1120	these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 15
1121	1121	projects to meet these purposes. 16
1122	1122	S
1123	1123	PECIALASSISTANCE TO THEPRESIDENT 17
1124	1124	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
1125	1125	For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 19
1126	1126	to provide assistance to the President in connection with 20
1127	1127	specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 21
1128	1128	U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-22
1129	1129	penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-23
1130	1130	pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 24
1131	1131	hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 25 44
1132	1132	•S 2309 RS
1133	1133	OFFICIALRESIDENCE OF THEVICEPRESIDENT 1
1134	1134	OPERATING EXPENSES 2
1135	1135	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
1136	1136	For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 4
1137	1137	and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 5
1138	1138	lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-6
1139	1139	cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 7
1140	1140	motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 8
1141	1141	U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re-9
1142	1142	payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 10
1143	1143	made to any department or agency for expenses of car-11
1144	1144	rying out such activities. 12
1145	1145	A
1146	1146	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—EXECUTIVEOFFICE OF 13
1147	1147	THEPRESIDENT AND FUNDSAPPROPRIATED TO 14
1148	1148	THEPRESIDENT 15
1149	1149	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
1150	1150	S
1151	1151	EC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 17
1152	1152	under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-18
1153	1153	dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 19
1154	1154	Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 20
1155	1155	Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-21
1156	1156	fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-22
1157	1157	dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 23
1158	1158	Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 24
1159	1159	such other officer as the President may designate in writ-25 45
1160	1160	•S 2309 RS
1161	1161	ing) may, with advance approval of the Committees on Ap-1
1162	1162	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-2
1163	1163	ate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appro-3
1164	1164	priation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 4
1165	1165	with and available for the same time and for the same 5
1166	1166	purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-6
1167	1167	vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 7
1168	1168	increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-8
1169	1169	vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 9
1170	1170	‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-10
1171	1171	dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 11
1172	1172	Vice President. 12
1173	1173	S
1174	1174	EC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2023, any Executive 13
1175	1175	order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 14
1176	1176	the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 15
1177	1177	from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-16
1178	1178	et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 17
1179	1179	revenues, of such order or memorandum. 18
1180	1180	(b) Any such statement shall include— 19
1181	1181	(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-20
1182	1182	pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 21
1183	1183	Government; 22
1184	1184	(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 23
1185	1185	obligations and outlays as the result of such order 24
1186	1186	or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 25 46
1187	1187	•S 2309 RS
1188	1188	year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 1
1189	1189	year 2023; and 2
1190	1190	(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-3
1191	1191	ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 4
1192	1192	over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 5
1193	1193	2023. 6
1194	1194	(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-7
1195	1195	randum is issued during fiscal year 2023 due to a national 8
1196	1196	emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 9
1197	1197	Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 10
1198	1198	(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 11
1199	1199	or memorandum is issued. 12
1200	1200	(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-13
1201	1201	dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 14
1202	1202	memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 15
1203	1203	of $100,000,000. 16
1204	1204	S
1205	1205	EC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 17
1206	1206	enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-18
1207	1207	agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 19
1208	1208	Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 20
1209	1209	compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 21
1210	1210	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 22
1211	1211	the President Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 23 47
1212	1212	•S 2309 RS
1213	1213	TITLE III 1
1214	1214	THE JUDICIARY 2
1215	1215	S
1216	1216	UPREMECOURT OF THEUNITEDSTATES 3
1217	1217	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1218	1218	For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-5
1219	1219	preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 6
1220	1220	building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas-7
1221	1221	senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 8
1222	1222	and 1344; not to exceed a purchase price of $45,000 per 9
1223	1223	vehicle except for protective vehicles and vehicles acquired 10
1224	1224	through the General Services Administration; not to ex-11
1225	1225	ceed $10,000 for official reception and representation ex-12
1226	1226	penses; and for miscellaneous expenses, to be expended as 13
1227	1227	the Chief Justice may approve, $119,389,000, of which 14
1228	1228	$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 15
1229	1229	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 16
1230	1230	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 17
1231	1231	justice and associate justices of the court. 18
1232	1232	CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 19
1233	1233	For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 20
1234	1234	the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-21
1235	1235	posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 22
1236	1236	under the direction of the Chief Justice, $20,688,000, to 23
1237	1237	remain available until expended. 24 48
1238	1238	•S 2309 RS
1239	1239	UNITEDSTATESCOURT OFAPPEALS FOR THEFEDERAL 1
1240	1240	C
1241	1241	IRCUIT 2
1242	1242	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3
1243	1243	For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-4
1244	1244	essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 5
1245	1245	$36,735,000. 6
1246	1246	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 7
1247	1247	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 8
1248	1248	judge and judges of the court. 9
1249	1249	U
1250	1250	NITEDSTATESCOURT OFINTERNATIONALTRADE 10
1251	1251	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
1252	1252	For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 12
1253	1253	services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-13
1254	1254	ized by law, $21,260,000. 14
1255	1255	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 15
1256	1256	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 16
1257	1257	judge and judges of the court. 17
1258	1258	C
1259	1259	OURTS OFAPPEALS, DISTRICTCOURTS, ANDOTHER 18
1260	1260	J
1261	1261	UDICIALSERVICES 19
1262	1262	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
1263	1263	For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 21
1264	1264	of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-22
1265	1265	cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 23
1266	1266	specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 24
1267	1267	and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 25 49
1268	1268	•S 2309 RS
1269	1269	for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-1
1270	1270	ized by law, $6,010,055,000 (including the purchase of 2
1271	1271	firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 3
1272	1272	$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 4
1273	1273	space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 5
1274	1274	related to new space alteration and construction projects. 6
1275	1275	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 7
1276	1276	be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 8
1277	1277	and district judges (including judges of the territorial 9
1278	1278	courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-10
1279	1279	tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 11
1280	1280	service. 12
1281	1281	In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 13
1282	1282	of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 14
1283	1283	the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-15
1284	1284	lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $9,975,000, to be appro-16
1285	1285	priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 17
1286	1286	Fund. 18
1287	1287	DEFENDER SERVICES 19
1288	1288	For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 20
1289	1289	the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-21
1290	1290	neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 22
1291	1291	3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-23
1292	1292	bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 24
1293	1293	expert, and other services for such representations as au-25 50
1294	1294	•S 2309 RS
1295	1295	thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 1
1296	1296	maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 2
1297	1297	of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 3
1298	1298	criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-4
1299	1299	tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 5
1300	1300	expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 6
1301	1301	actions for the protection of their employment, as author-7
1302	1302	ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-8
1303	1303	bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 9
1304	1304	U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 10
1305	1305	forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-11
1306	1306	ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 12
1307	1307	under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 13
1308	1308	general administrative expenses, $1,382,680,000, to re-14
1309	1309	main available until expended. 15
1310	1310	FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 16
1311	1311	For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 17
1312	1312	U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-18
1313	1313	sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-19
1314	1314	tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 20
1315	1315	pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-21
1316	1316	cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $58,239,000, 22
1317	1317	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 23
1318	1318	compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 24 51
1319	1319	•S 2309 RS
1320	1320	daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 1
1321	1321	5332. 2
1322	1322	COURT SECURITY 3
1323	1323	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
1324	1324	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 5
1325	1325	incident to the provision of protective guard services for 6
1326	1326	United States courthouses and other facilities housing 7
1327	1327	Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 8
1328	1328	States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 9
1329	1329	and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 10
1330	1330	United States courthouses and other facilities housing 11
1331	1331	Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 12
1332	1332	States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 13
1333	1333	inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 14
1334	1334	perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 15
1335	1335	Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 16
1336	1336	authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 17
1337	1337	and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 18
1338	1338	$750,163,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 19
1339	1339	remain available until expended, to be expended directly 20
1340	1340	or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 21
1341	1341	which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 22
1342	1342	Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 23
1343	1343	guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 24
1344	1344	Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-25 52
1345	1345	•S 2309 RS
1346	1346	eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-1
1347	1347	ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 2
1348	1348	to facilitate security and emergency management services 3
1349	1349	among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 4
1350	1350	Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-5
1351	1351	tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments 6
1352	1352	and the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel 7
1353	1353	Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 8
1354	1354	Law 117–263, division C, title LIX, subtitle D) and 28 9
1355	1355	U.S.C. 604(a)(24). 10
1356	1356	A
1357	1357	DMINISTRATIVEOFFICE OF THEUNITEDSTATES 11
1358	1358	C
1359	1359	OURTS 12
1360	1360	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
1361	1361	For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 14
1362	1362	of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-15
1363	1363	ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-16
1364	1364	senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 17
1365	1365	advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-18
1366	1366	where, $102,673,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-19
1367	1367	thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 20
1368	1368	F
1369	1369	EDERALJUDICIALCENTER 21
1370	1370	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
1371	1371	For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-23
1372	1372	ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,261,000; 24
1373	1373	of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-25 53
1374	1374	•S 2309 RS
1375	1375	tember 30, 2025, to provide education and training to 1
1376	1376	Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 2
1377	1377	$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-3
1378	1378	tion expenses. 4
1379	1379	U
1380	1380	NITEDSTATESSENTENCINGCOMMISSION 5
1381	1381	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1382	1382	For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 7
1383	1383	the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 8
1384	1384	Code, $21,641,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-9
1385	1385	thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 10
1386	1386	A
1387	1387	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—THEJUDICIARY 11
1388	1388	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1389	1389	S
1390	1390	EC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 13
1391	1391	this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 14
1392	1392	be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 15
1393	1393	S
1394	1394	EC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-16
1395	1395	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-17
1396	1396	ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-18
1397	1397	priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 19
1398	1398	Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-20
1399	1399	fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 21
1400	1400	and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-22
1401	1401	sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 23
1402	1402	any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 24
1403	1403	to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 25 54
1404	1404	•S 2309 RS
1405	1405	funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 1
1406	1406	not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 2
1407	1407	compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 3
1408	1408	S
1409	1409	EC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
1410	1410	law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 5
1411	1411	of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 6
1412	1412	shall be available for official reception and representation 7
1413	1413	expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 8
1414	1414	Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 9
1415	1415	$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 10
1416	1416	Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 11
1417	1417	capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 12
1418	1418	S
1419	1419	EC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 13
1420	1420	Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-14
1421	1421	utive’’ each place it appears. 15
1422	1422	S
1423	1423	EC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 16
1424	1424	and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 17
1425	1425	United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 18
1426	1426	courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 19
1427	1427	with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 20
1428	1428	United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 21
1429	1429	security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-22
1430	1430	partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 23
1431	1431	services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-24
1432	1432	ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-25 55
1433	1433	•S 2309 RS
1434	1434	rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 1
1435	1435	Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 2
1436	1436	rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 3
1437	1437	S
1438	1438	EC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-4
1439	1439	ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 5
1440	1440	note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 6
1441	1441	(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-7
1442	1442	trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘32 years and 6 8
1443	1443	months’’ and inserting ‘‘33 years and 6 months’’; 9
1444	1444	and 10
1445	1445	(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-11
1446	1446	trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘29 years and 6 12
1447	1447	months’’ and inserting ‘‘30 years and 6 months’’. 13
1448	1448	(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 14
1449	1449	Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-15
1450	1450	trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-16
1451	1451	tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 17
1452	1452	28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 18
1453	1453	(relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 19
1454	1454	‘‘30 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 20
1455	1455	6 months’’. 21
1456	1456	(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-22
1457	1457	ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 23
1458	1458	Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 24 56
1459	1459	•S 2309 RS
1460	1460	(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘21 years’’ 1
1461	1461	and inserting ‘‘22 years’’; 2
1462	1462	(2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen-3
1463	1463	tral District of California), by striking ‘‘20 years 4
1464	1464	and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years and 6 5
1465	1465	months’’; and 6
1466	1466	(3) in the third sentence (relating to the west-7
1467	1467	ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘19 8
1468	1468	years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 years’’. 9
1469	1469	S
1470	1470	EC. 307. Section 3006A(d)(1) of title 18, United 10
1471	1471	States Code, is amended in the first sentence by inserting 11
1472	1472	after ‘‘Any attorney appointed pursuant to this section’’ 12
1473	1473	the following: ‘‘or the attorney’s law firm’’. 13
1474	1474	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-14
1475	1475	tions Act, 2024’’. 15 57
1476	1476	•S 2309 RS
1477	1477	TITLE IV 1
1478	1478	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2
1479	1479	F
1480	1480	EDERALFUNDS 3
1481	1481	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 4
1482	1482	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 5
1483	1483	to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 6
1484	1484	program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 7
1485	1485	Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 8
1486	1486	available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-9
1487	1487	cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-10
1488	1488	half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 11
1489	1489	amount based upon the difference between in-State and 12
1490	1490	out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-13
1491	1491	cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 14
1492	1492	institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 15
1493	1493	awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 16
1494	1494	of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 17
1495	1495	eligible students and such other factors as may be author-18
1496	1496	ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-19
1497	1497	ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-20
1498	1498	dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 21
1499	1499	Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 22
1500	1500	and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-23
1501	1501	ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 24
1502	1502	this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 25 58
1503	1503	•S 2309 RS
1504	1504	shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 1
1505	1505	Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 2
1506	1506	for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-3
1507	1507	port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 4
1508	1508	Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 5
1509	1509	report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
1510	1510	of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-7
1511	1511	ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-8
1512	1512	pose therefor. 9
1513	1513	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 10
1514	1514	SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
1515	1515	For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-12
1516	1516	termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-13
1517	1517	ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 14
1518	1518	of surrounding jurisdictions, $30,000,000, to remain 15
1519	1519	available until expended, for the costs of providing public 16
1520	1520	safety at events related to the presence of the National 17
1521	1521	Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-18
1522	1522	quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-19
1523	1523	ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 20
1524	1524	of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 21
1525	1525	of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 22
1526	1526	terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 23
1527	1527	surrounding jurisdictions. 24 59
1528	1528	•S 2309 RS
1529	1529	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1
1530	1530	COURTS 2
1531	1531	For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-3
1532	1532	bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi-4
1533	1533	cles, $291,068,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-5
1534	1534	trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $15,055,000, of which 6
1535	1535	not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen-7
1536	1536	tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 8
1537	1537	Columbia, $140,973,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 9
1538	1538	is for official reception and representation expenses; for 10
1539	1539	the District of Columbia Court System, $88,290,000, of 11
1540	1540	which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 12
1541	1541	representation expenses; and $46,750,000, to remain 13
1542	1542	available until September 30, 2025, for capital improve-14
1543	1543	ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-15
1544	1544	vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 16
1545	1545	shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 17
1546	1546	Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-18
1547	1547	ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 19
1548	1548	appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co-20
1549	1549	lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 21
1550	1550	processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-22
1551	1551	tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-23
1552	1552	able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated 24
1553	1553	with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the 25 60
1554	1554	•S 2309 RS
1555	1555	District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 1
1556	1556	sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding 2
1557	1557	any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 3
1558	1558	shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-4
1559	1559	ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 5
1560	1560	manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 6
1561	1561	of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 7
1562	1562	after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-8
1563	1563	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-9
1564	1564	ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 10
1565	1565	more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 11
1566	1566	heading among the items and entities funded under this 12
1567	1567	heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 13
1568	1568	Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 14
1569	1569	by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 15
1570	1570	the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 16
1571	1571	title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 17
1572	1572	of Columbia Courts. 18
1573	1573	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN 19
1574	1574	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 20
1575	1575	(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 21
1576	1576	For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 22
1577	1577	section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-23
1578	1578	tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 24
1579	1579	Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-25 61
1580	1580	•S 2309 RS
1581	1581	ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 1
1582	1582	District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 2
1583	1583	Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 3
1584	1584	provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-4
1585	1585	nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 5
1586	1586	to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 6
1587	1587	payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 7
1588	1588	under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-8
1589	1589	ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 9
1590	1590	Code (relating to services provided under the District of 10
1591	1591	Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-11
1592	1592	rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 12
1593	1593	remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-13
1594	1594	vided under this heading shall be administered by the 14
1595	1595	Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-15
1596	1596	trict of Columbia: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 16
1597	1597	any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-17
1598	1598	portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 18
1599	1599	Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 19
1600	1600	as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-20
1601	1601	cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 21
1602	1602	from prior year appropriations made available under this 22
1603	1603	heading, $25,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 23
1604	1604	September 30, 2024. 24 62
1605	1605	•S 2309 RS
1606	1606	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF -1
1607	1607	FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 2
1608	1608	OF COLUMBIA 3
1609	1609	For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 4
1610	1610	hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 5
1611	1611	Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-6
1612	1612	thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 7
1613	1613	Government Improvement Act of 1997, $285,016,000, of 8
1614	1614	which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 9
1615	1615	representation expenses related to Community Supervision 10
1616	1616	and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 11
1617	1617	to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 12
1618	1618	to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 13
1619	1619	Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 14
1620	1620	Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-15
1621	1621	ing, $204,579,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-16
1622	1622	munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-17
1623	1623	clude expenses relating to the supervision of adults subject 18
1624	1624	to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-19
1625	1625	lated to such persons, of which $3,255,000 shall remain 20
1626	1626	available until September 30, 2026, for costs associated 21
1627	1627	with the relocation under replacement leases for head-22
1628	1628	quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro-23
1629	1629	vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 24
1630	1630	heading, $80,437,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 25 63
1631	1631	•S 2309 RS
1632	1632	Services Agency, of which $998,000 shall remain available 1
1633	1633	until September 30, 2026, for costs associated with reloca-2
1634	1634	tion under a replacement lease for headquarters offices, 3
1635	1635	field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, That 4
1636	1636	notwithstanding any other provision of law, all amounts 5
1637	1637	under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly by the 6
1638	1638	Office of Management and Budget and obligated and ex-7
1639	1639	pended in the same manner as funds appropriated for sal-8
1640	1640	aries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Provided fur-9
1641	1641	ther, That amounts under this heading may be used for 10
1642	1642	programmatic incentives for defendants to successfully 11
1643	1643	complete their terms of supervision. 12
1644	1644	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 13
1645	1645	PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 14
1646	1646	For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 15
1647	1647	hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 16
1648	1648	Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 17
1649	1649	Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 18
1650	1650	1997, $53,629,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 19
1651	1651	other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 20
1652	1652	shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-21
1653	1653	ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 22
1654	1654	manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 23
1655	1655	of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 24
1656	1656	of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 25 64
1657	1657	•S 2309 RS
1658	1658	employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 1
1659	1659	Service a program substantially similar to the program set 2
1660	1660	forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 3
1661	1661	States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-4
1662	1662	ment made under the program to any individual may not 5
1663	1663	exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) 6
1664	1664	of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That for 7
1665	1665	the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 8
1666	1666	from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 9
1667	1667	accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage-10
1668	1668	ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 11
1669	1669	Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 12
1670	1670	agency of the United States Government: Provided further, 13
1671	1671	That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 14
1672	1672	may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable 15
1673	1673	services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 16
1674	1674	property and services to the same extent and under the 17
1675	1675	same conditions as an executive agency under sections 18
1676	1676	3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 19
1677	1677	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 20
1678	1678	COORDINATING COUNCIL 21
1679	1679	For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-22
1680	1680	ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 23
1681	1681	expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 24 65
1682	1682	•S 2309 RS
1683	1683	of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-1
1684	1684	trict of Columbia. 2
1685	1685	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 3
1686	1686	For a Federal payment, to remain available until 4
1687	1687	September 30, 2025, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-5
1688	1688	abilities and Tenure, $330,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-6
1689	1689	nation Commission, $300,000. 7
1690	1690	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 8
1691	1691	For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-9
1692	1692	gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 10
1693	1693	available until expended, for payments authorized under 11
1694	1694	the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 12
1695	1695	C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 13
1696	1696	that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 14
1697	1697	following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 15
1698	1698	Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 16
1699	1699	available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 17
1700	1700	Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-18
1701	1701	dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-19
1702	1702	vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-20
1703	1703	vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall 21
1704	1704	be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 22
1705	1705	3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 23
1706	1706	activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 24 66
1707	1707	•S 2309 RS
1708	1708	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1
1709	1709	NATIONAL GUARD 2
1710	1710	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 3
1711	1711	National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-4
1712	1712	pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-5
1713	1713	trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 6
1714	1714	Access Program. 7
1715	1715	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF 8
1716	1716	HIV/AIDS 9
1717	1717	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 10
1718	1718	for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-11
1719	1719	dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-12
1720	1720	quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-13
1721	1721	lumbia, $4,000,000. 14
1722	1722	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 15
1723	1723	WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 16
1724	1724	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 17
1725	1725	Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-18
1726	1726	able until expended, to continue implementation of the 19
1727	1727	Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 20
1728	1728	That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 21
1729	1729	provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 22
1730	1730	D
1731	1731	ISTRICT OFCOLUMBIAFUNDS 23
1732	1732	Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-24
1733	1733	lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 25 67
1734	1734	•S 2309 RS
1735	1735	of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro-1
1736	1736	grams and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2023 2
1737	1737	Local Budget Act of 2022 (D.C. Act 24–486) and at rates 3
1738	1738	set forth under such Act, as amended as of the date of 4
1739	1739	enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 5
1740	1740	any other provision of law, except as provided in section 6
1741	1741	450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 7
1742	1742	1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 8
1743	1743	the Financial Services and General Government Appro-9
1744	1744	priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 10
1745	1745	Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 11
1746	1746	appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 12
1747	1747	District of Columbia for fiscal year 2023 under this head-13
1748	1748	ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 14
1749	1749	Year 2023 Local Budget Act of 2022, as amended as of 15
1750	1750	the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 16
1751	1751	revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: 17
1752	1752	Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 18
1753	1753	increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 19
1754	1754	expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 20
1755	1755	capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 21
1756	1756	be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 22
1757	1757	comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis-23
1758	1758	trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 24
1759	1759	the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 25 68
1760	1760	•S 2309 RS
1761	1761	shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 1
1762	1762	District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 2
1763	1763	the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap-3
1764	1764	propriations and funds made available to the District dur-4
1765	1765	ing fiscal year 2023, except that the Chief Financial Offi-5
1766	1766	cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 6
1767	1767	derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 7
1768	1768	capital projects. 8
1769	1769	This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 9
1770	1770	Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 10 69
1771	1771	•S 2309 RS
1772	1772	TITLE V 1
1773	1773	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 2
1774	1774	A
1775	1775	DMINISTRATIVECONFERENCE OF THE UNITEDSTATES 3
1776	1776	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1777	1777	For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-5
1778	1778	ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 6
1779	1779	et seq., $3,465,000, to remain available until September 7
1780	1780	30, 2025, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-8
1781	1781	ception and representation expenses. 9
1782	1782	C
1783	1783	OMMODITYFUTURESTRADINGCOMMISSION 10
1784	1784	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
1785	1785	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1786	1786	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 13
1787	1787	of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-14
1788	1788	cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 15
1789	1789	and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 16
1790	1790	in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, 17
1791	1791	including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 18
1792	1792	representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 19
1793	1793	expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 20
1794	1794	Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-21
1795	1795	latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 22
1796	1796	remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which 23
1797	1797	not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-24
1798	1798	fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-25 70
1799	1799	•S 2309 RS
1800	1800	standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-1
1801	1801	vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 2
1802	1802	of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 3
1803	1803	entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 4
1804	1804	Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 5
1805	1805	liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-6
1806	1806	corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 7
1807	1807	31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-8
1808	1808	viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 9
1809	1809	in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-10
1810	1810	tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 11
1811	1811	and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 12
1812	1812	C
1813	1813	ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYCOMMISSION 13
1814	1814	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
1815	1815	For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 15
1816	1816	Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-16
1817	1817	hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 17
1818	1818	rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-18
1819	1819	alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 19
1820	1820	purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-20
1821	1821	cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 21
1822	1822	exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-22
1823	1823	penses, $152,500,000, of which up to $2,000,000 shall re-23
1824	1824	main available until expended, to carry out the program, 24
1825	1825	including administrative costs, authorized by section 1405 25 71
1826	1826	•S 2309 RS
1827	1827	of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act 1
1828	1828	(Public Law 110–140), and of which up to $2,000,000 2
1829	1829	shall remain available until expended, to carry out the pro-3
1830	1830	gram, including administrative costs, authorized by sec-4
1831	1831	tion 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Car-5
1832	1832	bon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II 6
1833	1833	of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 7
1834	1834	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —CONSUMER PRODUCT 8
1835	1835	SAFETY COMMISSION 9
1836	1836	S
1837	1837	EC. 501. During fiscal year 2024, none of the 10
1838	1838	amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-11
1839	1839	ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 12
1840	1840	Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 13
1841	1841	Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 14
1842	1842	19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 15
1843	1843	(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-16
1844	1844	sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 17
1845	1845	Administration and the Department of Defense, 18
1846	1846	completes a study to determine— 19
1847	1847	(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-20
1848	1848	bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-21
1849	1849	posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-22
1850	1850	ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-23
1851	1851	cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-24
1852	1852	overs in the off-road environment, including the 25 72
1853	1853	•S 2309 RS
1854	1854	repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 1
1855	1855	compliance with such requirements; 2
1856	1856	(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 3
1857	1857	would be prevented if the proposed require-4
1858	1858	ments were adopted; 5
1859	1859	(C) whether there is a technical basis for 6
1860	1860	the proposal to provide information on a point- 7
1861	1861	of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-8
1862	1862	ance on a progressive scale; and 9
1863	1863	(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 10
1864	1864	by the United States military if the proposed 11
1865	1865	requirements were adopted; and 12
1866	1866	(2) a report containing the results of the study 13
1867	1867	completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 14
1868	1868	(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 15
1869	1869	and Transportation of the Senate; 16
1870	1870	(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-17
1871	1871	merce of the House of Representatives; 18
1872	1872	(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 19
1873	1873	the Senate; and 20
1874	1874	(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 21
1875	1875	the House of Representatives. 22
1876	1876	S
1877	1877	EC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used 23
1878	1878	to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any reg-24 73
1879	1879	•S 2309 RS
1880	1880	ulation issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Com-1
1881	1881	mission to ban gas stoves as a class of products. 2
1882	1882	C
1883	1883	OUNCIL OF THEINSPECTORSGENERAL ONINTEGRITY 3
1884	1884	ANDEFFICIENCY 4
1885	1885	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
1886	1886	For necessary expenses of the Council of the Inspec-6
1887	1887	tors General on Integrity and Efficiency to utilize and fur-7
1888	1888	ther develop the data analytics capabilities of the Pan-8
1889	1889	demic Response Accountability Committee to enhance 9
1890	1890	transparency, and to prevent, detect, and remediate waste, 10
1891	1891	fraud and abuse in Federal spending, $8,000,000, to be 11
1892	1892	available until expended, of which $1,400,000 is for en-12
1893	1893	hancements to oversight.gov. 13
1894	1894	E
1895	1895	LECTIONASSISTANCECOMMISSION 14
1896	1896	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
1897	1897	For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-16
1898	1898	ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $28,000,000, 17
1899	1899	of which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the Na-18
1900	1900	tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 19
1901	1901	reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 20
1902	1902	Act of 2002. 21
1903	1903	ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 22
1904	1904	Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 23
1905	1905	America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 24
1906	1906	$75,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-25 74
1907	1907	•S 2309 RS
1908	1908	mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 1
1909	1909	States for activities to improve the administration of elec-2
1910	1910	tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-3
1911	1911	nology and make election security improvements, as au-4
1912	1912	thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-5
1913	1913	vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 6
1914	1914	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 7
1915	1915	deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections 8
1916	1916	101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner 9
1917	1917	as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 10
1918	1918	Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 11
1919	1919	further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-12
1920	1920	eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 13
1921	1921	103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 14
1922	1922	Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to 15
1923	1923	‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 16
1924	1924	‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-17
1925	1925	tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided 18
1926	1926	further, That not later than two years after receiving a 19
1927	1927	payment under this heading, a State shall make available 20
1928	1928	funds for such activities in an amount equal to 20 percent 21
1929	1929	of the total amount of the payment made to the State 22
1930	1930	under this heading: Provided further, That not later than 23
1931	1931	45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Elec-24
1932	1932	tion Assistance Commission shall make the payments to 25 75
1933	1933	•S 2309 RS
1934	1934	States under this heading: Provided further, That States 1
1935	1935	shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual 2
1936	1936	progress reports. 3
1937	1937	F
1938	1938	EDERALCOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 4
1939	1939	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
1940	1940	For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-6
1941	1941	tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-7
1942	1942	forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8
1943	1943	5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 9
1944	1944	representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-10
1945	1945	cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 11
1946	1946	5 U.S.C. 3109, $410,743,000, to remain available until 12
1947	1947	expended: Provided, That $410,743,000 of offsetting col-13
1948	1948	lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 14
1949	1949	9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 15
1950	1950	retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 16
1951	1951	available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 17
1952	1952	herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 18
1953	1953	collections are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to 19
1954	1954	result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated 20
1955	1955	at $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 21
1956	1956	309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid-22
1957	1957	ding system that may be retained and made available for 23
1958	1958	obligation shall not exceed $136,167,000 for fiscal year 24
1959	1959	2024: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 25 76
1960	1960	•S 2309 RS
1961	1961	under this heading, not less than $12,131,000 shall be for 1
1962	1962	the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-2
1963	1963	eral. 3
1964	1964	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL 4
1965	1965	COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 5
1966	1966	S
1967	1967	EC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 6
1968	1968	Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 7
1969	1969	striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ each place it appears and 8
1970	1970	inserting ‘‘December 31, 2024’’. 9
1971	1971	S
1972	1972	EC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 10
1973	1973	may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 11
1974	1974	to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 12
1975	1975	universal service support payments to implement the Feb-13
1976	1976	ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 14
1977	1977	Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-15
1978	1978	tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-16
1979	1979	port payments. 17
1980	1980	F
1981	1981	EDERALDEPOSITINSURANCECORPORATION 18
1982	1982	OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 19
1983	1983	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 20
1984	1984	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 21
1985	1985	General Act of 1978, $47,500,000, to be derived from the 22
1986	1986	Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, the 23
1987	1987	FSLIC Resolution Fund. 24 77
1988	1988	•S 2309 RS
1989	1989	FEDERALELECTIONCOMMISSION 1
1990	1990	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
1991	1991	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 3
1992	1992	of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 4
1993	1993	$81,674,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-5
1994	1994	able for reception and representation expenses. 6
1995	1995	F
1996	1996	EDERALLABORRELATIONSAUTHORITY 7
1997	1997	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8
1998	1998	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 9
1999	1999	Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-10
2000	2000	nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 11
2001	2001	Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 12
2002	2002	U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-13
2003	2003	ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-14
2004	2004	cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 15
2005	2005	$1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 16
2006	2006	Columbia and elsewhere, $29,400,000: Provided, That 17
2007	2007	public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel 18
2008	2008	may be paid travel expenses and per diem in lieu of sub-19
2009	2009	sistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons 20
2010	2010	employed intermittently in the Government service, and 21
2011	2011	compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 22
2012	2012	further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds re-23
2013	2013	ceived from fees charged to non-Federal participants at 24
2014	2014	labor-management relations conferences shall be credited 25 78
2015	2015	•S 2309 RS
2016	2016	to and merged with this account, to be available without 1
2017	2017	further appropriation for the costs of carrying out these 2
2018	2018	conferences. 3
2019	2019	F
2020	2020	EDERALTRADECOMMISSION 4
2021	2021	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
2022	2022	For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-6
2023	2023	mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-7
2024	2024	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 8
2025	2025	by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 9
2026	2026	not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-10
2027	2027	tion expenses, $450,000,000, to remain available until ex-11
2028	2028	pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 12
2029	2029	available for use to contract with a person or persons for 13
2030	2030	collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 14
2031	2031	U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 15
2032	2032	other provision of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2023 16
2033	2033	for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott- 17
2034	2034	Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18
2035	2035	18a), (and estimated to be $278,000,000 in fiscal year 19
2036	2036	2024) shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 20
2037	2037	in this appropriation and shall remain available until ex-21
2038	2038	pended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 22
2039	2039	provision of law, fees collected to implement and enforce 23
2040	2040	the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 24
2041	2041	Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-25 79
2042	2042	•S 2309 RS
2043	2043	tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), regardless of the year 1
2044	2044	of collection (and estimated to be $14,000,000 in fiscal 2
2045	2045	year 2024), shall be credited to this account, and be re-3
2046	2046	tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-4
2047	2047	tion, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 5
2048	2048	further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-6
2049	2049	eral fund shall be reduced (1) as such offsetting collections 7
2050	2050	are received during fiscal year 2024 and (2) to the extent 8
2051	2051	that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de-9
2052	2052	rived from amounts credited to this account as offsetting 10
2053	2053	collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 11
2054	2054	appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 12
2055	2055	appropriation from the general fund estimated at 13
2056	2056	$158,000,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 14
2057	2057	section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 15
2058	2058	State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 16
2059	2059	Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds cred-17
2060	2060	ited to this account as offsetting collections in previous 18
2061	2061	fiscal years that were unavailable for obligation as of Sep-19
2062	2062	tember 30, 2023, shall become available for obligation ex-20
2063	2063	cept as provided in the preceding proviso: Provided further, 21
2064	2064	That none of the funds made available to the Federal 22
2065	2065	Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection 23
2066	2066	(e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 24
2067	2067	Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 25 80
2068	2068	•S 2309 RS
2069	2069	GENERALSERVICESADMINISTRATION 1
2070	2070	REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 2
2071	2071	FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 3
2072	2072	LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 4
2073	2073	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5
2074	2074	Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-6
2075	2075	tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-7
2076	2076	essary expenses of real property management and related 8
2077	2077	activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 9
2078	2078	maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 10
2079	2079	buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 11
2080	2080	restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-12
2081	2081	cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 13
2082	2082	relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-14
2083	2083	location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-15
2084	2084	dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 16
2085	2085	and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 17
2086	2086	grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-18
2087	2087	guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 19
2088	2088	and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-20
2089	2089	chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 21
2090	2090	acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-22
2091	2091	version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-23
2092	2092	liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 24
2093	2093	otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-25 81
2094	2094	•S 2309 RS
2095	2095	ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-1
2096	2096	est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 2
2097	2097	by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-3
2098	2098	gregate amount of $9,786,366,000, of which— 4
2099	2099	(1) $406,402,000 shall remain available until 5
2100	2100	expended for construction and acquisition (including 6
2101	2101	funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 7
2102	2102	and construction services) and remediation, in addi-8
2103	2103	tion to amounts otherwise provided for such pur-9
2104	2104	poses, as follows: 10
2105	2105	Maryland: 11
2106	2106	Baltimore, Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Court-12
2107	2107	house, $1,500,000; 13
2108	2108	National Capital Region: 14
2109	2109	Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 15
2110	2110	Consolidation, $375,000,000; 16
2111	2111	Tennessee: 17
2112	2112	Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $20,902,000; 18
2113	2113	Washington: 19
2114	2114	Seattle, Design of Replacement Facility, 20
2115	2115	$9,000,000: 21
2116	2116	Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 22
2117	2117	on construction, acquisition, and remediation 23
2118	2118	projects may be exceeded to the extent that savings 24
2119	2119	are effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 25 82
2120	2120	•S 2309 RS
2121	2121	20 percent of the amounts included in a transmitted 1
2122	2122	prospectus, if required, unless advance approval is 2
2123	2123	obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 3
2124	2124	the House of Representatives and the Senate of a 4
2125	2125	greater amount; 5
2126	2126	(2) $582,280,000 shall remain available until 6
2127	2127	expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-7
2128	2128	ciated design and construction services, in addition 8
2129	2129	to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 9
2130	2130	which— 10
2131	2131	(A) $152,980,000 is for Major Repairs and 11
2132	2132	Alterations as follows: 12
2133	2133	Pennsylvania: 13
2134	2134	Philadelphia, James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, 14
2135	2135	$39,233,000; 15
2136	2136	Virginia: 16
2137	2137	Walter E. Hoffman U.S. Courthouse, 17
2138	2138	$11,393,000; 18
2139	2139	Washington: 19
2140	2140	Tacoma, Union Station, $79,256,000; and 20
2141	2141	West Virginia: 21
2142	2142	Martinsburg, IRS Enterprise Computing Cen-22
2143	2143	ter, $23,098,000: 23
2144	2144	(B) $425,000,000 is for Basic Repairs and 24
2145	2145	Alterations; and 25 83
2146	2146	•S 2309 RS
2147	2147	(C) $4,300,000 is for Special Emphasis 1
2148	2148	Programs as follows: 2
2149	2149	Judiciary Capital Security Program, 3
2150	2150	$4,300,000; 4
2151	2151	Provided, That funds made available in this or any 5
2152	2152	previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-6
2153	2153	pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 7
2154	2154	be limited to the amount identified for each project, 8
2155	2155	except each project in this or any previous Act may 9
2156	2156	be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 10
2157	2157	unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-11
2158	2158	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-12
2159	2159	resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 13
2160	2160	Provided further, That additional projects for which 14
2161	2161	prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-15
2162	2162	ed under this category only if advance approval is 16
2163	2163	obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 17
2164	2164	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-18
2165	2165	vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 19
2166	2166	any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 20
2167	2167	used to fund costs associated with implementing se-21
2168	2168	curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 22
2169	2169	the minimum standards for security in accordance 23
2170	2170	with current law and in compliance with the re-24
2171	2171	programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-25 84
2172	2172	•S 2309 RS
2173	2173	tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 1
2174	2174	the difference between the funds appropriated and 2
2175	2175	expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 3
2176	2176	under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 4
2177	2177	be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or 5
2178	2178	used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 6
2179	2179	projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 7
2180	2180	in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al-8
2181	2181	terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 9
2182	2182	Government arising from any projects under the 10
2183	2183	heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 11
2184	2184	authorized increases in prospectus projects; 12
2185	2185	(3) $5,724,298,000 for rental of space to re-13
2186	2186	main available until expended; and 14
2187	2187	(4) $3,073,386,000 for building operations to 15
2188	2188	remain available until expended: Provided, That the 16
2189	2189	total amount of funds made available from this 17
2190	2190	Fund to the General Services Administration shall 18
2191	2191	not be available for expenses of any construction, re-19
2192	2192	pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 20
2193	2193	prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 21
2194	2194	not been approved, except that necessary funds may 22
2195	2195	be expended for each project for required expenses 23
2196	2196	for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-24
2197	2197	vided further, That funds available in the Federal 25 85
2198	2198	•S 2309 RS
2199	2199	Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-1
2200	2200	pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 2
2201	2201	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-3
2202	2202	resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 4
2203	2203	amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 5
2204	2204	services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 6
2205	2205	and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 7
2206	2206	lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 8
2207	2207	or other property not in Government ownership or 9
2208	2208	control as may be appropriate to enable the United 10
2209	2209	States Secret Service to perform its protective func-11
2210	2210	tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 12
2211	2211	from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 13
2212	2212	That revenues and collections and any other sums 14
2213	2213	accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2023, ex-15
2214	2214	cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 16
2215	2215	in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 17
2216	2216	authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-18
2217	2217	eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 19
2218	2218	Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-20
2219	2219	cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 21
2220	2220	GENERAL ACTIVITIES 22
2221	2221	GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 23
2222	2222	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-24
2223	2223	vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the 25 86
2224	2224	•S 2309 RS
2225	2225	management of real and personal property assets and cer-1
2226	2226	tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-2
2227	2227	port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 3
2228	2228	vehicles, information technology management, and related 4
2229	2229	technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 5
2230	2230	U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by 6
2231	2231	statute; $71,186,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 7
2232	2232	available until September 30, 2025. 8
2233	2233	OPERATING EXPENSES 9
2234	2234	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-10
2235	2235	vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 11
2236	2236	utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-12
2237	2237	posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction, and 13
2238	2238	management; and in addition to any other amounts made 14
2239	2239	available to the General Services Administration for such 15
2240	2240	purposes, the hire of zero-emission passenger motor vehi-16
2241	2241	cles and supporting charging or fueling infrastructure, 17
2242	2242	$54,478,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official 18
2243	2243	reception and representation expenses. 19
2244	2244	CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 20
2245	2245	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-21
2246	2246	vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 22
2247	2247	Board of Contract Appeals, $10,352,000, of which 23
2248	2248	$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 24 87
2249	2249	•S 2309 RS
2250	2250	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
2251	2251	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 2
2252	2252	General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 3
2253	2253	$74,583,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 4
2254	2254	shall be available for information technology enhance-5
2255	2255	ments related to providing a modern technology case man-6
2256	2256	agement solution: Provided further, That not to exceed 7
2257	2257	$50,000 shall be available for payment for information 8
2258	2258	and detection of fraud against the Government, including 9
2259	2259	payment for recovery of stolen Government property: Pro-10
2260	2260	vided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available 11
2261	2261	for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and pri-12
2262	2262	vate citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives result-13
2263	2263	ing in enhanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 14
2264	2264	ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 15
2265	2265	PRESIDENTS 16
2266	2266	For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 17
2267	2267	25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 18
2268	2268	$5,200,000. 19
2269	2269	FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 20
2270	2270	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
2271	2271	For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 22
2272	2272	and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses in sup-23
2273	2273	port of interagency projects that enable the Federal Gov-24
2274	2274	ernment to enhance its ability to conduct activities elec-25 88
2275	2275	•S 2309 RS
2276	2276	tronically through the development and implementation of 1
2277	2277	innovative uses of information technology; $90,000,000, to 2
2278	2278	be deposited into the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Pro-3
2279	2279	vided, That the previous amount may be transferred to 4
2280	2280	Federal agencies to carry out the purpose of the Federal 5
2281	2281	Citizen Services Fund: Provided further, That the appro-6
2282	2282	priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections de-7
2283	2283	posited into the Fund shall be available until expended for 8
2284	2284	necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 and 44 9
2285	2285	U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary expenses in support of 10
2286	2286	interagency projects that enable the Federal Government 11
2287	2287	to enhance its ability to conduct activities electronically 12
2288	2288	through the development and implementation of innovative 13
2289	2289	uses of information technology in the aggregate amount 14
2290	2290	not to exceed $250,000,000: Provided further, That appro-15
2291	2291	priations, revenues, reimbursements, and collections ac-16
2292	2292	cruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2024 in excess of 17
2293	2293	such amount shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 18
2294	2294	available for expenditure except as authorized in appro-19
2295	2295	priations Acts: Provided further, That, of the total amount 20
2296	2296	appropriated, up to $1,600,000 shall be available for sup-21
2297	2297	port functions and full-time hires to support activities re-22
2298	2298	lated to the Administration’s requirements under title II 23
2299	2299	of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act 24
2300	2300	of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): Provided further, That the 25 89
2301	2301	•S 2309 RS
2302	2302	transfer authorities provided herein shall be in addition 1
2303	2303	to any other transfer authority provided in this Act. 2
2304	2304	PRE-ELECTION PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 3
2305	2305	For activities authorized by the Presidential Transi-4
2306	2306	tion Act of 1963, as amended, not to exceed $10,413,000, 5
2307	2307	to remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 6
2308	2308	That such amounts may be transferred to ‘‘Acquisition 7
2309	2309	Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim-8
2310	2310	burse obligations incurred for the purposes provided here-9
2311	2311	in in fiscal years 2023 and 2024: Provided further, That 10
2312	2312	amounts made available under this heading shall be in ad-11
2313	2313	dition to any other amounts available for such purposes. 12
2314	2314	WORKING CAPITAL FUND 13
2315	2315	For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv-14
2316	2316	ices Administration, $5,900,000, to remain available until 15
2317	2317	expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis-16
2318	2318	trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide 17
2319	2319	support services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 18
2320	2320	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —GENERAL SERVICES 19
2321	2321	ADMINISTRATION 20
2322	2322	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21
2323	2323	S
2324	2324	EC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 22
2325	2325	Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 23
2326	2326	motor vehicles. 24 90
2327	2327	•S 2309 RS
2328	2328	SEC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 1
2329	2329	made available for fiscal year 2024 for Federal Buildings 2
2330	2330	Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 3
2331	2331	only to the extent necessary to meet program require-4
2332	2332	ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-5
2333	2333	proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 6
2334	2334	of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 7
2335	2335	S
2336	2336	EC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 8
2337	2337	funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 9
2338	2338	a fiscal year 2025 request for United States Courthouse 10
2339	2339	construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 11
2340	2340	standards for construction as established and approved by 12
2341	2341	the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-13
2342	2342	ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-14
2343	2343	ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 15
2344	2344	Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 16
2345	2345	Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 17
2346	2346	standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 18
2347	2347	to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 19
2348	2348	S
2349	2349	EC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 20
2350	2350	be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 21
2351	2351	provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 22
2352	2352	other service usually provided through the Federal Build-23
2353	2353	ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 24
2354	2354	square foot assessment for space and services as deter-25 91
2355	2355	•S 2309 RS
2356	2356	mined by the General Services Administration in consider-1
2357	2357	ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 2
2358	2358	(Public Law 92–313). 3
2359	2359	S
2360	2360	EC. 524. From funds made available under the 4
2361	2361	heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-5
2362	2362	ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 6
2363	2363	than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 7
2364	2364	and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-8
2365	2365	ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-9
2366	2366	fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 10
2367	2367	of Representatives and the Senate. 11
2368	2368	S
2369	2369	EC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 12
2370	2370	Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-13
2371	2371	resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-14
2372	2372	lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 15
2373	2373	authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-16
2374	2374	gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-17
2375	2375	istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 18
2376	2376	ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 19
2377	2377	to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 20
2378	2378	lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-21
2379	2379	mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 22
2380	2380	not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-23
2381	2381	spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 24
2382	2382	statement to each of such committees and the Committees 25 92
2383	2383	•S 2309 RS
2384	2384	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 1
2385	2385	Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 2
2386	2386	the resolution. 3
2387	2387	S
2388	2388	EC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 4
2389	2389	heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-5
2390	2390	trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 6
2391	2391	and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 7
2392	2392	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-8
2393	2393	atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 9
2394	2394	date of enactment of this Act. 10
2395	2395	S
2396	2396	EC. 527. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), Fed-11
2397	2397	eral agencies ordering services from the Office of Evalua-12
2398	2398	tion Sciences pursuant to the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 13
2399	2399	1535) are not required to de-obligate funds obligated on 14
2400	2400	such orders to the extent that the Office of Evaluation 15
2401	2401	Sciences has not incurred obligations before the end of the 16
2402	2402	period of availability of such funds. 17
2403	2403	S
2404	2404	EC. 528. None of the funds made available in this 18
2405	2405	or any other Act for the Federal Bureau of Investigation 19
2406	2406	Headquarters Consolidation project may be used to plan 20
2407	2407	or design any facility that does not meet the requirements 21
2408	2408	of a new, fully-consolidated headquarters building in the 22
2409	2409	National Capital Region at one of the three sites listed 23
2410	2410	in the General Services Administration Fiscal Year 2017 24
2411	2411	PNCR–FBI–NCR 17 prospectus for a new fully-consoli-25 93
2412	2412	•S 2309 RS
2413	2413	dated Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters, and 1
2414	2414	that does not meet Interagency Security Committee Level 2
2415	2415	V security standards as described in the General Services 3
2416	2416	Administration Fiscal Year 2017 PNCR–FBI–NCR 17 4
2417	2417	prospectus. 5
2418	2418	H
2419	2419	ARRYS TRUMANSCHOLARSHIPFOUNDATION 6
2420	2420	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
2421	2421	For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 8
2422	2422	Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-9
2423	2423	lic Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-10
2424	2424	pended. 11
2425	2425	M
2426	2426	ERITSYSTEMSPROTECTIONBOARD 12
2427	2427	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
2428	2428	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 14
2429	2429	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 15
2430	2430	Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-16
2431	2431	tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 17
2432	2432	Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 18
2433	2433	1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-19
2434	2434	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 20
2435	2435	District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 21
2436	2436	motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 22
2437	2437	not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-23
2438	2438	tion expenses, $49,655,000, to remain available until Sep-24
2439	2439	tember 30, 2025, and in addition not to exceed 25 94
2440	2440	•S 2309 RS
2441	2441	$2,345,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 1
2442	2442	for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-2
2443	2443	peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 3
2444	2444	and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 4
2445	2445	Systems Protection Board. 5
2446	2446	M
2447	2447	ORRISK. UDALL ANDSTEWARTL. UDALL 6
2448	2448	F
2449	2449	OUNDATION 7
2450	2450	MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L . UDALL TRUST FUND 8
2451	2451	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
2452	2452	For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 10
2453	2453	Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 11
2454	2454	Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 12
2455	2455	seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi-13
2456	2456	ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 14
2457	2457	and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available 15
2458	2458	to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of 16
2459	2459	Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 17
2460	2460	106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current 18
2461	2461	and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec-19
2462	2462	tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 20
2463	2463	available until expended for audits and investigations of 21
2464	2464	the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 22
2465	2465	consistent with the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 23
2466	2466	U.S.C. App.), as amended, and for annual independent fi-24
2467	2467	nancial audits of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 25 95
2468	2468	•S 2309 RS
2469	2469	Udall Foundation pursuant to the Accountability of Tax 1
2470	2470	Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289): Provided fur-2
2471	2471	ther, That previous amounts transferred to the Office of 3
2472	2472	Inspector General of the Department of the Interior may 4
2473	2473	be transferred to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 5
2474	2474	Udall Foundation for annual independent financial audits 6
2475	2475	pursuant to the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 7
2476	2476	(Public Law 107–289). 8
2477	2477	ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 9
2478	2478	For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-10
2479	2479	tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-11
2480	2480	ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 12
2481	2481	$3,943,000, to remain available until expended. 13
2482	2482	N
2483	2483	ATIONALARCHIVES ANDRECORDSADMINISTRATION 14
2484	2484	OPERATING EXPENSES 15
2485	2485	For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-16
2486	2486	istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-17
2487	2487	tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 18
2488	2488	as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-19
2489	2489	view and declassification of documents, the activities of 20
2490	2490	the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 21
2491	2491	and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 22
2492	2492	hire of passenger motor vehicles, and for uniforms or al-23
2493	2493	lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 24
2494	2494	including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning, 25 96
2495	2495	•S 2309 RS
2496	2496	$430,520,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain avail-1
2497	2497	able until expended for expenses necessary to enhance the 2
2498	2498	Federal Government’s ability to electronically preserve, 3
2499	2499	manage, and store Government records, and of which 4
2500	2500	$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make 5
2501	2501	publicly available records related to missing Armed Forces 6
2502	2502	and civilian personnel. 7
2503	2503	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 8
2504	2504	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 9
2505	2505	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 10
2506	2506	General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 11
2507	2507	Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and the Inspector General Act of 12
2508	2508	1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), and for the hire of passenger motor 13
2509	2509	vehicles, $5,980,000. 14
2510	2510	REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 15
2511	2511	For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-16
2512	2512	chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment 17
2513	2513	for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 18
2514	2514	holdings, $25,500,000, to remain available until expended, 19
2515	2515	of which no less than $17,500,000 is for improvements 20
2516	2516	to the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan-21
2517	2517	sas. 22 97
2518	2518	•S 2309 RS
2519	2519	NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 1
2520	2520	COMMISSION 2
2521	2521	GRANTS PROGRAM 3
2522	2522	For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 4
2523	2523	historical publications and records as authorized by 44 5
2524	2524	U.S.C. 2504, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-6
2525	2525	pended. 7
2526	2526	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION —NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 8
2527	2527	RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 9
2528	2528	S
2529	2529	EC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 10
2530	2530	Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 11
2531	2531	Program’’, $38,414,000, which shall be for initiatives in 12
2532	2532	the amounts and for the projects specified in the table that 13
2533	2533	appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 14
2534	2534	National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the re-15
2535	2535	port accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 16
2536	2536	funds made available by this section may be transferred 17
2537	2537	for any other purpose. 18
2538	2538	N
2539	2539	ATIONALCREDITUNIONADMINISTRATION 19
2540	2540	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 20
2541	2541	For the Community Development Revolving Loan 21
2542	2542	Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 22
2543	2543	and 9910, $3,500,000 shall be available until September 23
2544	2544	30, 2025, for technical assistance to low-income des-24
2545	2545	ignated credit unions: Provided, That credit unions des-25 98
2546	2546	•S 2309 RS
2547	2547	ignated solely as minority depository institutions shall be 1
2548	2548	eligible to apply for and receive such technical assistance. 2
2549	2549	O
2550	2550	FFICE OFGOVERNMENTETHICS 3
2551	2551	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
2552	2552	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 5
2553	2553	Office of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in 6
2554	2554	Government Act of 1978, the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 7
2555	2555	and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop 8
2556	2556	Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, includ-9
2557	2557	ing services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of con-10
2558	2558	ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 11
2559	2559	hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 12
2560	2560	for official reception and representation expenses, 13
2561	2561	$23,037,000. 14
2562	2562	O
2563	2563	FFICE OFPERSONNELMANAGEMENT 15
2564	2564	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
2565	2565	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 17
2566	2566	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 18
2567	2567	Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-19
2568	2568	organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-20
2569	2569	ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 21
2570	2570	by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 22
2571	2571	veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-23
2572	2572	ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 24
2573	2573	hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 25 99
2574	2574	•S 2309 RS
2575	2575	official reception and representation expenses; and pay-1
2576	2576	ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-2
2577	2577	ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 3
2578	2578	to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 4
2579	2579	$225,784,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 5
2580	2580	available under this heading, $15,816,000 may remain 6
2581	2581	available until expended, for information technology mod-7
2582	2582	ernization and Trust Fund Federal Financial System mi-8
2583	2583	gration or modernization, and shall be in addition to funds 9
2584	2584	otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided fur-10
2585	2585	ther, That of the total amount made available under this 11
2586	2586	heading, $1,167,805 may be made available for strength-12
2587	2587	ening the capacity and capabilities of the acquisition work-13
2588	2588	force (as defined by the Office of Federal Procurement 14
2589	2589	Policy Act, as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), includ-15
2590	2590	ing the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such 16
2591	2591	workforce and information technology in support of acqui-17
2592	2592	sition workforce effectiveness or for management solutions 18
2593	2593	to improve acquisition management; and in addition 19
2594	2594	$194,924,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-20
2595	2595	ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 21
2596	2596	regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 22
2597	2597	printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-23
2598	2598	grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-24
2599	2599	priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 25 100
2600	2600	•S 2309 RS
2601	2601	trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 1
2602	2602	8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 2
2603	2603	5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 3
2604	2604	this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-4
2605	2605	penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 5
2606	2606	pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 6
2607	2607	or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 7
2608	2608	That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-8
2609	2609	lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-9
2610	2610	ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2024, accept dona-10
2611	2611	tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 11
2612	2612	further, That such donations, including those from prior 12
2613	2613	years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-13
2614	2614	rials to provide information about the White House Fel-14
2615	2615	lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 15
2616	2616	travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-16
2617	2617	ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 17
2618	2618	That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 18
2619	2619	under this heading may be transferred to an information 19
2620	2620	technology working capital fund established for purposes 20
2621	2621	authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 21
2622	2622	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 22
2623	2623	(Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 23
2624	2624	further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 24
2625	2625	approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 25 101
2626	2626	•S 2309 RS
2627	2627	House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 1
2628	2628	in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 2
2629	2629	Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 3
2630	2630	under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-4
2631	2631	egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or-5
2632	2632	ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 6
2633	2633	required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 7
2634	2634	amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 8
2635	2635	for obligation through September 30, 2027. 9
2636	2636	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 10
2637	2637	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
2638	2638	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 12
2639	2639	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 13
2640	2640	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 14
2641	2641	General Act of 1978, including services as authorized by 15
2642	2642	5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 16
2643	2643	$6,908,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,487,000 17
2644	2644	for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-18
2645	2645	vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-19
2646	2646	ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-20
2647	2647	ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 21
2648	2648	Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 22
2649	2649	General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-23
2650	2650	ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 24
2651	2651	and elsewhere. 25 102
2652	2652	•S 2309 RS
2653	2653	OFFICE OFSPECIALCOUNSEL 1
2654	2654	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2655	2655	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 3
2656	2656	Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 4
2657	2657	by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-5
2658	2658	nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-6
2659	2659	lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-7
2660	2660	cles, $31,904,000. 8
2661	2661	P
2662	2662	RIVACY ANDCIVILLIBERTIESOVERSIGHTBOARD 9
2663	2663	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
2664	2664	For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-11
2665	2665	erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 12
2666	2666	the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 13
2667	2667	2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $11,700,000, to remain avail-14
2668	2668	able until September 30, 2025. 15
2669	2669	P
2670	2670	UBLICBUILDINGSREFORMBOARD 16
2671	2671	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
2672	2672	For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-18
2673	2673	form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 19
2674	2674	Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $4,000,000, 20
2675	2675	to remain available until expended. 21
2676	2676	S
2677	2677	ECURITIES ANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION 22
2678	2678	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
2679	2679	For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-24
2680	2680	change Commission, including services as authorized by 25 103
2681	2681	•S 2309 RS
2682	2682	5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 1
2683	2683	year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 2
2684	2684	not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-3
2685	2685	tion expenses, $2,363,900,000, to remain available until 4
2686	2686	expended; of which not less than $20,050,000 shall be for 5
2687	2687	the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 6
2688	2688	$275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 7
2689	2689	for the International Organization of Securities Commis-8
2690	2690	sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-9
2691	2691	able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 10
2692	2692	by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 11
2693	2693	regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 12
2694	2694	staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 13
2695	2695	such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-14
2696	2696	trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 15
2697	2697	foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-16
2698	2698	penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 17
2699	2699	(3) related lodging or subsistence. 18
2700	2700	In addition to the foregoing appropriation, for move, 19
2701	2701	replication, and related costs associated with a replace-20
2702	2702	ment leases for the Commission’s office facilities, not to 21
2703	2703	exceed $39,658,000, to remain available until expended: 22
2704	2704	Provided, That any unobligated balances from funds made 23
2705	2705	available under this heading in prior Acts for replacement 24
2706	2706	leases for the Commission’s headquarters and other re-25 104
2707	2707	•S 2309 RS
2708	2708	gional office facilities may be used for such purposes at 1
2709	2709	any Commission office facility, notwithstanding provisos 2
2710	2710	in such Acts limiting use to particular office facilities, and 3
2711	2711	notwithstanding provisos in such Acts requiring that de- 4
2712	2712	obligated amounts derived from the general fund be re-5
2713	2713	turned to the general fund or that de-obligated amounts 6
2714	2714	derived from fees or assessments be paid to national secu-7
2715	2715	rities exchanges and national securities associations in 8
2716	2716	proportion to any fees or assessments paid by such na-9
2717	2717	tional securities exchange or national securities associa-10
2718	2718	tion. 11
2719	2719	For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 12
2720	2720	31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 13
2721	2721	78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2024, all amounts appropriated 14
2722	2722	under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-15
2723	2723	propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2024: Pro-16
2724	2724	vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 17
2725	2725	the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 18
2726	2726	shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 19
2727	2727	Provided further, That not to exceed $2,363,900,000 of 20
2728	2728	such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 21
2729	2729	for necessary expenses of this account; not to exceed 22
2730	2730	$39,658,000 of such offsetting collections shall be avail-23
2731	2731	able until expended for move, replication, and related costs 24
2732	2732	under this heading associated with a replacement leases 25 105
2733	2733	•S 2309 RS
2734	2734	for the Commission’s office facilities: Provided further, 1
2735	2735	That the total amount appropriated under this heading 2
2736	2736	from the general fund for fiscal year 2024 shall be reduced 3
2737	2737	as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a 4
2738	2738	final total fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general 5
2739	2739	fund estimated at not more than $0. 6
2740	2740	S
2741	2741	ELECTIVESERVICESYSTEM 7
2742	2742	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8
2743	2743	For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-9
2744	2744	tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 10
2745	2745	training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 11
2746	2746	Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 12
2747	2747	civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-13
2748	2748	ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 14
2749	2749	$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 15
2750	2750	$31,300,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 16
2751	2751	year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 17
2752	2752	the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 18
2753	2753	deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-19
2754	2754	tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 20
2755	2755	appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-21
2756	2756	nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 22
2757	2757	Forces of the United States. 23 106
2758	2758	•S 2309 RS
2759	2759	SMALLBUSINESSADMINISTRATION 1
2760	2760	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2761	2761	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 3
2762	2762	of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 4
2763	2763	passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 5
2764	2764	and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-6
2765	2765	ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-7
2766	2766	penses, $381,246,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 8
2767	2767	shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 9
2768	2768	lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-10
2769	2769	trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-11
2770	2770	lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 12
2771	2771	and certain loan program activities, including fees author-13
2772	2772	ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 14
2773	2773	further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 15
2774	2774	received from all such activities shall be credited to this 16
2775	2775	account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 17
2776	2776	out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-18
2777	2777	vided further, That the Small Business Administration 19
2778	2778	may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 20
2779	2779	and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-21
2780	2780	tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 22
2781	2781	fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 23
2782	2782	be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 24
2783	2783	System, to be available until September 30, 2025: Pro-25 107
2784	2784	•S 2309 RS
2785	2785	vided further, That $20,500,000 shall be available for 1
2786	2786	costs associated with the certification of small business 2
2787	2787	concerns owned and controlled by veterans or service-dis-3
2788	2788	abled veterans under sections 36A and 36 of the Small 4
2789	2789	Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657f–1; 657f), respectively, and 5
2790	2790	section 862 of Public Law 116–283, to be available until 6
2791	2791	September 30, 2025. 7
2792	2792	ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 8
2793	2793	For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-9
2794	2794	trepreneurial and small business development, 10
2795	2795	$320,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 11
2796	2796	2025: Provided, That $140,000,000 shall be available to 12
2797	2797	fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2024 or fiscal 13
2798	2798	year 2025 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-14
2799	2799	ness Act: Provided further, That $41,000,000 shall be for 15
2800	2800	marketing, management, and technical assistance under 16
2801	2801	section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 17
2802	2802	636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 18
2803	2803	the microloan program: Provided further, That 19
2804	2804	$20,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 20
2805	2805	carry out export programs that assist small business con-21
2806	2806	cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 22
2807	2807	Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 23 108
2808	2808	•S 2309 RS
2809	2809	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
2810	2810	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 2
2811	2811	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 3
2812	2812	General Act of 1978, $47,020,000. 4
2813	2813	OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 5
2814	2814	For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 6
2815	2815	carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 7
2816	2816	305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-8
2817	2817	bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,211,000, 9
2818	2818	to remain available until expended. 10
2819	2819	BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 11
2820	2820	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
2821	2821	For the cost of direct loans, $6,000,000, to remain 13
2822	2822	available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-14
2823	2823	cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-15
2824	2824	fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 16
2825	2825	1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 17
2826	2826	Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 18
2827	2827	2024 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 19
2828	2828	of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com-20
2829	2829	mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 21
2830	2830	section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 22
2831	2831	1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-23
2832	2832	gate, $16,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-24
2833	2833	cal year 2024 commitments for general business loans au-25 109
2834	2834	•S 2309 RS
2835	2835	thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 1
2836	2836	7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 2
2837	2837	$35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 3
2838	2838	loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 4
2839	2839	by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 5
2840	2840	year 2024 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 6
2841	2841	under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 7
2842	2842	Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,000,000,000: Provided 8
2843	2843	further, That during fiscal year 2024, guarantees of trust 9
2844	2844	certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-10
2845	2845	ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 11
2846	2846	$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 12
2847	2847	to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 13
2848	2848	$162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 14
2849	2849	with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 15
2850	2850	DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 16
2851	2851	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 17
2852	2852	For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 18
2853	2853	loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 19
2854	2854	Business Act, $175,000,000, to be available until ex-20
2855	2855	pended, of which $1,600,000 is for the Office of Inspector 21
2856	2856	General of the Small Business Administration for audits 22
2857	2857	and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan pro-23
2858	2858	grams and shall be transferred to and merged with the 24
2859	2859	appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 25 110
2860	2860	•S 2309 RS
2861	2861	which $165,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 1
2862	2862	of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 2
2863	2863	program, which may be transferred to and merged with 3
2864	2864	the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 4
2865	2865	which $8,400,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 5
2866	2866	for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 6
2867	2867	and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-7
2868	2868	penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 8
2869	2869	heading, $143,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-9
2870	2870	clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 10
2871	2871	and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-11
2872	2872	vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 12
2873	2873	this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 13
2874	2874	disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 14
2875	2875	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 15
2876	2876	1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 16
2877	2877	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —SMALL BUSINESS 17
2878	2878	ADMINISTRATION 18
2879	2879	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19
2880	2880	S
2881	2881	EC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-20
2882	2882	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 21
2883	2883	Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-22
2884	2884	ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-23
2885	2885	priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 24
2886	2886	any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 25 111
2887	2887	•S 2309 RS
2888	2888	to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 1
2889	2889	funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-2
2890	2890	able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 3
2891	2891	with the procedures set forth in that section. 4
2892	2892	S
2893	2893	EC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-5
2894	2894	tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-6
2895	2895	ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 7
2896	2896	and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-8
2897	2897	ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-9
2898	2898	tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 10
2899	2899	as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 11
2900	2900	A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 12
2901	2901	Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 13
2902	2902	1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 14
2903	2903	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-15
2904	2904	atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 16
2905	2905	to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 17
2906	2906	for obligation through September 30, 2027. 18
2907	2907	S
2908	2908	EC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-19
2909	2909	ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, 20
2910	2910	$117,541,000, which shall be for initiatives related to 21
2911	2911	small business development and entrepreneurship, includ-22
2912	2912	ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities, 23
2913	2913	in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table 24
2914	2914	that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-25 112
2915	2915	•S 2309 RS
2916	2916	sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the report ac-1
2917	2917	companying this Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding sec-2
2918	2918	tions 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal 3
2919	2919	Regulations, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-4
2920	2920	ministration may permit awards to subrecipients for ini-5
2921	2921	tiatives funded under this section: Provided further, That 6
2922	2922	none of the funds made available by this section may be 7
2923	2923	transferred for any other purpose. 8
2924	2924	U
2925	2925	NITEDSTATESPOSTALSERVICE 9
2926	2926	PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 10
2927	2927	For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 11
2928	2928	forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-12
2929	2929	sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 13
2930	2930	States Code, $50,253,000: Provided, That mail for over-14
2931	2931	seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 15
2932	2932	Provided further, That none of the funds made available 16
2933	2933	to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-17
2934	2934	ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 18
2935	2935	or employee of any State or local child support enforce-19
2936	2936	ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 20
2937	2937	or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 21
2938	2938	information requested or provided concerning an address 22
2939	2939	of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 23
2940	2940	funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 24
2941	2941	close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 25 113
2942	2942	•S 2309 RS
2943	2943	further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 1
2944	2944	continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 2
2945	2945	Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-3
2946	2946	ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 4
2947	2947	Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241). 5
2948	2948	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 6
2949	2949	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
2950	2950	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
2951	2951	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 9
2952	2952	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 10
2953	2953	General Act of 1978, $271,000,000, to be derived by 11
2954	2954	transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 12
2955	2955	authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-13
2956	2956	ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 14
2957	2957	U
2958	2958	NITEDSTATESTAXCOURT 15
2959	2959	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
2960	2960	For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 17
2961	2961	and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 18
2962	2962	not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-19
2963	2963	tion expenses, $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-20
2964	2964	main available until expended: Provided, That the amount 21
2965	2965	made available under 26 U.S.C. 7475 shall be transferred 22
2966	2966	and added to any amounts available under 26 U.S.C. 23
2967	2967	7473, to remain available until expended, for the operation 24
2968	2968	and maintenance of the United States Tax Court: Pro-25 114
2969	2969	•S 2309 RS
2970	2970	vided further, That travel expenses of the judges shall be 1
2971	2971	paid upon the written certificate of the judge. 2 115
2972	2972	•S 2309 RS
2973	2973	TITLE VI 1
2974	2974	GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 2
2975	2975	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 3
2976	2976	S
2977	2977	EC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 4
2978	2978	for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 5
2979	2979	expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 6
2980	2980	intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 7
2981	2981	funded in this Act. 8
2982	2982	S
2983	2983	EC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 9
2984	2984	shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 10
2985	2985	fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-11
2986	2986	tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 12
2987	2987	in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 13
2988	2988	expressly so provided herein. 14
2989	2989	S
2990	2990	EC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 15
2991	2991	under this Act for any consulting service through procure-16
2992	2992	ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 17
2993	2993	to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 18
2994	2994	of public record and available for public inspection, except 19
2995	2995	where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-20
2996	2996	isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 21
2997	2997	S
2998	2998	EC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 22
2999	2999	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-23
3000	3000	strumentality of the United States Government, except 24 116
3001	3001	•S 2309 RS
3002	3002	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-1
3003	3003	vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 2
3004	3004	S
3005	3005	EC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 3
3006	3006	Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 4
3007	3007	salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-5
3008	3008	tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 6
3009	3009	result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-7
3010	3010	icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 8
3011	3011	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 9
3012	3012	S
3013	3013	EC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 10
3014	3014	Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 11
3015	3015	that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 12
3016	3016	with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 13
3017	3017	S
3018	3018	EC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 14
3019	3019	available under this Act shall be made available to any 15
3020	3020	person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-16
3021	3021	ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 17
3022	3022	S
3023	3023	EC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 18
3024	3024	none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-19
3025	3025	vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-20
3026	3026	ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-21
3027	3027	penditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any ac-22
3028	3028	counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 23
3029	3029	and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 24
3030	3030	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-25 117
3031	3031	•S 2309 RS
3032	3032	programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 1
3033	3033	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 2
3034	3034	funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 3
3035	3035	for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-4
3036	3036	gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-5
3037	3037	tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 6
3038	3038	House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 7
3039	3039	purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-8
3040	3040	tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 9
3041	3041	is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-10
3042	3042	ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 11
3043	3043	creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-12
3044	3044	less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-13
3045	3045	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-14
3046	3046	ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 15
3047	3047	restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 16
3048	3048	or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 17
3049	3049	consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 18
3050	3050	House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-19
3051	3051	ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-20
3052	3052	ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 21
3053	3053	submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 22
3054	3054	the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 23
3055	3055	the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-24
3056	3056	fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 25 118
3057	3057	•S 2309 RS
3058	3058	That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 1
3059	3059	for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 2
3060	3060	equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 3
3061	3061	to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 4
3062	3062	budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-5
3063	3063	ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 6
3064	3064	fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 7
3065	3065	each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 8
3066	3066	level by object class and program, project, and activity as 9
3067	3067	detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 10
3068	3068	budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-11
3069	3069	ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 12
3070	3070	for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 13
3071	3071	for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 14
3072	3072	discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 15
3073	3073	and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 16
3074	3074	interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 17
3075	3075	or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 18
3076	3076	be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 19
3077	3077	required date that the report has not been submitted to 20
3078	3078	the Congress. 21
3079	3079	S
3080	3080	EC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 22
3081	3081	by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 23
3082	3082	remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2024 from 24
3083	3083	appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 25 119
3084	3084	•S 2309 RS
3085	3085	for fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available 1
3086	3086	through September 30, 2025, for each such account for 2
3087	3087	the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 3
3088	3088	be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 4
3089	3089	House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 5
3090	3090	prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 6
3091	3091	That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-7
3092	3092	programming guidelines. 8
3093	3093	S
3094	3094	EC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 9
3095	3095	this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-10
3096	3096	dent to request— 11
3097	3097	(1) any official background investigation report 12
3098	3098	on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-13
3099	3099	tigation; or 14
3100	3100	(2) a determination with respect to the treat-15
3101	3101	ment of an organization as described in section 16
3102	3102	501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 17
3103	3103	exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 18
3104	3104	Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 19
3105	3105	Internal Revenue Service. 20
3106	3106	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 21
3107	3107	(1) in the case of an official background inves-22
3108	3108	tigation report, if such individual has given express 23
3109	3109	written consent for such request not more than 6 24 120
3110	3110	•S 2309 RS
3111	3111	months prior to the date of such request and during 1
3112	3112	the same presidential administration; or 2
3113	3113	(2) if such request is required due to extraor-3
3114	3114	dinary circumstances involving national security. 4
3115	3115	S
3116	3116	EC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-5
3117	3117	gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 6
3118	3118	shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-7
3119	3119	eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 8
3120	3120	under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 9
3121	3121	S
3122	3122	EC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 10
3123	3123	implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 11
3124	3124	nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-12
3125	3125	fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 13
3126	3126	(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 14
3127	3127	expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made 15
3128	3128	available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 16
3129	3129	to court approval. 17
3130	3130	S
3131	3131	EC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 18
3132	3132	be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 19
3133	3133	expenses in connection with any health plan under the 20
3134	3134	Federal employees health benefits program which provides 21
3135	3135	any benefits or coverage for abortions. 22
3136	3136	S
3137	3137	EC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 23
3138	3138	apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 24 121
3139	3139	•S 2309 RS
3140	3140	if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 1
3141	3141	result of an act of rape or incest. 2
3142	3142	S
3143	3143	EC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 3
3144	3144	commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-4
3145	3145	chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 5
3146	3146	forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-6
3147	3147	larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 7
3148	3148	to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-8
3149	3149	tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 9
3150	3150	United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 10
3151	3151	in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 11
3152	3152	S
3153	3153	EC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 12
3154	3154	United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-13
3155	3155	latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-14
3156	3156	cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 15
3157	3157	commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 16
3158	3158	non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-17
3159	3159	penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 18
3160	3160	to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-19
3161	3161	tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-20
3162	3162	ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 21
3163	3163	is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 22
3164	3164	or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 23
3165	3165	to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 24
3166	3166	person or entity is an organization described in section 25 122
3167	3167	•S 2309 RS
3168	3168	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-1
3169	3169	empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 2
3170	3170	S
3171	3171	EC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 3
3172	3172	of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 4
3173	3173	authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 5
3174	3174	construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-6
3175	3175	ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 7
3176	3176	Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-8
3177	3177	fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 9
3178	3178	case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 10
3179	3179	with the current lessor. 11
3180	3180	(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 12
3181	3181	emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 13
3182	3182	the President to require emergency leasing authority with 14
3183	3183	respect to such agency. 15
3184	3184	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 16
3185	3185	agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 17
3186	3186	provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-18
3187	3187	eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 19
3188	3188	Service. 20
3189	3189	S
3190	3190	EC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-21
3191	3191	lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 22
3192	3192	(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 23
3193	3193	102). 24
3194	3194	(2) Payments to— 25 123
3195	3195	•S 2309 RS
3196	3196	(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 1
3197	3197	(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 2
3198	3198	(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 3
3199	3199	(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 4
3200	3200	(C) the United States Court of Federal 5
3201	3201	Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 6
3202	3202	178(l)). 7
3203	3203	(3) Payment of Government contributions— 8
3204	3204	(A) with respect to the health benefits of 9
3205	3205	retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 10
3206	3206	of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 11
3207	3207	Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 12
3208	3208	Stat. 849); and 13
3209	3209	(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-14
3210	3210	fits for employees retiring after December 31, 15
3211	3211	1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 16
3212	3212	(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 17
3213	3213	new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 18
3214	3214	Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 19
3215	3215	8348). 20
3216	3216	(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 21
3217	3217	from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 22
3218	3218	Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 23
3219	3219	III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 24
3220	3220	States Code. 25 124
3221	3221	•S 2309 RS
3222	3222	(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-1
3223	3223	empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 2
3224	3224	otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-3
3225	3225	tained in this Act. 4
3226	3226	S
3227	3227	EC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 5
3228	3228	Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 6
3229	3229	complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 7
3230	3230	Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-8
3231	3231	posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-9
3232	3232	latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 10
3233	3233	Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 11
3234	3234	No. 13563. 12
3235	3235	S
3236	3236	EC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch 13
3237	3237	agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-14
3238	3238	formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-15
3239	3239	ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 16
3240	3240	related to information technology. 17
3241	3241	(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 18
3242	3242	agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-19
3243	3243	tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-20
3244	3244	sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 21
3245	3245	budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 22
3246	3246	of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 23
3247	3247	as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-24 125
3248	3248	•S 2309 RS
3249	3249	ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 1
3250	3250	Officer of the agency and budget officials. 2
3251	3251	S
3252	3252	EC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 3
3253	3253	Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 4
3254	3254	33 of title 44, United States Code. 5
3255	3255	S
3256	3256	EC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 6
3257	3257	Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 7
3258	3258	disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-8
3259	3259	ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-9
3260	3260	tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-10
3261	3261	tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 11
3262	3262	in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 12
3263	3263	in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 13
3264	3264	Constitution of the United States. 14
3265	3265	S
3266	3266	EC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 15
3267	3267	to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 16
3268	3268	access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-17
3269	3269	able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-18
3270	3270	tor General has responsibilities under the Inspector Gen-19
3271	3271	eral Act of 1978, or to prevent or impede that Inspector 20
3272	3272	General’s access to such records, documents, or other ma-21
3273	3273	terials, under any provision of law, except a provision of 22
3274	3274	law that expressly refers to the Inspector General and ex-23
3275	3275	pressly limits the Inspector General’s right of access. A 24
3276	3276	department or agency covered by this section shall provide 25 126
3277	3277	•S 2309 RS
3278	3278	its Inspector General with access to all such records, docu-1
3279	3279	ments, and other materials in a timely manner. Each In-2
3280	3280	spector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 3
3281	3281	limitations on disclosure relevant to the information pro-4
3282	3282	vided by the establishment over which that Inspector Gen-5
3283	3283	eral has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 6
3284	3284	of 1978. Each Inspector General covered by this section 7
3285	3285	shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the 8
3286	3286	House of Representatives and the Senate within 5 cal-9
3287	3287	endar days any failures to comply with this requirement. 10
3288	3288	S
3289	3289	EC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 11
3290	3290	may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 12
3291	3291	to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 13
3292	3292	the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 14
3293	3293	competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 15
3294	3294	that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-16
3295	3295	tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 17
3296	3296	in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 18
3297	3297	shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-19
3298	3298	oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-20
3299	3299	native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 21
3300	3300	any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 22
3301	3301	high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-23
3302	3302	cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-24
3303	3303	mences. 25 127
3304	3304	•S 2309 RS
3305	3305	SEC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in 1
3306	3306	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 2
3307	3307	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 3
3308	3308	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 4
3309	3309	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 5
3310	3310	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 6
3311	3311	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 7
3312	3312	criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi-8
3313	3313	ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 9
3314	3314	activity. 10
3315	3315	S
3316	3316	EC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other- 11
3317	3317	wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 12
3318	3318	or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 13
3319	3319	been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 14
3320	3320	budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 15
3321	3321	a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 16
3322	3322	deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 17
3323	3323	driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 18
3324	3324	overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 19
3325	3325	such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 20
3326	3326	16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 21
3327	3327	S
3328	3328	EC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 22
3329	3329	this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-23
3330	3330	tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 24
3331	3331	department, agency, board or commission funded by this 25 128
3332	3332	•S 2309 RS
3333	3333	Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 1
3334	3334	the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 2
3335	3335	in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 3
3336	3336	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-4
3337	3337	resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 5
3338	3338	determination. 6
3339	3339	(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 7
3340	3340	may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 8
3341	3341	than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 9
3342	3342	States, at any single conference occurring outside the 10
3343	3343	United States unless the agency or entity determines that 11
3344	3344	such attendance is in the national interest and advance 12
3345	3345	notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 13
3346	3346	of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-14
3347	3347	cludes the basis of that determination. 15
3348	3348	S
3349	3349	EC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 16
3350	3350	Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 17
3351	3351	the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 18
3352	3352	Act in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301– 19
3353	3353	10.125 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 20
3354	3354	S
3355	3355	EC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 21
3356	3356	Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 22
3357	3357	public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-23
3358	3358	agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 24
3359	3359	2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 25 129
3360	3360	•S 2309 RS
3361	3361	transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 1
3362	3362	House of Representatives and the Senate. 2
3363	3363	S
3364	3364	EC. 630. Federal agencies funded under this Act 3
3365	3365	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 4
3366	3366	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 5
3367	3367	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-6
3368	3368	lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-7
3369	3369	pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 8
3370	3370	this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 9
3371	3371	available to the agency for advertising or other commu-10
3372	3372	nications regarding the programs and activities of the 11
3373	3373	agency. 12
3374	3374	S
3375	3375	EC. 631. When issuing statements, press releases, 13
3376	3376	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-14
3377	3377	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 15
3378	3378	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 16
3379	3379	funds included in this Act, shall clearly state— 17
3380	3380	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-18
3381	3381	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 19
3382	3382	money; 20
3383	3383	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 21
3384	3384	project or program; and 22
3385	3385	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 23
3386	3386	costs of the project or program that will be financed 24
3387	3387	by non-governmental sources. 25 130
3388	3388	•S 2309 RS
3389	3389	SEC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 1
3390	3390	Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-2
3391	3391	sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 3
3392	3392	or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 4
3393	3393	contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 5
3394	3394	to trade associations. 6
3395	3395	S
3396	3396	EC. 633. Not later than 45 days after the last day 7
3397	3397	of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-8
3398	3398	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 9
3399	3399	of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-10
3400	3400	port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 11
3401	3401	quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 12
3402	3402	appropriation. 13
3403	3403	S
3404	3404	EC. 634. Of the unobligated balances available in 14
3405	3405	the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture 15
3406	3406	Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United 16
3407	3407	States Code, $150,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 17
3408	3408	not later than September 30, 2024. 18
3409	3409	S
3410	3410	EC. 635. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 19
3411	3411	made available under section 4010 of the American Res-20
3412	3412	cue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $80,000,000 21
3413	3413	are hereby rescinded. 22
3414	3414	S
3415	3415	EC. 636. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 23
3416	3416	made available under section 4011 of the American Res-24 131
3417	3417	•S 2309 RS
3418	3418	cue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2), $290,000,000 1
3419	3419	are hereby rescinded. 2
3420	3420	S
3421	3421	EC. 637. Of the unobligated balances of amounts 3
3422	3422	made available under section 10301(1)(A)(ii) of the Infla-4
3423	3423	tion Reduction Act (Public Law 117–169), 5
3424	3424	$10,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 6
3425	3425	S
3426	3426	EC. 638. Title 44, United States Code, is amended 7
3427	3427	as follows— 8
3428	3428	(1) in subsection (a)(2) of section 2107, by 9
3429	3429	striking ‘‘the head of such agency has certified in 10
3430	3430	writing to the Archivist’’ and inserting ‘‘the Archi-11
3431	3431	vist determines, after consulting with the head of 12
3432	3432	such agency,’’; 13
3433	3433	(2) in subsection (d) of section 2904, by strik-14
3434	3434	ing the first instance of ‘‘digital or electronic’’; 15
3435	3435	(3) in subsection (e) of section 3303a, by strik-16
3436	3436	ing ‘‘the written consent of’’ and inserting ‘‘advance 17
3437	3437	notice to’’; and 18
3438	3438	(4) in section 3308, by striking ‘‘empower’’ and 19
3439	3439	inserting ‘‘direct’’. 20
3440	3440	S
3441	3441	EC. 639. Of the unobligated balances for major re-21
3442	3442	pairs and alterations under the heading ‘‘General Services 22
3443	3443	Administration—Real Property Activities—Federal Build-23
3444	3444	ings Fund’’ from amounts made available in division C 24 132
3445	3445	•S 2309 RS
3446	3446	of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 1
3447	3447	116–93), $10,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 2 133
3448	3448	•S 2309 RS
3449	3449	TITLE VII 1
3450	3450	GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 2
3451	3451	D
3452	3452	EPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, ANDCORPORATIONS 3
3453	3453	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
3454	3454	S
3455	3455	EC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 5
3456	3456	of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 6
3457	3457	this or any other Act for fiscal year 2024 shall obligate 7
3458	3458	or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-8
3459	3459	cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 9
3460	3460	administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-10
3461	3461	sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 11
3462	3462	use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 12
3463	3463	(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 13
3464	3464	802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 14
3465	3465	agency, or instrumentality. 15
3466	3466	S
3467	3467	EC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 16
3468	3468	maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 17
3469	3469	in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United 18
3470	3470	States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-19
3471	3471	hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforce-20
3472	3472	ment vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 21
3473	3473	vehicles, and police-type vehicles), is hereby fixed annually 22
3474	3474	at an amount to reflect average transaction prices paid 23
3475	3475	for passenger vehicles, as determined by the Administrator 24
3476	3476	of General Services by analyzing multiple published auto-25 134
3477	3477	•S 2309 RS
3478	3478	motive industry prices paid indices, averaging the data, 1
3479	3479	and adjusting for inflation: Provided, That the limits set 2
3480	3480	forth in this section may not be exceeded by more than 3
3481	3481	5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 4
3482	3482	demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and 5
3483	3483	Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstra-6
3484	3484	tion Act of 1976: Provided further, That the limits set 7
3485	3485	forth in this section may be exceeded by the incremental 8
3486	3486	cost of clean alternative fuels vehicles acquired pursuant 9
3487	3487	to Public Law 101–549 over the cost of comparable con-10
3488	3488	ventionally fueled vehicles: Provided further, That the lim-11
3489	3489	its set forth in this section shall not apply to any vehicle 12
3490	3490	that is a commercial item and which operates on alter-13
3491	3491	native fuel, including but not limited to electric, plug-in 14
3492	3492	hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. 15
3493	3493	S
3494	3494	EC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-16
3495	3495	ments and independent establishments for the current fis-17
3496	3496	cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-18
3497	3497	penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 19
3498	3498	for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 20
3499	3499	accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 21
3500	3500	S
3501	3501	EC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 22
3502	3502	the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-23
3503	3503	tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 24
3504	3504	compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-25 135
3505	3505	•S 2309 RS
3506	3506	ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-1
3507	3507	jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 2
3508	3508	of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-3
3509	3509	nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 4
3510	3510	of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-5
3511	3511	ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 6
3512	3512	outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 7
3513	3513	is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-8
3514	3514	ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 9
3515	3515	of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 10
3516	3516	then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 11
3517	3517	allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-12
3518	3518	poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 13
3519	3519	shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-14
3520	3520	ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 15
3521	3521	being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 16
3522	3522	of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-17
3523	3523	mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-18
3524	3524	essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 19
3525	3525	affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 20
3526	3526	shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 21
3527	3527	more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 22
3528	3528	above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-23
3529	3529	stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 24
3530	3530	further, That any payment made to any officer or em-25 136
3531	3531	•S 2309 RS
3532	3532	ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 1
3533	3533	recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 2
3534	3534	further, That this section shall not apply to any person 3
3535	3535	who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 4
3536	3536	United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 5
3537	3537	to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-6
3538	3538	casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 7
3539	3539	of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 8
3540	3540	service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 9
3541	3541	Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 10
3542	3542	employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 11
3543	3543	120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-12
3544	3544	ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 13
3545	3545	to an agreement with another country. 14
3546	3546	S
3547	3547	EC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-15
3548	3548	ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-16
3549	3549	essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-17
3550	3550	penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 18
3551	3551	Services Administration for charges for space and services 19
3552	3552	and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-20
3553	3553	ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 21
3554	3554	performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 22
3555	3555	1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 23
3556	3556	of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 24 137
3557	3557	•S 2309 RS
3558	3558	SEC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 1
3559	3559	any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-2
3560	3560	ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 3
3561	3561	including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 4
3562	3562	records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-5
3563	3563	vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-6
3564	3564	pended for the following purposes: 7
3565	3565	(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 8
3566	3566	and recycling programs as described in Executive 9
3567	3567	Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 10
3568	3568	such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 11
3569	3569	the Executive order. 12
3570	3570	(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-13
3571	3571	agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 14
3572	3572	development and implementation of hazardous waste 15
3573	3573	management and pollution prevention programs. 16
3574	3574	(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 17
3575	3575	law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 18
3576	3576	Federal agency. 19
3577	3577	S
3578	3578	EC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 20
3579	3579	Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 21
3580	3580	of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 22
3581	3581	title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 23
3582	3582	to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 24
3583	3583	for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 25 138
3584	3584	•S 2309 RS
3585	3585	with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 1
3586	3586	head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 2
3587	3587	expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 3
3588	3588	Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 4
3589	3589	the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-5
3590	3590	penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 6
3591	3591	funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 7
3592	3592	correspondingly reduced. 8
3593	3593	S
3594	3594	EC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 9
3595	3595	this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 10
3596	3596	financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 11
3597	3597	commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 12
3598	3598	(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 13
3599	3599	not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 14
3600	3600	financial support from more than one agency or instru-15
3601	3601	mentality. 16
3602	3602	S
3603	3603	EC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 17
3604	3604	to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 18
3605	3605	to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 19
3606	3606	has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 20
3607	3607	adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 21
3608	3608	United States. 22
3609	3609	S
3610	3610	EC. 710. During the period in which the head of 23
3611	3611	any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 24
3612	3612	employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 25 139
3613	3613	•S 2309 RS
3614	3614	President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 1
3615	3615	be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 2
3616	3616	or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 3
3617	3617	head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 4
3618	3618	make improvements for any such office, unless advance 5
3619	3619	notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 6
3620	3620	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-7
3621	3621	resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-8
3622	3622	tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-9
3623	3623	fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 10
3624	3624	used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 11
3625	3625	directly controlled by the individual. 12
3626	3626	S
3627	3627	EC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-13
3628	3628	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 14
3629	3629	fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 15
3630	3630	the interagency funding of national security and emer-16
3631	3631	gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 17
3632	3632	benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-18
3633	3633	ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 19
3634	3634	2012). 20
3635	3635	S
3636	3636	EC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 21
3637	3637	this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 22
3638	3638	any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 23
3639	3639	Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 24
3640	3640	individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-25 140
3641	3641	•S 2309 RS
3642	3642	icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-1
3643	3643	petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 2
3644	3644	States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 3
3645	3645	213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 4
3646	3646	the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 5
3647	3647	instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-6
3648	3648	tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-7
3649	3649	ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-8
3650	3650	vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 9
3651	3651	the individual to the White House. 10
3652	3652	(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 11
3653	3653	Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-12
3654	3654	tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 13
3655	3655	(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 14
3656	3656	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 15
3657	3657	S
3658	3658	EC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 16
3659	3659	this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 17
3660	3660	of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 18
3661	3661	Government, who— 19
3662	3662	(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-20
3663	3663	ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-21
3664	3664	ployee of the Federal Government from having any 22
3665	3665	direct oral or written communication or contact with 23
3666	3666	any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 24
3667	3667	Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 25 141
3668	3668	•S 2309 RS
3669	3669	to the employment of such other officer or employee 1
3670	3670	or pertaining to the department or agency of such 2
3671	3671	other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 3
3672	3672	whether such communication or contact is at the ini-4
3673	3673	tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-5
3674	3674	sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 6
3675	3675	committee, or subcommittee; or 7
3676	3676	(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 8
3677	3677	demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 9
3678	3678	performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 10
3679	3679	to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-11
3680	3680	criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-12
3681	3681	tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-13
3682	3682	ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 14
3683	3683	Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 15
3684	3684	commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 16
3685	3685	such other officer or employee, by reason of any 17
3686	3686	communication or contact of such other officer or 18
3687	3687	employee with any Member, committee, or sub-19
3688	3688	committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 20
3689	3689	(1). 21
3690	3690	S
3691	3691	EC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 22
3692	3692	this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 23
3693	3693	any employee training that— 24 142
3694	3694	•S 2309 RS
3695	3695	(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-1
3696	3696	edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 2
3697	3697	performance of official duties; 3
3698	3698	(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-4
3699	3699	els of emotional response or psychological stress in 5
3700	3700	some participants; 6
3701	3701	(3) does not require prior employee notification 7
3702	3702	of the content and methods to be used in the train-8
3703	3703	ing and written end of course evaluation; 9
3704	3704	(4) contains any methods or content associated 10
3705	3705	with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 11
3706	3706	‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-12
3707	3707	ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 13
3708	3708	915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 14
3709	3709	(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-15
3710	3710	ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 16
3711	3711	workplace. 17
3712	3712	(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 18
3713	3713	otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 19
3714	3714	bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 20
3715	3715	S
3716	3716	EC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 21
3717	3717	or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-22
3718	3718	tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-23
3719	3719	tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 24
3720	3720	purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 25 143
3721	3721	•S 2309 RS
3722	3722	any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 1
3723	3723	or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-2
3724	3724	tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 3
3725	3725	to the Congress itself. 4
3726	3726	S
3727	3727	EC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 5
3728	3728	any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-6
3729	3729	eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 7
3730	3730	except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 8
3731	3731	or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 9
3732	3732	competent jurisdiction. 10
3733	3733	S
3734	3734	EC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 11
3735	3735	or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 12
3736	3736	information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-13
3737	3737	ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 14
3738	3738	Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-15
3739	3739	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 16
3740	3740	and the Senate. 17
3741	3741	S
3742	3742	EC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 18
3743	3743	this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 19
3744	3744	including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-20
3745	3745	ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 21
3746	3746	authorized by Congress. 22
3747	3747	S
3748	3748	EC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 23
3749	3749	(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 24
3750	3750	under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 25 144
3751	3751	•S 2309 RS
3752	3752	(2) includes a military department, as defined 1
3753	3753	under section 102 of such title and the United 2
3754	3754	States Postal Service. 3
3755	3755	(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-4
3756	3756	lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 5
3757	3757	of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 6
3758	3758	to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 7
3759	3759	system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 8
3760	3760	5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 9
3761	3761	effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 10
3762	3762	in the performance of official duties. 11
3763	3763	S
3764	3764	EC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-12
3765	3765	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 13
3766	3766	fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 14
3767	3767	or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 15
3768	3768	Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 16
3769	3769	finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 17
3770	3770	costs. 18
3771	3771	S
3772	3772	EC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-19
3773	3773	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-20
3774	3774	ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 21
3775	3775	reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 22
3776	3776	wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-23
3777	3777	fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 24
3778	3778	the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 25 145
3779	3779	•S 2309 RS
3780	3780	rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 1
3781	3781	That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-2
3782	3782	trator of General Services to support Government-wide 3
3783	3783	and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 4
3784	3784	procurement, and other management innovations, initia-5
3785	3785	tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 6
3786	3786	reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 7
3787	3787	Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 8
3788	3788	the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-9
3789	3789	ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-10
3790	3790	agement Council for overall management improvement ini-11
3791	3791	tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 12
3792	3792	management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 13
3793	3793	Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 14
3794	3794	Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-15
3795	3795	tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-16
3796	3796	ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-17
3797	3797	cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-18
3798	3798	ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 19
3799	3799	not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 20
3800	3800	duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 21
3801	3801	Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 22
3802	3802	and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-23
3803	3803	vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 24
3804	3804	the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 25 146
3805	3805	•S 2309 RS
3806	3806	Services Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during 1
3807	3807	fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for obligation 2
3808	3808	through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That not 3
3809	3809	later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-4
3810	3810	tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-5
3811	3811	tion with the Administrator of General Services, shall sub-6
3812	3812	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 7
3813	3813	of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on 8
3814	3814	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-9
3815	3815	ate, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 10
3816	3816	House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for the 11
3817	3817	funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided further, 12
3818	3818	That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: (i) the 13
3819	3819	amounts currently in the funds authorized under this sec-14
3820	3820	tion and the estimate of amounts to be transferred or re-15
3821	3821	imbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a detailed breakdown 16
3822	3822	of the purposes for all funds estimated to be transferred 17
3823	3823	or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including total 18
3824	3824	number of personnel and costs for all staff whose salaries 19
3825	3825	are provided for by this section); (iii) where applicable, 20
3826	3826	a description of the funds intended for use by or for the 21
3827	3827	benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where applica-22
3828	3828	ble, a description of the funds intended for use by or for 23
3829	3829	the implementation of specific laws passed by Congress: 24
3830	3830	Provided further, That no transfers or reimbursements 25 147
3831	3831	•S 2309 RS
3832	3832	may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days fol-1
3833	3833	lowing notification of the Committees on Appropriations 2
3834	3834	of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 3
3835	3835	Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 4
3836	3836	S
3837	3837	EC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5
3838	3838	law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 6
3839	3839	in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 7
3840	3840	and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 8
3841	3841	the location. 9
3842	3842	S
3843	3843	EC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-10
3844	3844	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 11
3845	3845	fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 12
3846	3846	the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 13
3847	3847	studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 14
3848	3848	the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 15
3849	3849	by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 16
3850	3850	Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 17
3851	3851	the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-18
3852	3852	port describing the budget of and resources connected with 19
3853	3853	the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-20
3854	3854	mittees on Appropriations, the House Committee on 21
3855	3855	Science, Space, and Technology, and the Senate Com-22
3856	3856	mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days 23
3857	3857	after enactment of this Act. 24 148
3858	3858	•S 2309 RS
3859	3859	SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 1
3860	3860	grant application, form, notification, press release, or 2
3861	3861	other publications involving the distribution of Federal 3
3862	3862	funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 4
3863	3863	200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 5
3864	3864	That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 6
3865	3865	funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 7
3866	3866	funds. 8
3867	3867	S
3868	3868	EC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OFFEDERALAGENCY 9
3869	3869	M
3870	3870	ONITORING OFINDIVIDUALS’ INTERNETUSE.—None of 10
3871	3871	the funds made available in this or any other Act may 11
3872	3872	be used by any Federal agency— 12
3873	3873	(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 13
3874	3874	of data, derived from any means, that includes any 14
3875	3875	personally identifiable information relating to an in-15
3876	3876	dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-16
3877	3877	ment Internet site of the agency; or 17
3878	3878	(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 18
3879	3879	party (including another government agency) to col-19
3880	3880	lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-20
3881	3881	rived from any means, that includes any personally 21
3882	3882	identifiable information relating to an individual’s 22
3883	3883	access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 23
3884	3884	site. 24 149
3885	3885	•S 2309 RS
3886	3886	(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 1
3887	3887	subsection (a) shall not apply to— 2
3888	3888	(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 3
3889	3889	identify particular persons; 4
3890	3890	(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-5
3891	3891	tifiable information; 6
3892	3892	(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-7
3893	3893	latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 8
3894	3894	applicable law; or 9
3895	3895	(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 10
3896	3896	that is a system security action taken by the oper-11
3897	3897	ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 12
3898	3898	to providing the Internet site services or to pro-13
3899	3899	tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 14
3900	3900	Internet site. 15
3901	3901	(c) D
3902	3902	EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 16
3903	3903	(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-17
3904	3904	tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 18
3905	3905	provided in law. 19
3906	3906	(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-20
3907	3907	tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-21
3908	3908	ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 22
3909	3909	condition, management practices and policies and 23
3910	3910	compliance with applicable standards as provided in 24
3911	3911	law. 25 150
3912	3912	•S 2309 RS
3913	3913	SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 1
3914	3914	Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 2
3915	3915	includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 3
3916	3916	except where the contract also includes a provision for con-4
3917	3917	traceptive coverage. 5
3918	3918	(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 6
3919	3919	with— 7
3920	3920	(1) any of the following religious plans: 8
3921	3921	(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 9
3922	3922	(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 10
3923	3923	(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 11
3924	3924	for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 12
3925	3925	religious beliefs. 13
3926	3926	(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 14
3927	3927	into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-15
3928	3928	ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 16
3929	3929	individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 17
3930	3930	contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 18
3931	3931	to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 19
3932	3932	(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-20
3933	3933	quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 21
3934	3934	S
3935	3935	EC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-22
3936	3936	ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 23
3937	3937	Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 24
3938	3938	anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-25 151
3939	3939	•S 2309 RS
3940	3940	cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 1
3941	3941	oversight authorities. 2
3942	3942	S
3943	3943	EC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3
3944	3944	law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-4
3945	3945	partments and agencies may be used by such departments 5
3946	3946	and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 6
3947	3947	Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-7
3948	3948	ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 8
3949	3949	ownership pilot program. 9
3950	3950	S
3951	3951	EC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 10
3952	3952	law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 11
3953	3953	under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 12
3954	3954	to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 13
3955	3955	Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-14
3956	3956	plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-15
3957	3957	sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 16
3958	3958	300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-17
3959	3959	ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 18
3960	3960	number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 19
3961	3961	of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 20
3962	3962	S
3963	3963	EC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21
3964	3964	law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 22
3965	3965	or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-23
3966	3966	uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 24
3967	3967	conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 25 152
3968	3968	•S 2309 RS
3969	3969	advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 1
3970	3970	the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 2
3971	3971	the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-3
3972	3972	ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 4
3973	3973	by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 5
3974	3974	cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 6
3975	3975	S
3976	3976	EC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 7
3977	3977	law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 8
3978	3978	may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 9
3979	3979	any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-10
3980	3980	tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 11
3981	3981	a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-12
3982	3982	packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 13
3983	3983	prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 14
3984	3984	S
3985	3985	EC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 15
3986	3986	Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 16
3987	3987	5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 17
3988	3988	Act), and regulations implementing that section. 18
3989	3989	S
3990	3990	EC. 733. (a) INGENERAL.—None of the funds ap-19
3991	3991	propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 20
3992	3992	other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-21
3993	3993	tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 22
3994	3994	as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 23
3995	3995	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 24
3996	3996	or any subsidiary of such an entity. 25 153
3997	3997	•S 2309 RS
3998	3998	(b) WAIVERS.— 1
3999	3999	(1) I
4000	4000	N GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 2
4001	4001	subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-3
4002	4002	ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 4
4003	4003	if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-5
4004	4004	quired in the interest of national security. 6
4005	4005	(2) R
4006	4006	EPORT TO CONGRESS .—Any Secretary 7
4007	4007	issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 8
4008	4008	such issuance to Congress. 9
4009	4009	(c) E
4010	4010	XCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 10
4011	4011	Federal Government contract entered into before the date 11
4012	4012	of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 12
4013	4013	pursuant to such contract. 13
4014	4014	S
4015	4015	EC. 734. During fiscal year 2024, for each employee 14
4016	4016	who— 15
4017	4017	(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 16
4018	4018	8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 17
4019	4019	(2) retires under any other provision of sub-18
4020	4020	chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 19
4021	4021	5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-20
4022	4022	rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 21
4023	4023	Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 22
4024	4024	equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-23
4025	4025	age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 24
4026	4026	the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 25 154
4027	4027	•S 2309 RS
4028	4028	available until expended to the Office of Personnel 1
4029	4029	Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-2
4030	4030	trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 3
4031	4031	5, United States Code. 4
4032	4032	S
4033	4033	EC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 5
4034	4034	this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-6
4035	4035	quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 7
4036	4036	to disclose any of the following information as a condition 8
4037	4037	of submitting the offer: 9
4038	4038	(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 10
4039	4039	expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-11
4040	4040	ment for an electioneering communication that is 12
4041	4041	made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 13
4042	4042	of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 14
4043	4043	election for Federal office or to a political com-15
4044	4044	mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 16
4045	4045	election for Federal office. 17
4046	4046	(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 18
4047	4047	payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 19
4048	4048	entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 20
4049	4049	or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 21
4050	4050	reasonable expectation that the person will use the 22
4051	4051	funds to make a payment described in paragraph 23
4052	4052	(1). 24 155
4053	4053	•S 2309 RS
4054	4054	(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 1
4055	4055	‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-2
4056	4056	eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 3
4057	4057	‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 4
4058	4058	Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 5
4059	4059	et seq.). 6
4060	4060	S
4061	4061	EC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 7
4062	4062	or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 8
4063	4063	a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-9
4064	4064	ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-10
4065	4065	ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-11
4066	4066	missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 12
4067	4067	agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 13
4068	4068	Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 14
4069	4069	S
4070	4070	EC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 15
4071	4071	of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 16
4072	4072	no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 17
4073	4073	2024, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 18
4074	4074	prevailing rate employee described in section 19
4075	4075	5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 20
4076	4076	(A) during the period from the date of expira-21
4077	4077	tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-22
4078	4078	tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-23
4079	4079	fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-24
4080	4080	ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2024, in an 25 156
4081	4081	•S 2309 RS
4082	4082	amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-1
4083	4083	cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 2
4084	4084	in accordance with such section; and 3
4085	4085	(B) during the period consisting of the remain-4
4086	4086	der of fiscal year 2024, in an amount that exceeds 5
4087	4087	the result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 6
4088	4088	payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 7
4089	4089	sum of— 8
4090	4090	(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 9
4091	4091	in fiscal year 2024 under section 5303 of title 10
4092	4092	5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 11
4093	4093	under the General Schedule; and 12
4094	4094	(ii) the difference between the overall aver-13
4095	4095	age percentage of the locality-based com-14
4096	4096	parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 15
4097	4097	2024 under section 5304 of such title (whether 16
4098	4098	by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-17
4099	4099	erage percentage of such payments which was 18
4100	4100	effective in the previous fiscal year under such 19
4101	4101	section. 20
4102	4102	(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 21
4103	4103	prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 22
4104	4104	(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 23
4105	4105	and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 24
4106	4106	may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 25 157
4107	4107	•S 2309 RS
4108	4108	is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 1
4109	4109	be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-2
4110	4110	cable to such employee. 3
4111	4111	(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 4
4112	4112	of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 5
4113	4113	may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 6
4114	4114	30, 2023, except to the extent determined by the Office 7
4115	4115	of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-8
4116	4116	pose of this subsection. 9
4117	4117	(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 10
4118	4118	of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 11
4119	4119	may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 12
4120	4120	30, 2023, except to the extent determined by the Office 13
4121	4121	of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-14
4122	4122	pose of this subsection. 15
4123	4123	(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 16
4124	4124	for service performed after September 30, 2023. 17
4125	4125	(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 18
4126	4126	of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-19
4127	4127	mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-20
4128	4128	ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-21
4129	4129	tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 22
4130	4130	basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 23
4131	4131	or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-24
4132	4132	section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 25 158
4133	4133	•S 2309 RS
4134	4134	(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 1
4135	4135	permit or require the payment to any employee covered 2
4136	4136	by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 3
4137	4137	be payable were this subsection not in effect. 4
4138	4138	(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 5
4139	4139	for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-6
4140	4140	section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 7
4141	4141	necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-8
4142	4142	fied employees. 9
4143	4143	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 10
4144	4144	in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 11
4145	4145	take place in fiscal year 2024 under sections 5344 and 12
4146	4146	5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 13
4147	4147	(1) not less than the percentage received by em-14
4148	4148	ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 15
4149	4149	are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 16
4150	4150	under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 17
4151	4151	States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-18
4152	4152	ees at locations where there are no employees whose 19
4153	4153	pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 20
4154	4154	of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 21
4155	4155	employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 22
4156	4156	United States Code, shall be considered to be located 23
4157	4157	in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 24 159
4158	4158	•S 2309 RS
4159	4159	States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 1
4160	4160	States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 2
4161	4161	(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-3
4162	4162	plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 4
4163	4163	2023. 5
4164	4164	S
4165	4165	EC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-6
4166	4166	partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 7
4167	4167	this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 8
4168	4168	reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 9
4169	4169	for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 10
4170	4170	costs and contracting procedures related to each con-11
4171	4171	ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-12
4172	4172	mission, or office during fiscal year 2024 for which the 13
4173	4173	cost to the United States Government was more than 14
4174	4174	$100,000. 15
4175	4175	(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-16
4176	4176	ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-17
4177	4177	ble period— 18
4178	4178	(1) a description of its purpose; 19
4179	4179	(2) the number of participants attending; 20
4180	4180	(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 21
4181	4181	United States Government, including— 22
4182	4182	(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 23
4183	4183	(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 24 160
4184	4184	•S 2309 RS
4185	4185	(C) the cost of employee or contractor 1
4186	4186	travel to and from the conference; and 2
4187	4187	(D) a discussion of the methodology used 3
4188	4188	to determine which costs relate to the con-4
4189	4189	ference; and 5
4190	4190	(4) a description of the contracting procedures 6
4191	4191	used including— 7
4192	4192	(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 8
4193	4193	competitive basis; and 9
4194	4194	(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 10
4195	4195	conducted by the departmental component or 11
4196	4196	office in evaluating potential contractors for the 12
4197	4197	conference. 13
4198	4198	(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 14
4199	4199	head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 15
4200	4200	or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 16
4201	4201	official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 17
4202	4202	date, location, and number of employees attending a con-18
4203	4203	ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 19
4204	4204	board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 20
4205	4205	appropriations Act during fiscal year 2024 for which the 21
4206	4206	cost to the United States Government was more than 22
4207	4207	$20,000. 23
4208	4208	(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-24
4209	4209	priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 25 161
4210	4210	•S 2309 RS
4211	4211	be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-1
4212	4212	ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 2
4213	4213	programmatically related to the purpose for which the 3
4214	4214	grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 4
4215	4215	in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 5
4216	4216	or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 6
4217	4217	the grant or contract. 7
4218	4218	(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 8
4219	4219	other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-9
4220	4220	ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 10
4221	4221	of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 11
4222	4222	dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 12
4223	4223	memorandum. 13
4224	4224	S
4225	4225	EC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 14
4226	4226	or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 15
4227	4227	eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-16
4228	4228	tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 17
4229	4229	a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 18
4230	4230	enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 19
4231	4231	is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-20
4232	4232	sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 21
4233	4233	S
4234	4234	EC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 22
4235	4235	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 23
4236	4236	enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 24
4237	4237	published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 25 162
4238	4238	•S 2309 RS
4239	4239	Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 1
4240	4240	et seq.). 2
4241	4241	S
4242	4242	EC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-3
4243	4243	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 4
4244	4244	to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 5
4245	4245	regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 6
4246	4246	function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-7
4247	4247	fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 8
4248	4248	other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 9
4249	4249	S
4250	4250	EC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-10
4251	4251	erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 11
4252	4252	available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 12
4253	4253	with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 13
4254	4254	such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 14
4255	4255	internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-15
4256	4256	iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-16
4257	4257	tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 17
4258	4258	to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-18
4259	4259	ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-19
4260	4260	ceive such information. 20
4261	4261	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-21
4262	4262	travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 22
4263	4263	Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-23
4264	4264	ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 24
4265	4265	information. 25 163
4266	4266	•S 2309 RS
4267	4267	SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 1
4268	4268	other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-2
4269	4269	ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-3
4270	4270	ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-4
4271	4271	ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 5
4272	4272	the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 6
4273	4273	with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 7
4274	4274	the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 8
4275	4275	existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-9
4276	4276	fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 10
4277	4277	reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 11
4278	4278	Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 12
4279	4279	mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-13
4280	4280	thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 14
4281	4281	health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 15
4282	4282	The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-16
4283	4283	tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-17
4284	4284	ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 18
4285	4285	agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-19
4286	4286	standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-20
4287	4287	disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 21
4288	4288	by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 22
4289	4289	or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 23
4290	4290	officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-24
4291	4291	visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 25 164
4292	4292	•S 2309 RS
4293	4293	such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 1
4294	4294	shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-2
4295	4295	close any classified information received in the course of 3
4296	4296	such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 4
4297	4297	United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 5
4298	4298	shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 6
4299	4299	to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 7
4300	4300	agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 8
4301	4301	to reporting a substantial violation of law. 9
4302	4302	(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 10
4303	4303	implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 11
4304	4304	if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 12
4305	4305	that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 13
4306	4306	(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 14
4307	4307	may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-15
4308	4308	tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 16
4309	4309	substantially similar language to that required in sub-17
4310	4310	section (a). 18
4311	4311	S
4312	4312	EC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 19
4313	4313	or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 20
4314	4314	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 21
4315	4315	with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 22
4316	4316	to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-23
4317	4317	ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-24
4318	4318	ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 25 165
4319	4319	•S 2309 RS
4320	4320	and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 1
4321	4321	to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-2
4322	4322	lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 3
4323	4323	aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 4
4324	4324	has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 5
4325	4325	and has made a determination that this further action is 6
4326	4326	not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 7
4327	4327	S
4328	4328	EC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 8
4329	4329	or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 9
4330	4330	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 10
4331	4331	with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 11
4332	4332	to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 12
4333	4333	violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 13
4334	4334	months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-14
4335	4335	tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 15
4336	4336	or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-16
4337	4337	mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-17
4338	4338	tect the interests of the Government. 18
4339	4339	S
4340	4340	EC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2024, on the date 19
4341	4341	on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-20
4342	4342	cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 21
4343	4343	Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 22
4344	4344	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-23
4345	4345	atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-24
4346	4346	ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 25 166
4347	4347	•S 2309 RS
4348	4348	on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 1
4349	4349	of such request. 2
4350	4350	(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 3
4351	4351	made available on the Bureau’s public website. 4
4352	4352	S
4353	4353	EC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-5
4354	4354	justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 6
4355	4355	the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 7
4356	4356	year 2024 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 8
4357	4357	on December 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of divi-9
4358	4358	sion E of Public Law 117–328. 10
4359	4359	(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 11
4360	4360	section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 12
4361	4361	provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 13
4362	4362	2024 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 14
4363	4363	position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 15
4364	4364	by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 16
4365	4365	payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-17
4366	4366	cember 31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division 18
4367	4367	E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re-19
4368	4368	ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2024, except 20
4369	4369	as provided in subsection (i). 21
4370	4370	(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-22
4371	4371	ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-23
4372	4372	sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 24 167
4373	4373	•S 2309 RS
4374	4374	subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-1
4375	4375	ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 2
4376	4376	(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 3
4377	4377	(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-4
4378	4378	tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 5
4379	4379	official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 6
4380	4380	or 7
4381	4381	(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-8
4382	4382	gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 9
4383	4383	serving under a political appointment and paid a 10
4384	4384	rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 11
4385	4385	level IV of the Executive Schedule. 12
4386	4386	(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 13
4387	4387	5, United States Code, an employee described in para-14
4388	4388	graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal-15
4389	4389	endar year 2024, except as provided in subsection (i). 16
4390	4390	(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 17
4391	4391	employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 18
4392	4392	based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 19
4393	4393	States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 20
4394	4394	rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 21
4395	4395	under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 22
4396	4396	increase during calendar year 2024, except as provided in 23
4397	4397	subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 24
4398	4398	in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 25 168
4399	4399	•S 2309 RS
4400	4400	pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 1
4401	4401	of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 2
4402	4402	pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 3
4403	4403	or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-4
4404	4404	plied to them. 5
4405	4405	(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-6
4406	4406	vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-7
4407	4407	ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 8
4408	4408	under applicable law. 9
4409	4409	(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 10
4410	4410	makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 11
4411	4411	pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 12
4412	4412	for such time as that election is in effect. 13
4413	4413	(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 14
4414	4414	makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 15
4415	4415	entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 16
4416	4416	Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 17
4417	4417	election is in effect. 18
4418	4418	(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 19
4419	4419	employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-20
4420	4420	crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-21
4421	4421	ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-22
4422	4422	ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 23
4423	4423	the level or range for the position held immediately before 24
4424	4424	the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 25 169
4425	4425	•S 2309 RS
4426	4426	rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 1
4427	4427	of pay in effect on December 31, 2023, by operation of 2
4428	4428	section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–328. 3
4429	4429	(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 4
4430	4430	an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 5
4431	4431	during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 6
4432	4432	pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 7
4433	4433	limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 8
4434	4434	31, 2023, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub-9
4435	4435	lic Law 117–328. 10
4436	4436	(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 11
4437	4437	to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2024 12
4438	4438	but ends in calendar year 2025, the bar on the employee’s 13
4439	4439	receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 14
4440	4440	of that pay period. 15
4441	4441	(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 16
4442	4442	position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 17
4443	4443	pay is restricted under this section. 18
4444	4444	(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 19
4445	4445	first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 20
4446	4446	1, 2024. 21
4447	4447	S
4448	4448	EC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound-22
4449	4449	ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 23
4450	4450	the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 24
4451	4451	shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 25 170
4452	4452	•S 2309 RS
4453	4453	and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 1
4454	4454	of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 2
4455	4455	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 3
4456	4456	Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 4
4457	4457	report is transmitted to the Congress. 5
4458	4458	S
4459	4459	EC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-6
4460	4460	utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 7
4461	4461	the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 8
4462	4462	House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 9
4463	4463	appropriate congressional committees if— 10
4464	4464	(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-11
4465	4465	quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 12
4466	4466	title 31, United States Code; 13
4467	4467	(2) an approved apportionment received by the 14
4468	4468	department or agency conditions the availability of 15
4469	4469	an appropriation on further action; or 16
4470	4470	(3) an approved apportionment received by the 17
4471	4471	department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-18
4472	4472	gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 19
4473	4473	program, project, or activity by such department or 20
4474	4474	agency. 21
4475	4475	(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 22
4476	4476	committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-23
4477	4477	tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 24 171
4478	4478	•S 2309 RS
4479	4479	name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 1
4480	4480	account. 2
4481	4481	S
4482	4482	EC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 3
4483	4483	provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 4
4484	4484	year 2024 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-5
4485	4485	mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 6
4486	4486	Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of 7
4487	4487	the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the 8
4488	4488	report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 9
4489	4489	Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award 10
4490	4490	with respect to such funds for purposes of the require-11
4491	4491	ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and 12
4492	4492	2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen-13
4493	4493	eral of the United States. 14
4494	4494	(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 15
4495	4495	amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-16
4496	4496	ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-17
4497	4497	scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 18
4498	4498	Comptroller General. 19
4499	4499	S
4500	4500	EC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 20
4501	4501	United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 21
4502	4502	made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 22
4503	4503	agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-23
4504	4504	agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 24
4505	4505	recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 25 172
4506	4506	•S 2309 RS
4507	4507	Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-1
4508	4508	gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 2
4509	4509	National Institutes of Health research programs. 3
4510	4510	S
4511	4511	EC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-4
4512	4512	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-5
4513	4513	ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 6
4514	4514	reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit-7
4515	4515	izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 8
4516	4516	the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail-9
4517	4517	able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 10
4518	4518	including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 11
4519	4519	Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other-12
4520	4520	wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 13
4521	4521	of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed-14
4522	4522	eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government- 15
4523	4523	wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech-16
4524	4524	nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv-17
4525	4525	ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 18
4526	4526	agencies to take advantage of information technology in 19
4527	4527	sharing information: Provided further, That the total 20
4528	4528	funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 21
4529	4529	$29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 22
4530	4530	funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 23
4531	4531	Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 24
4532	4532	during fiscal year 2024 shall remain available for obliga-25 173
4533	4533	•S 2309 RS
4534	4534	tion through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 1
4535	4535	not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 2
4536	4536	Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 3
4537	4537	the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 4
4538	4538	shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 5
4539	4539	House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 6
4540	4540	plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro-7
4541	4541	vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 8
4542	4542	include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 9
4543	4543	under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 10
4544	4544	transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2024; (ii) a de-11
4545	4545	tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 12
4546	4546	to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 13
4547	4547	(including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 14
4548	4548	whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 15
4549	4549	where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 16
4550	4550	use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 17
4551	4551	by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim-18
4552	4552	bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 19
4553	4553	15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap-20
4554	4554	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-21
4555	4555	ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 22
4556	4556	Budget. 23
4557	4557	S
4558	4558	EC. 753. If, for fiscal year 2024, new budget author-24
4559	4559	ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre-25 174
4560	4560	•S 2309 RS
4561	4561	tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 1
4562	4562	251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 2
4563	4563	Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 3
4564	4564	Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-4
4565	4565	tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 5
4566	4566	2024 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-6
4567	4567	agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 7
4568	4568	total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 8
4569	4569	of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 9
4570	4570	for all categories for that fiscal year. 10
4571	4571	S
4572	4572	EC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11
4573	4573	law, the unobligated balances of funds made available in 12
4574	4574	division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 13
4575	4575	(Public Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded 14
4576	4576	by this or any other Act may be transferred to the United 15
4577	4577	States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 16
4578	4578	Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re-17
4579	4579	sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 18
4580	4580	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 19
4581	4581	required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with ac-20
4582	4582	tivities and projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Pro-21
4583	4583	vided, That such transfers shall support activities and 22
4584	4584	projects executed by the department or agency making 23
4585	4585	such transfer: Provided further, That such transfers shall 24
4586	4586	be approved by the head of such department or agency 25 175
4587	4587	•S 2309 RS
4588	4588	making such transfer: Provided further, That each depart-1
4589	4589	ment or agency shall provide notification to the Commit-2
4590	4590	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3
4591	4591	and the Senate no less than 30 days prior to such transfer: 4
4592	4592	Provided further, That any such transfers from the De-5
4593	4593	partment of Transportation, including from agencies with-6
4594	4594	in the Department of Transportation, shall be from fund-7
4595	4595	ing provided for personnel, contracting, and other costs 8
4596	4596	to administer and oversee grants: Provided further, That 9
4597	4597	amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be in 10
4598	4598	addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 11
4599	4599	Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 12
4600	4600	this section shall be in addition to any other transfer au-13
4601	4601	thority provided by law: Provided further, That amounts 14
4602	4602	transferred pursuant to this section that were previously 15
4603	4603	designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 16
4604	4604	pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are 17
4605	4605	designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-18
4606	4606	tion 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 19
4607	4607	concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, 20
4608	4608	and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget en-21
4609	4609	forcement in the House of Representatives. 22
4610	4610	S
4611	4611	EC. 755. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 23
4612	4612	any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 24 176
4613	4613	•S 2309 RS
4614	4614	than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 1
4615	4615	VIII. 2 177
4616	4616	•S 2309 RS
4617	4617	TITLE VIII 1
4618	4618	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 2
4619	4619	COLUMBIA 3
4620	4620	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
4621	4621	S
4622	4622	EC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 5
4623	4623	funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 6
4624	4624	necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 7
4625	4625	settlements or judgments that have been entered against 8
4626	4626	the District of Columbia government. 9
4627	4627	S
4628	4628	EC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 10
4629	4629	Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 11
4630	4630	implementation of any policy including boycott designed 12
4631	4631	to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 13
4632	4632	or any State legislature. 14
4633	4633	S
4634	4634	EC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 15
4635	4635	under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 16
4636	4636	Federal and District government agencies, that remain 17
4637	4637	available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, 18
4638	4638	or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 19
4639	4639	United States derived by the collection of fees available 20
4640	4640	to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 21
4641	4641	obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-22
4642	4642	programming of funds which— 23
4643	4643	(1) creates new programs; 24 178
4644	4644	•S 2309 RS
4645	4645	(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-1
4646	4646	bility center; 2
4647	4647	(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-3
4648	4648	cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 4
4649	4649	(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 5
4650	4650	for any program, project, or responsibility center for 6
4651	4651	which funds have been denied or restricted; 7
4652	4652	(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-8
4653	4653	viously deferred through reprogramming; 9
4654	4654	(6) augments any existing program, project, or 10
4655	4655	responsibility center through a reprogramming of 11
4656	4656	funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-12
4657	4657	ever is less; or 13
4658	4658	(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 14
4659	4659	assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-15
4660	4660	bility center, unless prior approval is received from 16
4661	4661	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 17
4662	4662	Representatives and the Senate. 18
4663	4663	(b) The District of Columbia government is author-19
4664	4664	ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 20
4665	4665	requests of local funds under this title through November 21
4666	4666	7, 2024. 22
4667	4667	S
4668	4668	EC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 23
4669	4669	Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 24
4670	4670	for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 25 179
4671	4671	•S 2309 RS
4672	4672	offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-1
4673	4673	resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 2
4674	4674	Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 3
4675	4675	(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 4
4676	4676	S
4677	4677	EC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-5
4678	4678	tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 6
4679	4679	any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-7
4680	4680	ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 8
4681	4681	unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 9
4682	4682	performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 10
4683	4683	For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 11
4684	4684	does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 12
4685	4685	residence and workplace, except in the case of— 13
4686	4686	(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 14
4687	4687	Police Department who resides in the District of Co-15
4688	4688	lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 16
4689	4689	Department; 17
4690	4690	(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-18
4691	4691	cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 19
4692	4692	Emergency Medical Services Department who re-20
4693	4693	sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 21
4694	4694	hours a day; 22
4695	4695	(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-23
4696	4696	partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 24
4697	4697	the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 25 180
4698	4698	•S 2309 RS
4699	4699	who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 1
4700	4700	call 24 hours a day; 2
4701	4701	(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-3
4702	4702	aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 4
4703	4703	Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 5
4704	4704	of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 6
4705	4705	(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 7
4706	4706	Homeland Security and Emergency Management 8
4707	4707	Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-9
4708	4708	curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-10
4709	4709	sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 11
4710	4710	hours a day; 12
4711	4711	(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 13
4712	4712	(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 14
4713	4713	of Columbia. 15
4714	4714	S
4715	4715	EC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 16
4716	4716	in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-17
4717	4717	ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 18
4718	4718	government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 19
4719	4719	civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 20
4720	4720	voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-21
4721	4721	lumbia. 22
4722	4722	(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-23
4723	4723	lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 24 181
4724	4724	•S 2309 RS
4725	4725	on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-1
4726	4726	cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 2
4727	4727	S
4728	4728	EC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 3
4729	4729	this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 4
4730	4730	for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 5
4731	4731	pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 6
4732	4732	local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 7
4733	4733	be inappropriate for such distribution. 8
4734	4734	S
4735	4735	EC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 9
4736	4736	prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 10
4737	4737	from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 11
4738	4738	coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 12
4739	4739	of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 13
4740	4740	should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-14
4741	4741	tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 15
4742	4742	S
4743	4743	EC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 16
4744	4744	in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 17
4745	4745	rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 18
4746	4746	associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 19
4747	4747	schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 20
4748	4748	(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-21
4749	4749	rivative. 22
4750	4750	(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 23
4751	4751	by the District of Columbia government under any author-24
4752	4752	ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 25 182
4753	4753	•S 2309 RS
4754	4754	legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 1
4755	4755	possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 2
4756	4756	under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 3
4757	4757	seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-4
4758	4758	reational purposes. 5
4759	4759	S
4760	4760	EC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-6
4761	4761	penditure by the District of Columbia government under 7
4762	4762	any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 8
4763	4763	where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 9
4764	4764	fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 10
4765	4765	result of an act of rape or incest. 11
4766	4766	S
4767	4767	EC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 12
4768	4768	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 13
4769	4769	Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 14
4770	4770	appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 15
4771	4771	Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 16
4772	4772	funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 17
4773	4773	the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 18
4774	4774	to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 19
4775	4775	(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 20
4776	4776	District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2024 that 21
4777	4777	is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 22
4778	4778	that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 23
4779	4779	other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 24
4780	4780	actual expenditures. 25 183
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4782	4782	(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 1
4783	4783	which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-2
4784	4784	lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 3
4785	4785	unanticipated changes in program requirements. 4
4786	4786	S
4787	4787	EC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 5
4788	4788	date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-6
4789	4789	cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-7
4790	4790	priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 8
4791	4791	for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 9
4792	4792	operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 10
4793	4793	Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 11
4794	4794	The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-12
4795	4795	mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-13
4796	4796	ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 14
4797	4797	of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 15
4798	4798	204.42). 16
4799	4799	S
4800	4800	EC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 17
4801	4801	operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-18
4802	4802	lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 19
4803	4803	once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-20
4804	4804	sistent with the provisions of this Act. 21
4805	4805	(b) The District of Columbia government is author-22
4806	4806	ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 23
4807	4807	local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 24
4808	4808	four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 25 184
4809	4809	•S 2309 RS
4810	4810	funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-1
4811	4811	grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 2
4812	4812	with the provisions of this Act. 3
4813	4813	(c) The District of Columbia government may not 4
4814	4814	transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 5
4815	4815	derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 6
4816	4816	capital projects. 7
4817	4817	S
4818	4818	EC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 8
4819	4819	in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 9
4820	4820	the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 10
4821	4821	other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 11
4822	4822	S
4823	4823	EC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 12
4824	4824	by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-13
4825	4825	ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 14
4826	4826	year 2024 from appropriations of Federal funds made 15
4827	4827	available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2024 in 16
4828	4828	this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 17
4829	4829	2025, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 18
4830	4830	Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-19
4831	4831	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 20
4832	4832	and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 21
4833	4833	such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 22
4834	4834	made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-23
4835	4835	lined in section 803 of this Act. 24 185
4836	4836	•S 2309 RS
4837	4837	SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2025, during a 1
4838	4838	period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 2
4839	4839	resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 3
4840	4840	bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 4
4841	4841	provided for any project or activity for which local funds 5
4842	4842	are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-6
4843	4843	ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-7
4844	4844	bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 8
4845	4845	subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 9
4846	4846	(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 10
4847	4847	of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 11
4848	4848	which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2024 12
4849	4849	which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-13
4850	4850	lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 14
4851	4851	of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-15
4852	4852	ment for fiscal year 2025 for purposes of section 446 of 16
4853	4853	the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 17
4854	4854	D.C. Official Code). 18
4855	4855	(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 19
4856	4856	to be available— 20
4857	4857	(1) during any period in which a District of Co-21
4858	4858	lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2025 is 22
4859	4859	in effect; or 23 186
4860	4860	•S 2309 RS
4861	4861	(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 1
4862	4862	District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2
4863	4863	2025. 3
4864	4864	(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-4
4865	4865	vided under the authority and conditions as provided 5
4866	4866	under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 6
4867	4867	in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 7
4868	4868	(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 8
4869	4869	cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 9
4870	4870	project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2025 10
4871	4871	for which this section applies to such project or activity. 11
4872	4872	(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 12
4873	4873	during any period of fiscal year 2025 if any other provi-13
4874	4874	sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-14
4875	4875	tions)— 15
4876	4876	(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-16
4877	4877	able, or grants authority for such project or activity 17
4878	4878	to continue for such period; or 18
4879	4879	(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 19
4880	4880	shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 20
4881	4881	no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-21
4882	4882	tivity to continue for such period. 22
4883	4883	(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 23
4884	4884	obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 24
4885	4885	mandated by other law. 25 187
4886	4886	•S 2309 RS
4887	4887	SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 1
4888	4888	of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 2
4889	4889	(sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 3
4890	4890	respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 4
4891	4891	Bridge Project. 5
4892	4892	(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 6
4893	4893	means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 7
4894	4894	and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 8
4895	4895	Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 9
4896	4896	the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 10
4897	4897	other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 11
4898	4898	passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 12
4899	4899	access crossings over the Potomac River. 13
4900	4900	S
4901	4901	EC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day 14
4902	4902	of each quarter, each Federal and District government 15
4903	4903	agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-16
4904	4904	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 17
4905	4905	of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-18
4906	4906	port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 19
4907	4907	quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 20
4908	4908	this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 21
4909	4909	S
4910	4910	EC. 819. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col-22
4911	4911	lege Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38–2702, D.C. Official 23
4912	4912	Code), is amended— 24 188
4913	4913	•S 2309 RS
4914	4914	(1) in subsection(a)(2)(A), by striking 1
4915	4915	‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 2
4916	4916	(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 3
4917	4917	‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; 4
4918	4918	(3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 5
4919	4919	at the end; 6
4920	4920	(4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub-7
4921	4921	paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 8
4922	4922	after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara-9
4923	4923	graph: 10
4924	4924	‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub-11
4925	4925	paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 12
4926	4926	the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu-13
4927	4927	dent who receives more than $10,000 for the 14
4928	4928	award year; and’’; and 15
4929	4929	(5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as 16
4930	4930	so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 17
4931	4931	inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 18
4932	4932	S
4933	4933	EC. 820. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 19
4934	4934	any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 20
4935	4935	title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 21
4936	4936	of this title or of title IV. 22
4937	4937	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 23
4938	4938	General Government Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 24 Calendar No.
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4940	4940	118
4941	4941	TH
4942	4942	CONGRESS
4943	4943	1
4944	4944	ST
4945	4945	S
4946	4946	ESSION
4947	4947
4948	4948	S. 2309
4949	4949	[Report No. 118–61]
4950	4950	A BILL
4951	4951	Making appropriations for financial services and
4952	4952	general government for the fiscal year ending
4953	4953	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
4954	4954	J
4955	4955	ULY
4956	4956	13, 2023
4957	4957	Read twice and placed on the calendar