Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress Senate Bill SB2624 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	II
2	2	Calendar No. 187
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	1
5	5	STSESSION S. 2624
6	6	[Report No. 118–84]
7	7	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
8	8	Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
9	9	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
10	10	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
11	11	JULY27, 2023
12	12	Ms. B
13	13	ALDWIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
14	14	original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
17	17	and Human Services, and Education, and related agen-
18	18	cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and
19	19	for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
23	23	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
24	24	Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 5 2
25	25	•S 2624 RS
26	26	Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 1
27	27	September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely: 2
28	28	TITLE I 3
29	29	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 4
30	30	E
31	31	MPLOYMENT AND TRAININGADMINISTRATION 5
32	32	TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 6
33	33	For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 7
34	34	and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 8
35	35	and the National Apprenticeship Act, $4,016,526,000 plus 9
36	36	reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-10
37	37	vided: 11
38	38	(1) for grants to States for adult employment 12
39	39	and training activities, youth activities, and dis-13
40	40	located worker employment and training activities, 14
41	41	$2,929,332,000 as follows: 15
42	42	(A) $885,649,000 for adult employment 16
43	43	and training activities, of which $173,649,000 17
44	44	shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 18
45	45	through June 30, 2025, and of which 19
46	46	$712,000,000 shall be available for the period 20
47	47	October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; 21
48	48	(B) $948,130,000 for youth activities, 22
49	49	which shall be available for the period April 1, 23
50	50	2024 through June 30, 2025; and 24 3
51	51	•S 2624 RS
52	52	(C) $1,095,553,000 for dislocated worker 1
53	53	employment and training activities, of which 2
54	54	$235,553,000 shall be available for the period 3
55	55	July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, and of 4
56	56	which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 5
57	57	period October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: 6
58	58	Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 7
59	59	outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 8
60	60	WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 9
61	61	section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act: Provided fur-10
62	62	ther, That notwithstanding the requirements of 11
63	63	WIOA, outlying areas may submit a single applica-12
64	64	tion for a consolidated grant that awards funds that 13
65	65	would otherwise be available to such areas to carry 14
66	66	out the activities described in subtitle B of title I of 15
67	67	the WIOA: Provided further, That such application 16
68	68	shall be submitted to the Secretary of Labor (re-17
69	69	ferred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’), at such time, 18
70	70	in such manner, and containing such information as 19
71	71	the Secretary may require: Provided further, That 20
72	72	outlying areas awarded a consolidated grant de-21
73	73	scribed in the preceding provisos may use the funds 22
74	74	for any of the programs and activities authorized 23
75	75	under such subtitle B of title I of the WIOA subject 24 4
76	76	•S 2624 RS
77	77	to approval of the application and such reporting re-1
78	78	quirements issued by the Secretary; and 2
79	79	(2) for national programs, $1,087,194,000 as 3
80	80	follows: 4
81	81	(A) $305,859,000 for the dislocated work-5
82	82	ers assistance national reserve, of which 6
83	83	$105,859,000 shall be available for the period 7
84	84	July 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, and 8
85	85	of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 9
86	86	period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 10
87	87	2025: Provided, That funds provided to carry 11
88	88	out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 12
89	89	used to provide assistance to a State for state-13
90	90	wide or local use in order to address cases 14
91	91	where there have been worker dislocations 15
92	92	across multiple sectors or across multiple local 16
93	93	areas and such workers remain dislocated; co-17
94	94	ordinate the State workforce development plan 18
95	95	with emerging economic development needs; and 19
96	96	train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 20
97	97	further, That funds provided to carry out sec-21
98	98	tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 22
99	99	used for technical assistance and demonstration 23
100	100	projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 24
101	101	new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 25 5
102	102	•S 2624 RS
103	103	workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 1
104	104	section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro-2
105	105	vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary 3
106	106	may reserve not more than 10 percent of such 4
107	107	funds to provide technical assistance and carry 5
108	108	out additional activities related to the transition 6
109	109	to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 7
110	110	funds provided under this subparagraph, 8
111	111	$105,000,000 shall be for training and employ-9
112	112	ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 10
113	113	(notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 11
114	114	such section) and 170 of the WIOA as follows: 12
115	115	(i) $50,000,000 shall be for workers 13
116	116	in the Appalachian region, as defined by 14
117	117	40 U.S.C. 14102(a)(1), workers in the 15
118	118	Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 16
119	119	4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 17
120	120	Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 18
121	121	2009aa(2)), and workers in the region 19
122	122	served by the Northern Border Regional 20
123	123	Commission, as defined by 40 U.S.C. 21
124	124	15733; and 22
125	125	(ii) $55,000,000 shall be for the pur-23
126	126	pose of developing, offering, or improving 24
127	127	educational or career training programs at 25 6
128	128	•S 2624 RS
129	129	community colleges, defined as public insti-1
130	130	tutions of higher education, as described in 2
131	131	section 101(a) of the Higher Education 3
132	132	Act of 1965 and at which the associate’s 4
133	133	degree is primarily the highest degree 5
134	134	awarded, with other eligible institutions of 6
135	135	higher education, as defined in section 7
136	136	101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 8
137	137	1965, eligible to participate through con-9
138	138	sortia, with community colleges as the lead 10
139	139	grantee: Provided, That the Secretary shall 11
140	140	follow the requirements for the program in 12
141	141	House Report 116–62: Provided further, 13
142	142	That any grant funds used for apprentice-14
143	143	ships shall be used to support only appren-15
144	144	ticeship programs registered under the Na-16
145	145	tional Apprenticeship Act and as referred 17
146	146	to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA; 18
147	147	(B) $60,000,000 for Native American pro-19
148	148	grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 20
149	149	shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 21
150	150	through June 30, 2025; 22
151	151	(C) $97,396,000 for migrant and seasonal 23
152	152	farmworker programs under section 167 of the 24
153	153	WIOA, including $90,134,000 for formula 25 7
154	154	•S 2624 RS
155	155	grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 1
156	156	be for employment and training services), 2
157	157	$6,591,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 3
158	158	(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 4
159	159	permanent housing), and $671,000 for other 5
160	160	discretionary purposes, which shall be available 6
161	161	for the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 7
162	162	2025: Provided, That notwithstanding any 8
163	163	other provision of law or related regulation, the 9
164	164	Department of Labor shall take no action lim-10
165	165	iting the number or proportion of eligible par-11
166	166	ticipants receiving related assistance services or 12
167	167	discouraging grantees from providing such serv-13
168	168	ices: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 14
169	169	definition of ‘‘eligible seasonal farmworker’’ in 15
170	170	section 167(i)(3)(A) of the WIOA relating to an 16
171	171	individual being ‘‘low-income’’, an individual is 17
172	172	eligible for migrant and seasonal farmworker 18
173	173	programs under section 167 of the WIOA under 19
174	174	that definition if, in addition to meeting the re-20
175	175	quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 21
176	176	167(i)(3)(A), such individual is a member of a 22
177	177	family with a total family income equal to or 23
178	178	less than 150 percent of the poverty line; 24 8
179	179	•S 2624 RS
180	180	(D) $105,000,000 for YouthBuild activi-1
181	181	ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 2
182	182	which shall be available for the period April 1, 3
183	183	2024 through June 30, 2025; 4
184	184	(E) $115,000,000 for ex-offender activi-5
185	185	ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 6
186	186	WIOA, which shall be available for the period 7
187	187	April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025: Provided, 8
188	188	That of this amount, $30,000,000 shall be for 9
189	189	competitive grants to national and regional 10
190	190	intermediaries for activities that prepare for 11
191	191	employment young adults with criminal legal 12
192	192	histories, young adults who have been justice 13
193	193	system-involved, or young adults who have 14
194	194	dropped out of school or other educational pro-15
195	195	grams, with a priority for projects serving high- 16
196	196	crime, high-poverty areas; 17
197	197	(F) $6,000,000 for the Workforce Data 18
198	198	Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 19
199	199	169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 20
200	200	the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 21
201	201	2025; 22
202	202	(G) $290,000,000 to expand opportunities 23
203	203	through apprenticeships only registered under 24
204	204	the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 25 9
205	205	•S 2624 RS
206	206	to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail-1
207	207	able to the Secretary to carry out activities 2
208	208	through grants, cooperative agreements, con-3
209	209	tracts and other arrangements, with States and 4
210	210	other appropriate entities, including equity 5
211	211	intermediaries and business and labor industry 6
212	212	partner intermediaries, which shall be available 7
213	213	for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 8
214	214	2025; and 9
215	215	(H) $107,939,000 for carrying out Dem-10
216	216	onstration and Pilot projects under section 11
217	217	169(c) of the WIOA, which shall be available 12
218	218	for the period April 1, 2024 through June 30, 13
219	219	2025, in addition to funds available for such ac-14
220	220	tivities under subparagraph (A) for the 15
221	221	projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 16
222	222	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spend-17
223	223	ing’’ included in the report accompanying this 18
224	224	Act: Provided, That such funds may be used for 19
225	225	projects that are related to the employment and 20
226	226	training needs of dislocated workers, other 21
227	227	adults, or youth: Provided further, That the 10 22
228	228	percent funding limitation under such section of 23
229	229	the WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Pro-24
230	230	vided further, That section 169(b)(6)(C) of the 25 10
231	231	•S 2624 RS
232	232	WIOA shall not apply to such funds: Provided 1
233	233	further, That sections 102 and 107 of this Act 2
234	234	shall not apply to such funds. 3
235	235	JOB CORPS 4
236	236	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
237	237	To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-6
238	238	ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 7
239	239	hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter-8
240	240	ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 9
241	241	purchase of real property for training centers as author-10
242	242	ized by the WIOA, $1,760,155,000, plus reimbursements, 11
243	243	as follows: 12
244	244	(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 13
245	245	which shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 14
246	246	through June 30, 2025; 15
247	247	(2) $123,000,000 for construction, rehabilita-16
248	248	tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 17
249	249	shall be available for the period July 1, 2024 18
250	250	through June 30, 2027, and which may include the 19
251	251	acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 20
252	252	of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 21
253	253	transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 22
254	254	operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad-23
255	255	ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 24
256	256	funds transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso 25 11
257	257	•S 2624 RS
258	258	shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 1
259	259	2024: Provided further, That the Committees on Ap-2
260	260	propriations of the House of Representatives and the 3
261	261	Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of 4
262	262	any transfer; and 5
263	263	(3) $33,830,000 for necessary expenses of Job 6
264	264	Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 7
265	265	period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 8
266	266	2024: 9
267	267	Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 10
268	268	shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 11
269	269	Centers. 12
270	270	COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER 13
271	271	AMERICANS 14
272	272	To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 15
273	273	1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, 16
274	274	which shall be available for the period April 1, 2024 17
275	275	through June 30, 2025, and may be recaptured and reobli-18
276	276	gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 19
277	277	FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 20
278	278	For payments during fiscal year 2024 of trade ad-21
279	279	justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 22
280	280	of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 23
281	281	of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 24
282	282	employment and case management services, allowances for 25 12
283	283	•S 2624 RS
284	284	job search and relocation, and related State administrative 1
285	285	expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 2
286	286	title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 3
287	287	payments, allowances, training, employment and case 4
288	288	management services, and related State administration 5
289	289	provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust-6
290	290	ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011, sections 405(a) 7
291	291	and 406 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 8
292	292	and section 285(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 9
293	293	$30,700,000 together with such amounts as may be nec-10
294	294	essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 11
295	295	payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 12
296	296	2024: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 13
297	297	Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 14
298	298	heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 15
299	299	current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 16
300	300	245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 17
301	301	STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 18
302	302	SERVICE OPERATIONS 19
303	303	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 20
304	304	For authorized administrative expenses, 21
305	305	$84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,988,084,000 22
306	306	which may be expended from the Employment Security 23
307	307	Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 24
308	308	(‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which— 25 13
309	309	•S 2624 RS
310	310	(1) $3,206,635,000 from the Trust Fund is for 1
311	311	grants to States for the administration of State un-2
312	312	employment insurance laws as authorized under title 3
313	313	III of the Social Security Act (including not less 4
314	314	than $382,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv-5
315	315	ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 6
316	316	such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 7
317	317	defined in such section, including those who are 8
318	318	profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 9
319	319	be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro-10
320	320	vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci-11
321	321	fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu-12
322	322	rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 13
323	323	251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-14
324	324	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 15
325	325	$265,000,000 is additional new budget authority 16
326	326	specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E) of 17
327	327	such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support of 18
328	328	the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 19
329	329	Excellence), the administration of unemployment in-20
330	330	surance for Federal employees and for ex-service 21
331	331	members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, 22
332	332	and the administration of trade readjustment allow-23
333	333	ances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 24
334	334	and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 25 14
335	335	•S 2624 RS
336	336	the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of 1
337	337	the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2
338	338	2011, sections 405(a) and 406 of the Trade Pref-3
339	339	erences Extension Act of 2015, and section 285(a) 4
340	340	of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and shall be 5
341	341	available for obligation by the States through De-6
342	342	cember 31, 2024, except that funds used for auto-7
343	343	mation shall be available for Federal obligation 8
344	344	through December 31, 2024, and for State obliga-9
345	345	tion through September 30, 2026, or, if the automa-10
346	346	tion is being carried out through consortia of States, 11
347	347	for State obligation through September 30, 2030, 12
348	348	and for expenditure through September 30, 2031, 13
349	349	and funds for competitive grants awarded to States 14
350	350	for improved operations and to conduct in-person re-15
351	351	employment and eligibility assessments and unem-16
352	352	ployment insurance improper payment reviews and 17
353	353	provide reemployment services and referrals to train-18
354	354	ing, as appropriate, shall be available for Federal ob-19
355	355	ligation through December 31, 2024 (except that 20
356	356	funds for outcome payments pursuant to section 21
357	357	306(f)(2) of the Social Security Act shall be avail-22
358	358	able for Federal obligation through March 31, 23
359	359	2025), and for obligation by the States through Sep-24
360	360	tember 30, 2026, and funds for the Unemployment 25 15
361	361	•S 2624 RS
362	362	Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be 1
363	363	available for obligation by the State through Sep-2
364	364	tember 30, 2025, and funds used for unemployment 3
365	365	insurance workloads experienced through September 4
366	366	30, 2024 shall be available for Federal obligation 5
367	367	through December 31, 2024; 6
368	368	(2) $18,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-7
369	369	tional activities necessary to support the administra-8
370	370	tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 9
371	371	system; 10
372	372	(3) $653,639,000 from the Trust Fund, to-11
373	373	gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 12
374	374	the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 13
375	375	with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 14
376	376	be available for Federal obligation for the period 15
377	377	July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; 16
378	378	(4) $25,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-17
379	379	tional activities of the Employment Service, includ-18
380	380	ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred-19
381	381	it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 20
382	382	1986 (including assisting States in adopting or mod-21
383	383	ernizing information technology for use in the proc-22
384	384	essing of certification requests), and the provision of 23
385	385	technical assistance and staff training under the 24
386	386	Wagner-Peyser Act; 25 16
387	387	•S 2624 RS
388	388	(5) $84,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 1
389	389	administration of foreign labor certifications and re-2
390	390	lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-3
391	391	ality Act and related laws, of which $61,528,000 4
392	392	shall be available for the Federal administration of 5
393	393	such activities, and $23,282,000 shall be available 6
394	394	for grants to States for the administration of such 7
395	395	activities; and 8
396	396	(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 9
397	397	provide workforce information, national electronic 10
398	398	tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag-11
399	399	ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob-12
400	400	ligation for the period July 1, 2024 through June 13
401	401	30, 2025, of which up to $9,800,000 may be used 14
402	402	to carry out research and demonstration projects re-15
403	403	lated to testing effective ways to promote greater 16
404	404	labor force participation of people with disabilities: 17
405	405	Provided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts 18
406	406	made available for research and demonstration 19
407	407	projects under this paragraph to the ‘‘Office of Dis-20
408	408	ability Employment Policy’’ account for such pur-21
409	409	poses: 22
410	410	Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-23
411	411	sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2024 is 24
412	412	projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 25 17
413	413	•S 2624 RS
414	414	3,075,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 1
415	415	Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 2
416	416	increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 3
417	417	for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 4
418	418	III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 5
419	419	funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 6
420	420	to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 7
421	421	Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 8
422	422	carrying out activities under such title III if the other 9
423	423	States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 10
424	424	declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 11
425	425	Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 12
426	426	further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 13
427	427	for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 14
428	428	Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 15
429	429	the National Directory of New Hires under section 16
430	430	453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec-17
431	431	retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 18
432	432	under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay-19
433	433	ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 20
434	434	Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 21
435	435	That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es-22
436	436	tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 23
437	437	are used to support the national activities of the Federal- 24
438	438	State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 25 18
439	439	•S 2624 RS
440	440	immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 1
441	441	grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 2
442	442	Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 3
443	443	for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-4
444	444	rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-5
445	445	ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 6
446	446	may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti-7
447	447	ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 8
448	448	to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 9
449	449	under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 10
450	450	the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 11
451	451	be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In-12
452	452	surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not-13
453	453	withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 14
454	454	the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require-15
455	455	ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed-16
456	456	eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu-17
457	457	lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re-18
458	458	quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 19
459	459	States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 20
460	460	III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 21
461	461	in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy-22
462	462	ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 23
463	463	in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra-24
464	464	tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 25 19
465	465	•S 2624 RS
466	466	making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 1
467	467	may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 2
468	468	data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 3
469	469	to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 4
470	470	State and local governments, public and private institu-5
471	471	tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 6
472	472	may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 7
473	473	of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 8
474	474	Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 9
475	475	information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 10
476	476	which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-11
477	477	main available until September 30, 2025, for such pur-12
478	478	poses. 13
479	479	ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 14
480	480	OTHER FUNDS 15
481	481	For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 16
482	482	Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 17
483	483	Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 18
484	484	Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In-19
485	485	ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad-20
486	486	vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 21
487	487	of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 22
488	488	Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 23
489	489	Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 24 20
490	490	•S 2624 RS
491	491	sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 1
492	492	obligation through September 30, 2025. 2
493	493	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 3
494	494	For expenses of administering employment and train-4
495	495	ing programs, $118,900,000, together with not to exceed 5
496	496	$54,015,000 which shall be available from the Employ-6
497	497	ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-7
498	498	ment Trust Fund. 8
499	499	E
500	500	MPLOYEEBENEFITSSECURITYADMINISTRATION 9
501	501	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
502	502	For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 11
503	503	Security Administration, $191,100,000, of which up to 12
504	504	$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 13
505	505	2025, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-14
506	506	ment litigation. 15
507	507	P
508	508	ENSIONBENEFITGUARANTYCORPORATION 16
509	509	PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 17
510	510	The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-18
511	511	poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in-19
512	512	cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 20
513	513	title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 21
514	514	of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 22
515	515	available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 23
516	516	to make such contracts and commitments without regard 24
517	517	to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 25 21
518	518	•S 2624 RS
519	519	as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ-1
520	520	ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep-2
521	521	tember 30, 2024, for the Corporation: Provided, That 3
522	522	none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 4
523	523	year 2024 shall be available for obligations for administra-5
524	524	tive expenses in excess of $512,900,000: Provided further, 6
525	525	That to the extent that the number of new plan partici-7
526	526	pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 8
527	527	100,000 in fiscal year 2024, an amount not to exceed an 9
528	528	additional $9,200,000 shall be available through Sep-10
529	529	tember 30, 2028, for obligations for administrative ex-11
530	530	penses for every 20,000 additional terminated partici-12
531	531	pants: Provided further, That obligations in excess of the 13
532	532	amounts provided for administrative expenses in this para-14
533	533	graph may be incurred and shall be available through Sep-15
534	534	tember 30, 2028 for obligation for unforeseen and extraor-16
535	535	dinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraor-17
536	536	dinary multiemployer program related expenses after ap-18
537	537	proval by the Office of Management and Budget and noti-19
538	538	fication of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 20
539	539	of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 21
540	540	an additional amount shall be available for obligation 22
541	541	through September 30, 2028 to the extent the Corpora-23
542	542	tion’s costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or 24
543	543	identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering 25 22
544	544	•S 2624 RS
545	545	a security incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an ad-1
546	546	ditional $100 per affected individual. 2
547	547	W
548	548	AGE ANDHOURDIVISION 3
549	549	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
550	550	For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-5
551	551	sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 6
552	552	agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-7
553	553	dered, $264,500,000. 8
554	554	O
555	555	FFICE OFLABOR-MANAGEMENTSTANDARDS 9
556	556	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
557	557	For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man-11
558	558	agement Standards, $48,515,000. 12
559	559	O
560	560	FFICE OFFEDERALCONTRACTCOMPLIANCE 13
561	561	P
562	562	ROGRAMS 14
563	563	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
564	564	For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-16
565	565	tract Compliance Programs, $110,976,000. 17
566	566	O
567	567	FFICE OFWORKERS’ COMPENSATIONPROGRAMS 18
568	568	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
569	569	For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 20
570	570	Compensation Programs, $120,500,000, together with 21
571	571	$2,205,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 22
572	572	in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 23
573	573	Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 24 23
574	574	•S 2624 RS
575	575	SPECIAL BENEFITS 1
576	576	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
577	577	For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-3
578	578	penses (except administrative expenses not otherwise au-4
579	579	thorized) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal 5
580	580	year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; continuation of benefits 6
581	581	as provided for under the heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ 7
582	582	in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; 8
583	583	the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation 9
584	584	Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. 10
585	585	App. 2012); obligations incurred under the War Hazards 11
586	586	Compensation Act (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 per-12
587	587	cent of the additional compensation and benefits required 13
588	588	by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 14
589	589	Compensation Act, $700,000,000, together with such 15
590	590	amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-16
591	591	quent year appropriation for the payment of compensation 17
592	592	and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 18
593	593	15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume 19
594	594	the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund es-20
595	595	tablished under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): Provided, That 21
596	596	amounts appropriated may be used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 22
597	597	by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the 23
598	598	employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary 24
599	599	of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Provided further, 25 24
600	600	•S 2624 RS
601	601	That balances of reimbursements unobligated on Sep-1
602	602	tember 30, 2023, shall remain available until expended for 2
603	603	the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: Pro-3
604	604	vided further, That in addition there shall be transferred 4
605	605	to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from 5
606	606	any other corporation or instrumentality required under 6
607	607	5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share of 7
608	608	the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary de-8
609	609	termines to be the cost of administration for employees 9
610	610	of such fair share entities through September 30, 2024: 10
611	611	Provided further, That of those funds transferred to this 11
612	612	account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of ad-12
613	613	ministration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 13
614	614	$83,007,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as 14
615	615	follows: 15
616	616	(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-16
617	617	mated data processing systems operations and tele-17
618	618	communications systems, $28,153,000; 18
619	619	(2) For automated workload processing oper-19
620	620	ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 20
621	621	intake, and medical bill processing, $26,526,000; 21
622	622	(3) For periodic roll disability management and 22
623	623	medical review, $26,527,000; 23
624	624	(4) For program integrity, $1,801,000; and 24 25
625	625	•S 2624 RS
626	626	(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 1
627	627	Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 2
628	628	Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 3
629	629	person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 4
630	630	under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work-5
631	631	ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 6
632	632	claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu-7
633	633	rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 8
634	634	SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 9
635	635	For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 10
636	636	and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 11
637	637	275, $22,890,000, to remain available until expended. 12
638	638	For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 13
639	639	benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 14
640	640	for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 15
641	641	as may be necessary. 16
642	642	For making benefit payments under title IV for the 17
643	643	first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $7,000,000, to remain 18
644	644	available until expended. 19
645	645	ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES , ENERGY EMPLOYEES 20
646	646	OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 21
647	647	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 22
648	648	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 23
649	649	Act, $66,532,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-24
650	650	vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil-25 26
651	651	•S 2624 RS
652	652	ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 1
653	653	such claim such identifying information (including Social 2
654	654	Security account number) as may be prescribed. 3
655	655	BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 4
656	656	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
657	657	Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 6
658	658	Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 7
659	659	until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 8
660	660	section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev-9
661	661	enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 10
662	662	interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 11
663	663	of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 12
664	664	expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2024 for expenses 13
665	665	of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene-14
666	666	fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 15
667	667	exceed $44,059,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 16
668	668	Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 17
669	669	exceed $41,178,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage-18
670	670	ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $368,000 19
671	671	for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In-20
672	672	spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay-21
673	673	ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 22
674	674	Department of the Treasury. 23 27
675	675	•S 2624 RS
676	676	OCCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 1
677	677	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
678	678	For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 3
679	679	and Health Administration, $628,522,000, including not 4
680	680	to exceed $120,000,000 which shall be the maximum 5
681	681	amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 6
682	682	of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 7
683	683	which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 8
684	684	of State occupational safety and health programs required 9
685	685	to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary 10
686	686	under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith-11
687	687	standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 12
688	688	Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis-13
689	689	cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other-14
690	690	wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 15
691	691	such sums for occupational safety and health training and 16
692	692	education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 17
693	693	3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 18
694	694	ending September 30, 2024, to collect and retain fees for 19
695	695	services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab-20
696	696	oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 21
697	697	the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 22
698	698	international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 23
699	699	the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 24
700	700	the workplace: Provided further, That none of the funds 25 28
701	701	•S 2624 RS
702	702	appropriated under this paragraph shall be obligated or 1
703	703	expended to prescribe, issue, administer, or enforce any 2
704	704	standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act which 3
705	705	is applicable to any person who is engaged in a farming 4
706	706	operation which does not maintain a temporary labor 5
707	707	camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: Provided fur-6
708	708	ther, That no funds appropriated under this paragraph 7
709	709	shall be obligated or expended to administer or enforce 8
710	710	any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the Act with 9
711	711	respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees who is 10
712	712	included within a category having a Days Away, Re-11
713	713	stricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 12
714	714	and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classifica-13
715	715	tion code for which such data are published, less than the 14
716	716	national average rate as such rates are most recently pub-15
717	717	lished by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 16
718	718	Labor Statistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, 17
719	719	except— 18
720	720	(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-19
721	721	sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-20
722	722	ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 21
723	723	(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 22
724	724	response to an employee complaint, to issue a cita-23
725	725	tion for violations found during such inspection, and 24
726	726	to assess a penalty for violations which are not cor-25 29
727	727	•S 2624 RS
728	728	rected within a reasonable abatement period and for 1
729	729	any willful violations found; 2
730	730	(3) to take any action authorized by the Act 3
731	731	with respect to imminent dangers; 4
732	732	(4) to take any action authorized by the Act 5
733	733	with respect to health hazards; 6
734	734	(5) to take any action authorized by the Act 7
735	735	with respect to a report of an employment accident 8
736	736	which is fatal to one or more employees or which re-9
737	737	sults in hospitalization of two or more employees, 10
738	738	and to take any action pursuant to such investiga-11
739	739	tion authorized by the Act; and 12
740	740	(6) to take any action authorized by the Act 13
741	741	with respect to complaints of discrimination against 14
742	742	employees for exercising rights under the Act: 15
743	743	Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not 16
744	744	apply to any person who is engaged in a farming operation 17
745	745	which does not maintain a temporary labor camp and em-18
746	746	ploys 10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That 19
747	747	$10,000,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood train-20
748	748	ing grants: Provided further, That not less than 21
749	749	$3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs. 22 30
750	750	•S 2624 RS
751	751	MINESAFETY ANDHEALTHADMINISTRATION 1
752	752	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
753	753	For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 3
754	754	Health Administration, $387,816,000, including purchase 4
755	755	and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 5
756	756	with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas-6
757	757	senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 7
758	758	mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 8
759	759	$10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 9
760	760	notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 10
761	761	may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 11
762	762	Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 12
763	763	materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 13
764	764	be available for mine safety and health education and 14
765	765	training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 15
766	766	31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra-16
767	767	tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 17
768	768	from fees collected for the approval and certification of 18
769	769	equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 19
770	770	may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 20
771	771	That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build-21
772	772	ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 22
773	773	private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 23
774	774	with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 24
775	775	further, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration 25 31
776	776	•S 2624 RS
777	777	is authorized to promote health and safety education and 1
778	778	training in the mining community through cooperative 2
779	779	programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 3
780	780	Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec-4
781	781	ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin-5
782	782	cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 6
783	783	provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 7
784	784	reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe-8
785	785	ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 9
786	786	chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 10
787	787	That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 11
788	788	be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 12
789	789	for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 13
790	790	event of a major disaster. 14
791	791	B
792	792	UREAU OFLABORSTATISTICS 15
793	793	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
794	794	For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta-17
795	795	tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 18
796	796	Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv-19
797	797	ices rendered, $629,952,000, together with not to exceed 20
798	798	$68,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ-21
799	799	ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy-22
800	800	ment Trust Fund. 23 32
801	801	•S 2624 RS
802	802	OFFICE OFDISABILITYEMPLOYMENTPOLICY 1
803	803	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
804	804	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
805	805	For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 4
806	806	Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 5
807	807	and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 6
808	808	of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 7
809	809	people with disabilities, $37,000,000, of which not less 8
810	810	than $9,000,000 shall be for research and demonstration 9
811	811	projects related to testing effective ways to promote great-10
812	812	er labor force participation of people with disabilities: Pro-11
813	813	vided, That the Secretary may transfer amounts made 12
814	814	available under this heading for research and demonstra-13
815	815	tion projects to the ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and 14
816	816	Employment Service Operations’’ account for such pur-15
817	817	poses. 16
818	818	D
819	819	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 17
820	820	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
821	821	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
822	822	For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage-20
823	823	ment, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 21
824	824	$392,389,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 22
825	825	which may be expended from the Employment Security 23
826	826	Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 24
827	827	Fund: Provided, That $81,725,000 for the Bureau of 25 33
828	828	•S 2624 RS
829	829	International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga-1
830	830	tion through December 31, 2024: Provided further, That 2
831	831	funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af-3
832	832	fairs may be used to administer or operate international 4
833	833	labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assist-5
834	834	ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 6
835	835	grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur-7
836	836	ther, That not less than $30,175,000 shall be for programs 8
837	837	to combat exploitative child labor internationally and not 9
838	838	less than $30,175,000 shall be used to implement model 10
839	839	programs that address worker rights issues through tech-11
840	840	nical assistance in countries with which the United States 12
841	841	has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: 13
842	842	Provided further, That $4,281,000 shall be used for pro-14
843	843	gram evaluation and shall be available for obligation 15
844	844	through September 30, 2025: Provided further, That funds 16
845	845	available for program evaluation may be used to admin-17
846	846	ister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided fur-18
847	847	ther, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall 19
848	848	be awarded through fair and open competition: Provided 20
849	849	further, That funds available for program evaluation may 21
850	850	be transferred to any other appropriate account in the De-22
851	851	partment for such purpose: Provided further, That the 23
852	852	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-24
853	853	atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-25 34
854	854	•S 2624 RS
855	855	vance of any transfer: Provided further, That the funds 1
856	856	available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants 2
857	857	to serve and promote the interests of women in the work-3
858	858	force: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-4
859	859	able to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $5,000,000 5
860	860	shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Ap-6
861	861	prenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act. 7
862	862	VETERANS’ EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 8
863	863	Not to exceed $269,841,000 may be derived from the 9
864	864	Employment Security Administration account in the Un-10
865	865	employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 11
866	866	chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 12
867	867	of which— 13
868	868	(1) $185,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 14
869	869	grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-15
870	870	abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 16
871	871	section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em-17
872	872	ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 18
873	873	such title, and for the expenses described in section 19
874	874	4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for expend-20
875	875	iture by the States through September 30, 2026, 21
876	876	and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Fed-22
877	877	eral expenditures for data systems and contract sup-23
878	878	port to allow for the tracking of participant and per-24
879	879	formance information: Provided, That, in addition, 25 35
880	880	•S 2624 RS
881	881	such funds may be used to support such specialists 1
882	882	and representatives in the provision of services to 2
883	883	transitioning members of the Armed Forces who 3
884	884	have participated in the Transition Assistance Pro-4
885	885	gram and have been identified as in need of inten-5
886	886	sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 6
887	887	are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 7
888	888	in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 8
889	889	units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 9
890	890	of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 10
891	891	(2) $34,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-11
892	892	tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 12
893	893	10 U.S.C. 1144; 13
894	894	(3) $47,048,000 is for Federal administration 14
895	895	of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 15
896	896	2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 16
897	897	Code: Provided, That up to $500,000 may be used 17
898	898	to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub-18
899	899	lic Law 115–31); and 19
900	900	(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 20
901	901	Employment and Training Services Institute under 21
902	902	38 U.S.C. 4109: 22
903	903	Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 23
904	904	appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 24 36
905	905	•S 2624 RS
906	906	above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-1
907	907	tion from which such reallocation is made. 2
908	908	In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 3
909	909	$65,500,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home-4
910	910	less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 5
911	911	transitioning from certain institutions under sections 6
912	912	2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 7
913	913	Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 8
914	914	of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 9
915	915	September 30, 2024, to provide services under such sec-10
916	916	tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec-11
917	917	tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 12
918	918	services to homeless veterans described in section 13
919	919	2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 14
920	920	some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 15
921	921	veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 16
922	922	60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 17
923	923	may include, in addition to services to the individuals de-18
924	924	scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet-19
925	925	erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 20
926	926	of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 21
927	927	paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 22
928	928	this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 23
929	929	support to allow for the tracking of participant and per-24
930	930	formance information: Provided further, That notwith-25 37
931	931	•S 2624 RS
932	932	standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 1
933	933	United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex-2
934	934	penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 3
935	935	In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 4
936	936	the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to sec-5
937	937	tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 6
938	938	be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 7
939	939	Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 8
940	940	shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 9
941	941	sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 10
942	942	such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 11
943	943	(3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 12
944	944	of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 13
945	945	(Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 14
946	946	apply. 15
947	947	IT MODERNIZATION 16
948	948	For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-17
949	949	tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-18
950	950	lated to support systems and modernization, $29,269,000, 19
951	951	which shall be available through September 30, 2025. 20
952	952	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 21
953	953	For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 22
954	954	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 23
955	955	General Act of 1978, $91,187,000, together with not to 24
956	956	exceed $5,841,000 which may be expended from the Em-25 38
957	957	•S 2624 RS
958	958	ployment Security Administration account in the Unem-1
959	959	ployment Trust Fund: Provided, That not more than 2
960	960	$2,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 3
961	961	may be available until expended. 4
962	962	G
963	963	ENERALPROVISIONS 5
964	964	S
965	965	EC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 6
966	966	for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-7
967	967	nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-8
968	968	tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 9
969	969	Level II. 10
970	970	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
971	971	S
972	972	EC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-12
973	973	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 13
974	974	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-14
975	975	priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 15
976	976	Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 16
977	977	project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ-17
978	978	ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 18
979	979	transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 19
980	980	this section shall not be used to create any new program 20
981	981	or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 21
982	982	provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit-22
983	983	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 23
984	984	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 24
985	985	of any transfer. 25 39
986	986	•S 2624 RS
987	987	SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 1
988	988	13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 2
989	989	available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex-3
990	990	pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 4
991	991	manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 5
992	992	or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries 6
993	993	and host countries already identified by the United States 7
994	994	Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 8
995	995	S
996	996	EC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-9
997	997	tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 10
998	998	of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 11
999	999	Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 12
1000	1000	(29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 13
1001	1001	than competitive grants for training individuals who are 14
1002	1002	older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 15
1003	1003	in school within a local educational agency in the occupa-16
1004	1004	tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 17
1005	1005	visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 18
1006	1006	necessary to support such training. 19
1007	1007	S
1008	1008	EC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 20
1009	1009	Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad-21
1010	1010	ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 22
1011	1011	of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi-23
1012	1012	vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 24
1013	1013	in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 25 40
1014	1014	•S 2624 RS
1015	1015	apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 1
1016	1016	in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 2
1017	1017	Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es-3
1018	1018	tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re-4
1019	1019	ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 5
1020	1020	funds, taking into account factors including the relative 6
1021	1021	cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 7
1022	1022	comparable State or local government employees, and the 8
1023	1023	size of the organizations that administer Federal pro-9
1024	1024	grams involved including Employment and Training Ad-10
1025	1025	ministration programs. 11
1026	1026	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1027	1027	S
1028	1028	EC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-13
1029	1029	retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-14
1030	1030	ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-15
1031	1031	rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-16
1032	1032	ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 17
1033	1033	determined that those services will be more efficiently per-18
1034	1034	formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 19
1035	1035	shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 20
1036	1036	(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 21
1037	1037	transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 22
1038	1038	appropriation made available to the Employment and 23
1039	1039	Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin-24
1040	1040	istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 25 41
1041	1041	•S 2624 RS
1042	1042	relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund-1
1043	1043	ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 2
1044	1044	That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-3
1045	1045	viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 4
1046	1046	of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 5
1047	1047	‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such 6
1048	1048	account to carry out program integrity activities related 7
1049	1049	to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 8
1050	1050	transferred under this subsection shall be available to the 9
1051	1051	Secretary to carry out program integrity activities directly 10
1052	1052	or through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and 11
1053	1053	other arrangements with States and other appropriate en-12
1054	1054	tities: Provided further, That funds transferred under the 13
1055	1055	authority provided by this subsection shall be available for 14
1056	1056	obligation through September 30, 2025. 15
1057	1057	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
1058	1058	S
1059	1059	EC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 17
1060	1060	than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 18
1061	1061	in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 19
1062	1062	out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 20
1063	1063	are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 21
1064	1064	this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man-22
1065	1065	agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 23
1066	1066	Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 24
1067	1067	available for obligation through September 30, 2025: Pro-25 42
1068	1068	•S 2624 RS
1069	1069	vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 1
1070	1070	Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 2
1071	1071	a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 3
1072	1072	of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua-4
1073	1073	tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 5
1074	1074	(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 6
1075	1075	‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 7
1076	1076	‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 8
1077	1077	‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 9
1078	1078	Operations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administra-10
1079	1079	tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 11
1080	1080	‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 12
1081	1081	Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 13
1082	1082	Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-14
1083	1083	tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of-15
1084	1084	fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 16
1085	1085	available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 17
1086	1086	and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man-18
1087	1087	agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans’ 19
1088	1088	Employment and Training’’. 20
1089	1089	S
1090	1090	EC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 21
1091	1091	Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the 22
1092	1092	following text is part of such section: 23 43
1093	1093	•S 2624 RS
1094	1094	‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 1
1095	1095	for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major 2
1096	1096	disaster to any employee— 3
1097	1097	‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-4
1098	1098	sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by 5
1099	1099	an employer not engaged, directly or through an af-6
1100	1100	filiate, in underwriting, selling, or marketing prop-7
1101	1101	erty, casualty, or liability insurance policies or con-8
1102	1102	tracts; 9
1103	1103	‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on aver-10
1104	1104	age weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 11
1105	1105	per week or any minimum weekly amount estab-12
1106	1106	lished by the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the 13
1107	1107	number of weeks such employee is engaged in any 14
1108	1108	of the activities described in subparagraph (C); and 15
1109	1109	‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 16
1110	1110	‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-17
1111	1111	viduals who suffered injuries or other damages 18
1112	1112	or losses arising from or relating to a disaster, 19
1113	1113	witnesses, or physicians; 20
1114	1114	‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-21
1115	1115	ing factual information to prepare damage esti-22
1116	1116	mates; 23
1117	1117	‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-24
1118	1118	tions regarding coverage or compensability of 25 44
1119	1119	•S 2624 RS
1120	1120	claims or determining liability or value aspects 1
1121	1121	of claims; 2
1122	1122	‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 3
1123	1123	‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 4
1124	1124	litigation. 5
1125	1125	‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 6
1126	1126	the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 7
1127	1127	‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 8
1128	1128	‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-9
1129	1129	aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 10
1130	1130	State or Federal agency or department; 11
1131	1131	‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 12
1132	1132	evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 13
1133	1133	major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-14
1134	1134	cured or secures a license required by applicable law 15
1135	1135	to engage in and perform the activities described in 16
1136	1136	clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating 17
1137	1137	to a major disaster, and is employed by an employer 18
1138	1138	that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-19
1139	1139	erage or protection for its employees, if required by 20
1140	1140	applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 21
1141	1141	State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 22
1142	1142	wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 23
1143	1143	and 24 45
1144	1144	•S 2624 RS
1145	1145	‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 1
1146	1146	by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 2
1147	1147	more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 3
1148	1148	securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-4
1149	1149	rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 5
1150	1150	control with, another company.’’. 6
1151	1151	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-7
1152	1152	actment of this Act. 8
1153	1153	S
1154	1154	EC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITYWITHRESPECT TO THE 9
1155	1155	C
1156	1156	ROSSING OFH–2B NONIMMIGRANTSWORKING IN THE 10
1157	1157	S
1158	1158	EAFOODINDUSTRY.— 11
1159	1159	(1) I
1160	1160	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if 12
1161	1161	a petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-13
1162	1162	ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-14
1163	1163	ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in 15
1164	1164	the petition into the United States at any time dur-16
1165	1165	ing the 120-day period beginning on the start date 17
1166	1166	for which the employer is seeking the services of the 18
1167	1167	nonimmigrants without filing another petition. 19
1168	1168	(2) R
1169	1169	EQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 20
1170	1170	90TH DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry 21
1171	1171	may not bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United 22
1172	1172	States after the date that is 90 days after the start 23
1173	1173	date for which the employer is seeking the services 24
1174	1174	of the nonimmigrants unless the employer— 25 46
1175	1175	•S 2624 RS
1176	1176	(A) completes a new assessment of the 1
1177	1177	local labor market by— 2
1178	1178	(i) listing job orders in local news-3
1179	1179	papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 4
1180	1180	(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 5
1181	1181	appropriate Department of Labor Elec-6
1182	1182	tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 7
1183	1183	place of employment; and 8
1184	1184	(B) offers the job to an equally or better 9
1185	1185	qualified United States worker who— 10
1186	1186	(i) applies for the job; and 11
1187	1187	(ii) will be available at the time and 12
1188	1188	place of need. 13
1189	1189	(3) E
1190	1190	XEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT 14
1191	1191	TO STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not 15
1192	1192	consider an employer in the seafood industry who 16
1193	1193	brings H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 17
1194	1194	during the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) 18
1195	1195	to be staggering the date of need in violation of sec-19
1196	1196	tion 655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regula-20
1197	1197	tions, or any other applicable provision of law. 21
1198	1198	(b) H–2B N
1199	1199	ONIMMIGRANTSDEFINED.—In this sec-22
1200	1200	tion, the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens ad-23
1201	1201	mitted to the United States pursuant to section 24 47
1202	1202	•S 2624 RS
1203	1203	101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 1
1204	1204	Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 2
1205	1205	S
1206	1206	EC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 3
1207	1207	the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater 4
1208	1208	of—(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other 5
1209	1209	employees with similar experience and qualifications for 6
1210	1210	such position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing 7
1211	1211	wage level for the occupational classification of the posi-8
1212	1212	tion in the geographic area in which the H–2B non-9
1213	1213	immigrant will be employed, based on the best information 10
1214	1214	available at the time of filing the petition. In the deter-11
1215	1215	mination of prevailing wage for the purposes of the H– 12
1216	1216	2B program, the Secretary shall accept private wage sur-13
1217	1217	veys even in instances where Occupational Employment 14
1218	1218	Statistics survey data are available unless the Secretary 15
1219	1219	determines that the methodology and data in the provided 16
1220	1220	survey are not statistically supported. 17
1221	1221	S
1222	1222	EC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 18
1223	1223	to enforce the definition of corresponding employment 19
1224	1224	found in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee 20
1225	1225	rule definition found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references 21
1226	1226	thereto. Further, for the purpose of regulating admission 22
1227	1227	of temporary workers under the H–2B program, the defi-23
1228	1228	nition of temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 24
1229	1229	214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 25 48
1230	1230	•S 2624 RS
1231	1231	SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1
1232	1232	law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera-2
1233	1233	tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 3
1234	1234	$2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-4
1235	1235	mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 5
1236	1236	the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 6
1237	1237	S
1238	1238	EC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 7
1239	1239	Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 8
1240	1240	736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 9
1241	1241	is part of such Act: 10
1242	1242	‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 11
1243	1243	‘‘(a) I
1244	1244	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au-12
1245	1245	thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 13
1246	1246	agents to— 14
1247	1247	‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 15
1248	1248	Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-16
1249	1249	ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 17
1250	1250	to the performance of official duties by the Sec-18
1251	1251	retary; 19
1252	1252	‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-20
1253	1253	tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 21
1254	1254	immediate family of the Secretary who is partici-22
1255	1255	pating in an activity or event relating to the official 23
1256	1256	duties of the Secretary; 24 49
1257	1257	•S 2624 RS
1258	1258	‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-1
1259	1259	retary (including during periods not described in 2
1260	1260	paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme-3
1261	1261	diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 4
1262	1262	articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 5
1263	1263	with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 6
1264	1264	‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 7
1265	1265	of Labor or another senior officer representing the 8
1266	1266	Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 9
1267	1267	unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 10
1268	1268	accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-11
1269	1269	retary. 12
1270	1270	‘‘(b) A
1271	1271	UTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 13
1272	1272	authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em-14
1273	1273	ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 15
1274	1274	the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 16
1275	1275	‘‘(1) carry firearms; 17
1276	1276	‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-18
1277	1277	fense against the United States committed in the 19
1278	1278	presence of such officer or special agent; 20
1279	1279	‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in-21
1280	1280	cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 22
1281	1281	and conducting advance work to review security mat-23
1282	1282	ters relating to sites and events; 24 50
1283	1283	•S 2624 RS
1284	1284	‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 1
1285	1285	agencies; and 2
1286	1286	‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 3
1287	1287	into potential threats to the security of the Sec-4
1288	1288	retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 5
1289	1289	the Department of Labor. 6
1290	1290	‘‘(c) C
1291	1291	OMPLIANCEWITHGUIDELINES.—A law en-7
1292	1292	forcement officer or special agent employed under sub-8
1293	1293	section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 9
1294	1294	section in accordance with any— 10
1295	1295	‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 11
1296	1296	and 12
1297	1297	‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 13
1298	1298	Labor.’’. 14
1299	1299	(b) This section shall be effective on the date of en-15
1300	1300	actment of this Act. 16
1301	1301	S
1302	1302	EC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 17
1303	1303	or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro-18
1304	1304	priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 19
1305	1305	a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop-20
1306	1306	erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is 21
1307	1307	situated. Any sale or other disposition, to include any as-22
1308	1308	sociated construction project, will not be subject to any 23
1309	1309	requirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to 24
1310	1310	the disposition of Federal real property or relating to Fed-25 51
1311	1311	•S 2624 RS
1312	1312	eral procurement, including but not limited to subchapter 1
1313	1313	III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States Code, 2
1314	1314	subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United 3
1315	1315	States Code, and chapter 33 of division C of subtitle I 4
1316	1316	of title 41 of the United States Code. The net proceeds 5
1317	1317	of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which 6
1318	1318	shall be available until expended to carry out the Job 7
1319	1319	Corps Program on Treasure Island. 8
1320	1320	S
1321	1321	EC. 115. None of the funds made available by this 9
1322	1322	Act may be used to— 10
1323	1323	(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agree-11
1324	1324	ment between the United States Department of 12
1325	1325	Labor and the United States Department of Agri-13
1326	1326	culture; or 14
1327	1327	(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-15
1328	1328	ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent 16
1329	1329	the endangerment of the health and safety of the 17
1330	1330	students, the capacity of the program is retained, 18
1331	1331	and the requirements of section 159(j) of the WIOA 19
1332	1332	are met. 20
1333	1333	(RESCISSION) 21
1334	1334	S
1335	1335	EC. 116. Of the unobligated funds available under 22
1336	1336	section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 23
1337	1337	(8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $206,000,000 are hereby perma-24
1338	1338	nently rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 25 52
1339	1339	•S 2624 RS
1340	1340	(RESCISSION) 1
1341	1341	S
1342	1342	EC. 117. Of the funds made available under the 2
1343	1343	heading ‘‘Employment and Training Administration– 3
1344	1344	Training and Employment Services’’ in division H of Pub-4
1345	1345	lic Law 117–328, $100,000,000 are hereby permanently 5
1346	1346	rescinded, to be derived from the amount made available 6
1347	1347	in paragraph (2)(A) under such heading for the period Oc-7
1348	1348	tober 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. 8
1349	1349	S
1350	1350	EC. 118. Funds made available to the Employment 9
1351	1351	and Training Administration by this Act, either directly 10
1352	1352	or through a set-aside, to provide technical assistance 11
1353	1353	services to grantees may also be used by the Employment 12
1354	1354	and Training Administration to assist in the establishment 13
1355	1355	and operation of workforce development technical assist-14
1356	1356	ance centers, through grants, contracts, or cooperative 15
1357	1357	agreements, to provide technical assistance relating to any 16
1358	1358	of the activities administered by the Employment and 17
1359	1359	Training Administration. 18
1360	1360	S
1361	1361	EC. 119. Notwithstanding sections 1552 and 1553 19
1362	1362	of title 31, United States Code, funds made available to 20
1363	1363	the Department of Labor in Public Law 114–113 in para-21
1364	1364	graph (2) under the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Em-22
1365	1365	ployment and Training Administration—Job Corps’’ that 23
1366	1366	were obligated for the construction of the Atlanta Job 24 53
1367	1367	•S 2624 RS
1368	1368	Corps center in Georgia shall be available for the liquida-1
1369	1369	tion of such obligations through September 30, 2029. 2
1370	1370	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 3
1371	1371	Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 4 54
1372	1372	•S 2624 RS
1373	1373	TITLE II 1
1374	1374	DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 2
1375	1375	SERVICES 3
1376	1376	H
1377	1377	EALTHRESOURCES ANDSERVICESADMINISTRATION 4
1378	1378	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 5
1379	1379	For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 6
1380	1380	Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 7
1381	1381	with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai-8
1382	1382	ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,858,772,000: Provided, 9
1383	1383	That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex-10
1384	1384	pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 11
1385	1385	of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 12
1386	1386	$120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car-13
1387	1387	rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 14
1388	1388	224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 15
1389	1389	Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 16
1390	1390	in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 17
1391	1391	made under such law. 18
1392	1392	HEALTH WORKFORCE 19
1393	1393	For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 20
1394	1394	Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E 21
1395	1395	and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 22
1396	1396	Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,391,376,000: Pro-23
1397	1397	vided, That section 751(j)(2) of the PHS Act and the pro-24
1398	1398	portional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) 25 55
1399	1399	•S 2624 RS
1400	1400	of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds 1
1401	1401	made available under this heading: Provided further, That 2
1402	1402	for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS 3
1403	1403	Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health 4
1404	1404	and Human Services (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Sec-5
1405	1405	retary’’) may hereafter waive any of the requirements con-6
1406	1406	tained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such 7
1407	1407	Act for the full project period of a grant under such sec-8
1408	1408	tion: Provided further, That section 756(c) of the PHS Act 9
1409	1409	shall apply to paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 10
1410	1410	756(a) of such Act: Provided further, That no funds shall 11
1411	1411	be available for section 340G–1 of the PHS Act: Provided 12
1412	1412	further, That fees collected for the disclosure of informa-13
1413	1413	tion under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Im-14
1414	1414	provement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 15
1415	1415	1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to re-16
1416	1416	cover the full costs of operating the programs authorized 17
1417	1417	by such sections and shall remain available until expended 18
1418	1418	for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Provided further, 19
1419	1419	That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 20
1420	1420	846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act 21
1421	1421	may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards 22
1422	1422	made under such section and subpart: Provided further, 23
1423	1423	That $128,600,000 shall remain available until expended 24
1424	1424	for the purposes of providing primary health services, as-25 56
1425	1425	•S 2624 RS
1426	1426	signing National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) partici-1
1427	1427	pants to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 2
1428	1428	treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior-3
1429	1429	ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 4
1430	1430	and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay-5
1431	1431	ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 6
1432	1432	section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 7
1433	1433	the amount made available in the previous proviso, 8
1434	1434	$15,600,000 shall remain available until expended for the 9
1435	1435	purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-10
1436	1436	payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act 11
1437	1437	to individuals participating in such program who provide 12
1438	1438	primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 13
1439	1439	Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In-14
1440	1440	dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 15
1441	1441	Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 16
1442	1442	limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur-17
1443	1443	ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, sec-18
1444	1444	tion 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if 19
1445	1445	the term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical sub-20
1446	1446	stance use disorder treatment services, including those 21
1447	1447	provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder 22
1448	1448	treatment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds 23
1449	1449	made available under this heading, $6,000,000 shall be 24
1450	1450	available to make grants to establish, expand, or maintain 25 57
1451	1451	•S 2624 RS
1452	1452	optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship 1
1453	1453	programs that are accredited or in the accreditation proc-2
1454	1454	ess, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified 3
1455	1455	Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practi-4
1456	1456	tioners in primary care or behavioral health: Provided fur-5
1457	1457	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 6
1458	1458	$10,000,000 shall remain available until expended for ac-7
1459	1459	tivities under section 775 of the PHS Act: Provided fur-8
1460	1460	ther, That the United States may recover liquidated dam-9
1461	1461	ages in an amount determined by the formula under sec-10
1462	1462	tion 338E(c)(1) of the PHS Act if an individual either 11
1463	1463	fails to begin or complete the service obligated by a con-12
1464	1464	tract under section 775(b) of the PHS Act: Provided fur-13
1465	1465	ther, That for purposes of section 775(c)(1) of the PHS 14
1466	1466	Act, the Secretary may include other mental and behav-15
1467	1467	ioral health disciplines as the Secretary deems appro-16
1468	1468	priate: Provided further, That the Secretary may termi-17
1469	1469	nate a contract entered into under section 775 of the PHS 18
1470	1470	Act in the same manner articulated in section 206 of this 19
1471	1471	title for fiscal year 2024 contracts entered into under sec-20
1472	1472	tion 338B of the PHS Act. 21
1473	1473	Of the funds made available under this heading, 22
1474	1474	$36,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 23
1475	1475	grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 24
1476	1476	or support graduate education for physicians provided by 25 58
1477	1477	•S 2624 RS
1478	1478	such institutions, including funding for infrastructure de-1
1479	1479	velopment, maintenance, equipment, and minor renova-2
1480	1480	tions or alterations: Provided, That, in awarding such 3
1481	1481	grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu-4
1482	1482	tions of higher education located in States with a projected 5
1483	1483	primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by 6
1484	1484	the Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded 7
1485	1485	are limited to such public institutions of higher education 8
1486	1486	in States in the top quintile of States with a projected 9
1487	1487	primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by 10
1488	1488	the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum 11
1489	1489	amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall 12
1490	1490	be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, 13
1491	1491	That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to 14
1492	1492	exceed 5 years: Provided further, That such a grant award-15
1493	1493	ed with respect to a year to such an institution shall be 16
1494	1494	subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds 17
1495	1495	in an amount that is not less than 10 percent of the total 18
1496	1496	amount of Federal funds provided in the grant to such 19
1497	1497	institution with respect to such year. 20
1498	1498	MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 21
1499	1499	For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 22
1500	1500	PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 23
1501	1501	title V of the Social Security Act, $1,169,430,000: Pro-24
1502	1502	vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 25 59
1503	1503	•S 2624 RS
1504	1504	502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than 1
1505	1505	$209,116,000 shall be available for carrying out special 2
1506	1506	projects of regional and national significance pursuant to 3
1507	1507	section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be 4
1508	1508	available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) 5
1509	1509	through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act. 6
1510	1510	RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 7
1511	1511	For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 8
1512	1512	respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 9
1513	1513	$2,571,041,000, of which $2,045,630,000 shall remain 10
1514	1514	available to the Secretary through September 30, 2026, 11
1515	1515	for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 12
1516	1516	of which not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State 13
1517	1517	AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 14
1518	1518	section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act; and of which 15
1519	1519	$165,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 16
1520	1520	available to the Secretary for carrying out a program of 17
1521	1521	grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 311(c) 18
1522	1522	of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS 19
1523	1523	epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 20
1524	1524	311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the 21
1525	1525	PHS Act, including the limitation on administrative ex-22
1526	1526	penses. 23 60
1527	1527	•S 2624 RS
1528	1528	HEALTH SYSTEMS 1
1529	1529	For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 2
1530	1530	with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 3
1531	1531	Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $101,009,000, of 4
1532	1532	which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili-5
1533	1533	ties-related expenses of the National Hansen’s Disease 6
1534	1534	Program: Provided, That the second sentence in section 7
1535	1535	372(a) of the PHS Act and section 372(b)(1)(A) of the 8
1536	1536	PHS Act shall not apply to any contracts awarded by the 9
1537	1537	Secretary for the operation of the Organ Procurement and 10
1538	1538	Transplantation Network. 11
1539	1539	RURAL HEALTH 12
1540	1540	For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 13
1541	1541	with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 14
1542	1542	Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 15
1543	1543	711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $364,407,000, 16
1544	1544	of which $64,277,000 from general revenues, notwith-17
1545	1545	standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 18
1546	1546	be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 19
1547	1547	flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 20
1548	1548	made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos-21
1549	1549	pital flexibility grants, up to $20,942,000 shall be avail-22
1550	1550	able for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant 23
1551	1551	Program for quality improvement and adoption of health 24
1552	1552	information technology, no less than $5,000,000 shall be 25 61
1553	1553	•S 2624 RS
1554	1554	available to award grants to public or non-profit private 1
1555	1555	entities for the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical As-2
1556	1556	sistance Program, and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 3
1557	1557	out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 4
1558	1558	funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail-5
1559	1559	able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 6
1560	1560	services and other efforts to improve health care coordina-7
1561	1561	tion for rural veterans between rural providers and the 8
1562	1562	Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That 9
1563	1563	notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, 10
1564	1564	$12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural 11
1565	1565	Health: Provided further, That $12,500,000 shall remain 12
1566	1566	available through September 30, 2026, to support the 13
1567	1567	Rural Residency Development Program: Provided further, 14
1568	1568	That $155,000,000 shall be for the Rural Communities 15
1569	1569	Opioids Response Program. 16
1570	1570	FAMILY PLANNING 17
1571	1571	For carrying out the program under title X of the 18
1572	1572	PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 19
1573	1573	projects, $286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided 20
1574	1574	to said projects under such title shall not be expended for 21
1575	1575	abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirec-22
1576	1576	tive, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any 23
1577	1577	activity (including the publication or distribution of lit-24
1578	1578	erature) that in any way tends to promote public support 25 62
1579	1579	•S 2624 RS
1580	1580	or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for 1
1581	1581	public office. 2
1582	1582	HRSA-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 3
1583	1583	For carrying out title III of the Public Health Service 4
1584	1584	Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support 5
1585	1585	for activities funded in other appropriations included in 6
1586	1586	this Act for the Health Resources and Services Adminis-7
1587	1587	tration, $1,112,585,000, of which $38,050,000 shall be 8
1588	1588	for expenses necessary for the Office for the Advancement 9
1589	1589	of Telehealth, including grants, contracts, and cooperative 10
1590	1590	agreements for the advancement of telehealth activities: 11
1591	1591	Provided, That funds made available under this heading 12
1592	1592	may be used to supplement program support funding pro-13
1593	1593	vided under the headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, 14
1594	1594	‘‘Health Workforce’’, ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, 15
1595	1595	‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program’’, ‘‘Health Systems’’, 16
1596	1596	and ‘‘Rural Health’’: Provided further, That of the amount 17
1597	1597	made available under this heading, $891,997,000 shall be 18
1598	1598	used for the projects financing the construction and ren-19
1599	1599	ovation (including equipment) of health care and other fa-20
1600	1600	cilities, and for the projects financing one-time grants that 21
1601	1601	support health-related activities, including training and in-22
1602	1602	formation technology, and in the amounts specified in the 23
1603	1603	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 24
1604	1604	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 25 63
1605	1605	•S 2624 RS
1606	1606	That none of the funds made available for projects de-1
1607	1607	scribed in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 2
1608	1608	241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided 3
1609	1609	further, That of the funds made available under this head-4
1610	1610	ing, $5,000,000 shall be to establish, through grants or 5
1611	1611	contracts, a comprehensive, coordinated system for the 6
1612	1612	training, diagnosis, and treatment of Post-Acute Sequelae 7
1613	1613	of SARS COV–2 COVID. 8
1614	1614	VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 9
1615	1615	For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 10
1616	1616	Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 11
1617	1617	may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re-12
1618	1618	lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 13
1619	1619	after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 14
1620	1620	XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 15
1621	1621	Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 16
1622	1622	to exceed $15,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 17
1623	1623	Fund to the Secretary. 18
1624	1624	COVERED COUNTERMEASURES PROCESS FUND 19
1625	1625	For carrying out section 319F–4 of the PHS Act, 20
1626	1626	$7,000,000, to remain available until expended. 21
1627	1627	C
1628	1628	ENTERS FORDISEASECONTROL ANDPREVENTION 22
1629	1629	IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 23
1630	1630	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 24
1631	1631	section 2821 of the PHS Act, and titles II and IV of the 25 64
1632	1632	•S 2624 RS
1633	1633	Immigration and Nationality Act, with respect to immuni-1
1634	1634	zation and respiratory diseases, $217,041,000. 2
1635	1635	HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 3
1636	1636	DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 4
1637	1637	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 5
1638	1638	the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 6
1639	1639	sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 7
1640	1640	$1,395,056,000. 8
1641	1641	EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 9
1642	1642	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 10
1643	1643	2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 11
1644	1644	and Nationality Act, with respect to emerging and 12
1645	1645	zoonotic infectious diseases, $698,772,000: Provided, That 13
1646	1646	of the amounts made available under this heading, up to 14
1647	1647	$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to pay 15
1648	1648	for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other 16
1649	1649	related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under 17
1650	1650	Federal or State quarantine law. 18
1651	1651	CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH 19
1652	1652	PROMOTION 20
1653	1653	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 21
1654	1654	XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre-22
1655	1655	vention and health promotion, $1,180,464,000: Provided, 23
1656	1656	That funds made available under this heading may be 24
1657	1657	available for making grants under section 1509 of the 25 65
1658	1658	•S 2624 RS
1659	1659	PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga-1
1660	1660	nizations: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-2
1661	1661	able under this heading, $16,500,000 shall be available to 3
1662	1662	continue and expand community specific extension and 4
1663	1663	outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the 5
1664	1664	highest levels of obesity: Provided further, That the pro-6
1665	1665	portional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of 7
1666	1666	the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available 8
1667	1667	under this heading. 9
1668	1668	BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES , 10
1669	1669	DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 11
1670	1670	For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 12
1671	1671	PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-13
1672	1672	abilities, disabilities and health, $206,060,000. 14
1673	1673	PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 15
1674	1674	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 16
1675	1675	Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 17
1676	1676	informatics, and workforce development, $495,167,000: 18
1677	1677	Provided, That in addition to amounts provided under this 19
1678	1678	heading, $244,330,000 shall be available for surveillance, 20
1679	1679	epidemiology, and informatics from amounts made avail-21
1680	1680	able under section 241 of the PHS Act. 22
1681	1681	ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 23
1682	1682	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 24
1683	1683	Act with respect to environmental health, $229,850,000: 25 66
1684	1684	•S 2624 RS
1685	1685	Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 1
1686	1686	heading up to $4,000,000 may remain available until ex-2
1687	1687	pended for carrying out the Vessel Sanitation Program, 3
1688	1688	in addition to user fee collections available for such pur-4
1689	1689	pose: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-5
1690	1690	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 6
1691	1691	are notified at least 15 days in advance of any use of funds 7
1692	1692	pursuant to the preceding proviso. 8
1693	1693	INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 9
1694	1694	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 10
1695	1695	Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 11
1696	1696	$761,879,000. 12
1697	1697	NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 13
1698	1698	HEALTH 14
1699	1699	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 15
1700	1700	Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 16
1701	1701	of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 17
1702	1702	of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 18
1703	1703	Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safe-19
1704	1704	ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 20
1705	1705	health, $362,800,000. 21
1706	1706	ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 22
1707	1707	COMPENSATION PROGRAM 23
1708	1708	For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 24
1709	1709	Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 25 67
1710	1710	•S 2624 RS
1711	1711	Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-1
1712	1712	vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 2
1713	1713	the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 3
1714	1714	151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 4
1715	1715	GLOBAL HEALTH 5
1716	1716	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 6
1717	1717	Act with respect to global health, $692,843,000, of which: 7
1718	1718	(1) $128,921,000 shall remain available through Sep-8
1719	1719	tember 30, 2025 for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) 9
1720	1720	$293,200,000 shall remain available through September 10
1721	1721	30, 2026 for global public health protection: Provided, 11
1722	1722	That funds made available under this heading may be 12
1723	1723	used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles 13
1724	1724	in foreign countries. 14
1725	1725	PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 15
1726	1726	For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 16
1727	1727	Act with respect to public health preparedness and re-17
1728	1728	sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 18
1729	1729	related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio-19
1730	1730	logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 20
1731	1731	$898,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 21
1732	1732	for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 22
1733	1733	title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 23
1734	1734	Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 24
1735	1735	without reimbursement to support an activation of the 25 68
1736	1736	•S 2624 RS
1737	1737	CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Direc-1
1738	1738	tor or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to 2
1739	1739	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-3
1740	1740	resentatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of 4
1741	1741	this authority, a full report within 30 days after use of 5
1742	1742	this authority which includes the number of staff and 6
1743	1743	funding level broken down by the originating center and 7
1744	1744	number of days detailed, and an update of such report 8
1745	1745	every 180 days until staff are no longer on detail without 9
1746	1746	reimbursement to the CDC Emergency Operations Center. 10
1747	1747	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 11
1748	1748	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1749	1749	For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-13
1750	1750	tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 14
1751	1751	$40,000,000, which shall remain available until September 15
1752	1752	30, 2028: Provided, That funds made available to this ac-16
1753	1753	count in this or any prior Act that are available for the 17
1754	1754	acquisition of real property or for construction or improve-18
1755	1755	ment of facilities shall be available to make improvements 19
1756	1756	on non-federally owned property, provided that any im-20
1757	1757	provements that are not adjacent to federally owned prop-21
1758	1758	erty do not exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary ben-22
1759	1759	efit of such improvements accrues to CDC: Provided fur-23
1760	1760	ther, That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair 24
1761	1761	and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and 25 69
1762	1762	•S 2624 RS
1763	1763	Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine 1
1764	1764	safety research facility: Provided further, That funds made 2
1765	1765	available to this account in this or any prior Act that are 3
1766	1766	available for the acquisition of real property or for con-4
1767	1767	struction or improvement of facilities in conjunction with 5
1768	1768	the new replacement mine safety research facility shall be 6
1769	1769	available to make improvements on non-federally owned 7
1770	1770	property, provided that any improvements that are not ad-8
1771	1771	jacent to federally owned property do not exceed 9
1772	1772	$5,000,000: Provided further, That in addition to the 10
1773	1773	amounts made available under this heading, the prior year 11
1774	1774	unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to former 12
1775	1775	employees in accounts of CDC made available for Indi-13
1776	1776	vidual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged 14
1777	1777	with the amounts made available under this heading to 15
1778	1778	support the replacement of the mine safety research facil-16
1779	1779	ity. 17
1780	1780	CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 18
1781	1781	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
1782	1782	For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 20
1783	1783	section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi-21
1784	1784	ties and program support for activities funded in other 22
1785	1785	appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 23
1786	1786	Disease Control and Prevention, $533,570,000, of which: 24
1787	1787	(1) $350,000,000 shall remain available through Sep-25 70
1788	1788	•S 2624 RS
1789	1789	tember 30, 2025, for public health infrastructure and ca-1
1790	1790	pacity; and (2) $45,000,000 shall remain available 2
1791	1791	through September 30, 2025 for forecasting epidemics 3
1792	1792	and outbreak analytics: Provided, That paragraphs (1) 4
1793	1793	through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS 5
1794	1794	Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this head-6
1795	1795	ing and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, 7
1796	1796	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 8
1797	1797	$10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 9
1798	1798	available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the 10
1799	1799	Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab-11
1800	1800	lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 115– 12
1801	1801	245: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 13
1802	1802	heading may be used to support a contract for the oper-14
1803	1803	ation and maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of 15
1804	1804	activities throughout CDC to ensure the agency is pre-16
1805	1805	pared to address public health preparedness emergencies: 17
1806	1806	Provided further, That employees of CDC or the Public 18
1807	1807	Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, 19
1808	1808	detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations 20
1809	1809	under the authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or 21
1810	1810	serving in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non- 22
1811	1811	Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall 23
1812	1812	not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to 24
1813	1813	the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail 25 71
1814	1814	•S 2624 RS
1815	1815	or assignment: Provided further, That CDC may use up 1
1816	1816	to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act 2
1817	1817	for official reception and representation expenses when 3
1818	1818	specifically approved by the Director of CDC: Provided 4
1819	1819	further, That in addition to amounts provided under this 5
1820	1820	heading, such sums as may be derived from authorized 6
1821	1821	user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation 7
1822	1822	charged with the cost thereof: Provided further, That with 8
1823	1823	respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from 9
1824	1824	the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certifi-10
1825	1825	cation Program shall be available through September 30, 11
1826	1826	2025. 12
1827	1827	N
1828	1828	ATIONALINSTITUTES OFHEALTH 13
1829	1829	NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 14
1830	1830	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15
1831	1831	Act with respect to cancer, $7,380,159,000, of which 16
1832	1832	$216,000,000 shall remain available until expended, and 17
1833	1833	of which up to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities re-18
1834	1834	pairs and improvements at the National Cancer Insti-19
1835	1835	tute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and Develop-20
1836	1836	ment Center in Frederick, Maryland: Provided, That of 21
1837	1837	the amounts made available under this heading, 22
1838	1838	$216,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 23
1839	1839	an emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 72
1840	1840	•S 2624 RS
1841	1841	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1
1842	1842	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2
1843	1843	NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 3
1844	1844	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 4
1845	1845	Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis-5
1846	1846	eases, and blood and blood products, $3,982,345,000. 6
1847	1847	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 7
1848	1848	RESEARCH 8
1849	1849	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 9
1850	1850	Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 10
1851	1851	$520,163,000. 11
1852	1852	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 12
1853	1853	KIDNEY DISEASES 13
1854	1854	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 14
1855	1855	Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-15
1856	1856	ease, $2,310,721,000. 16
1857	1857	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS 17
1858	1858	AND STROKE 18
1859	1859	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 19
1860	1860	Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 20
1861	1861	$2,763,925,000: Provided, That of the amounts made 21
1862	1862	available under this heading, $139,000,000 is designated 22
1863	1863	by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 23
1864	1864	pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-24
1865	1865	et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 73
1866	1866	•S 2624 RS
1867	1867	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 1
1868	1868	DISEASES 2
1869	1869	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1870	1870	Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 4
1871	1871	$6,562,279,000. 5
1872	1872	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 6
1873	1873	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1874	1874	Act with respect to general medical sciences, 8
1875	1875	$3,239,679,000, of which $1,412,482,000 shall be from 9
1876	1876	funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro-10
1877	1877	vided, That not less than $425,956,000 is provided for the 11
1878	1878	Institutional Development Awards program. 12
1879	1879	EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 13
1880	1880	CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 14
1881	1881	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 15
1882	1882	Act with respect to child health and human development, 16
1883	1883	$1,759,078,000. 17
1884	1884	NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 18
1885	1885	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 19
1886	1886	Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 20
1887	1887	$896,549,000. 21 74
1888	1888	•S 2624 RS
1889	1889	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1
1890	1890	SCIENCES 2
1891	1891	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1892	1892	Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 4
1893	1893	$913,979,000. 5
1894	1894	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 6
1895	1895	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1896	1896	Act with respect to aging, $4,509,623,000. 8
1897	1897	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 9
1898	1898	MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 10
1899	1899	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 11
1900	1900	Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 12
1901	1901	diseases, $685,465,000. 13
1902	1902	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 14
1903	1903	COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 15
1904	1904	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16
1905	1905	Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-17
1906	1906	orders, $534,333,000. 18
1907	1907	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 19
1908	1908	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 20
1909	1909	Act with respect to nursing research, $197,693,000. 21 75
1910	1910	•S 2624 RS
1911	1911	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 1
1912	1912	ALCOHOLISM 2
1913	1913	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1914	1914	Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 4
1915	1915	$595,318,000. 5
1916	1916	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 6
1917	1917	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 7
1918	1918	Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,672,695,000. 8
1919	1919	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 9
1920	1920	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 10
1921	1921	Act with respect to mental health, $2,351,843,000: Pro-11
1922	1922	vided, That of the amounts made available under this 12
1923	1923	heading, $139,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 13
1924	1924	being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 14
1925	1925	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15
1926	1926	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16
1927	1927	NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 17
1928	1928	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 18
1929	1929	Act with respect to human genome research, 19
1930	1930	$663,200,000. 20
1931	1931	NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 21
1932	1932	BIOENGINEERING 22
1933	1933	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 23
1934	1934	Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 24
1935	1935	research, $440,627,000. 25 76
1936	1936	•S 2624 RS
1937	1937	NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 1
1938	1938	INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 2
1939	1939	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1940	1940	Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 4
1941	1941	$170,384,000. 5
1942	1942	NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND 6
1943	1943	HEALTH DISPARITIES 7
1944	1944	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
1945	1945	Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 9
1946	1946	research, $524,395,000. 10
1947	1947	JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 11
1948	1948	For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 12
1949	1949	International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 13
1950	1950	title IV of the PHS Act), $95,162,000. 14
1951	1951	NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 15
1952	1952	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 16
1953	1953	Act with respect to health information communications, 17
1954	1954	$497,548,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 18
1955	1955	improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 19
1956	1956	available until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That 20
1957	1957	in fiscal year 2024, the National Library of Medicine may 21
1958	1958	enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 22
1959	1959	services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 23
1960	1960	the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-24
1961	1961	ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 25 77
1962	1962	•S 2624 RS
1963	1963	NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 1
1964	1964	SCIENCES 2
1965	1965	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 3
1966	1966	Act with respect to translational sciences, $923,323,000: 4
1967	1967	Provided, That up to $70,000,000 shall be available to im-5
1968	1968	plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 6
1969	1969	Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 7
1970	1970	$629,560,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 8
1971	1971	Sciences Awards program. 9
1972	1972	OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 10
1973	1973	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
1974	1974	For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 12
1975	1975	the Director, NIH, $2,821,914,000: Provided, That fund-13
1976	1976	ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 14
1977	1977	29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro-15
1978	1978	vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage-16
1979	1979	ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 17
1980	1980	the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur-18
1981	1981	ther, That $180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental 19
1982	1982	Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided fur-20
1983	1983	ther, That $722,401,000 shall be available for the Com-21
1984	1984	mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 22
1985	1985	PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 23
1986	1986	$10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 24
1987	1987	expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 25 78
1988	1988	•S 2624 RS
1989	1989	NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 1
1990	1990	within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 2
1991	1991	up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren-3
1992	1992	ovation of facilities as provided for in section 4
1993	1993	2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That up 5
1994	1994	to $30,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I 6
1995	1995	of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283k) with respect to the Na-7
1996	1996	tional Primate Research Centers and Caribbean Primate 8
1997	1997	Research Center: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall 9
1998	1998	be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 10
1999	1999	the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of grant 11
2000	2000	programs and operations of the NIH, including agency ef-12
2001	2001	forts to ensure the integrity of its grant application eval-13
2002	2002	uation and selection processes, and shall be in addition 14
2003	2003	to funds otherwise made available for oversight of the 15
2004	2004	NIH: Provided further, That the funds provided in the pre-16
2005	2005	vious proviso may be transferred from one specified activ-17
2006	2006	ity to another with 15 days prior approval of the Commit-18
2007	2007	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 19
2008	2008	and the Senate: Provided further, That the Inspector Gen-20
2009	2009	eral shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 21
2010	2010	of the House of Representatives and the Senate before 22
2011	2011	submitting to the Committees an audit plan for fiscal 23
2012	2012	years 2024 and 2025 no later than 30 days after the date 24
2013	2013	of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts 25 79
2014	2014	•S 2624 RS
2015	2015	made available under this heading are also available to es-1
2016	2016	tablish, operate, and support the Research Policy Board 2
2017	2017	authorized by section 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures 3
2018	2018	Act: Provided further, That the funds made available 4
2019	2019	under this heading for the Office of Research on Women’s 5
2020	2020	Health shall also be available for making grants to serve 6
2021	2021	and promote the interests of women in research, and the 7
2022	2022	Director of such Office may, in making such grants, use 8
2023	2023	the authorities available to NIH Institutes and Centers: 9
2024	2024	Provided further, That of the amounts made available 10
2025	2025	under this heading, $184,000,000 is designated by the 11
2026	2026	Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 12
2027	2027	to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 13
2028	2028	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14
2029	2029	In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-15
2030	2030	mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 16
2031	2031	Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 17
2032	2032	from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-18
2033	2033	scribed in section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 19
2034	2034	1986 (26 U.S.C. 9008), for the purpose of carrying out 20
2035	2035	section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pedi-21
2036	2036	atric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids 22
2037	2037	First Research Act. 23 80
2038	2038	•S 2624 RS
2039	2039	BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 1
2040	2040	For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren-2
2041	2041	ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 3
2042	2042	or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 4
2043	2043	$292,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 5
2044	2044	2028. 6
2045	2045	ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH 7
2046	2046	For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 8
2047	2047	Act with respect to advanced research projects for health, 9
2048	2048	$1,500,000,000, to remain available through September 10
2049	2049	30, 2026. 11
2050	2050	NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT , CURES ACT 12
2051	2051	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
2052	2052	For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-14
2053	2053	scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 15
2054	2054	Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 16
2055	2055	in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 17
2056	2056	$407,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-18
2057	2057	vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 19
2058	2058	section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 20
2059	2059	amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 21
2060	2060	Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the Na-22
2061	2061	tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na-23
2062	2062	tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 24
2063	2063	in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 25 81
2064	2064	•S 2624 RS
2065	2065	by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the 1
2066	2066	previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro-2
2067	2067	vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac-3
2068	2068	count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro-4
2069	2069	vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans-5
2070	2070	fer authority provided by law. 6
2071	2071	S
2072	2072	UBSTANCEABUSE ANDMENTALHEALTHSERVICES 7
2073	2073	A
2074	2074	DMINISTRATION 8
2075	2075	MENTAL HEALTH 9
2076	2076	For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 10
2077	2077	Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad-11
2078	2078	vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and the 12
2079	2079	SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 13
2080	2080	$2,817,507,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail-14
2081	2081	able under this heading, $93,887,000 shall be for the Na-15
2082	2082	tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 16
2083	2083	That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 17
2084	2084	no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 18
2085	2085	be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 19
2086	2086	Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 20
2087	2087	herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 21
2088	2088	of the PHS Act to supplement funds otherwise available 22
2089	2089	for mental health activities and to carry out subpart I of 23
2090	2090	part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 24
2091	2091	1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 25 82
2092	2092	•S 2624 RS
2093	2093	and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail-1
2094	2094	able under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not 2
2095	2095	exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 3
2096	2096	I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That of the 4
2097	2097	funds made available under this heading for subpart I of 5
2098	2098	part B of title XIX of the PHS Act, at least 5 percent 6
2099	2099	shall be available to support evidence-based crisis systems: 7
2100	2100	Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts 8
2101	2101	made available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health 9
2102	2102	Services program may be used to carry out demonstration 10
2103	2103	grants or contracts for early interventions with persons 11
2104	2104	not more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of de-12
2105	2105	veloping a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, 13
2106	2106	That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply 14
2107	2107	to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2024: Pro-15
2108	2108	vided further, That $400,000,000 shall be available until 16
2109	2109	September 30, 2026 for grants to communities and com-17
2110	2110	munity organizations who meet criteria for Certified Com-18
2111	2111	munity Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 19
2112	2112	223(a) of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, That none 20
2113	2113	of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act 21
2114	2114	shall be subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided fur-22
2115	2115	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 23
2116	2116	$21,420,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the Pro-24 83
2117	2117	•S 2624 RS
2118	2118	tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 1
2119	2119	93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 2
2120	2120	SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 3
2121	2121	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 4
2122	2122	with respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX 5
2123	2123	of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 6
2124	2124	prevention, section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, 7
2125	2125	and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, 8
2126	2126	$4,138,098,000: Provided, That $1,595,000,000 shall be 9
2127	2127	for carrying out section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures 10
2128	2128	Act: Provided further, That of such amount $60,000,000 11
2129	2129	shall be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organiza-12
2130	2130	tions: Provided further, That of the amount not reserved 13
2131	2131	by the previous proviso, the Secretary shall make alloca-14
2132	2132	tions to States, territories, and the District of Columbia 15
2133	2133	according to a formula using data that the Secretary de-16
2134	2134	termines to be the most objective and reliable measure of 17
2135	2135	drug use and drug-related deaths: Provided further, That 18
2136	2136	prevention and treatment activities funded through such 19
2137	2137	grants may include education, treatment (including the 20
2138	2138	provision of medication), behavioral health services for in-21
2139	2139	dividuals in treatment programs, referral to treatment 22
2140	2140	services, recovery support, and medical screening associ-23
2141	2141	ated with such treatment: Provided further, That in addi-24
2142	2142	tion to amounts provided herein, the following amounts 25 84
2143	2143	•S 2624 RS
2144	2144	shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) 1
2145	2145	$79,200,000 to supplement funds otherwise available for 2
2146	2146	substance use treatment activities and to carry out sub-3
2147	2147	part II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund 4
2148	2148	section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data 5
2149	2149	collection and evaluation activities, and further that the 6
2150	2150	total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities 7
2151	2151	shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated 8
2152	2152	for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 9
2153	2153	to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: Provided 10
2154	2154	further, That none of the funds provided for section 1921 11
2155	2155	of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall 12
2156	2156	be subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided further, 13
2157	2157	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 14
2158	2158	$217,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 15
2159	2159	an emergency requirement pursuant to section 16
2160	2160	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 17
2161	2161	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18
2162	2162	SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 19
2163	2163	For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 20
2164	2164	with respect to substance abuse prevention, $236,879,000. 21
2165	2165	HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 22
2166	2166	For program support and cross-cutting activities that 23
2167	2167	supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 24
2168	2168	Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 25 85
2169	2169	•S 2624 RS
2170	2170	Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 1
2171	2171	of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-2
2172	2172	viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 3
2173	2173	and Mental Health Services Administration, 4
2174	2174	$212,117,000: Provided, That of the amount made avail-5
2175	2175	able under this heading, $70,962,000 shall be used for the 6
2176	2176	projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 7
2177	2177	‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the re-8
2178	2178	port accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 9
2179	2179	of the funds made available for projects described in the 10
2180	2180	preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 11
2181	2181	PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That 12
2182	2182	in addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall 13
2183	2183	be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supple-14
2184	2184	ment funds available to carry out national surveys on drug 15
2185	2185	abuse and mental health, to collect and analyze program 16
2186	2186	data, and to conduct public awareness and technical as-17
2187	2187	sistance activities: Provided further, That, in addition, fees 18
2188	2188	may be collected for the costs of publications, data, data 19
2189	2189	tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of 20
2190	2190	the PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity 21
2191	2191	upon request, which shall be credited to this appropriation 22
2192	2192	and shall remain available until expended for such pur-23
2193	2193	poses: Provided further, That amounts made available in 24
2194	2194	this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act 25 86
2195	2195	•S 2624 RS
2196	2196	shall remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro-1
2197	2197	vided further, That funds made available under this head-2
2198	2198	ing (other than amounts specified in the first proviso 3
2199	2199	under this heading) may be used to supplement program 4
2200	2200	support funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental 5
2201	2201	Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 6
2202	2202	Abuse Prevention’’. 7
2203	2203	A
2204	2204	GENCY FORHEALTHCARERESEARCH ANDQUALITY 8
2205	2205	HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 9
2206	2206	For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 10
2207	2207	part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 11
2208	2208	1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 12
2209	2209	and Modernization Act of 2003, $370,500,000: Provided, 13
2210	2210	That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in 14
2211	2211	fiscal year 2024: Provided further, That in addition, 15
2212	2212	amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, 16
2213	2213	reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of 17
2214	2214	data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re-18
2215	2215	main available until September 30, 2025. 19
2216	2216	C
2217	2217	ENTERS FORMEDICARE& MEDICAIDSERVICES 20
2218	2218	GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 21
2219	2219	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 22
2220	2220	XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $406,956,850,000, 23
2221	2221	to remain available until expended. 24 87
2222	2222	•S 2624 RS
2223	2223	In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 1
2224	2224	2024, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2024 for unantici-2
2225	2225	pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 3
2226	2226	as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 4
2227	2227	In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 5
2228	2228	quarter of fiscal year 2025, $245,580,414,000, to remain 6
2229	2229	available until expended. 7
2230	2230	Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 8
2231	2231	quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 9
2232	2232	in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 10
2233	2233	such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 11
2234	2234	quarter. 12
2235	2235	PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 13
2236	2236	For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 14
2237	2237	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-15
2238	2238	surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 16
2239	2239	1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 17
2240	2240	103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 18
2241	2241	1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 19
2242	2242	administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 20
2243	2243	201(g) of the Social Security Act, $476,725,000,000. 21
2244	2244	In addition, for making matching payments under 22
2245	2245	section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 23
2246	2246	16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 24
2247	2247	in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 25 88
2248	2248	•S 2624 RS
2249	2249	PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 1
2250	2250	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 2
2251	2251	XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 3
2252	2252	XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 4
2253	2253	Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-5
2254	2254	ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 6
2255	2255	to exceed $3,669,744,000 to be transferred from the Fed-7
2256	2256	eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup-8
2257	2257	plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 9
2258	2258	by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 10
2259	2259	all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 11
2260	2260	PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 12
2261	2261	Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 13
2262	2262	1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 14
2263	2263	be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 15
2264	2264	which shall be credited to this account and remain avail-16
2265	2265	able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 17
2266	2266	accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab-18
2267	2267	lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 19
2268	2268	to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap-20
2269	2269	propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di-21
2270	2270	rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2024 from Medicare 22
2271	2271	Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 23
2272	2272	of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 24
2273	2273	with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 25 89
2274	2274	•S 2624 RS
2275	2275	pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 1
2276	2276	further, That of the amount made available under this 2
2277	2277	heading, $397,334,000 shall remain available until Sep-3
2278	2278	tember 30, 2025, and shall be available for the Survey 4
2279	2279	and Certification Program: Provided further, That 5
2280	2280	amounts available under this heading to support quality 6
2281	2281	improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of 7
2282	2282	the Social Security Act) shall not exceed the amount spe-8
2283	2283	cifically provided for such purpose under this heading in 9
2284	2284	division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 10
2285	2285	(Public Law 115–141). 11
2286	2286	HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 12
2287	2287	In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-13
2288	2288	gram integrity and program management, $915,000,000, 14
2289	2289	to remain available through September 30, 2025, to be 15
2290	2290	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 16
2291	2291	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 17
2292	2292	Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 18
2293	2293	Security Act, of which $682,048,000 shall be for the Cen-19
2294	2294	ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 20
2295	2295	activities, of which $107,735,000 shall be for the Depart-21
2296	2296	ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 22
2297	2297	General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 23
2298	2298	by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 24
2299	2299	$125,217,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 25 90
2300	2300	•S 2624 RS
2301	2301	carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1
2302	2302	1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re-2
2303	2303	quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 3
2304	2304	for fiscal year 2024 shall include measures of the oper-4
2305	2305	ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 5
2306	2306	in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 6
2307	2307	funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 7
2308	2308	That of the amount provided under this heading, 8
2309	2309	$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 9
2310	2310	251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10
2311	2311	Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 11
2312	2312	$604,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 12
2313	2313	for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided 13
2314	2314	further, That the Secretary shall provide not less than 14
2315	2315	$35,000,000 from amounts made available under this 15
2316	2316	heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 2024 16
2317	2317	under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for 17
2318	2318	the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 18
2319	2319	fraud and abuse. 19
2320	2320	A
2321	2321	DMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN ANDFAMILIES 20
2322	2322	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT 21
2323	2323	ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 22
2324	2324	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 23
2325	2325	I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 24
2326	2326	and the Act of July 5, 1960, $3,309,000,000, to remain 25 91
2327	2327	•S 2624 RS
2328	2328	available until expended; and for such purposes for the 1
2329	2329	first quarter of fiscal year 2025, $1,400,000,000, to re-2
2330	2330	main available until expended. 3
2331	2331	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 4
2332	2332	year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 5
2333	2333	XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 6
2334	2334	July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 7
2335	2335	year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 8
2336	2336	year, such sums as may be necessary. 9
2337	2337	LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 10
2338	2338	For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 11
2339	2339	of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-12
2340	2340	ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 13
2341	2341	$4,075,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 14
2342	2342	2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $9,600,000 may be 15
2343	2343	reserved by the Secretary for technical assistance, train-16
2344	2344	ing, and monitoring of program activities for compliance 17
2345	2345	with internal controls, policies and procedures, and to sup-18
2346	2346	plement funding otherwise available for necessary admin-19
2347	2347	istrative expenses to carry out such Act, and the Secretary 20
2348	2348	may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 21
2349	2349	2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with pri-22
2350	2350	vate entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza-23
2351	2351	tions: Provided further, That all but $922,348,000 of the 24
2352	2352	amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 25 92
2353	2353	•S 2624 RS
2354	2354	as though the total appropriation for such payments for 1
2355	2355	fiscal year 2024 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided 2
2356	2356	further, That, after applying all applicable provisions of 3
2357	2357	section 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each 4
2358	2358	State or territory that would otherwise receive an alloca-5
2359	2359	tion that is less than 97 percent of the amount that it 6
2360	2360	received under this heading for fiscal year 2023 from 7
2361	2361	amounts appropriated in Public Law 117–328 shall have 8
2362	2362	its allocation increased to that 97 percent level, with the 9
2363	2363	portions of other States’ and territories’ allocations that 10
2364	2364	would exceed 100 percent of the amounts they respectively 11
2365	2365	received in such fashion for fiscal year 2023 being ratably 12
2366	2366	reduced: Provided further, That of the amounts made 13
2367	2367	available under this heading, $2,575,000,000 is des-14
2368	2368	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-15
2369	2369	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-16
2370	2370	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17
2371	2371	REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 18
2372	2372	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19
2373	2373	For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as-20
2374	2374	sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi-21
2375	2375	gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref-22
2376	2376	ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 23
2377	2377	out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 24
2378	2378	section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 25 93
2379	2379	•S 2624 RS
2380	2380	Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 1
2381	2381	Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor-2
2382	2382	ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $6,427,214,000, of which 3
2383	2383	$6,377,459,000 shall remain available through September 4
2384	2384	30, 2026 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 5
2385	2385	and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 6
2386	2386	heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 7
2387	2387	research and evaluation with respect to activities under 8
2388	2388	such Act: Provided further, That the limitation in section 9
2389	2389	205 of this Act regarding transfers increasing any appro-10
2390	2390	priation shall apply to transfers to appropriations under 11
2391	2391	this heading by substituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: 12
2392	2392	Provided further, That the contribution of funds require-13
2393	2393	ment under section 235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wil-14
2394	2394	berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 15
2395	2395	Act of 2008 shall not apply to funds made available under 16
2396	2396	this heading: Provided further, That for any month in fis-17
2397	2397	cal year 2024 that the number of unaccompanied children 18
2398	2398	referred to the Department of Health and Human Serv-19
2399	2399	ices pursuant to section 462 of the Homeland Security Act 20
2400	2400	of 2002 and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf-21
2401	2401	ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 22
2402	2402	exceeds 13,000, as determined by the Secretary of Health 23
2403	2403	and Human Services, an additional $27,000,000, to re-24
2404	2404	main available until September 30, 2025, shall be made 25 94
2405	2405	•S 2624 RS
2406	2406	available for obligation for every 500 unaccompanied chil-1
2407	2407	dren above that level (including a pro rata amount for any 2
2408	2408	increment less than 500), for carrying out such sections 3
2409	2409	462 and 235: Provided further, That amounts made avail-4
2410	2410	able under the previous proviso are designated by the Con-5
2411	2411	gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 6
2412	2412	section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 7
2413	2413	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8
2414	2414	PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 9
2415	2415	DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 10
2416	2416	For carrying out the Child Care and Development 11
2417	2417	Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 12
2418	2418	$8,721,387,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 13
2419	2419	State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 14
2420	2420	low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 15
2421	2421	under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di-16
2422	2422	rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 17
2423	2423	agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 18
2424	2424	That all funds made available to carry out section 418 19
2425	2425	of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 20
2426	2426	funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 21
2427	2427	or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res-22
2428	2428	ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 23
2429	2429	section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 24
2430	2430	That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 25 95
2431	2431	•S 2624 RS
2432	2432	by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, 1
2433	2433	$235,480,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organi-2
2434	2434	zations: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-3
2435	2435	able under this heading, the Secretary may reserve up to 4
2436	2436	0.5 percent for Federal administrative expenses. 5
2437	2437	SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 6
2438	2438	For making grants to States pursuant to section 7
2439	2439	2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro-8
2440	2440	vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 9
2441	2441	404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 10
2442	2442	under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 11
2443	2443	programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 12
2444	2444	percent. 13
2445	2445	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 14
2446	2446	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 15
2447	2447	Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 16
2448	2448	the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven-17
2449	2449	tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 18
2450	2450	Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 19
2451	2451	American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 20
2452	2452	Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 21
2453	2453	Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 22
2454	2454	and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 23
2455	2455	of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 24
2456	2456	Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin-25 96
2457	2457	•S 2624 RS
2458	2458	istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 1
2459	2459	XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 2
2460	2460	July 5, 1960, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-3
2461	2461	ance Act of 1981, $14,801,100,000, of which 4
2462	2462	$70,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 5
2463	2463	2025, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal 6
2464	2464	guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 7
2465	2465	473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for 8
2466	2466	adoptions and legal guardianships completed before Sep-9
2467	2467	tember 30, 2024: Provided, That $12,271,820,000 shall 10
2468	2468	be for making payments under the Head Start Act, includ-11
2469	2469	ing for Early Head Start–Child Care Partnerships, and, 12
2470	2470	of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act: 13
2471	2471	(1) $275,000,000 shall be available for a cost 14
2472	2472	of living adjustment, and with respect to any con-15
2473	2473	tinuing appropriations act, funding available for a 16
2474	2474	cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as 17
2475	2475	an authority or condition under this Act; 18
2476	2476	(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 19
2477	2477	by the Secretary to supplement activities described 20
2478	2478	in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 21
2479	2479	the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 22
2480	2480	System, established under the authority of sections 23
2481	2481	641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 24
2482	2482	and such funds shall not be included in the calcula-25 97
2483	2483	•S 2624 RS
2484	2484	tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 1
2485	2485	such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 2
2486	2486	Act; 3
2487	2487	(3) $8,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal 4
2488	2488	Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership 5
2489	2489	Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act; 6
2490	2490	and 7
2491	2491	(4) $21,000,000 shall be available to supple-8
2492	2492	ment funding otherwise available for research, eval-9
2493	2493	uation, and Federal administrative costs: 10
2494	2494	Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-11
2495	2495	ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 12
2496	2496	in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 13
2497	2497	640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 14
2498	2498	Act: Provided further, That $310,000,000 shall be avail-15
2499	2499	able until December 31, 2024 for carrying out sections 16
2500	2500	9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro-17
2501	2501	vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 18
2502	2502	preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist-19
2503	2503	ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 20
2504	2504	section 9212: Provided further, That $799,383,000 shall 21
2505	2505	be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided 22
2506	2506	further, That for services furnished under the CSBG Act 23
2507	2507	with funds made available for such purpose in this fiscal 24
2508	2508	year and in fiscal year 2023, States may apply the last 25 98
2509	2509	•S 2624 RS
2510	2510	sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by sub-1
2511	2511	stituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’: Provided fur-2
2512	2512	ther, That $34,383,000 shall be for section 680 of the 3
2513	2513	CSBG Act, of which not less than $22,383,000 shall be 4
2514	2514	for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $12,000,000 shall 5
2515	2515	be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, 6
2516	2516	That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of the CSBG 7
2517	2517	Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 8
2518	2518	are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 9
2519	2519	entity as provided under such Act, and have not been ex-10
2520	2520	pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 11
2521	2521	for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by 12
2522	2522	such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 13
2523	2523	further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures re-14
2524	2524	garding the disposition of intangible assets and program 15
2525	2525	income that permit such assets acquired with, and pro-16
2526	2526	gram income derived from, grant funds authorized under 17
2527	2527	section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property 18
2528	2528	of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years 19
2529	2529	after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent 20
2530	2530	with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided fur-21
2531	2531	ther, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 22
2532	2532	investments and other debt instruments, and program in-23
2533	2533	come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose 24
2534	2534	consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: 25 99
2535	2535	•S 2624 RS
2536	2536	Provided further, That these procedures shall apply to 1
2537	2537	such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: 2
2538	2538	Provided further, That funds appropriated for section 3
2539	2539	680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing 4
2540	2540	construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments 5
2541	2541	in private business enterprises owned by community devel-6
2542	2542	opment corporations: Provided further, That 7
2543	2543	$235,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of 8
2544	2544	the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which 9
2545	2545	$7,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 10
2546	2546	303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such 11
2547	2547	Act: Provided further, That the percentages specified in 12
2548	2548	section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and 13
2549	2549	Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 14
2550	2550	under this heading: Provided further, That $1,864,000 15
2551	2551	shall be for a human services case management system 16
2552	2552	for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive 17
2553	2553	national case management contract and Federal costs of 18
2554	2554	administering the system: Provided further, That up to 19
2555	2555	$2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance 20
2556	2556	Reporting Information System, including grants to States 21
2557	2557	to support data collection for a study of the system’s effec-22
2558	2558	tiveness: Provided further, That $40,011,000 shall be used 23
2559	2559	for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 24
2560	2560	titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included in the 25 100
2561	2561	•S 2624 RS
2562	2562	report accompanying this Act: Provided further, That none 1
2563	2563	of the funds made available for projects described in the 2
2564	2564	preceding proviso shall be subject to section 241 of the 3
2565	2565	PHS Act or section 205 of this Act: Provided further, That 4
2566	2566	of the amounts made available under this heading, 5
2567	2567	$275,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 6
2568	2568	an emergency requirement pursuant to section 7
2569	2569	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 8
2570	2570	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9
2571	2571	PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 10
2572	2572	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec-11
2573	2573	tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 12
2574	2574	for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 13
2575	2575	of such Act, $72,515,000: Provided, That of the funds 14
2576	2576	available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 15
2577	2577	allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 16
2578	2578	such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 17
2579	2579	to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require-18
2580	2580	ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $10,000,000 19
2581	2581	shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 20
2582	2582	tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, 21
2583	2583	or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in 22
2584	2584	section 427(a)(1) of such Act and $2,750,000, in addition 23
2585	2585	to funds otherwise appropriated in section 476 for such 24
2586	2586	purposes, shall be for the Family First Clearinghouse and 25 101
2587	2587	•S 2624 RS
2588	2588	to support evaluation and technical assistance relating to 1
2589	2589	the evaluation of child and family services: Provided fur-2
2590	2590	ther, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts 3
2591	2591	in the previous proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for 4
2592	2592	‘‘3.3 percent’’, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), 5
2593	2593	such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, estab-6
2594	2594	lishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria 7
2595	2595	specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That 8
2596	2596	the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations 9
2597	2597	in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the 10
2598	2598	second proviso: Provided further, That the minimum grant 11
2599	2599	award for kinship navigator programs in the case of States 12
2600	2600	and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of 13
2601	2601	tribes, shall be $25,000. 14
2602	2602	PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 15
2603	2603	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 16
2604	2604	IV–E of the Social Security Act, $8,594,000,000. 17
2605	2605	For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 18
2606	2606	IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 19
2607	2607	fiscal year 2025, $3,400,000,000. 20
2608	2608	For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 21
2609	2609	year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 22
2610	2610	E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 23
2611	2611	current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 24
2612	2612	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 25 102
2613	2613	•S 2624 RS
2614	2614	ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITYLIVING 1
2615	2615	AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 2
2616	2616	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
2617	2617	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-4
2618	2618	vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 5
2619	2619	RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand-6
2620	2620	parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 7
2621	2621	of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 8
2622	2622	section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 9
2623	2623	and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu-10
2624	2624	rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 11
2625	2625	Bill of Rights Act of 2000, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D 12
2626	2626	of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the As-13
2627	2627	sistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and sec-14
2628	2628	tion 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation 15
2629	2629	Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of pol-16
2630	2630	icy and program activities that assist individuals with dis-17
2631	2631	abilities, $2,469,350,000, together with $55,242,000 to be 18
2632	2632	transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 19
2633	2633	Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 20
2634	2634	Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 21
2635	2635	Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That of 22
2636	2636	amounts made available under this heading to carry out 23
2637	2637	sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent 24
2638	2638	of such amounts shall be available for developing and im-25 103
2639	2639	•S 2624 RS
2640	2640	plementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior 1
2641	2641	nutrition, including medically-tailored meals: Provided fur-2
2642	2642	ther, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 3
2643	2643	funds made available under this heading to carry out sec-4
2644	2644	tion 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary 5
2645	2645	of Agriculture in accordance with such section: Provided 6
2646	2646	further, That up to 5 percent of the funds provided for 7
2647	2647	adult protective services grants under section 2042 of title 8
2648	2648	XX of the Social Security Act may be used to make grants 9
2649	2649	to Tribes and tribal organizations: Provided further, That 10
2650	2650	none of the funds made available under this heading may 11
2651	2651	be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 12
2652	2652	of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Men-13
2653	2653	tal Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue 14
2654	2654	any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of 15
2655	2655	an individual or group of individuals with a developmental 16
2656	2656	disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Develop-17
2657	2657	mental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act 18
2658	2658	of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is attributable to 19
2659	2659	a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and 20
2660	2660	physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy 21
2661	2661	the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities 22
2662	2662	for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, 23
2663	2663	unless reasonable public notice of the action has been pro-24
2664	2664	vided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental inca-25 104
2665	2665	•S 2624 RS
2666	2666	pacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically 1
2667	2667	awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and 2
2668	2668	residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are 3
2669	2669	affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such 4
2670	2670	legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 5
2671	2671	guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such 6
2672	2672	rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Pro-7
2673	2673	cedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the imme-8
2674	2674	diately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an 9
2675	2675	individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a 10
2676	2676	legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of 11
2677	2677	individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to pub-12
2678	2678	lic guardianship: Provided further, That of the amount 13
2679	2679	made available under this heading, $29,268,000 shall be 14
2680	2680	used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 15
2681	2681	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 16
2682	2682	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided further, 17
2683	2683	That none of the funds made available for projects de-18
2684	2684	scribed in the preceding proviso shall be subject to section 19
2685	2685	241 of the PHS Act or section 205 of this Act. 20
2686	2686	A
2687	2687	DMINISTRATION FOR STRATEGICPREPAREDNESS AND 21
2688	2688	R
2689	2689	ESPONSE 22
2690	2690	RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROCUREMENT 23
2691	2691	For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 24
2692	2692	title XXVIII of the PHS Act, with respect to the research, 25 105
2693	2693	•S 2624 RS
2694	2694	development, storage, production, and procurement of 1
2695	2695	medical countermeasures to counter potential chemical, bi-2
2696	2696	ological, radiological, and nuclear threats to civilian popu-3
2697	2697	lations, $3,056,991,000. Of such amount: 4
2698	2698	(1) $970,000,000, to remain available through 5
2699	2699	September 30, 2025, shall be for expenses necessary 6
2700	2700	to support advanced research and development pur-7
2701	2701	suant to section 319L of the PHS Act and other ad-8
2702	2702	ministrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced 9
2703	2703	Research and Development Authority: Provided, 10
2704	2704	That funds provided under this heading for purposes 11
2705	2705	of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in 12
2706	2706	addition to any other funds made available for such 13
2707	2707	purposes: Provided further, That products purchased 14
2708	2708	with funds made available under this paragraph 15
2709	2709	may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited 16
2710	2710	in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to sec-17
2711	2711	tion 319F–2 of the PHS Act; 18
2712	2712	(2) $820,000,000, to remain available until ex-19
2713	2713	pended, shall be for expenses necessary for pro-20
2714	2714	curing security countermeasures (as defined in sec-21
2715	2715	tion 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act); 22
2716	2716	(3) $965,000,000, to remain available until ex-23
2717	2717	pended, shall be for expenses necessary to carry out 24
2718	2718	section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act; and 25 106
2719	2719	•S 2624 RS
2720	2720	(4) $301,991,000 shall be for expenses nec-1
2721	2721	essary to prepare for or respond to an influenza 2
2722	2722	pandemic, of which $274,000,000 shall remain avail-3
2723	2723	able until expended for activities including the devel-4
2724	2724	opment and purchase of vaccines, antivirals, nec-5
2725	2725	essary medical supplies, diagnostics, and surveillance 6
2726	2726	tools: Provided, That notwithstanding section 496(b) 7
2727	2727	of the PHS Act, funds allocated under this para-8
2728	2728	graph may be used for the construction or renova-9
2729	2729	tion of privately owned facilities for the production 10
2730	2730	of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, 11
2731	2731	if the Secretary finds such construction or renova-12
2732	2732	tion necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such 13
2733	2733	vaccines or biologics: 14
2734	2734	Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 15
2735	2735	heading, $300,000,000 is designated by the Congress as 16
2736	2736	being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 17
2737	2737	251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 18
2738	2738	Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19
2739	2739	OPERATIONS, PREPAREDNESS, AND EMERGENCY 20
2740	2740	RESPONSE 21
2741	2741	For carrying out titles III, XII, and subtitles A and 22
2742	2742	B of title XXVIII of the PHS Act, operations and emer-23
2743	2743	gency response activities related to countering potential 24
2744	2744	chemical biological, radiological, and nuclear threats and 25 107
2745	2745	•S 2624 RS
2746	2746	other public health emergencies, $541,686,000: Provided, 1
2747	2747	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 2
2748	2748	$5,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 3
2749	2749	2026, to support emergency operations: Provided further, 4
2750	2750	That of the amounts made available under this heading, 5
2751	2751	$50,000,000 shall remain available through September 6
2752	2752	30, 2025, to support coordination of the development, pro-7
2753	2753	duction, and distribution of vaccines, therapeutics, and 8
2754	2754	other medical countermeasures. 9
2755	2755	MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION 10
2756	2756	For carrying out title III and subtitles A and B of 11
2757	2757	title XXVIII of the PHS Act, for advanced research and 12
2758	2758	development, manufacturing, production, procurement, 13
2759	2759	distribution, and the acquisition, construction, alteration, 14
2760	2760	or renovation of non-federally owned facilities for the pro-15
2761	2761	duction and purchase of medical countermeasures, includ-16
2762	2762	ing the development, translation, and demonstration at 17
2763	2763	scale of innovations in manufacturing platform, and to 18
2764	2764	carry out titles I and III of the Defense Production Act 19
2765	2765	of 1950 in the event of a public health emergency declara-20
2766	2766	tion or significant potential for a public health emergency, 21
2767	2767	$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 22
2768	2768	2025: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 23
2769	2769	Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 24 108
2770	2770	•S 2624 RS
2771	2771	to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 1
2772	2772	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2
2773	2773	O
2774	2774	FFICE OF THESECRETARY 3
2775	2775	GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 4
2776	2776	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 5
2777	2777	general departmental management, including hire of six 6
2778	2778	passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 7
2779	2779	XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 8
2780	2780	States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and re-9
2781	2781	search studies under section 1110 of the Social Security 10
2782	2782	Act, $537,144,000, together with $64,828,000 from the 11
2783	2783	amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 12
2784	2784	carry out national health or human services research and 13
2785	2785	evaluation activities: Provided, That of this amount, 14
2786	2786	$60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and 15
2787	2787	treatment activities: Provided further, That of the funds 16
2788	2788	made available under this heading, $101,000,000 shall be 17
2789	2789	for making competitive contracts and grants to public and 18
2790	2790	private entities to fund medically accurate and age appro-19
2791	2791	priate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the 20
2792	2792	Federal costs associated with administering and evalu-21
2793	2793	ating such contracts and grants, of which not more than 22
2794	2794	10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and 23
2795	2795	technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional 24
2796	2796	program support activities, and of the remaining amount 25 109
2797	2797	•S 2624 RS
2798	2798	75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have 1
2799	2799	been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to re-2
2800	2800	duce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying 3
2801	2801	teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 4
2802	2802	25 percent shall be available for research and demonstra-5
2803	2803	tion grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional 6
2804	2804	models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 7
2805	2805	pregnancy: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 8
2806	2806	under this heading from amounts available under section 9
2807	2807	241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry 10
2808	2808	out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of 11
2809	2809	teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: Provided fur-12
2810	2810	ther, That of the funds made available under this heading, 13
2811	2811	$35,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants which 14
2812	2812	exclusively implement education in sexual risk avoidance 15
2813	2813	(defined as voluntarily refraining from non-marital sexual 16
2814	2814	activity): Provided further, That funding for such competi-17
2815	2815	tive grants for sexual risk avoidance shall use medically 18
2816	2816	accurate information referenced to peer-reviewed publica-19
2817	2817	tions by educational, scientific, governmental, or health or-20
2818	2818	ganizations; implement an evidence-based approach inte-21
2819	2819	grating research findings with practical implementation 22
2820	2820	that aligns with the needs and desired outcomes for the 23
2821	2821	intended audience; and teach the benefits associated with 24
2822	2822	self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty prevention, 25 110
2823	2823	•S 2624 RS
2824	2824	healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting sexual co-1
2825	2825	ercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behaviors 2
2826	2826	such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without nor-3
2827	2827	malizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 4
2828	2828	more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 5
2829	2829	grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech-6
2830	2830	nical assistance and administrative costs of such pro-7
2831	2831	grams: Provided further, That funds provided in this Act 8
2832	2832	for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to 9
2833	2833	individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other 10
2834	2834	mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed 11
2835	2835	necessary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such 12
2836	2836	services shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 13
2837	2837	59.5(a)(4): Provided further, That of the funds made 14
2838	2838	available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for car-15
2839	2839	rying out prize competitions sponsored by the Office of 16
2840	2840	the Secretary to accelerate innovation in the prevention, 17
2841	2841	diagnosis, and treatment of kidney diseases (as authorized 18
2842	2842	by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innova-19
2843	2843	tion Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 20
2844	2844	MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 21
2845	2845	For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and 22
2846	2846	appeals in the Office of the Secretary, $196,000,000 shall 23
2847	2847	remain available until September 30, 2025, to be trans-24
2848	2848	ferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital In-25 111
2849	2849	•S 2624 RS
2850	2850	surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-1
2851	2851	ical Insurance Trust Fund. 2
2852	2852	OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 3
2853	2853	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 4
2854	2854	For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 5
2855	2855	Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 6
2856	2856	grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de-7
2857	2857	velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor-8
2858	2858	mation technology, $71,238,000 shall be from amounts 9
2859	2859	made available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 10
2860	2860	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 11
2861	2861	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 12
2862	2862	General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 13
2863	2863	investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec-14
2864	2864	tor General Act of 1978, $87,000,000: Provided, That of 15
2865	2865	such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro-16
2866	2866	viding protective services to the Secretary and inves-17
2867	2867	tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non- 18
2868	2868	payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228: Pro-19
2869	2869	vided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 20
2870	2870	heading, necessary sums shall be available for carrying out 21
2871	2871	activities authorized under section 3022 of the PHS Act 22
2872	2872	(42 U.S.C. 300jj–52). 23 112
2873	2873	•S 2624 RS
2874	2874	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 1
2875	2875	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 2
2876	2876	Rights, $39,798,000. 3
2877	2877	RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 4
2878	2878	COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 5
2879	2879	For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 6
2880	2880	Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 7
2881	2881	law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 8
2882	2882	Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med-9
2883	2883	ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 10
2884	2884	Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 11
2885	2885	required during the current fiscal year. 12
2886	2886	PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 13
2887	2887	FUND 14
2888	2888	For expenses necessary to carry out title II of the 15
2889	2889	PHS Act to support, except as otherwise provided, activi-16
2890	2890	ties related to safeguarding classified national security in-17
2891	2891	formation and providing intelligence and national security 18
2892	2892	support across the Department; and to counter cybersecu-19
2893	2893	rity threats to civilian populations, $108,983,000. 20
2894	2894	For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 21
2895	2895	prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, preven-22
2896	2896	tion, and response, $7,009,000: Provided, That notwith-23
2897	2897	standing section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds available 24
2898	2898	for preparing for or responding to an influenza pandemic 25 113
2899	2899	•S 2624 RS
2900	2900	may be used for the construction or renovation of privately 1
2901	2901	owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 2
2902	2902	vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such 3
2903	2903	construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient 4
2904	2904	supplies of such vaccines or biologics. 5
2905	2905	G
2906	2906	ENERALPROVISIONS 6
2907	2907	S
2908	2908	EC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 7
2909	2909	available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 8
2910	2910	and representation expenses when specifically approved by 9
2911	2911	the Secretary. 10
2912	2912	S
2913	2913	EC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 11
2914	2914	shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 12
2915	2915	a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 13
2916	2916	of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds 14
2917	2917	appropriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 15
2918	2918	from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-16
2919	2919	vidual at this rate. 17
2920	2920	S
2921	2921	EC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 18
2922	2922	may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 19
2923	2923	except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 20
2924	2924	for other taps and assessments made by any office located 21
2925	2925	in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re-22
2926	2926	port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria-23
2927	2927	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de-24
2928	2928	tailing the planned uses of such funds. 25 114
2929	2929	•S 2624 RS
2930	2930	SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 1
2931	2931	PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 2
2932	2932	but not more than 2.8 percent, of any amounts appro-3
2933	2933	priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 4
2934	2934	made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 5
2935	2935	or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 6
2936	2936	programs funded in this title. 7
2937	2937	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
2938	2938	S
2939	2939	EC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-9
2940	2940	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 10
2941	2941	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-11
2942	2942	priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 12
2943	2943	may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 13
2944	2944	appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 14
2945	2945	by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author-15
2946	2946	ity granted by this section shall not be used to create any 16
2947	2947	new program or to fund any project or activity for which 17
2948	2948	no funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That 18
2949	2949	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-19
2950	2950	resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 20
2951	2951	in advance of any transfer. 21
2952	2952	S
2953	2953	EC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 22
2954	2954	338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 23
2955	2955	such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 24
2956	2956	date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2024 under sec-25 115
2957	2957	•S 2624 RS
2958	2958	tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 1
2959	2959	who has been awarded such contract has not received 2
2960	2960	funds due under the contract. 3
2961	2961	S
2962	2962	EC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 4
2963	2963	may be made available to any entity under title X of the 5
2964	2964	PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 6
2965	2965	the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 7
2966	2966	the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 8
2967	2967	that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at-9
2968	2968	tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 10
2969	2969	S
2970	2970	EC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11
2971	2971	law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 12
2972	2972	shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 13
2973	2973	or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 14
2974	2974	abuse, rape, or incest. 15
2975	2975	S
2976	2976	EC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 16
2977	2977	(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 17
2978	2978	used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 18
2979	2979	Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth-19
2980	2980	erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or-20
2981	2981	ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 21
2982	2982	it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 22
2983	2983	referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 23
2984	2984	make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita-24
2985	2985	tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 25 116
2986	2986	•S 2624 RS
2987	2987	sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv-1
2988	2988	ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth-2
2989	2989	ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi-3
2990	2990	care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 4
2991	2991	Advantage organization described in this section shall be 5
2992	2992	responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor-6
2993	2993	mation about all Medicare covered services. 7
2994	2994	S
2995	2995	EC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 8
2996	2996	title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-9
2997	2997	mote gun control. 10
2998	2998	S
2999	2999	EC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 11
3000	3000	assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 12
3001	3001	Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 13
3002	3002	work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 14
3003	3003	by the Agency for International Development, the United 15
3004	3004	Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 16
3005	3005	World Health Organization. 17
3006	3006	S
3007	3007	EC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter-18
3008	3008	national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 19
3009	3009	infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 20
3010	3010	other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2024: 21
3011	3011	(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv-22
3012	3012	alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 23
3013	3013	section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori-24
3014	3014	ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 25 117
3015	3015	•S 2624 RS
3016	3016	the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 1
3017	3017	to ensure that the authority provided in this section 2
3018	3018	is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 3
3019	3019	of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other appli-4
3020	3020	cable statutes administered by the Department of 5
3021	3021	State. 6
3022	3022	(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 7
3023	3023	funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 8
3024	3024	of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-9
3025	3025	quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-10
3026	3026	ment of facilities outside of the United States for 11
3027	3027	the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co-12
3028	3028	operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 13
3029	3029	has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 14
3030	3030	with applicable regulation governing location, set-15
3031	3031	back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 16
3032	3032	purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 17
3033	3033	authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 18
3034	3034	State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 19
3035	3035	make available to public or nonprofit private institu-20
3036	3036	tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 21
3037	3037	funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 22
3038	3038	those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 23
3039	3039	assistance for international health activities, includ-24
3040	3040	ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec-25 118
3041	3041	•S 2624 RS
3042	3042	tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 1
3043	3043	and other health activities abroad. 2
3044	3044	(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 3
3045	3045	personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 4
3046	3046	serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 5
3047	3047	those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For-6
3048	3048	eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 7
3049	3049	through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre-8
3050	3050	scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 9
3051	3051	authorized to provide locality-based comparability 10
3052	3052	payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 11
3053	3053	of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 12
3054	3054	as a percentage) that would be payable to such per-13
3055	3055	sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 14
3056	3056	Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 15
3057	3057	the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per-16
3058	3058	sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 17
3059	3059	basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 18
3060	3060	63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 19
3061	3061	the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv-20
3062	3062	ing in the Foreign Service. 21
3063	3063	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22
3064	3064	S
3065	3065	EC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 23
3066	3066	Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 24
3067	3067	to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 25 119
3068	3068	•S 2624 RS
3069	3069	amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 1
3070	3070	research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 2
3071	3071	Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 3
3072	3072	House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 4
3073	3073	least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 5
3074	3074	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
3075	3075	S
3076	3076	EC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 7
3077	3077	for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 8
3078	3078	immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di-9
3079	3079	rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re-10
3080	3080	search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 11
3081	3081	Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 12
3082	3082	Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec-13
3083	3083	essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 14
3084	3084	S
3085	3085	EC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 15
3086	3086	other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 16
3087	3087	may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 17
3088	3088	PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 18
3089	3089	cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 19
3090	3090	identified pursuant to or research and activities described 20
3091	3091	in such section 402(b)(12). 21
3092	3092	(b) P
3093	3093	EERREVIEW.—In entering into transactions 22
3094	3094	under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 23
3095	3095	review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 24
3096	3096	scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-25 120
3097	3097	•S 2624 RS
3098	3098	priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 1
3099	3099	merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 2
3100	3100	in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro-3
3101	3101	cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 4
3102	3102	301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 5
3103	3103	and 494 of the PHS Act. 6
3104	3104	S
3105	3105	EC. 216. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of funds ap-7
3106	3106	propriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 8
3107	3107	National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 9
3108	3108	repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 10
3109	3109	proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 11
3110	3110	herein, at not to exceed $5,000,000 per project. 12
3111	3111	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 13
3112	3112	S
3113	3113	EC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 14
3114	3114	1 percent of the amount made available for National Re-15
3115	3115	search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 16
3116	3116	to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 17
3117	3117	Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri-18
3118	3118	mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 19
3119	3119	who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 20
3120	3120	739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 21
3121	3121	made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 22
3122	3122	Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual-23
3123	3123	ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 24 121
3124	3124	•S 2624 RS
3125	3125	SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 1
3126	3126	and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 2
3127	3127	a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro-3
3128	3128	gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 4
3129	3129	countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 5
3130	3130	2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 6
3131	3131	if— 7
3132	3132	(1) funds are available and obligated— 8
3133	3133	(A) for the full period of the contract or 9
3134	3134	for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 10
3135	3135	in effect; and 11
3136	3136	(B) for the estimated costs associated with 12
3137	3137	a necessary termination of the contract; and 13
3138	3138	(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 14
3139	3139	contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 15
3140	3140	Government by encouraging full and open competi-16
3141	3141	tion or promoting economy in administration, per-17
3142	3142	formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 18
3143	3143	(b) A contract entered into under this section— 19
3144	3144	(1) shall include a termination clause as de-20
3145	3145	scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 21
3146	3146	United States Code; and 22
3147	3147	(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 23
3148	3148	requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 24 122
3149	3149	•S 2624 RS
3150	3150	SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 1
3151	3151	year 2025 budget justification and on Departmental Web 2
3152	3152	sites information concerning the employment of full-time 3
3153	3153	equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur-4
3154	3154	poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other-5
3155	3155	wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 6
3156	3156	amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 7
3157	3157	and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 8
3158	3158	(b) With respect to employees or contractors sup-9
3159	3159	ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 10
3160	3160	out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 11
3161	3161	the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 12
3162	3162	information: 13
3163	3163	(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 14
3164	3164	such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 15
3165	3165	a statement indicating the program, project, or ac-16
3166	3166	tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di-17
3167	3167	vision or office that administers such program, and 18
3168	3168	the amount of funding received in discretionary or 19
3169	3169	mandatory appropriations. 20
3170	3170	(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 21
3171	3171	full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ-22
3172	3172	ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 23
3173	3173	detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 24 123
3174	3174	•S 2624 RS
3175	3175	(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 1
3176	3176	exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 2
3177	3177	(1) are supported through appropriations en-3
3178	3178	acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-4
3179	3179	grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 5
3180	3180	(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 6
3181	3181	activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 7
3182	3182	or 8
3183	3183	(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 9
3184	3184	is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 10
3185	3185	price contracts. 11
3186	3186	S
3187	3187	EC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 12
3188	3188	fiscal year 2025 budget of the President submitted under 13
3189	3189	section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa-14
3190	3190	tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 15
3191	3191	for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 16
3192	3192	Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact-17
3193	3193	ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 18
3194	3194	for fiscal year 2025. Such information shall include, for 19
3195	3195	each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 20
3196	3196	activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 21
3197	3197	Exchange Transparency’’ in the report accompanying this 22
3198	3198	Act. 23
3199	3199	S
3200	3200	EC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 24
3201	3201	Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 25 124
3202	3202	•S 2624 RS
3203	3203	the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 1
3204	3204	or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 2
3205	3205	the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 3
3206	3206	Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 4
3207	3207	section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 5
3208	3208	risk corridors). 6
3209	3209	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 7
3210	3210	S
3211	3211	EC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 8
3212	3212	Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 9
3213	3213	section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 10
3214	3214	amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 11
3215	3215	the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 12
3216	3216	report accompanying this Act. 13
3217	3217	(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 14
3218	3218	Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 15
3219	3219	(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 16
3220	3220	section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-17
3221	3221	out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 18
3222	3222	S
3223	3223	EC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 19
3224	3224	November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2026, any pro-20
3225	3225	vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 21
3226	3226	to another provision of law) to the current recommenda-22
3227	3227	tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 23
3228	3228	with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 24 125
3229	3229	•S 2624 RS
3230	3230	and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in-1
3231	3231	volved as if— 2
3232	3232	(1) such reference to such current recommenda-3
3233	3233	tions were a reference to the recommendations of 4
3234	3234	such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 5
3235	3235	screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 6
3236	3236	before 2009; and 7
3237	3237	(2) such recommendations last issued before 8
3238	3238	2009 applied to any screening mammography modal-9
3239	3239	ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 10
3240	3240	(42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 11
3241	3241	S
3242	3242	EC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 12
3243	3243	provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 13
3244	3244	Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 14
3245	3245	approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall con-15
3246	3246	tinue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the 16
3247	3247	same extent and in the same manner as such provisions 17
3248	3248	were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None 18
3249	3249	of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise 19
3250	3250	made available to the Department of Health and Human 20
3251	3251	Services or to any department or agency may be used to 21
3252	3252	develop or implement a modified approach to such provi-22
3253	3253	sions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal 23
3254	3254	effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated 24 126
3255	3255	•S 2624 RS
3256	3256	rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in 1
3257	3257	such quarter. 2
3258	3258	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
3259	3259	S
3260	3260	EC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 4
3261	3261	opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 5
3262	3262	addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 6
3263	3263	other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 7
3264	3264	the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 8
3265	3265	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 9
3266	3266	Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 10
3267	3267	the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 11
3268	3268	authority provided by law. 12
3269	3269	S
3270	3270	EC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 13
3271	3271	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-14
3272	3272	atives and the Senate: 15
3273	3273	(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 16
3274	3274	the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec-17
3275	3275	tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 18
3276	3276	enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 19
3277	3277	(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 20
3278	3278	awards, including supplements, authorized under 21
3279	3279	section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 22
3280	3280	(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 23
3281	3281	and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 24 127
3282	3282	•S 2624 RS
3283	3283	advance of any public release of enrollment information 1
3284	3284	or the award of such grants. 2
3285	3285	S
3286	3286	EC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-3
3287	3287	able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro-4
3288	3288	gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 5
3289	3289	Services may transfer up to $455,000,000 to such account 6
3290	3290	from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 7
3291	3291	Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 8
3292	3292	support program management activity related to the Medi-9
3293	3293	care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing 10
3294	3294	purpose, such funds may not be used to support any provi-11
3295	3295	sion of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or 12
3296	3296	any amendment made by either such Public Law) or to 13
3297	3297	supplant any other amounts within such account. 14
3298	3298	S
3299	3299	EC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 15
3300	3300	Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations 16
3301	3301	of the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual 17
3302	3302	report 30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing de-18
3303	3303	scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 19
3304	3304	S
3305	3305	EC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 20
3306	3306	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-21
3307	3307	partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 22
3308	3308	available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 23
3309	3309	employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 24
3310	3310	employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 25 128
3311	3311	•S 2624 RS
3312	3312	a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 1
3313	3313	are the subject of a determination of a public health emer-2
3314	3314	gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 3
3315	3315	and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 4
3316	3316	an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade-5
3317	3317	quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur-6
3318	3318	poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 7
3319	3319	Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 8
3320	3320	Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 9
3321	3321	the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 10
3322	3322	S
3323	3323	EC. 230. The Department of Health and Human 11
3324	3324	Services may accept donations from the private sector, 12
3325	3325	nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde-13
3326	3326	pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac-14
3327	3327	companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 15
3328	3328	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 16
3329	3329	279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle-17
3330	3330	ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in-18
3331	3331	cluding medical goods and services, which may include 19
3332	3332	early childhood developmental screenings, school supplies, 20
3333	3333	toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote 21
3334	3334	the wellbeing of such children. 22
3335	3335	S
3336	3336	EC. 231. None of the funds made available in this 23
3337	3337	Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 24
3338	3338	Human Services—Administration for Children and Fami-25 129
3339	3339	•S 2624 RS
3340	3340	lies—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated 1
3341	3341	to a grantee or contractor to house unaccompanied alien 2
3342	3342	children (as such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of 3
3343	3343	the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) 4
3344	3344	in any facility that is not State-licensed for the care of 5
3345	3345	unaccompanied alien children, except in the case that the 6
3346	3346	Secretary determines that housing unaccompanied alien 7
3347	3347	children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary 8
3348	3348	basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, 9
3349	3349	provided that— 10
3350	3350	(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the 11
3351	3351	operations of any such facility that remains in oper-12
3352	3352	ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-13
3353	3353	quire compliance with— 14
3354	3354	(A) the same requirements as licensed 15
3355	3355	placements, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores 16
3356	3356	Settlement Agreement that the Secretary deter-17
3357	3357	mines are applicable to non-State licensed facili-18
3358	3358	ties; and 19
3359	3359	(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty 20
3360	3360	Youth Care Worker for every eight (8) children 21
3361	3361	or youth during waking hours, one (1) on-duty 22
3362	3362	Youth Care Worker for every sixteen (16) chil-23
3363	3363	dren or youth during sleeping hours, and clini-24
3364	3364	cian ratios to children (including mental health 25 130
3365	3365	•S 2624 RS
3366	3366	providers) as required in grantee cooperative 1
3367	3367	agreements; 2
3368	3368	(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver 3
3369	3369	for a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with 4
3370	3370	paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides 5
3371	3371	a report to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s 6
3372	3372	good-faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 7
3373	3373	(3) not more than four consecutive waivers 8
3374	3374	under paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor 9
3375	3375	or grantee with respect to a specific facility; 10
3376	3376	(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the 11
3377	3377	monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of 12
3378	3378	its Policies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 13
3379	3379	2019; 14
3380	3380	(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 15
3381	3381	for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 16
3382	3382	conduct a minimum of one comprehensive moni-17
3383	3383	toring visit during the first three months of oper-18
3384	3384	ation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; 19
3385	3385	and 20
3386	3386	(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-21
3387	3387	actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 22
3388	3388	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 23
3389	3389	and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR 24
3390	3390	for influx facilities including any requirement listed 25 131
3391	3391	•S 2624 RS
3392	3392	in paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has deter-1
3393	3393	mined are not applicable to non-State licensed facili-2
3394	3394	ties. 3
3395	3395	S
3396	3396	EC. 232. In addition to the existing Congressional 4
3397	3397	notification for formal site assessments of potential influx 5
3398	3398	facilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Ap-6
3399	3399	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-7
3400	3400	ate at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed 8
3401	3401	facility, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard- 9
3402	3402	sided or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates 10
3403	3403	that, in the absence of the influx facility, the likely out-11
3404	3404	come is that unaccompanied alien children will remain in 12
3405	3405	the custody of the Department of Homeland Security for 13
3406	3406	longer than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children 14
3407	3407	will be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of 15
3408	3408	bringing such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the 16
3409	3409	Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-17
3410	3410	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 18
3411	3411	report detailing the total number of children in care at 19
3412	3412	the facility, the average length of stay and average length 20
3413	3413	of care of children at the facility, and, for any child that 21
3414	3414	has been at the facility for more than 60 days, their length 22
3415	3415	of stay and reason for delay in release. 23
3416	3416	S
3417	3417	EC. 233. None of the funds made available in this 24
3418	3418	Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 25 132
3419	3419	•S 2624 RS
3420	3420	Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 1
3421	3421	for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 2
3422	3422	United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 3
3423	3423	of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 4
3424	3424	defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 5
3425	3425	of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 6
3426	3426	or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the 7
3427	3427	Office of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business 8
3428	3428	days in advance to ensure that such visit would not inter-9
3429	3429	fere with the operations (including child welfare and child 10
3430	3430	safety operations) of such facility. 11
3431	3431	S
3432	3432	EC. 234. Not later than 14 days after the date of 12
3433	3433	enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Sec-13
3434	3434	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 14
3435	3435	of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make 15
3436	3436	publicly available online, a report with respect to children 16
3437	3437	who were separated from their parents or legal guardians 17
3438	3438	by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regard-18
3439	3439	less of whether or not such separation was pursuant to 19
3440	3440	an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), 20
3441	3441	subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, 21
3442	3442	and transferred to the care and custody of ORR during 22
3443	3443	the previous month. Each report shall contain the fol-23
3444	3444	lowing information: 24 133
3445	3445	•S 2624 RS
3446	3446	(1) the number and ages of children so sepa-1
3447	3447	rated subsequent to apprehension at or between 2
3448	3448	ports of entry, to be reported by sector where sepa-3
3449	3449	ration occurred; and 4
3450	3450	(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-5
3451	3451	ported by DHS when each child was referred. 6
3452	3452	S
3453	3453	EC. 235. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 7
3454	3454	available for salaries and expenses of employees of the 8
3455	3455	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be 9
3456	3456	available for the primary and secondary schooling of eligi-10
3457	3457	ble dependents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory 11
3458	3458	as defined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess 12
3459	3459	of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of De-13
3460	3460	fense. 14
3461	3461	S
3462	3462	EC. 236. In this and all fiscal years hereafter, not-15
3463	3463	withstanding the income eligibility requirements of sub-16
3464	3464	sections (a) and paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) 17
3465	3465	of section 645 of the Head Start Act and income eligibility 18
3466	3466	criteria and allowances prescribed in regulations, an In-19
3467	3467	dian tribe that operates a Head Start program may, at 20
3468	3468	its discretion, establish selection criteria, including criteria 21
3469	3469	to prioritize children in families for which a child, a family 22
3470	3470	member, or a member of the same household, is a member 23
3471	3471	of an Indian tribe, to enroll children who would benefit 24
3472	3472	from the Head Start program. 25 134
3473	3473	•S 2624 RS
3474	3474	SEC. 237. In this and all fiscal years hereafter, not-1
3475	3475	withstanding the income eligibility requirements of sub-2
3476	3476	section (a) of section 645 of the Head Start Act and in-3
3477	3477	come eligibility criteria and allowances prescribed in regu-4
3478	3478	lations, an agency that operates a migrant or seasonal 5
3479	3479	Head Start program may, at its discretion, establish selec-6
3480	3480	tion criteria to enroll children who would benefit from the 7
3481	3481	Head Start program, giving priority to children of migrant 8
3482	3482	farmworker families: Provided, That such selection criteria 9
3483	3483	shall limit that enrollment to children who have at least 10
3484	3484	one family member whose income comes primarily from 11
3485	3485	agricultural employment as defined in section 3 of the Mi-12
3486	3486	grant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 13
3487	3487	(29 U.S.C. 1802). 14
3488	3488	(RESCISSION) 15
3489	3489	S
3490	3490	EC. 238. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-16
3491	3491	recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of 17
3492	3492	division G of Public Law 110–161, $1,000,000,000 are 18
3493	3493	hereby rescinded not later than September 30, 2024. 19
3494	3494	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 20
3495	3495	and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 21 135
3496	3496	•S 2624 RS
3497	3497	TITLE III 1
3498	3498	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2
3499	3499	E
3500	3500	DUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 3
3501	3501	For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 4
3502	3502	title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 5
3503	3503	of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 6
3504	3504	418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 7
3505	3505	in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $19,262,790,000, of which 8
3506	3506	$8,334,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, 9
3507	3507	and shall remain available through September 30, 2025, 10
3508	3508	and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 11
3509	3509	October 1, 2024, and shall remain available through Sep-12
3510	3510	tember 30, 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, 13
3511	3511	That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under sec-14
3512	3512	tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 15
3513	3513	$5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec-16
3514	3514	retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec-17
3515	3515	retary’’) on October 1, 2023, to obtain annually updated 18
3516	3516	local educational agency-level census poverty data from 19
3517	3517	the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 20
3518	3518	$1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 21
3519	3519	section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 22
3520	3520	$5,370,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 23
3521	3521	1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 24
3522	3522	$5,370,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 25 136
3523	3523	•S 2624 RS
3524	3524	grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur-1
3525	3525	ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2
3526	3526	2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $52,123,000 3
3527	3527	shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 4
3528	3528	I
3529	3529	MPACTAID 5
3530	3530	For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 6
3531	3531	federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 7
3532	3532	ESEA, $1,628,151,000, of which $1,477,000,000 shall be 8
3533	3533	for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 9
3534	3534	$48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis-10
3535	3535	abilities under section 7003(d), $19,000,000 shall be for 11
3536	3536	construction under section 7007(a), $79,000,000 shall be 12
3537	3537	for Federal property payments under section 7002, and 13
3538	3538	$4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 14
3539	3539	for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 15
3540	3540	That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 16
3541	3541	for an eligible local educational agency under section 17
3542	3542	7003(a) for school year 2023–2024, children enrolled in 18
3543	3543	a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 19
3544	3544	for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 20
3545	3545	due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 21
3546	3546	or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 22
3547	3547	children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 23
3548	3548	guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 24
3549	3549	reside on Federal property as described in section 25 137
3550	3550	•S 2624 RS
3551	3551	7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 1
3552	3552	shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 2
3553	3553	provided such students remain in average daily attendance 3
3554	3554	at a school in the same local educational agency they at-4
3555	3555	tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 5
3556	3556	S
3557	3557	CHOOLIMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 6
3558	3558	For carrying out school improvement activities au-7
3559	3559	thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 8
3560	3560	1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 9
3561	3561	V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin-10
3562	3562	ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 11
3563	3563	Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Com-12
3564	3564	pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and 13
3565	3565	the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $5,820,642,000, of which 14
3566	3566	$3,967,312,000 shall become available on July 1, 2024, 15
3567	3567	and remain available through September 30, 2025, and 16
3568	3568	of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo-17
3569	3569	ber 1, 2024, and shall remain available through September 18
3570	3570	30, 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Provided, That 19
3571	3571	$380,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided fur-20
3572	3572	ther, That $1,329,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: 21
3573	3573	Provided further, That $45,897,000 shall be for part B 22
3574	3574	of title VI, which may be used for construction, renova-23
3575	3575	tion, and modernization of any public elementary school, 24
3576	3576	secondary school, or structure related to a public elemen-25 138
3577	3577	•S 2624 RS
3578	3578	tary school or secondary school that serves a predomi-1
3579	3579	nantly Native Hawaiian student body, and that the 5 per-2
3580	3580	cent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use 3
3581	3581	of funds for administrative purposes shall apply only to 4
3582	3582	direct administrative costs: Provided further, That 5
3583	3583	$44,953,000 shall be for part C of title VI, which shall 6
3584	3584	be awarded on a competitive basis, and may be used for 7
3585	3585	construction, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 8
3586	3586	6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 9
3587	3587	purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 10
3588	3588	Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be available to 11
3589	3589	carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assist-12
3590	3590	ance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such ar-13
3591	3591	rangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that 14
3592	3592	the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services pro-15
3593	3593	vided under this section: Provided further, That 16
3594	3594	$24,464,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-17
3595	3595	mental Education Grants program for the Federated 18
3596	3596	States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Is-19
3597	3597	lands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve 20
3598	3598	up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous 21
3599	3599	proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementa-22
3600	3600	tion of these grants: Provided further, That $220,000,000 23
3601	3601	shall be for part B of title V: Provided further,That in 24
3602	3602	carrying out such part B the percentage in section 25 139
3603	3603	•S 2624 RS
3604	3604	316(b)(1)(D) of title III of division H of Public Law 116– 1
3605	3605	260 shall be deemed 83.33 percent: Provided further, That 2
3606	3606	$1,400,000,000 shall be available for grants under sub-3
3607	3607	part 1 of part A of title IV: Provided further, That funds 4
3608	3608	provided by Public Law 117–328 and this Act for subpart 5
3609	3609	B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 6
3610	3610	Act shall be available for expenditure by educational agen-7
3611	3611	cies and institutions for an additional fiscal year following 8
3612	3612	the succeeding fiscal year provided by subsection 9
3613	3613	421(b)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act. 10
3614	3614	I
3615	3615	NDIANEDUCATION 11
3616	3616	For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 12
3617	3617	not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 13
3618	3618	$194,746,000, of which $72,000,000 shall be for subpart 14
3619	3619	2 of part A of title VI and $12,365,000 shall be for sub-15
3620	3620	part 3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent 16
3621	3621	limitation in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of 17
3622	3622	the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes 18
3623	3623	shall apply only to direct administrative costs: Provided 19
3624	3624	further, That grants awarded under sections 6132 and 20
3625	3625	6133 of the ESEA with funds provided under this heading 21
3626	3626	may be for a period of up to 5 years. 22
3627	3627	I
3628	3628	NNOVATION ANDIMPROVEMENT 23
3629	3629	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 24
3630	3630	3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and 25 140
3631	3631	•S 2624 RS
3632	3632	subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 1
3633	3633	$1,149,500,000: Provided, That $233,000,000 shall be for 2
3634	3634	subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 3
3635	3635	available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 4
3636	3636	2241: Provided further, That $676,500,000 shall be for 5
3637	3637	parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 6
3638	3638	and shall be made available without regard to sections 7
3639	3639	4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 8
3640	3640	That section 4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds 9
3641	3641	available for part C of title IV: Provided further, That of 10
3642	3642	the funds available for part C of title IV, the Secretary 11
3643	3643	shall use not less than $60,000,000 to carry out section 12
3644	3644	4304, of which not more than $10,000,000 shall be avail-13
3645	3645	able to carry out section 4304(k), not more than 14
3646	3646	$140,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 15
3647	3647	2025, to carry out section 4305(b), from which the 16
3648	3648	amount necessary for continuation grants may be available 17
3649	3649	for obligation through March 31, 2025, and not more than 18
3650	3650	$16,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 19
3651	3651	4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding sec-20
3652	3652	tion 4601(b), $240,000,000 shall be available through De-21
3653	3653	cember 31, 2024 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV: Pro-22
3654	3654	vided further, That of the funds available for subpart 4 23
3655	3655	of part F of title IV, not less than $8,000,000 shall be 24
3656	3656	used for continuation grants for eligible national nonprofit 25 141
3657	3657	•S 2624 RS
3658	3658	organizations, as described in the Applications for New 1
3659	3659	Awards; Assistance for Arts Education Program published 2
3660	3660	in the Federal Register on May 31, 2022, for activities 3
3661	3661	described under section 4642(a)(1)(C). 4
3662	3662	S
3663	3663	AFESCHOOLS ANDCITIZENSHIPEDUCATION 5
3664	3664	For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 6
3665	3665	and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $437,000,000, 7
3666	3666	to remain available through December 31, 2024: Provided, 8
3667	3667	That $196,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of 9
3668	3668	which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-10
3669	3669	pended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-11
3670	3670	sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur-12
3671	3671	ther, That $150,000,000 shall be available for section 13
3672	3672	4625: Provided further, That $91,000,000 shall be for sec-14
3673	3673	tion 4624. 15
3674	3674	E
3675	3675	NGLISHLANGUAGEACQUISITION 16
3676	3676	For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 17
3677	3677	$897,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 18
3678	3678	2024, and shall remain available through September 30, 19
3679	3679	2025, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 20
3680	3680	available on October 1, 2023, and shall remain available 21
3681	3681	through September 30, 2025, to carry out activities under 22
3682	3682	section 3111(c)(1)(C). 23 142
3683	3683	•S 2624 RS
3684	3684	SPECIALEDUCATION 1
3685	3685	For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 2
3686	3686	Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 3
3687	3687	and Empowerment Act of 2004, $15,661,764,000, of 4
3688	3688	which $6,065,321,000 shall become available on July 1, 5
3689	3689	2024, and shall remain available through September 30, 6
3690	3690	2025, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 7
3691	3691	on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available through 8
3692	3692	September 30, 2025, for academic year 2024–2025: Pro-9
3693	3693	vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 10
3694	3694	shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 11
3695	3695	that activity during fiscal year 2023, increased by the 12
3696	3696	amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 13
3697	3697	of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro-14
3698	3698	priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 15
3699	3699	than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2023: 16
3700	3700	Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 17
3701	3701	to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 18
3702	3702	States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub-19
3703	3703	ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 20
3704	3704	allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 21
3705	3705	under this heading, is reduced under section 22
3706	3706	612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 23
3707	3707	the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 24
3708	3708	aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 25 143
3709	3709	•S 2624 RS
3710	3710	with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail-1
3711	3711	ability of a free appropriate public education under this 2
3712	3712	part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 3
3713	3713	relative populations of those children who are living in pov-4
3714	3714	erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis-5
3715	3715	tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 6
3716	3716	whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 7
3717	3717	under this heading made funds available for such a dis-8
3718	3718	tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 9
3719	3719	such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 10
3720	3720	educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 11
3721	3721	Provided further, That the amount by which a State’s allo-12
3722	3722	cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 13
3723	3723	section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 14
3724	3724	States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 15
3725	3725	any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 16
3726	3726	the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 17
3727	3727	for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 18
3728	3728	notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re-19
3729	3729	garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 20
3730	3730	section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 21
3731	3731	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 22
3732	3732	apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 23
3733	3733	a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until 24
3734	3734	the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, That the 25 144
3735	3735	•S 2624 RS
3736	3736	Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s alloca-1
3737	3737	tion under section 611 is reduced in accordance with sec-2
3738	3738	tion 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may re-3
3739	3739	serve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears 4
3740	3740	the same relation to the maximum amount described in 5
3741	3741	that paragraph as the reduction under section 6
3742	3742	612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 7
3743	3743	would have received in that fiscal year under section 8
3744	3744	611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 9
3745	3745	That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 10
3746	3746	funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 11
3747	3747	fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 12
3748	3748	requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 13
3749	3749	section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-14
3750	3750	tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 15
3751	3751	U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 16
3752	3752	under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech-17
3753	3753	nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 18
3754	3754	States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 19
3755	3755	616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv-20
3756	3756	ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 21
3757	3757	quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro-22
3758	3758	vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 23
3759	3759	available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro-24
3760	3760	gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro-25 145
3761	3761	•S 2624 RS
3762	3762	gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 1
3763	3763	That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 2
3764	3764	activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 3
3765	3765	to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu-4
3766	3766	tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri-5
3767	3767	vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-6
3768	3768	thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not-7
3769	3769	withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 8
3770	3770	fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 9
3771	3771	of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 10
3772	3772	State in an amount equal to the maximum amount de-11
3773	3773	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-12
3774	3774	ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 13
3775	3775	to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 14
3776	3776	funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 15
3777	3777	populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 16
3778	3778	State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de-17
3779	3779	scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided fur-18
3780	3780	ther, That States may use funds allotted under section 19
3781	3781	643(c) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local edu-20
3782	3782	cational agencies, institutions of higher education, other 21
3783	3783	public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to 22
3784	3784	carry out activities authorized by section 638 of IDEA: 23
3785	3785	Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 638 of the 24
3786	3786	IDEA, a State may use funds it receives under section 25 146
3787	3787	•S 2624 RS
3788	3788	633 of the IDEA to offer continued early intervention 1
3789	3789	services to a child who previously received services under 2
3790	3790	part C of the IDEA from age 3 until the beginning of 3
3791	3791	the school year following the child’s third birthday with 4
3792	3792	parental consent and without regard to the procedures in 5
3793	3793	section 635(c) of the IDEA. 6
3794	3794	R
3795	3795	EHABILITATIONSERVICES 7
3796	3796	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
3797	3797	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-9
3798	3798	vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 10
3799	3799	National Center Act, $4,397,033,000, of which 11
3800	3800	$4,253,834,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili-12
3801	3801	tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro-13
3802	3802	vided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided in 14
3803	3803	this Act, and unobligated balances from title III of the 15
3804	3804	Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 16
3805	3805	Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 17
3806	3806	2023, (division H of Public Law 117–328), that remain 18
3807	3807	available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States 19
3808	3808	pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for 20
3809	3809	innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive inte-21
3810	3810	grated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act 22
3811	3811	for youth and other individuals with disabilities, including 23
3812	3812	related Federal administrative expenses, for improving 24
3813	3813	monitoring and oversight of grants for vocational rehabili-25 147
3814	3814	•S 2624 RS
3815	3815	tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act, and 1
3816	3816	information technology needs under section 15 and titles 2
3817	3817	I, III, VI, and VII of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided fur-3
3818	3818	ther, That up to 15 percent of the amounts available sub-4
3819	3819	sequent to reallotment for the activities described in the 5
3820	3820	first proviso from funds provided under this paragraph in 6
3821	3821	this Act, may be used for evaluation and technical assist-7
3822	3822	ance related to such activities: Provided further, That any 8
3823	3823	funds made available subsequent to reallotment for the ac-9
3824	3824	tivities described in the first proviso may be provided to 10
3825	3825	States and other public, private and nonprofit entities, in-11
3826	3826	cluding Indian tribes and institutions of higher education 12
3827	3827	for carrying out such activities: Provided further, That 13
3828	3828	States and other public and nonprofit entities, including 14
3829	3829	Indian tribes and institutions of higher education may 15
3830	3830	award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other eligible 16
3831	3831	entities: Provided further, That any funds provided in this 17
3832	3832	Act and made available subsequent to reallotment for the 18
3833	3833	purposes described in the first proviso shall remain avail-19
3834	3834	able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That the 20
3835	3835	Secretary may transfer funds provided in this Act and 21
3836	3836	made available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to 22
3837	3837	States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 23
3838	3838	Act to ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ for the evalua-24
3839	3839	tion of outcomes for students receiving services and sup-25 148
3840	3840	•S 2624 RS
3841	3841	ports under IDEA and under title I, section 504 of title 1
3842	3842	V, and title VI of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided further, 2
3843	3843	That the transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in 3
3844	3844	addition to any other transfer authority in this Act. 4
3845	3845	S
3846	3846	PECIALINSTITUTIONS FORPERSONSWITH 5
3847	3847	D
3848	3848	ISABILITIES 6
3849	3849	AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 7
3850	3850	For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 8
3851	3851	of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $43,431,000. 9
3852	3852	NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 10
3853	3853	For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 11
3854	3854	under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 12
3855	3855	of 1986, $92,500,000: Provided, That from the total 13
3856	3856	amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 14
3857	3857	funds for the endowment program as authorized under 15
3858	3858	section 207 of such Act. 16
3859	3859	GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 17
3860	3860	For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 18
3861	3861	the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 19
3862	3862	support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 20
3863	3863	the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $165,361,000, of 21
3864	3864	which up to $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-22
3865	3865	pended, shall be for construction, as defined by section 23
3866	3866	201(2) of such Act: Provided, That from the total amount 24
3867	3867	available, the University may at its discretion use funds 25 149
3868	3868	•S 2624 RS
3869	3869	for the endowment program as authorized under section 1
3870	3870	207 of such Act. 2
3871	3871	C
3872	3872	AREER, TECHNICAL, ANDADULTEDUCATION 3
3873	3873	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-4
3874	3874	vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu-5
3875	3875	cation Act of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Edu-6
3876	3876	cation and Family Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), 7
3877	3877	$2,211,436,000, of which $1,420,436,000 shall become 8
3878	3878	available on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available 9
3879	3879	through September 30, 2025, and of which $791,000,000 10
3880	3880	shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall re-11
3881	3881	main available through September 30, 2025: Provided, 12
3882	3882	That up to $6,100,000 shall be available for innovation 13
3883	3883	and modernization grants under such section 114(e) of the 14
3884	3884	Perkins Act: Provided further, That of the amounts made 15
3885	3885	available for AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national 16
3886	3886	leadership activities under section 242. 17
3887	3887	S
3888	3888	TUDENTFINANCIALASSISTANCE 18
3889	3889	For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 19
3890	3890	and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,595,352,000 which 20
3891	3891	shall remain available through September 30, 2025. 21
3892	3892	The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 22
3893	3893	be eligible during award year 2024–2025 shall be $6,585. 23 150
3894	3894	•S 2624 RS
3895	3895	STUDENTAIDADMINISTRATION 1
3896	3896	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 2
3897	3897	D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 3
3898	3898	parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 4
3899	3899	1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 5
3900	3900	$2,183,943,000, to remain available through September 6
3901	3901	30, 2025: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 7
3902	3902	student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 8
3903	3903	servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 9
3904	3904	to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 10
3905	3905	and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 11
3906	3906	new and existing accounts: Provided further, That for stu-12
3907	3907	dent loan contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the 13
3908	3908	Secretary shall allow student loan borrowers who are con-14
3909	3909	solidating Federal student loans to select from any stu-15
3910	3910	dent loan servicer to service their new consolidated student 16
3911	3911	loan: Provided further, That in order to promote account-17
3912	3912	ability and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary 18
3913	3913	shall not award funding for any contract solicitation for 19
3914	3914	a new Federal student loan servicing environment, includ-20
3915	3915	ing the solicitation for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) 21
3916	3916	Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, 22
3917	3917	unless such an environment provides for the participation 23
3918	3918	of multiple student loan servicers that contract directly 24
3919	3919	with the Department of Education to manage a unique 25 151
3920	3920	•S 2624 RS
3921	3921	portfolio of borrower accounts and the full life-cycle of 1
3922	3922	loans from disbursement to pay-off with certain limited 2
3923	3923	exceptions, and allocates student loan borrower accounts 3
3924	3924	to eligible student loan servicers based on performance: 4
3925	3925	Provided further, That the Department shall re-allocate 5
3926	3926	accounts from servicers for recurring non-compliance with 6
3927	3927	FSA guidelines, contractual requirements, and applicable 7
3928	3928	laws, including for failure to sufficiently inform borrowers 8
3929	3929	of available repayment options: Provided further, That 9
3930	3930	such servicers shall be evaluated based on their ability to 10
3931	3931	meet contract requirements (including an understanding 11
3932	3932	of Federal and State law), future performance on the con-12
3933	3933	tracts, and history of compliance with applicable consumer 13
3934	3934	protections laws: Provided further, That to the extent FSA 14
3935	3935	permits student loan servicing subcontracting, FSA shall 15
3936	3936	hold prime contractors accountable for meeting the re-16
3937	3937	quirements of the contract, and the performance and ex-17
3938	3938	pectations of subcontractors shall be accounted for in the 18
3939	3939	prime contract and in the overall performance of the prime 19
3940	3940	contractor: Provided further, That FSA shall ensure that 20
3941	3941	the Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environ-21
3942	3942	ment, or any new Federal loan servicing environment, 22
3943	3943	incentivize more support to borrowers at risk of delin-23
3944	3944	quency or default: Provided further, That FSA shall en-24
3945	3945	sure that in such environment contractors have the capac-25 152
3946	3946	•S 2624 RS
3947	3947	ity to meet and are held accountable for performance on 1
3948	3948	service levels; are held accountable for and have a history 2
3949	3949	of compliance with applicable consumer protection laws; 3
3950	3950	and have relevant experience and demonstrated effective-4
3951	3951	ness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 5
3952	3952	quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations 6
3953	3953	and Education and the Workforce of the House of Rep-7
3954	3954	resentatives and the Committees on Appropriations and 8
3955	3955	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on 9
3956	3956	general progress related to implementation of Federal stu-10
3957	3957	dent loan servicing contracts: Provided further, That FSA 11
3958	3958	shall provide notification to the Committees not later than 12
3959	3959	7 days after issuing a student loan servicing contract 13
3960	3960	Change Request, including a summary of any new require-14
3961	3961	ments, adjustments to existing requirements, or removal 15
3962	3962	of requirements in the Change Request : Provided further, 16
3963	3963	That FSA shall strengthen transparency through ex-17
3964	3964	panded publication of aggregate data on student loan and 18
3965	3965	servicer performance: Provided further, That 19
3966	3966	$150,000,000 shall be for ensuring the continuation of 20
3967	3967	student loan servicing activities, including supporting bor-21
3968	3968	rowers reentering repayment: Provided further, That the 22
3969	3969	limitation in section 302 of this Act regarding transfers 23
3970	3970	increasing any appropriation shall apply to transfers to 24
3971	3971	appropriations under this heading by substituting ‘‘10 25 153
3972	3972	•S 2624 RS
3973	3973	percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’ for the purposes of the continu-1
3974	3974	ation of basic operations, including student loan servicing, 2
3975	3975	business process operations, digital customer care, com-3
3976	3976	mon origination and disbursement, cybersecurity activi-4
3977	3977	ties, and information technology systems: Provided further, 5
3978	3978	That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, 6
3979	3979	FSA shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 7
3980	3980	of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 8
3981	3981	spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in 9
3982	3982	this account for fiscal year 2024 and provide quarterly up-10
3983	3983	dates on this plan (including contracts awarded, change 11
3984	3984	orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganization costs, and 12
3985	3985	any other activity carried out using amounts provided 13
3986	3986	under this heading for fiscal year 2024) no later than 10 14
3987	3987	days prior to the start of such quarter: Provided further, 15
3988	3988	That FSA shall notify the Committees within 10 days of 16
3989	3989	any modification of such spend plan that exceeds one per-17
3990	3990	cent of the amount appropriated under the heading ‘‘Stu-18
3991	3991	dent Aid Administration’’: Provided further, That the FSA 19
3992	3992	Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, 20
3993	3993	or any new Federal student loan servicing environment, 21
3994	3994	shall include accountability measures that account for the 22
3995	3995	performance of the portfolio and contractor compliance 23
3996	3996	with FSA guidelines. 24 154
3997	3997	•S 2624 RS
3998	3998	HIGHEREDUCATION 1
3999	3999	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-2
4000	4000	vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, 3
4001	4001	the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 4
4002	4002	1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, 5
4003	4003	$3,260,429,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 6
4004	4004	other provision of law, funds made available in this Act 7
4005	4005	to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) 8
4006	4006	of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 9
4007	4007	1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign 10
4008	4008	countries by individuals who are participating in advanced 11
4009	4009	foreign language training and international studies in 12
4010	4010	areas that are vital to United States national security and 13
4011	4011	who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of 14
4012	4012	these countries in the fields of government, the profes-15
4013	4013	sions, or international development: Provided further, That 16
4014	4014	of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 17
4015	4015	1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national 18
4016	4016	outreach, and information dissemination activities: Pro-19
4017	4017	vided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made 20
4018	4018	available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 21
4019	4019	IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation: Provided fur-22
4020	4020	ther, That section 313(d) of the HEA shall not apply to 23
4021	4021	an institution of higher education that is eligible to receive 24
4022	4022	funding under section 318 of the HEA: Provided further, 25 155
4023	4023	•S 2624 RS
4024	4024	That amounts made available for carrying out section 1
4025	4025	419N of the HEA may be awarded notwithstanding the 2
4026	4026	limitations in section 419N(b)(2) of the HEA: Provided 3
4027	4027	further, That of the amounts made available under this 4
4028	4028	heading, $202,979,000 shall be used for the projects, and 5
4029	4029	in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Congression-6
4030	4030	ally Directed Spending’’ included in the report accom-7
4031	4031	panying this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 8
4032	4032	made available for projects described in the preceding pro-9
4033	4033	viso shall be subject to section 302 of this Act. 10
4034	4034	H
4035	4035	OWARDUNIVERSITY 11
4036	4036	For partial support of Howard University, 12
4037	4037	$304,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 13
4038	4038	for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 14
4039	4039	University Endowment Act and shall remain available 15
4040	4040	until expended. 16
4041	4041	C
4042	4042	OLLEGEHOUSING ANDACADEMICFACILITIESLOANS 17
4043	4043	P
4044	4044	ROGRAM 18
4045	4045	For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-19
4046	4046	tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 20
4047	4047	121 of the HEA, $298,000. 21
4048	4048	H
4049	4049	ISTORICALLYBLACKCOLLEGE ANDUNIVERSITY 22
4050	4050	C
4051	4051	APITALFINANCINGPROGRAMACCOUNT 23
4052	4052	For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-24
4053	4053	thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 25 156
4054	4054	•S 2624 RS
4055	4055	shall remain available through September 30, 2025: Pro-1
4056	4056	vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 2
4057	4057	such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-3
4058	4058	gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 4
4059	4059	these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 5
4060	4060	any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 6
4061	4061	$377,340,824: Provided further, That these funds may be 7
4062	4062	used to support loans to public and private Historically 8
4063	4063	Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-9
4064	4064	tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 10
4065	4065	In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 11
4066	4066	the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-12
4067	4067	nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 13
4068	4068	III of the HEA, $528,000. 14
4069	4069	I
4070	4070	NSTITUTE OFEDUCATIONSCIENCES 15
4071	4071	For necessary expenses for the Institute of Education 16
4072	4072	Sciences as authorized by section 208 of the Department 17
4073	4073	of Education Organization Act and carrying out activities 18
4074	4074	authorized by the National Assessment of Educational 19
4075	4075	Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Edu-20
4076	4076	cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 21
4077	4077	664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 22
4078	4078	$793,106,000, which shall remain available through Sep-23
4079	4079	tember 30, 2025: Provided, That funds available to carry 24
4080	4080	out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance 25 157
4081	4081	•S 2624 RS
4082	4082	Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and sec-1
4083	4083	ondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, 2
4084	4084	and workforce data systems, or to further develop such 3
4085	4085	systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of the 4
4086	4086	funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational 5
4087	4087	Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public 6
4088	4088	or private organizations or agencies to support activities 7
4089	4089	to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, 8
4090	4090	State, and national levels. 9
4091	4091	D
4092	4092	EPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 10
4093	4093	PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 11
4094	4094	For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-12
4095	4095	vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-13
4096	4096	cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-14
4097	4097	lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 15
4098	4098	$419,907,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 16
4099	4099	provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 17
4100	4100	or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the De-18
4101	4101	partment of Education available for obligation or expendi-19
4102	4102	ture in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity 20
4103	4103	relating to implementing a reorganization that decentral-21
4104	4104	izes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the responsibil-22
4105	4105	ities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Budget 23
4106	4106	Service of the Department of Education, relative to the 24 158
4107	4107	•S 2624 RS
4108	4108	organization and operation of the Budget Service as in 1
4109	4109	effect on January 1, 2018. 2
4110	4110	OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 3
4111	4111	For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 4
4112	4112	Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 5
4113	4113	of Education Organization Act, $140,000,000. 6
4114	4114	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 7
4115	4115	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 8
4116	4116	General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 9
4117	4117	of Education Organization Act, $67,500,000, of which 10
4118	4118	$3,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 11
4119	4119	G
4120	4120	ENERALPROVISIONS 12
4121	4121	S
4122	4122	EC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 13
4123	4123	used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-14
4124	4124	untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 15
4125	4125	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
4126	4126	S
4127	4127	EC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-17
4128	4128	tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 18
4129	4129	Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-19
4130	4130	priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 20
4131	4131	be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-21
4132	4132	priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 22
4133	4133	such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority grant-23
4134	4134	ed by this section shall not be used to create any new pro-24
4135	4135	gram or to fund any project or activity for which no funds 25 159
4136	4136	•S 2624 RS
4137	4137	are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Com-1
4138	4138	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 2
4139	4139	and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 3
4140	4140	of any transfer. 4
4141	4141	S
4142	4142	EC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-5
4143	4143	solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 6
4144	4144	the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2024, through 7
4145	4145	September 30, 2025. 8
4146	4146	S
4147	4147	EC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 9
4148	4148	maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-10
4149	4149	propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 11
4150	4150	2024 may use the income from that fund to award schol-12
4151	4151	arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 13
4152	4152	331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 14
4153	4153	such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 15
4154	4154	be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-16
4155	4155	come, subject to that limitation. 17
4156	4156	(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 18
4157	4157	and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 19
4158	4158	S
4159	4159	EC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 20
4160	4160	1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 21
4161	4161	‘‘2021’’. 22
4162	4162	S
4163	4163	EC. 306. Section 458(a)(4) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 23
4164	4164	1087h(a)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2024’’ for 24
4165	4165	‘‘2021’’. 25 160
4166	4166	•S 2624 RS
4167	4167	SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 1
4168	4168	heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 2
4169	4169	for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 3
4170	4170	of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-4
4171	4171	kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu-5
4172	4172	cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 6
4173	4173	(RESCISSION) 7
4174	4174	S
4175	4175	EC. 308. Of the amounts appropriated under section 8
4176	4176	401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 9
4177	4177	(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI)) for fiscal year 2024, 10
4178	4178	$50,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 11
4179	4179	S
4180	4180	EC. 309. Of the amounts made available in this title 12
4181	4181	under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 13
4182	4182	$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education 14
4183	4183	to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part 15
4184	4184	D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who 16
4185	4185	may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 17
4186	4186	455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 18
4187	4187	borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such 19
4188	4188	loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall spe-20
4189	4189	cifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would 21
4190	4190	qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such 22
4191	4191	Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of 23
4192	4192	the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that 24
4193	4193	is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to 25 161
4194	4194	•S 2624 RS
4195	4195	encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment 1
4196	4196	plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also com-2
4197	4197	municate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full require-3
4198	4198	ments of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the fil-4
4199	4199	ing of employment certification by providing improved out-5
4200	4200	reach and information such as outbound calls, electronic 6
4201	4201	communications, ensuring prominent access to program 7
4202	4202	requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 8
4203	4203	creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire 9
4204	4204	payment certification process electronically and on a cen-10
4205	4205	tralized website. 11
4206	4206	S
4207	4207	EC. 310. The Secretary may reserve not more than 12
4208	4208	0.5 percent from any amount made available in this Act 13
4209	4209	for an HEA program, except for any amounts made avail-14
4210	4210	able for subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, to 15
4211	4211	carry out rigorous and independent evaluations and to col-16
4212	4212	lect and analyze outcome data for any program authorized 17
4213	4213	by the HEA: Provided, That no funds made available in 18
4214	4214	this Act for the ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ account 19
4215	4215	shall be subject to the reservation under this section: Pro-20
4216	4216	vided further, That any funds reserved under this section 21
4217	4217	shall be available through September 30, 2026: Provided 22
4218	4218	further, That if, under any other provision of law, funds 23
4219	4219	are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activi-24
4220	4220	ties with respect to a program or project, the Secretary 25 162
4221	4221	•S 2624 RS
4222	4222	may also reserve funds for such program or project for 1
4223	4223	the purposes described in this section so long as the total 2
4224	4224	reservation of funds for such program or project does not 3
4225	4225	exceed any statutory limits on such reservations: Provided 4
4226	4226	further, That not later than 30 days prior to the initial 5
4227	4227	obligation of funds reserved under this section, the Sec-6
4228	4228	retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 7
4229	4229	of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Com-8
4230	4230	mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 9
4231	4231	Senate, and the Committee on Education and the Work-10
4232	4232	force of the House of Representatives a plan that identi-11
4233	4233	fies the source and amount of funds reserved under this 12
4234	4234	section, the impact on program grantees if funds are with-13
4235	4235	held for the purposes of this section, and the activities to 14
4236	4236	be carried out with such funds. 15
4237	4237	S
4238	4238	EC. 311. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-16
4239	4239	priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Innovation and 17
4240	4240	Improvement’’ for purposes authorized by the Elementary 18
4241	4241	and Secondary Education Act of 1965, there are hereby 19
4242	4242	appropriated an additional $87,344,000 which shall be 20
4243	4243	used for the projects, and in the amounts, specified in the 21
4244	4244	table titled ‘‘Congressionally Directed Spending’’ included 22
4245	4245	in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That none 23
4246	4246	of the funds made available for such projects shall be sub-24
4247	4247	ject to section 302 of this Act. 25 163
4248	4248	•S 2624 RS
4249	4249	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 1
4250	4250	S
4251	4251	EC. 312. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act 2
4252	4252	for ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’, $19,000,000 shall 3
4253	4253	be available for the Secretary of Education (‘‘the Sec-4
4254	4254	retary’’) to provide support services to the Institute of 5
4255	4255	Education Sciences (including, but not limited to informa-6
4256	4256	tion technology services, lease or procurement of office 7
4257	4257	space, human resource services, financial management 8
4258	4258	services, financial systems support, budget formulation 9
4259	4259	and execution, legal counsel, equal employment oppor-10
4260	4260	tunity services, physical security, facilities management, 11
4261	4261	acquisition and contract management, grants administra-12
4262	4262	tion and policy, and enterprise risk management): Pro-13
4263	4263	vided, That the Secretary shall calculate the actual 14
4264	4264	amounts obligated and expended for such support services 15
4265	4265	by using a standard Department of Education method-16
4266	4266	ology for allocating the cost of all such support services: 17
4267	4267	Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer any 18
4268	4268	amounts available for IES support services in excess of 19
4269	4269	actual amounts needed for IES support services, as so cal-20
4270	4270	culated, to the ‘‘Program Administration’’ account from 21
4271	4271	the ‘‘Institute of Education Sciences’’ account: Provided 22
4272	4272	further, That in order to address any shortfall between 23
4273	4273	amounts available for IES support services and amounts 24
4274	4274	needed for IES support services, as so calculated, the Sec-25 164
4275	4275	•S 2624 RS
4276	4276	retary may transfer necessary amounts to the ‘‘Institute 1
4277	4277	of Education Sciences’’ account from the ‘‘Program Ad-2
4278	4278	ministration’’ account: Provided further, That the Com-3
4279	4279	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 4
4280	4280	and the Senate are notified at least 14 days in advance 5
4281	4281	of any transfer made pursuant to this section. 6
4282	4282	(RESCISSION) 7
4283	4283	S
4284	4284	EC. 313. Of the unobligated balances available 8
4285	4285	under the heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for car-9
4286	4286	rying out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, 10
4287	4287	$200,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 11
4288	4288	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-12
4289	4289	cation Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 13 165
4290	4290	•S 2624 RS
4291	4291	TITLE IV 1
4292	4292	RELATED AGENCIES 2
4293	4293	C
4294	4294	OMMITTEE FORPURCHASEFROMPEOPLEWHOARE 3
4295	4295	B
4296	4296	LIND ORSEVERELYDISABLED 4
4297	4297	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4298	4298	For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-6
4299	4299	chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 7
4300	4300	(referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 8
4301	4301	under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 9
4302	4302	$13,124,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any 10
4303	4303	central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 11
4304	4304	8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re-12
4305	4305	quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 13
4306	4306	51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-14
4307	4307	mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 15
4308	4308	central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 16
4309	4309	agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re-17
4310	4310	porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 18
4311	4311	of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 19
4312	4312	such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 20
4313	4313	heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 21
4314	4314	Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele-22
4315	4315	ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 23
4316	4316	4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 24
4317	4317	A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 25 166
4318	4318	•S 2624 RS
4319	4319	such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 1
4320	4320	section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 2
4321	4321	prior to executing a written agreement with the Com-3
4322	4322	mittee: Provided further, That no less than $3,150,000 4
4323	4323	shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 5
4324	4324	C
4325	4325	ORPORATION FORNATIONAL ANDCOMMUNITYSERVICE 6
4326	4326	OPERATING EXPENSES 7
4327	4327	For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-8
4328	4328	tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 9
4329	4329	‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 10
4330	4330	of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 11
4331	4331	National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 12
4332	4332	to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $975,525,000, notwith-13
4333	4333	standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 14
4334	4334	501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 15
4335	4335	amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 16
4336	4336	of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 17
4337	4337	of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 18
4338	4338	of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 19
4339	4339	the grants cycle; (2) $19,538,000 shall be available to pro-20
4340	4340	vide assistance to State commissions on national and com-21
4341	4341	munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 22
4342	4342	notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 23
4343	4343	$37,735,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 24
4344	4344	the 1990 Act; and (4) $8,558,000 shall be available for 25 167
4345	4345	•S 2624 RS
4346	4346	expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1
4347	4347	1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2
4348	4348	198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 3
4349	4349	Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 4
4350	4350	the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 5
4351	4351	122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 6
4352	4352	local community. 7
4353	4353	NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 8
4354	4354	(INCLUDING RESCISSION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
4355	4355	For expenses of the National Service Trust estab-10
4356	4356	lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 11
4357	4357	$180,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-12
4358	4358	vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 13
4359	4359	amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 14
4360	4360	to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 15
4361	4361	the National Service Trust upon determination that such 16
4362	4362	transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 17
4363	4363	service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 18
4364	4364	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-19
4365	4365	atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-20
4366	4366	propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 21
4367	4367	may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 22
4368	4368	without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 23
4369	4369	under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b): Provided further, That of the 24
4370	4370	discretionary unobligated balances from amounts made 25 168
4371	4371	•S 2624 RS
4372	4372	available in prior appropriations Acts to the National 1
4373	4373	Service Trust, $243,000,000 are hereby permanently re-2
4374	4374	scinded, except that no amounts may be rescinded from 3
4375	4375	amounts that were previously designated by the Congress 4
4376	4376	as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a con-5
4377	4377	current resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget 6
4378	4378	and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7
4379	4379	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8
4380	4380	For necessary expenses of administration as provided 9
4381	4381	under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 10
4382	4382	504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-11
4383	4383	thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 12
4384	4384	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-13
4385	4385	ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 14
4386	4386	U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-15
4387	4387	tion and representation expenses, $99,686,000. 16
4388	4388	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 17
4389	4389	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 18
4390	4390	General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 19
4391	4391	$7,595,000. 20
4392	4392	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 21
4393	4393	S
4394	4394	EC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 22
4395	4395	to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 23
4396	4396	through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 24
4397	4397	year 2024, during any grant selection process, an officer 25 169
4398	4398	•S 2624 RS
4399	4399	or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-1
4400	4400	ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 2
4401	4401	directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 3
4402	4402	or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-4
4403	4403	ceive such information. 5
4404	4404	S
4405	4405	EC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 6
4406	4406	under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 7
4407	4407	overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 8
4408	4408	first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 9
4409	4409	thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-10
4410	4410	ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 11
4411	4411	Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 12
4412	4412	match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-13
4413	4413	port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 14
4414	4414	Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 15
4415	4415	2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 16
4416	4416	S
4417	4417	EC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 17
4418	4418	196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-18
4419	4419	grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 19
4420	4420	Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 20
4421	4421	shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-21
4422	4422	grams and operations. 22
4423	4423	S
4424	4424	EC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 23
4425	4425	146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 24
4426	4426	the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 25 170
4427	4427	•S 2624 RS
4428	4428	to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 1
4429	4429	101 of the Act. 2
4430	4430	S
4431	4431	EC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 3
4432	4432	189D of the 1990 Act— 4
4433	4433	(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 5
4434	4434	section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 6
4435	4435	section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 7
4436	4436	1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 8
4437	4437	(2) individuals described in such section shall 9
4438	4438	be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 10
4439	4439	NCPA; and 11
4440	4440	(3) State Commissions on National and Com-12
4441	4441	munity Service established pursuant to section 178 13
4442	4442	of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 14
4443	4443	history record information, consistent with Public 15
4444	4444	Law 92–544. 16
4445	4445	S
4446	4446	EC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146, and 17
4447	4447	147 of the 1990 Act, the Corporation may determine the 18
4448	4448	number of hours required to successfully complete any 19
4449	4449	term of service of less than 1,700 hours, except that any 20
4450	4450	reduction of the required term of service below 1,700 21
4451	4451	hours shall include a corresponding reduction in the 22
4452	4452	amount of any national service educational award that 23
4453	4453	may be available under subtitle D with regard to that serv-24
4454	4454	ice. 25 171
4455	4455	•S 2624 RS
4456	4456	SEC. 407. Section 148(f)(2)(A)(i) of the 1990 Act 1
4457	4457	shall be applied by substituting ‘‘an approved national 2
4458	4458	service position’’ for ‘‘a national service program that re-3
4459	4459	ceives grants under subtitle C’’. 4
4460	4460	C
4461	4461	ORPORATION FORPUBLICBROADCASTING 5
4462	4462	For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-6
4463	4463	casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 7
4464	4464	Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 8
4465	4465	limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2026, 9
4466	4466	$535,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 10
4467	4467	available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-11
4468	4468	ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 12
4469	4469	Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 13
4470	4470	none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 14
4471	4471	be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-15
4472	4472	tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-16
4473	4473	efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 17
4474	4474	color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 18
4475	4475	That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 19
4476	4476	Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 20
4477	4477	in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 21
4478	4478	personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-22
4479	4479	ployees of CPB. 23
4480	4480	In addition, for the costs associated with replacing 24
4481	4481	and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection 25 172
4482	4482	•S 2624 RS
4483	4483	system and other technologies and services that create in-1
4484	4484	frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys-2
4485	4485	tem, $60,000,000. 3
4486	4486	F
4487	4487	EDERALMEDIATION ANDCONCILIATIONSERVICE 4
4488	4488	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4489	4489	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 6
4490	4490	and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-7
4491	4491	tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 8
4492	4492	1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-9
4493	4493	penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 10
4494	4494	Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 11
4495	4495	to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 12
4496	4496	Reform Act, $53,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 13
4497	4497	31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for 14
4498	4498	special training activities and other conflict resolution 15
4499	4499	services and technical assistance, including those provided 16
4500	4500	to foreign governments and international organizations, 17
4501	4501	and for arbitration services shall be credited to and 18
4502	4502	merged with this account, and shall remain available until 19
4503	4503	expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitration serv-20
4504	4504	ices shall be available only for education, training, and 21
4505	4505	professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-22
4506	4506	vided further, That the Director of the Service is author-23
4507	4507	ized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts 24
4508	4508	of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid 25 173
4509	4509	•S 2624 RS
4510	4510	of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdic-1
4511	4511	tion. 2
4512	4512	F
4513	4513	EDERALMINESAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 3
4514	4514	C
4515	4515	OMMISSION 4
4516	4516	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
4517	4517	For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 6
4518	4518	and Health Review Commission, $18,012,000. 7
4519	4519	I
4520	4520	NSTITUTE OFMUSEUM ANDLIBRARYSERVICES 8
4521	4521	OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES : GRANTS 9
4522	4522	AND ADMINISTRATION 10
4523	4523	For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 11
4524	4524	Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-12
4525	4525	ican History and Culture Act, $289,800,000. 13
4526	4526	M
4527	4527	EDICAID ANDCHIPPAYMENT ANDACCESS 14
4528	4528	C
4529	4529	OMMISSION 15
4530	4530	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
4531	4531	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 17
4532	4532	the Social Security Act, $9,405,000. 18
4533	4533	M
4534	4534	EDICAREPAYMENTADVISORYCOMMISSION 19
4535	4535	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
4536	4536	For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 21
4537	4537	the Social Security Act, $13,824,000, to be transferred to 22
4538	4538	this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 23
4539	4539	Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-24
4540	4540	surance Trust Fund. 25 174
4541	4541	•S 2624 RS
4542	4542	NATIONALCOUNCIL ONDISABILITY 1
4543	4543	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
4544	4544	For expenses necessary for the National Council on 3
4545	4545	Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 4
4546	4546	Act of 1973, $3,850,000. 5
4547	4547	N
4548	4548	ATIONALLABORRELATIONSBOARD 6
4549	4549	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7
4550	4550	For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-8
4551	4551	tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 9
4552	4552	Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 10
4553	4553	$299,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropria-11
4554	4554	tion shall be available to organize or assist in organizing 12
4555	4555	agricultural laborers or used in connection with investiga-13
4556	4556	tions, hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining 14
4557	4557	units composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in 15
4558	4558	section 2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended 16
4559	4559	by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as de-17
4560	4560	fined in section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and 18
4561	4561	including in said definition employees engaged in the 19
4562	4562	maintenance and operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, 20
4563	4563	and waterways when maintained or operated on a mutual, 21
4564	4564	nonprofit basis and at least 95 percent of the water stored 22
4565	4565	or supplied thereby is used for farming purposes. 23 175
4566	4566	•S 2624 RS
4567	4567	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 1
4568	4568	S
4569	4569	EC. 408. None of the funds provided by this Act 2
4570	4570	or previous Acts making appropriations for the National 3
4571	4571	Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-4
4572	4572	ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-5
4573	4573	ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 6
4574	4574	in an election to determine a representative for the pur-7
4575	4575	poses of collective bargaining. 8
4576	4576	N
4577	4577	ATIONALMEDIATIONBOARD 9
4578	4578	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
4579	4579	For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 11
4580	4580	of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-12
4581	4581	pointed by the President, $15,113,000. 13
4582	4582	O
4583	4583	CCUPATIONALSAFETY ANDHEALTHREVIEW 14
4584	4584	C
4585	4585	OMMISSION 15
4586	4586	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 16
4587	4587	For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 17
4588	4588	and Health Review Commission, $15,449,000. 18
4589	4589	R
4590	4590	AILROADRETIREMENTBOARD 19
4591	4591	DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 20
4592	4592	For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-21
4593	4593	count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-22
4594	4594	tirement Act of 1974, $8,000,000, which shall include 23
4595	4595	amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2024 pursuant 24
4596	4596	to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-25 176
4597	4597	•S 2624 RS
4598	4598	tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 1
4599	4599	provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 2
4600	4600	amount by which the product of recipients and the average 3
4601	4601	benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 4
4602	4602	of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 5
4603	4603	provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 6
4604	4604	equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 7
4605	4605	year. 8
4606	4606	FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 9
4607	4607	ACCOUNTS 10
4608	4608	For payment to the accounts established in the 11
4609	4609	Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 12
4610	4610	Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 13
4611	4611	checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 14
4612	4612	30, 2025, which shall be the maximum amount available 15
4613	4613	for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 16
4614	4614	76. 17
4615	4615	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 18
4616	4616	For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 19
4617	4617	Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-20
4618	4618	tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 21
4619	4619	Act, $128,000,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-22
4620	4620	termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-23
4621	4621	counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-24
4622	4622	ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 25 177
4623	4623	•S 2624 RS
4624	4624	notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-1
4625	4625	ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 2
4626	4626	only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 3
4627	4627	the previous proviso shall not change the status under 4
4628	4628	Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 5
4629	4629	Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-6
4630	4630	vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 7
4631	4631	Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 8
4632	4632	hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 9
4633	4633	or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-10
4634	4634	cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-11
4635	4635	ties established by the Office of Personnel Management: 12
4636	4636	Provided further, That of the unobligated balances of 13
4637	4637	funds provided under this heading at the end of fiscal year 14
4638	4638	2024 not needed for fiscal year 2024, not to exceed 15
4639	4639	$2,771,000 shall remain available until expended for infor-16
4640	4640	mation technology improvements and investments. 17
4641	4641	LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 18
4642	4642	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 19
4643	4643	General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 20
4644	4644	authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 21
4645	4645	than $14,000,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-22
4646	4646	ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-23
4647	4647	count. 24 178
4648	4648	•S 2624 RS
4649	4649	SOCIALSECURITYADMINISTRATION 1
4650	4650	PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 2
4651	4651	For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 3
4652	4652	Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-4
4653	4653	ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 5
4654	4654	1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $10,000,000. 6
4655	4655	SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 7
4656	4656	For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-8
4657	4657	curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 9
4658	4658	of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 10
4659	4659	Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-11
4660	4660	rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-12
4661	4661	suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 13
4662	4662	$45,561,145,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-14
4663	4663	vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 15
4664	4664	in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 16
4665	4665	during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-17
4666	4666	vided further, That not more than $91,000,000 shall be 18
4667	4667	available for research and demonstrations under sections 19
4668	4668	1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-20
4669	4669	main available through September 30, 2026. 21
4670	4670	For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 22
4671	4671	benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-23
4672	4672	cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 24
4673	4673	current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 25 179
4674	4674	•S 2624 RS
4675	4675	For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 1
4676	4676	Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2
4677	4677	2025, $21,700,000,000, to remain available until ex-3
4678	4678	pended. 4
4679	4679	LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 5
4680	4680	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6
4681	4681	For necessary expenses, including the hire and pur-7
4682	4682	chase of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 8
4683	4683	$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 9
4684	4684	not more than $14,267,978,000 may be expended, as au-10
4685	4685	thorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 11
4686	4686	from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such 12
4687	4687	section: Provided, That not less than $2,700,000 shall be 13
4688	4688	for the Social Security Advisory Board: Provided further, 14
4689	4689	That $55,000,000 shall remain available through Sep-15
4690	4690	tember 30, 2025, for activities to address the disability 16
4691	4691	hearings backlog within the Office of Hearings Oper-17
4692	4692	ations: Provided further, That unobligated balances of 18
4693	4693	funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal 19
4694	4694	year 2024 not needed for fiscal year 2024 shall remain 20
4695	4695	available until expended to invest in the Social Security 21
4696	4696	Administration information technology and telecommuni-22
4697	4697	cations hardware and software infrastructure, including 23
4698	4698	related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses 24
4699	4699	associated solely with this information technology and tele-25 180
4700	4700	•S 2624 RS
4701	4701	communications infrastructure: Provided further, That the 1
4702	4702	Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Commit-2
4703	4703	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3
4704	4704	and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances 4
4705	4705	available under the authority in the previous proviso: Pro-5
4706	4706	vided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds 6
4707	4707	under this heading for expenditures for official time for 7
4708	4708	employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant 8
4709	4709	to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or support services 9
4710	4710	for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, 10
4711	4711	or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title 11
4712	4712	shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with inter-12
4713	4713	est, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise ap-13
4714	4714	propriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are 14
4715	4715	made. 15
4716	4716	From funds provided under the first paragraph under 16
4717	4717	this heading, not more than $1,851,000,000, to remain 17
4718	4718	available through March 31, 2025, is for the costs associ-18
4719	4719	ated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and 19
4720	4720	XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related 20
4721	4721	continuing disability reviews to determine whether earn-21
4722	4722	ings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 22
4723	4723	ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the 23
4724	4724	cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligi-24
4725	4725	bility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the 25 181
4726	4726	•S 2624 RS
4727	4727	cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for 1
4728	4728	the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the 2
4729	4729	programs and operations of the Social Security Adminis-3
4730	4730	tration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Pro-4
4731	4731	vided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to 5
4732	4732	meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Bal-6
4733	4733	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 7
4734	4734	as amended, and $1,578,000,000 is additional new budget 8
4735	4735	authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) 9
4736	4736	of such Act: Provided further, That, of the additional new 10
4737	4737	budget authority described in the preceding proviso, up 11
4738	4738	to $15,100,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Office of In-12
4739	4739	spector General’’, Social Security Administration, for the 13
4740	4740	cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation 14
4741	4741	units: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 15
4742	4742	addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 16
4743	4743	Provided further, That the Commissioner shall provide to 17
4744	4744	the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report 18
4745	4745	on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar 19
4746	4746	to the reports that were required by section 103(d)(2) of 20
4747	4747	Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 1996 through 2002: 21
4748	4748	Provided further, That none of the funds described in this 22
4749	4749	paragraph shall be available for transfer or reprogram-23
4750	4750	ming except as specified in this paragraph. 24 182
4751	4751	•S 2624 RS
4752	4752	In addition, $150,000,000 to be derived from admin-1
4753	4753	istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-2
4754	4754	ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 3
4755	4755	Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 4
4756	4756	which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 5
4757	4757	That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 6
4758	4758	to such sections in fiscal year 2024 exceed $150,000,000, 7
4759	4759	the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2025 only 8
4760	4760	to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 9
4761	4761	In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 10
4762	4762	collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 11
4763	4763	Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-12
4764	4764	pended. 13
4765	4765	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 14
4766	4766	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
4767	4767	For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 16
4768	4768	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 17
4769	4769	General Act of 1978, $32,000,000, together with not to 18
4770	4770	exceed $82,665,000, to be transferred and expended as 19
4771	4771	authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 20
4772	4772	from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 21
4773	4773	Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund: 22
4774	4774	Provided, That $2,000,000 shall remain available until ex-23
4775	4775	pended for information technology modernization, includ-24
4776	4776	ing related hardware and software infrastructure and 25 183
4777	4777	•S 2624 RS
4778	4778	equipment, and for administrative expenses directly asso-1
4779	4779	ciated with information technology modernization. 2
4780	4780	In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 3
4781	4781	the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 4
4782	4782	from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 5
4783	4783	Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 6
4784	4784	to be available for the time and purposes for which this 7
4785	4785	account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-8
4786	4786	fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 9
4787	4787	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 10
4788	4788	Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 11 184
4789	4789	•S 2624 RS
4790	4790	TITLE V 1
4791	4791	GENERAL PROVISIONS 2
4792	4792	(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
4793	4793	S
4794	4794	EC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 4
4795	4795	Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 5
4796	4796	unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 6
4797	4797	corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 7
4798	4798	Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 8
4799	4799	purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 9
4800	4800	were originally appropriated. 10
4801	4801	S
4802	4802	EC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 11
4803	4803	this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 12
4804	4804	current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 13
4805	4805	S
4806	4806	EC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 14
4807	4807	in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 15
4808	4808	Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 16
4809	4809	and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-17
4810	4810	licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-18
4811	4811	tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 19
4812	4812	electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-20
4813	4813	entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 21
4814	4814	legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-22
4815	4815	lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 23
4816	4816	Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-24
4817	4817	signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-25 185
4818	4818	•S 2624 RS
4819	4819	lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-1
4820	4820	tive branch of any State or local government, except in 2
4821	4821	presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 3
4822	4822	government itself. 4
4823	4823	(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 5
4824	4824	Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 6
4825	4825	111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 7
4826	4826	any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 8
4827	4827	recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 9
4828	4828	enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-10
4829	4829	ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-11
4830	4830	ing before the Congress or any State government, State 12
4831	4831	legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 13
4832	4832	than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-14
4833	4833	tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 15
4834	4834	State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-16
4835	4835	ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 17
4836	4836	government. 18
4837	4837	(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 19
4838	4838	include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 20
4839	4839	pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 21
4840	4840	any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-22
4841	4841	tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 23
4842	4842	marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 24
4843	4843	promotion of gun control. 25 186
4844	4844	•S 2624 RS
4845	4845	SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 1
4846	4846	are authorized to make available not to exceed $33,000 2
4847	4847	and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-3
4848	4848	ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 4
4849	4849	official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-5
4850	4850	tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 6
4851	4851	authorized to make available for official reception and rep-7
4852	4852	resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 8
4853	4853	available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 9
4854	4854	Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-10
4855	4855	tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 11
4856	4856	official reception and representation expenses not to ex-12
4857	4857	ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 13
4858	4858	Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 14
4859	4859	S
4860	4860	EC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 15
4861	4861	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-16
4862	4862	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 17
4863	4863	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 18
4864	4864	funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 19
4865	4865	State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-20
4866	4866	search grants, shall clearly state— 21
4867	4867	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-22
4868	4868	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 23
4869	4869	money; 24 187
4870	4870	•S 2624 RS
4871	4871	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 1
4872	4872	project or program; and 2
4873	4873	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 3
4874	4874	costs of the project or program that will be financed 4
4875	4875	by non-governmental sources. 5
4876	4876	S
4877	4877	EC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 6
4878	4878	Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 7
4879	4879	funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 8
4880	4880	any abortion. 9
4881	4881	(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 10
4882	4882	none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 11
4883	4883	appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-12
4884	4884	efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 13
4885	4885	(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 14
4886	4886	package of services covered by a managed care provider 15
4887	4887	or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-16
4888	4888	ment. 17
4889	4889	S
4890	4890	EC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-18
4891	4891	ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 19
4892	4892	(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 20
4893	4893	rape or incest; or 21
4894	4894	(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 22
4895	4895	physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 23
4896	4896	including a life-endangering physical condition 24
4897	4897	caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 25 188
4898	4898	•S 2624 RS
4899	4899	would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 1
4900	4900	in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 2
4901	4901	(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-3
4902	4902	strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 4
4903	4903	entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 5
4904	4904	(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 6
4905	4905	matching funds). 7
4906	4906	(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-8
4907	4907	strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-9
4908	4908	vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 10
4909	4909	State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-11
4910	4910	vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 12
4911	4911	State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 13
4912	4912	funds). 14
4913	4913	(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 15
4914	4914	may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 16
4915	4915	or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 17
4916	4916	or government subjects any institutional or individual 18
4917	4917	health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 19
4918	4918	health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-20
4919	4919	erage of, or refer for abortions. 21
4920	4920	(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 22
4921	4921	includes an individual physician or other health care pro-23
4922	4922	fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 24
4923	4923	health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 25 189
4924	4924	•S 2624 RS
4925	4925	or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 1
4926	4926	plan. 2
4927	4927	S
4928	4928	EC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
4929	4929	this Act may be used for— 4
4930	4930	(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 5
4931	4931	for research purposes; or 6
4932	4932	(2) research in which a human embryo or em-7
4933	4933	bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-8
4934	4934	jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 9
4935	4935	allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 10
4936	4936	CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 11
4937	4937	Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 12
4938	4938	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 13
4939	4939	embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 14
4940	4940	as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 15
4941	4941	the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 16
4942	4942	parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 17
4943	4943	more human gametes or human diploid cells. 18
4944	4944	S
4945	4945	EC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 19
4946	4946	this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 20
4947	4947	legalization of any drug or other substance included in 21
4948	4948	schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-22
4949	4949	lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 23
4950	4950	except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 24
4951	4951	communications. 25 190
4952	4952	•S 2624 RS
4953	4953	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 1
4954	4954	when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 2
4955	4955	advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 3
4956	4956	that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 4
4957	4957	to determine therapeutic advantage. 5
4958	4958	S
4959	4959	EC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 6
4960	4960	Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-7
4961	4961	ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-8
4962	4962	viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 9
4963	4963	health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-10
4964	4964	ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 11
4965	4965	until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 12
4966	4966	standard. 13
4967	4967	S
4968	4968	EC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 14
4969	4969	Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 15
4970	4970	a contract with an entity if— 16
4971	4971	(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 17
4972	4972	the United States and is subject to the requirement 18
4973	4973	in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 19
4974	4974	annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 20
4975	4975	employment of certain veterans; and 21
4976	4976	(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 22
4977	4977	required by that section for the most recent year for 23
4978	4978	which such requirement was applicable to such enti-24
4979	4979	ty. 25 191
4980	4980	•S 2624 RS
4981	4981	SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 1
4982	4982	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-2
4983	4983	strumentality of the United States Government, except 3
4984	4984	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-4
4985	4985	vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 5
4986	4986	S
4987	4987	EC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 6
4988	4988	Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 7
4989	4989	may be made available to any library covered by para-8
4990	4990	graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 9
4991	4991	the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 10
4992	4992	has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 11
4993	4993	such section. 12
4994	4994	S
4995	4995	EC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 13
4996	4996	Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 14
4997	4997	agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-15
4998	4998	gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from 16
4999	4999	any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 17
5000	5000	by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 18
5001	5001	by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 19
5002	5002	through a reprogramming of funds that— 20
5003	5003	(1) creates new programs; 21
5004	5004	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 22
5005	5005	(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 23
5006	5006	for any project or activity for which funds have been 24
5007	5007	denied or restricted; 25 192
5008	5008	•S 2624 RS
5009	5009	(4) relocates an office or employees; 1
5010	5010	(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 2
5011	5011	(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 3
5012	5012	(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 4
5013	5013	activities presently performed by Federal employees; 5
5014	5014	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 6
5015	5015	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 7
5016	5016	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 8
5017	5017	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-9
5018	5018	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 10
5019	5019	of such reprogramming. 11
5020	5020	(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 12
5021	5021	provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-13
5022	5022	cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 14
5023	5023	or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any 15
5024	5024	accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 16
5025	5025	the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 17
5026	5026	this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 18
5027	5027	through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 19
5028	5028	or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 20
5029	5029	(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-21
5030	5030	cluding construction projects), or activities; 22
5031	5031	(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-23
5032	5032	ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-24
5033	5033	sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 25 193
5034	5034	•S 2624 RS
5035	5035	(3) results from any general savings from a re-1
5036	5036	duction in personnel which would result in a change 2
5037	5037	in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-3
5038	5038	proved by Congress; 4
5039	5039	unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 5
5040	5040	Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 6
5041	5041	advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 7
5042	5042	of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-8
5043	5043	curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 9
5044	5044	of such reprogramming. 10
5045	5045	S
5046	5046	EC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 11
5047	5047	this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap-12
5048	5048	pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis-13
5049	5049	close the political affiliation or voting history of the can-14
5050	5050	didate or the position that the candidate holds with re-15
5051	5051	spect to political issues not directly related to and nec-16
5052	5052	essary for the work of the committee involved. 17
5053	5053	(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 18
5054	5054	be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 19
5055	5055	false or misleading. 20
5056	5056	S
5057	5057	EC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 21
5058	5058	each department and related agency funded through this 22
5059	5059	Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-23
5060	5060	gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 24
5061	5061	for fiscal year 2024 that are different than those specified 25 194
5062	5062	•S 2624 RS
5063	5063	in this Act, the detailed table in the report accompanying 1
5064	5064	this Act or the fiscal year 2024 budget request. 2
5065	5065	S
5066	5066	EC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 3
5067	5067	Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 4
5068	5068	submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 5
5069	5069	of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 6
5070	5070	and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-7
5071	5071	ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 8
5072	5072	particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 9
5073	5073	value and awarded by the Department on a non-competi-10
5074	5074	tive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2024, but not 11
5075	5075	to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed 12
5076	5076	by law. Such report shall include the name of the con-13
5077	5077	tractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the govern-14
5078	5078	mental purpose, including a justification for issuing the 15
5079	5079	award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be 16
5080	5080	transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the 17
5081	5081	end of the quarter for which the report is submitted. 18
5082	5082	S
5083	5083	EC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 19
5084	5084	shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-20
5085	5085	cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 21
5086	5086	benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 22
5087	5087	to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 23
5088	5088	based on work performed under a social security account 24
5089	5089	number that is not the claimant’s number and the per-25 195
5090	5090	•S 2624 RS
5091	5091	formance of such work under such number has formed the 1
5092	5092	basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec-2
5093	5093	tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 3
5094	5094	S
5095	5095	EC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 4
5096	5096	may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 5
5097	5097	the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa-6
5098	5098	tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 7
5099	5099	to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 8
5100	5100	agreement between the United States and Mexico estab-9
5101	5101	lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu-10
5102	5102	rity system established by title II of the Social Security 11
5103	5103	Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 12
5104	5104	not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 13
5105	5105	S
5106	5106	EC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 14
5107	5107	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 15
5108	5108	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 16
5109	5109	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 17
5110	5110	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 18
5111	5111	funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 19
5112	5112	enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-20
5113	5113	nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 21
5114	5114	S
5115	5115	EC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 22
5116	5116	Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-23
5117	5117	randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 24 196
5118	5118	•S 2624 RS
5119	5119	contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 1
5120	5120	conference attendance and expenditures: 2
5121	5121	(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-3
5122	5122	sidered independent agencies; and 4
5123	5123	(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-5
5124	5124	ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 6
5125	5125	included in agency totals. 7
5126	5126	S
5127	5127	EC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 8
5128	5128	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 9
5129	5129	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 10
5130	5130	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-11
5131	5131	lished, or produced and disseminated at United States tax-12
5132	5132	payer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to 13
5133	5133	carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts 14
5134	5134	made available to the agency for advertising or other com-15
5135	5135	munications regarding the programs and activities of the 16
5136	5136	agency. 17
5137	5137	S
5138	5138	EC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-18
5139	5139	cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 19
5140	5140	carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 20
5141	5141	Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 21
5142	5142	of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-22
5143	5143	rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-23
5144	5144	stituting ‘‘Fiscal Year 2024’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in 24
5145	5145	the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘September 25 197
5146	5146	•S 2624 RS
5147	5147	30, 2028’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it ap-1
5148	5148	pears: Provided, That such pilots shall include commu-2
5149	5149	nities that have experienced civil unrest. 3
5150	5150	(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 4
5151	5151	discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 5
5152	5152	participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 6
5153	5153	being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 7
5154	5154	section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 8
5155	5155	524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 9
5156	5156	division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 10
5157	5157	H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 11
5158	5158	Public Law 115–141, section 524 of division A of Public 12
5159	5159	Law 116–94, section 524 of division H of Public Law 13
5160	5160	116–260, and section 523 of division H of Public Law 14
5161	5161	117–103. 15
5162	5162	(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 16
5163	5163	and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 17
5164	5164	agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 18
5165	5165	authorities. 19
5166	5166	S
5167	5167	EC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of 20
5168	5168	each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 21
5169	5169	fiscal year 2024 the Departments of Labor, Health and 22
5170	5170	Human Services and Education and the Social Security 23
5171	5171	Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-24
5172	5172	priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 25 198
5173	5173	•S 2624 RS
5174	5174	report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-1
5175	5175	vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-2
5176	5176	mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 3
5177	5177	monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-4
5178	5178	tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 5
5179	5179	with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 6
5180	5180	fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 7
5181	5181	S
5182	5182	EC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 8
5183	5183	Human Services, and Education shall provide to the Com-9
5184	5184	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 10
5185	5185	and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-11
5186	5186	petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 12
5187	5187	issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 13
5188	5188	3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 14
5189	5189	a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-15
5190	5190	fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 16
5191	5191	of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 17
5192	5192	business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 18
5193	5193	program year). 19
5194	5194	S
5195	5195	EC. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of 20
5196	5196	this Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used 21
5197	5197	to purchase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic 22
5198	5198	injection of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limita-23
5199	5199	tion does not apply to the use of funds for elements of 24
5200	5200	a program other than making such purchases if the rel-25 199
5201	5201	•S 2624 RS
5202	5202	evant State or local health department, in consultation 1
5203	5203	with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, de-2
5204	5204	termines that the State or local jurisdiction, as applicable, 3
5205	5205	is experiencing, or is at risk for, a significant increase in 4
5206	5206	hepatitis infections or an HIV outbreak due to injection 5
5207	5207	drug use, and such program is operating in accordance 6
5208	5208	with State and local law. 7
5209	5209	S
5210	5210	EC. 527. In addition to the amount otherwise avail-8
5211	5211	able for ‘‘National Labor Relations Board, Salaries and 9
5212	5212	Expenses’’, $10,000,000 shall be available for obligation 10
5213	5213	through September 30, 2028, solely for costs necessary for 11
5214	5214	the relocation and replication of space to house National 12
5215	5215	Labor Relations Board headquarters or regional offices, 13
5216	5216	including furniture, fixtures, and equipment. 14
5217	5217	S
5218	5218	EC. 528. Each department and related agency fund-15
5219	5219	ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 16
5220	5220	submitted for the record by members of the Committee 17
5221	5221	within 45 business days after receipt. 18
5222	5222	S
5223	5223	EC. 529. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-19
5224	5224	ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the 20
5225	5225	Social Security Act and the income derived from invest-21
5226	5226	ment of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of 22
5227	5227	that Act, $19,193,000,000 shall not be available for obli-23
5228	5228	gation in this fiscal year. 24 200
5229	5229	•S 2624 RS
5230	5230	SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances made available 1
5231	5231	for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the So-2
5232	5232	cial Security Act, $5,031,000,000 shall not be available 3
5233	5233	for obligation in this fiscal year. 4
5234	5234	S
5235	5235	EC. 531. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 5
5236	5236	available by section 2401 of Public Law 117–2 6
5237	5237	$850,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 7
5238	5238	S
5239	5239	EC. 532. (a) This section applies to: (1) the Admin-8
5240	5240	istration for Children and Families in the Department of 9
5241	5241	Health and Human Services; and (2) the Chief Evaluation 10
5242	5242	Office and the statistical-related cooperative and inter-11
5243	5243	agency agreements and contracting activities of the Bu-12
5244	5244	reau of Labor Statistics in the Department of Labor. 13
5245	5245	(b) Amounts made available under this Act which are 14
5246	5246	either appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable 15
5247	5247	basis, or transferred to the functions and organizations 16
5248	5248	identified in subsection (a) for research, evaluation, or sta-17
5249	5249	tistical purposes shall be available for obligation through 18
5250	5250	September 30, 2028: Provided, That when an office ref-19
5251	5251	erenced in subsection (a) receives research and evaluation 20
5252	5252	funding from multiple appropriations, such offices may 21
5253	5253	use a single Treasury account for such activities, with 22
5254	5254	funding advanced on a reimbursable basis. 23
5255	5255	(c) Amounts referenced in subsection (b) that are un-24
5256	5256	expended at the time of completion of a contract, grant, 25 201
5257	5257	•S 2624 RS
5258	5258	or cooperative agreement may be deobligated and shall im-1
5259	5259	mediately become available and may be reobligated in that 2
5260	5260	fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year for the research, 3
5261	5261	evaluation, or statistical purposes for which such amounts 4
5262	5262	are available. 5
5263	5263	S
5264	5264	EC. 533. Each amount designated in this Act by the 6
5265	5265	Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-7
5266	5266	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-8
5267	5267	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 9
5268	5268	rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently 10
5269	5269	so designates all such amounts and transmits such des-11
5270	5270	ignations to the Congress. 12
5271	5271	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 13
5272	5272	Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 14
5273	5273	Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 15 Calendar No.
5274	5274	187
5275	5275	118
5276	5276	TH
5277	5277	CONGRESS
5278	5278	1
5279	5279	ST
5280	5280	S
5281	5281	ESSION
5282	5282
5283	5283	S. 2624
5284	5284	[Report No. 118–84]
5285	5285	A BILL
5286	5286	Making appropriations for the Departments of
5287	5287	Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
5288	5288	cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year
5289	5289	ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
5290	5290	poses.
5291	5291	J
5292	5292	ULY
5293	5293	27, 2023
5294	5294	Read twice and placed on the calendar