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2	2	Calendar No. 470
3	3	118THCONGRESS
4	4	2
5	5	DSESSION S. 4928
6	6	[Report No. 118–206]
7	7	Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the
8	8	fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
10	10	AUGUST1, 2024
11	11	Mr. V
12	12	ANHOLLEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
13	13	following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
14	14	A BILL
15	15	Making appropriations for financial services and general gov-
16	16	ernment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025,
17	17	and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
21	21	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fi-4
22	22	nancial services and general government for the fiscal year 5
23	23	ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, 6
24	24	namely: 7 2
25	25	•S 4928 RS
26	26	TITLE I 1
27	27	DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 2
28	28	D
29	29	EPARTMENTAL OFFICES 3
30	30	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
31	31	For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 5
32	32	including operation and maintenance of the Treasury 6
33	33	Building and Freedman’s Bank Building; hire of pas-7
34	34	senger motor vehicles; maintenance, repairs, and improve-8
35	35	ments of, and purchase of commercial insurance policies 9
36	36	for, real properties leased or owned overseas, when nec-10
37	37	essary for the performance of official business; executive 11
38	38	direction program activities; international affairs and eco-12
39	39	nomic policy activities; domestic finance and tax policy ac-13
40	40	tivities, including technical assistance to State, local, and 14
41	41	territorial entities; and Treasury-wide management poli-15
42	42	cies and programs activities, $312,294,000, of which not 16
43	43	less than $9,000,000 shall be available for the administra-17
44	44	tion of financial assistance, in addition to amounts other-18
45	45	wise available for such purposes: Provided, That of the 19
46	46	amount appropriated under this heading— 20
47	47	(1) not to exceed $650,000 is for official recep-21
48	48	tion and representation expenses, of which not less 22
49	49	than $300,000 shall be available for expenses to host 23
50	50	and support G20 related events and shall remain 24
51	51	available until September 30, 2026, and not to ex-25 3
52	52	•S 4928 RS
53	53	ceed $350,000 shall be for other official reception 1
54	54	and representation expenses; 2
55	55	(2) not to exceed $258,000 is for unforeseen 3
56	56	emergencies of a confidential nature to be allocated 4
57	57	and expended under the direction of the Secretary of 5
58	58	the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on the 6
59	59	Secretary’s certificate; and 7
60	60	(3) not to exceed $42,000,000 shall remain 8
61	61	available until September 30, 2026, for— 9
62	62	(A) the Treasury-wide Financial Statement 10
63	63	Audit and Internal Control Program; 11
64	64	(B) information technology modernization 12
65	65	requirements; 13
66	66	(C) the audit, oversight, and administra-14
67	67	tion of the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund; 15
68	68	(D) the development and implementation 16
69	69	of programs within the Office of Cybersecurity 17
70	70	and Critical Infrastructure Protection, including 18
71	71	entering into cooperative agreements; 19
72	72	(E) operations and maintenance of facili-20
73	73	ties; 21
74	74	(F) international operations; and 22
75	75	(G) investment security. 23 4
76	76	•S 4928 RS
77	77	COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED 1
78	78	STATES FUND 2
79	79	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
80	80	For necessary expenses of the Committee on Foreign 4
81	81	Investment in the United States, $21,000,000, to remain 5
82	82	available until expended: Provided, That the chairperson 6
83	83	of the Committee may transfer such amounts to any de-7
84	84	partment or agency represented on the Committee (includ-8
85	85	ing the Department of the Treasury) subject to advance 9
86	86	notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 10
87	87	House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-11
88	88	ther, That amounts so transferred shall remain available 12
89	89	until expended for expenses of implementing section 721 13
90	90	of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 14
91	91	U.S.C. 4565), and shall be available in addition to any 15
92	92	other funds available to any department or agency: Pro-16
93	93	vided further, That fees authorized by section 721(p) of 17
94	94	such Act shall be credited to this appropriation as offset-18
95	95	ting collections: Provided further, That the total amount 19
96	96	appropriated under this heading from the general fund 20
97	97	shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are received 21
98	98	during fiscal year 2025, so as to result in a total appro-22
99	99	priation from the general fund estimated at not more than 23
100	100	$0. 24 5
101	101	•S 4928 RS
102	102	OFFICE OF TERRORISM AND FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE 1
103	103	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
104	104	For the necessary expenses of the Office of Terrorism 3
105	105	and Financial Intelligence to safeguard the financial sys-4
106	106	tem against illicit use and to combat rogue nations, ter-5
107	107	rorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction 6
108	108	proliferators, human rights abusers, money launderers, 7
109	109	drug kingpins, and other national security threats, 8
110	110	$235,333,000, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be 9
111	111	available for addressing human rights violations and cor-10
112	112	ruption, including activities authorized by the Global 11
113	113	Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 12
114	114	2656 note), and not less than $5,000,000 shall be avail-13
115	115	able for correcting identified deficiencies: Provided, That 14
116	116	of the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 15
117	117	$16,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 16
118	118	2026. 17
119	119	CYBERSECURITY ENHANCEMENT ACCOUNT 18
120	120	For salaries and expenses for enhanced cybersecurity 19
121	121	for systems operated by the Department of the Treasury, 20
122	122	$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 21
123	123	2027: Provided, That such funds shall supplement and not 22
124	124	supplant any other amounts made available to the Treas-23
125	125	ury offices and bureaus for cybersecurity: Provided fur-24
126	126	ther, That of the total amount made available under this 25 6
127	127	•S 4928 RS
128	128	heading $6,000,000 shall be available for administrative 1
129	129	expenses for the Treasury Chief Information Officer to 2
130	130	provide oversight of the investments made under this 3
131	131	heading: Provided further, That such funds shall supple-4
132	132	ment and not supplant any other amounts made available 5
133	133	to the Treasury Chief Information Officer. 6
134	134	DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL 7
135	135	INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS 8
136	136	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
137	137	For development and acquisition of automatic data 10
138	138	processing equipment, software, and services and for re-11
139	139	pairs and renovations to buildings owned by the Depart-12
140	140	ment of the Treasury, $11,118,000, to remain available 13
141	141	until September 30, 2027: Provided, That these funds 14
142	142	shall be transferred to accounts and in amounts as nec-15
143	143	essary to satisfy the requirements of the Department’s of-16
144	144	fices, bureaus, and other organizations: Provided further, 17
145	145	That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any 18
146	146	other transfer authority provided in this Act: Provided fur-19
147	147	ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-20
148	148	ing shall be used to support or supplement ‘‘Internal Rev-21
149	149	enue Service—Technology and Operations Support’’ or 22
150	150	‘‘Internal Revenue Service—Business Systems Moderniza-23
151	151	tion’’. 24 7
152	152	•S 4928 RS
153	153	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1
154	154	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
155	155	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 3
156	156	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 4
157	157	5, United States Code, $48,878,000, including hire of pas-5
158	158	senger motor vehicles; of which not to exceed $100,000 6
159	159	shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a con-7
160	160	fidential nature, to be allocated and expended under the 8
161	161	direction of the Inspector General of the Treasury; of 9
162	162	which up to $2,800,000 to remain available until Sep-10
163	163	tember 30, 2026, shall be for audits and investigations 11
164	164	conducted pursuant to section 1608 of the Resources and 12
165	165	Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Re-13
166	166	vived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (33 14
167	167	U.S.C. 1321 note); and of which not to exceed $1,000 15
168	168	shall be available for official reception and representation 16
169	169	expenses. 17
170	170	TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 18
171	171	ADMINISTRATION 19
172	172	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
173	173	For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector 21
174	174	General for Tax Administration in carrying out chapter 22
175	175	4 of title 5, United States Code, including purchase and 23
176	176	hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and 24
177	177	services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as 25 8
178	178	•S 4928 RS
179	179	may be determined by the Inspector General for Tax Ad-1
180	180	ministration; $174,250,000, of which $5,000,000 shall re-2
181	181	main available until September 30, 2026; of which not to 3
182	182	exceed $6,000,000 shall be available for official travel ex-4
183	183	penses; of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 5
184	184	for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, to be 6
185	185	allocated and expended under the direction of the Inspec-7
186	186	tor General for Tax Administration; and of which not to 8
187	187	exceed $1,500 shall be available for official reception and 9
188	188	representation expenses. 10
189	189	F
190	190	INANCIALCRIMESENFORCEMENTNETWORK 11
191	191	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12
192	192	For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes En-13
193	193	forcement Network, including hire of passenger motor ve-14
194	194	hicles; travel and training expenses of non-Federal and 15
195	195	foreign government personnel to attend meetings and 16
196	196	training concerned with domestic and foreign financial in-17
197	197	telligence activities, law enforcement, and financial regula-18
198	198	tion; services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; not to exceed 19
199	199	$25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 20
200	200	and for assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, 21
201	201	with or without reimbursement, $215,689,000, of which 22
202	202	not to exceed $94,600,000 shall remain available until 23
203	203	September 30, 2027. 24 9
204	204	•S 4928 RS
205	205	BUREAU OF THEFISCALSERVICE 1
206	206	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
207	207	For necessary expenses of operations of the Bureau 3
208	208	of the Fiscal Service, $395,020,000; of which not to ex-4
209	209	ceed $8,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 5
210	210	2027, is for information systems modernization initiatives; 6
211	211	and of which $5,000 shall be available for official reception 7
212	212	and representation expenses. 8
213	213	In addition, $235,000, to be derived from the Oil 9
214	214	Spill Liability Trust Fund to reimburse administrative 10
215	215	and personnel expenses for financial management of the 11
216	216	Fund, as authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101– 12
217	217	380. 13
218	218	A
219	219	LCOHOL ANDTOBACCOTAX ANDTRADEBUREAU 14
220	220	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
221	221	For necessary expenses of carrying out section 1111 16
222	222	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, including hire of 17
223	223	passenger motor vehicles, $159,679,000; of which not to 18
224	224	exceed $6,000 shall be available for official reception and 19
225	225	representation expenses; and of which not to exceed 20
226	226	$50,000 shall be available for cooperative research and de-21
227	227	velopment programs for laboratory services; and provision 22
228	228	of laboratory assistance to State and local agencies with 23
229	229	or without reimbursement: Provided, That of the amount 24
230	230	appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for 25 10
231	231	•S 4928 RS
232	232	the costs of accelerating the processing of formula and 1
233	233	label applications: Provided further, That of the amount 2
234	234	appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000, to remain 3
235	235	available until September 30, 2026, shall be for the costs 4
236	236	associated with enforcement of and education regarding 5
237	237	the trade practice provisions of the Federal Alcohol Ad-6
238	238	ministration Act (27 U.S.C. 201 et seq.). 7
239	239	U
240	240	NITEDSTATESMINT 8
241	241	UNITED STATES MINT PUBLIC ENTERPRISE FUND 9
242	242	Pursuant to section 5136 of title 31, United States 10
243	243	Code, the United States Mint is provided funding through 11
244	244	the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund for costs 12
245	245	associated with the production of circulating coins, numis-13
246	246	matic coins, and protective services, including both oper-14
247	247	ating expenses and capital investments: Provided, That 15
248	248	the aggregate amount of new liabilities and obligations in-16
249	249	curred during fiscal year 2025 under such section 5136 17
250	250	for circulating coinage and protective service capital in-18
251	251	vestments of the United States Mint shall not exceed 19
252	252	$50,000,000. 20
253	253	C
254	254	OMMUNITYDEVELOPMENTFINANCIALINSTITUTIONS 21
255	255	F
256	256	UND 22
257	257	To carry out the Riegle Community Development and 23
258	258	Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (subtitle A of title 24
259	259	I of Public Law 103–325), including services authorized 25 11
260	260	•S 4928 RS
261	261	by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 1
262	262	for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent 2
263	263	to the rate for EX–III, $354,000,000. Of the amount ap-3
264	264	propriated under this heading— 4
265	265	(1) not less than $191,000,000, notwith-5
266	266	standing section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 6
267	267	U.S.C. 4707(e)) with regard to Small and/or Emerg-7
268	268	ing Community Development Financial Institutions 8
269	269	Assistance awards, is available until September 30, 9
270	270	2026, for financial assistance and technical assist-10
271	271	ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 11
272	272	108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12 12
273	273	U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), of which up to 13
274	274	$1,600,000 may be available for training and out-14
275	275	reach under section 109 of Public Law 103–325 (12 15
276	276	U.S.C. 4708), of which up to $3,153,750 may be 16
277	277	used for the cost of direct loans, of which up to 17
278	278	$10,000,000, notwithstanding subsection (d) of sec-18
279	279	tion 108 of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 19
280	280	4707(d)), may be available to provide financial as-20
281	281	sistance, technical assistance, training, and outreach 21
282	282	to community development financial institutions to 22
283	283	expand investments that benefit individuals with dis-23
284	284	abilities, and of which up to $2,000,000 shall be for 24
285	285	the Economic Mobility Corps to be operated in con-25 12
286	286	•S 4928 RS
287	287	junction with the Corporation for National and 1
288	288	Community Service, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 12571: 2
289	289	Provided, That the cost of direct and guaranteed 3
290	290	loans, including the cost of modifying such loans, 4
291	291	shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-5
292	292	sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 6
293	293	these funds are available to subsidize gross obliga-7
294	294	tions for the principal amount of direct loans not to 8
295	295	exceed $25,000,000: Provided further, That of the 9
296	296	funds provided under this paragraph, excluding 10
297	297	those made to community development financial in-11
298	298	stitutions to expand investments that benefit individ-12
299	299	uals with disabilities and those made to community 13
300	300	development financial institutions that serve popu-14
301	301	lations living in persistent poverty counties, the 15
302	302	CDFI Fund shall prioritize Financial Assistance 16
303	303	awards to organizations that invest and lend in high- 17
304	304	poverty areas: Provided further, That for purposes of 18
305	305	this section, the term ‘‘high-poverty area’’ means 19
306	306	any census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20 20
307	307	percent as measured by the 2016–2020 5-year data 21
308	308	series available from the American Community Sur-22
309	309	vey of the Bureau of the Census for all States and 23
310	310	Puerto Rico or with a poverty rate of at least 20 24
311	311	percent as measured by the 2020 Island areas De-25 13
312	312	•S 4928 RS
313	313	cennial Census data for any territory or possession 1
314	314	of the United States; 2
315	315	(2) not less than $35,000,000, notwithstanding 3
316	316	section 108(e) of Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4
317	317	4707(e)), is available until September 30, 2026, for 5
318	318	financial assistance, technical assistance, training, 6
319	319	and outreach programs designed to benefit Native 7
320	320	American, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native com-8
321	321	munities and provided primarily through qualified 9
322	322	community development lender organizations with 10
323	323	experience and expertise in community development 11
324	324	banking and lending in Indian country, Native 12
325	325	American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organiza-13
326	326	tions, and other suitable providers; 14
327	327	(3) not less than $40,000,000 is available until 15
328	328	September 30, 2026, for the Bank Enterprise Award 16
329	329	program; 17
330	330	(4) not less than $24,000,000, notwithstanding 18
331	331	subsections (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 19
332	332	103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4707(d) and (e)), is available 20
333	333	until September 30, 2026, for a Healthy Food Fi-21
334	334	nancing Initiative to provide financial assistance, 22
335	335	technical assistance, training, and outreach to com-23
336	336	munity development financial institutions for the 24
337	337	purpose of offering affordable financing and tech-25 14
338	338	•S 4928 RS
339	339	nical assistance to expand the availability of healthy 1
340	340	food options in distressed communities; 2
341	341	(5) not less than $9,000,000 is available until 3
342	342	September 30, 2026, to provide grants for loan loss 4
343	343	reserve funds and to provide technical assistance for 5
344	344	small dollar loan programs under section 122 of 6
345	345	Public Law 103–325 (12 U.S.C. 4719): Provided, 7
346	346	That sections 108(d) and 122(b)(2) of such Public 8
347	347	Law shall not apply to the provision of such grants 9
348	348	and technical assistance; 10
349	349	(6) up to $45,000,000 is available for adminis-11
350	350	trative expenses, including administration of CDFI 12
351	351	Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit 13
352	352	Program, of which not less than $1,000,000 is for 14
353	353	the development of tools to better assess and inform 15
354	354	CDFI investment performance and CDFI program 16
355	355	impacts, and up to $300,000 is for administrative 17
356	356	expenses to carry out the direct loan program; and 18
357	357	(7) up to $10,000,000 is available until Sep-19
358	358	tember 30, 2026 for the cost, as defined in section 20
359	359	502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 21
360	360	commitments to guarantee bonds and notes under 22
361	361	section 114A of the Riegle Community Development 23
362	362	and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 24
363	363	U.S.C. 4713a): Provided, That commitments to 25 15
364	364	•S 4928 RS
365	365	guarantee bonds and notes under such section 114A 1
366	366	shall not exceed $500,000,000: Provided further, 2
367	367	That such section 114A shall remain in effect until 3
368	368	December 31, 2026: Provided further, That of the 4
369	369	funds awarded under this heading, except those pro-5
370	370	vided for the Economic Mobility Corps, not less than 6
371	371	10 percent shall be used for awards that support in-7
372	372	vestments that serve populations living in persistent 8
373	373	poverty counties: Provided further, That for the pur-9
374	374	poses of this paragraph and paragraph (1), the term 10
375	375	‘‘persistent poverty counties’’ means any county, in-11
376	376	cluding county equivalent areas in Puerto Rico, that 12
377	377	has had 20 percent or more of its population living 13
378	378	in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by 14
379	379	the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the 15
380	380	2016–2020 5-year data series available from the 16
381	381	American Community Survey of the Bureau of the 17
382	382	Census or any other territory or possession of the 18
383	383	United States that has had 20 percent or more of 19
384	384	its population living in poverty over the past 30 20
385	385	years, as measured by the 1990, 2000, 2010, and 21
386	386	2020 Island Areas Decennial Censuses, or equivalent 22
387	387	data, of the Bureau of the Census. 23 16
388	388	•S 4928 RS
389	389	INTERNALREVENUESERVICE 1
390	390	TAXPAYER SERVICES 2
391	391	For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Serv-3
392	392	ice to provide taxpayer services, including pre-filing assist-4
393	393	ance and education, filing and account services, taxpayer 5
394	394	advocacy services, and other services as authorized by 5 6
395	395	U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 7
396	396	Commissioner, $2,780,606,000, of which not to exceed 8
397	397	$100,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 9
398	398	2026, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be for the 10
399	399	Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, of which not less 11
400	400	than $26,000,000 shall be available for low-income tax-12
401	401	payer clinic grants, including grants to individual clinics 13
402	402	of up to $200,000, of which not less than $55,000,000, 14
403	403	to remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be 15
404	404	available for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assist-16
405	405	ance Matching Grants Program for tax return preparation 17
406	406	assistance, and of which not less than $301,000,000 shall 18
407	407	be available for operating expenses of the Taxpayer Advo-19
408	408	cate Service: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-20
409	409	able for the Taxpayer Advocate Service, not less than 21
410	410	$7,000,000 shall be for identity theft and refund fraud 22
411	411	casework. 23 17
412	412	•S 4928 RS
413	413	ENFORCEMENT 1
414	414	For necessary expenses for tax enforcement activities 2
415	415	of the Internal Revenue Service to determine and collect 3
416	416	owed taxes, to provide legal and litigation support, to con-4
417	417	duct criminal investigations, to enforce criminal statutes 5
418	418	related to violations of internal revenue laws and other fi-6
419	419	nancial crimes, to purchase and hire passenger motor vehi-7
420	420	cles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)), and to provide other services 8
421	421	as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be 9
422	422	determined by the Commissioner, $5,437,622,000; of 10
423	423	which not to exceed $250,000,000 shall remain available 11
424	424	until September 30, 2026; of which not less than 12
425	425	$60,257,000 shall be for the Interagency Crime and Drug 13
426	426	Enforcement program; and of which not to exceed 14
427	427	$35,000,000 shall be for investigative technology for the 15
428	428	Criminal Investigation Division: Provided, That the 16
429	429	amount made available for investigative technology for the 17
430	430	Criminal Investigation Division shall be in addition to 18
431	431	amounts made available for the Criminal Investigation Di-19
432	432	vision under the ‘‘Technology and Operations Support’’ 20
433	433	heading. 21
434	434	T
435	435	ECHNOLOGYANDOPERATIONSSUPPORT 22
436	436	For necessary expenses to operate the Internal Rev-23
437	437	enue Service to support taxpayer services and enforcement 24
438	438	programs, including rent payments; facilities services; 25 18
439	439	•S 4928 RS
440	440	printing; postage; physical security; headquarters and 1
441	441	other IRS-wide administration activities; research and sta-2
442	442	tistics of income; telecommunications; information tech-3
443	443	nology development, enhancement, operations, mainte-4
444	444	nance and security; the hire of passenger motor vehicles 5
445	445	(31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); the operations of the Internal Rev-6
446	446	enue Service Oversight Board; and other services as au-7
447	447	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be deter-8
448	448	mined by the Commissioner; $4,100,826,000, of which not 9
449	449	to exceed $275,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-10
450	450	tember 30, 2026; of which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall 11
451	451	remain available until expended for acquisition of equip-12
452	452	ment and construction, repair and renovation of facilities; 13
453	453	of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available 14
454	454	until September 30, 2027, for research; and of which not 15
455	455	to exceed $20,000 shall be for official reception and rep-16
456	456	resentation expenses: Provided, That not later than 30 17
457	457	days after the end of each quarter, the Internal Revenue 18
458	458	Service shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro-19
459	459	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 20
460	460	and the Comptroller General of the United States detail-21
461	461	ing major information technology investments in the Inter-22
462	462	nal Revenue Service portfolio, including detailed, plain 23
463	463	language summaries on the status of plans, costs, and re-24
464	464	sults; prior results and actual expenditures of the prior 25 19
465	465	•S 4928 RS
466	466	quarter; upcoming deliverables and costs for the fiscal 1
467	467	year; risks and mitigation strategies associated with ongo-2
468	468	ing work; reasons for any cost or schedule variances; and 3
469	469	total expenditures by fiscal year: Provided further, That 4
470	470	the Internal Revenue Service shall include, in its budget 5
471	471	justification for fiscal year 2026, a summary of cost and 6
472	472	schedule performance information for its major informa-7
473	473	tion technology systems. 8
474	474	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —INTERNAL REVENUE 9
475	475	SERVICE 10
476	476	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
477	477	S
478	478	EC. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of an appropria-12
479	479	tion in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 13
480	480	transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appro-14
481	481	priation upon the advance approval of the Committees on 15
482	482	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 16
483	483	Senate. 17
484	484	S
485	485	EC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall main-18
486	486	tain an employee training program, which shall include the 19
487	487	following topics: taxpayers’ rights, dealing courteously 20
488	488	with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the im-21
489	489	partial application of tax law. 22
490	490	S
491	491	EC. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall insti-23
492	492	tute and enforce policies and procedures that will safe-24 20
493	493	•S 4928 RS
494	494	guard the confidentiality of taxpayer information and pro-1
495	495	tect taxpayers against identity theft. 2
496	496	S
497	497	EC. 104. Funds made available by this or any other 3
498	498	Act to the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for 4
499	499	improved facilities and increased staffing to provide suffi-5
500	500	cient and effective 1–800 help line service for taxpayers. 6
501	501	The Commissioner shall continue to make improvements 7
502	502	to the Internal Revenue Service 1–800 help line service 8
503	503	a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the 9
504	504	response time to taxpayer communications, particularly 10
505	505	with regard to victims of tax-related crimes. 11
506	506	S
507	507	EC. 105. The Internal Revenue Service shall issue 12
508	508	a notice of confirmation of any address change relating 13
509	509	to an employer making employment tax payments, and 14
510	510	such notice shall be sent to both the employer’s former 15
511	511	and new address and an officer or employee of the Internal 16
512	512	Revenue Service shall give special consideration to an 17
513	513	offer-in-compromise from a taxpayer who has been the vic-18
514	514	tim of fraud by a third party payroll tax preparer. 19
515	515	S
516	516	EC. 106. None of the funds made available under 20
517	517	this Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to 21
518	518	target citizens of the United States for exercising any 22
519	519	right guaranteed under the First Amendment to the Con-23
520	520	stitution of the United States. 24 21
521	521	•S 4928 RS
522	522	SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this 1
523	523	Act may be used by the Internal Revenue Service to target 2
524	524	groups for regulatory scrutiny based on their ideological 3
525	525	beliefs. 4
526	526	S
527	527	EC. 108. None of funds made available by this Act 5
528	528	to the Internal Revenue Service shall be obligated or ex-6
529	529	pended on conferences that do not adhere to the proce-7
530	530	dures, verification processes, documentation requirements, 8
531	531	and policies issued by the Chief Financial Officer, Human 9
532	532	Capital Office, and Agency-Wide Shared Services as a re-10
533	533	sult of the recommendations in the report published on 11
534	534	May 31, 2013, by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 12
535	535	Administration entitled ‘‘Review of the August 2010 Small 13
536	536	Business/Self-Employed Division’s Conference in Ana-14
537	537	heim, California’’ (Reference Number 2013–10–037). 15
538	538	S
539	539	EC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 16
540	540	Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be obligated or 17
541	541	expended— 18
542	542	(1) to make a payment to any employee under 19
543	543	a bonus, award, or recognition program; or 20
544	544	(2) under any hiring or personnel selection 21
545	545	process with respect to re-hiring a former employee; 22
546	546	unless such program or process takes into account the 23
547	547	conduct and Federal tax compliance of such employee or 24
548	548	former employee. 25 22
549	549	•S 4928 RS
550	550	SEC. 110. None of the funds made available by this 1
551	551	Act may be used in contravention of section 6103 of the 2
552	552	Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to confidentiality 3
553	553	and disclosure of returns and return information). 4
554	554	S
555	555	EC. 111. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-5
556	556	retary’s delegate) may use the funds made available in this 6
557	557	Act, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the Sec-7
558	558	retary’s delegate) may establish, to utilize direct hire au-8
559	559	thority to recruit and appoint qualified applicants, without 9
560	560	regard to any notice or preference requirements, directly 10
561	561	to positions in the competitive service to process back-11
562	562	logged tax returns and return information. 12
563	563	S
564	564	EC. 112. Notwithstanding section 1344 of title 31, 13
565	565	United States Code, funds appropriated to the Internal 14
566	566	Revenue Service in this Act may be used to provide pas-15
567	567	senger carrier transportation and protection between the 16
568	568	Commissioner of Internal Revenue’s residence and place 17
569	569	of employment. 18
570	570	S
571	571	EC. 113. The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec-19
572	572	retary’s delegate) may use funds made available to the In-20
573	573	ternal Revenue Service in this Act or any other provision 21
574	574	of law, subject to such policies as the Secretary (or the 22
575	575	Secretary’s delegate) may establish, to take such personnel 23
576	576	actions as the Secretary (or the Secretary’s delegate) de-24
577	577	termines necessary to administer the Internal Revenue 25 23
578	578	•S 4928 RS
579	579	Code of 1986, including (1) in addition to the authority 1
580	580	under section 7812(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 2
581	581	1986, appointing not more than 200 individuals to posi-3
582	582	tions in the Internal Revenue Service under streamlined 4
583	583	critical pay authority subject to the requirements and con-5
584	584	ditions under section 9503 of title 5, United States Code, 6
585	585	except that section 9503(a)(3) of such title shall not apply; 7
586	586	and (2) appointing not more than 300 individuals to posi-8
587	587	tions in the Internal Revenue Service at any one time for 9
588	588	which (A) the rate of basic pay may be established by the 10
589	589	Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) at 11
590	590	a rate that does not exceed the salary set in accordance 12
591	591	with section 104 of title 3, United States Code; and (B) 13
592	592	the total annual compensation paid to an employee in such 14
593	593	a position, including allowances, differentials, bonuses, 15
594	594	awards, and similar cash payments, may not exceed the 16
595	595	maximum amount of total annual compensation payable 17
596	596	at the salary set in accordance with section 104 of title 18
597	597	3, United States Code: Provided, That the authority pro-19
598	598	vided under this paragraph shall expire on September 30, 20
599	599	2031. 21 24
600	600	•S 4928 RS
601	601	ADMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF THE 1
602	602	T
603	603	REASURY 2
604	604	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
605	605	S
606	606	EC. 114. Appropriations to the Department of the 4
607	607	Treasury in this Act shall be available for uniforms or al-5
608	608	lowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), 6
609	609	including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of 7
610	610	insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign 8
611	611	countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the 9
612	612	general purchase price limitations for vehicles purchased 10
613	613	and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into 11
614	614	contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing 12
615	615	of health and medical services to employees and their de-13
616	616	pendents serving in foreign countries; and services author-14
617	617	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 15
618	618	S
619	619	EC. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-16
620	620	tions in this title made available under the headings ‘‘De-17
621	621	partmental Offices—Salaries and Expenses’’, ‘‘Office of 18
622	622	Inspector General’’, ‘‘Financial Crimes Enforcement Net-19
623	623	work’’, ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service’’, and ‘‘Alcohol and 20
624	624	Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau’’ may be transferred be-21
625	625	tween such appropriations upon the advance approval of 22
626	626	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-23
627	627	resentatives and the Senate: Provided, That no such trans-24 25
628	628	•S 4928 RS
629	629	fer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 1
630	630	more than 2 percent. 2
631	631	S
632	632	EC. 116. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropria-3
633	633	tion made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue 4
634	634	Service may be transferred to the Treasury Inspector Gen-5
635	635	eral for Tax Administration’s appropriation upon the ad-6
636	636	vance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 7
637	637	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided, 8
638	638	That no transfer may increase or decrease any such appro-9
639	639	priation by more than 2 percent. 10
640	640	S
641	641	EC. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 11
642	642	or otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury 12
643	643	or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used 13
644	644	to redesign the $1 Federal Reserve note. 14
645	645	S
646	646	EC. 118. The Secretary of the Treasury may trans-15
647	647	fer funds from the ‘‘Bureau of the Fiscal Service—Sala-16
648	648	ries and Expenses’’ to the Debt Collection Fund as nec-17
649	649	essary to cover the costs of debt collection: Provided, That 18
650	650	such amounts shall be reimbursed to such salaries and ex-19
651	651	penses account from debt collections received in the Debt 20
652	652	Collection Fund. 21
653	653	S
654	654	EC. 119. None of the funds appropriated or other-22
655	655	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 23
656	656	by the United States Mint to construct or operate any mu-24
657	657	seum without the explicit approval of the Committees on 25 26
658	658	•S 4928 RS
659	659	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 1
660	660	Senate, the House Committee on Financial Services, and 2
661	661	the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 3
662	662	Affairs. 4
663	663	S
664	664	EC. 120. None of the funds appropriated or other-5
665	665	wise made available by this or any other Act or source 6
666	666	to the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Engrav-7
667	667	ing and Printing, and the United States Mint, individually 8
668	668	or collectively, may be used to consolidate any or all func-9
669	669	tions of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the 10
670	670	United States Mint without the explicit approval of the 11
671	671	House Committee on Financial Services; the Senate Com-12
672	672	mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; and the 13
673	673	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-14
674	674	atives and the Senate. 15
675	675	S
676	676	EC. 121. Funds appropriated by this Act, or made 16
677	677	available by the transfer of funds in this Act, for the De-17
678	678	partment of the Treasury’s intelligence or intelligence re-18
679	679	lated activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by 19
680	680	the Congress for purposes of section 504 of the National 20
681	681	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414) during fiscal year 21
682	682	2025 until the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization 22
683	683	Act for Fiscal Year 2025. 23
684	684	S
685	685	EC. 122. Not to exceed $5,000 shall be made avail-24
686	686	able from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Indus-25 27
687	687	•S 4928 RS
688	688	trial Revolving Fund for necessary official reception and 1
689	689	representation expenses. 2
690	690	S
691	691	EC. 123. The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 3
692	692	a Capital Investment Plan to the Committees on Appro-4
693	693	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 5
694	694	not later than 30 days following the submission of the an-6
695	695	nual budget submitted by the President: Provided, That 7
696	696	such Capital Investment Plan shall include capital invest-8
697	697	ment spending from all accounts within the Department 9
698	698	of the Treasury, including but not limited to the Depart-10
699	699	ment-wide Systems and Capital Investment Programs ac-11
700	700	count, Treasury Franchise Fund account, and the Treas-12
701	701	ury Forfeiture Fund account: Provided further, That such 13
702	702	Capital Investment Plan shall include expenditures occur-14
703	703	ring in previous fiscal years for each capital investment 15
704	704	project that has not been fully completed. 16
705	705	S
706	706	EC. 124. During fiscal year 2025— 17
707	707	(1) none of the funds made available in this or 18
708	708	any other Act may be used by the Department of 19
709	709	the Treasury, including the Internal Revenue Serv-20
710	710	ice, to issue, revise, or finalize any regulation, rev-21
711	711	enue ruling, or other guidance not limited to a par-22
712	712	ticular taxpayer relating to the standard which is 23
713	713	used to determine whether an organization is oper-24
714	714	ated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare 25 28
715	715	•S 4928 RS
716	716	for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 1
717	717	Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regu-2
718	718	lations published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 3
719	719	29, 2013)); and 4
720	720	(2) the standard and definitions as in effect on 5
721	721	January 1, 2010, which are used to make such de-6
722	722	terminations shall apply after the date of the enact-7
723	723	ment of this Act for purposes of determining status 8
724	724	under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-9
725	725	tions created on, before, or after such date. 10
726	726	S
727	727	EC. 125. Within 45 days after the date of enactment 11
728	728	of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 12
729	729	an itemized report to the Committees on Appropriations 13
730	730	of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the 14
731	731	amount of total funds charged to each office by the Fran-15
732	732	chise Fund including the amount charged for each service 16
733	733	provided by the Franchise Fund to each office, a detailed 17
734	734	description of the services, a detailed explanation of how 18
735	735	each charge for each service is calculated, and a descrip-19
736	736	tion of the role customers have in governing in the Fran-20
737	737	chise Fund. 21
738	738	S
739	739	EC. 126. (a) Not later than 60 days after the end 22
740	740	of each quarter, the Office of Financial Research shall 23
741	741	submit reports on their activities to the Committees on 24
742	742	Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 25 29
743	743	•S 4928 RS
744	744	Senate, the Committee on Financial Services of the House 1
745	745	of Representatives, and the Senate Committee on Bank-2
746	746	ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 3
747	747	(b) The reports required under subsection (a) shall 4
748	748	include— 5
749	749	(1) the obligations made during the previous 6
750	750	quarter by object class, office, and activity; 7
751	751	(2) the estimated obligations for the remainder 8
752	752	of the fiscal year by object class, office, and activity; 9
753	753	(3) the number of full-time equivalents within 10
754	754	each office during the previous quarter; 11
755	755	(4) the estimated number of full-time equiva-12
756	756	lents within each office for the remainder of the fis-13
757	757	cal year; and 14
758	758	(5) actions taken to achieve the goals, objec-15
759	759	tives, and performance measures of each office. 16
760	760	(c) At the request of any such Committees specified 17
761	761	in subsection (a), the Office of Financial Research shall 18
762	762	make officials available to testify on the contents of the 19
763	763	reports required under subsection (a). 20
764	764	S
765	765	EC. 127. In addition to amounts otherwise available, 21
766	766	there is appropriated to the Special Inspector General for 22
767	767	Pandemic Recovery, $5,327,000, to remain available until 23
768	768	expended, for necessary expenses in carrying out section 24 30
769	769	•S 4928 RS
770	770	4018 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-1
771	771	rity Act (Public Law 116–136). 2
772	772	S
773	773	EC. 128. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-3
774	774	tion made available in this Act for the Department of the 4
775	775	Treasury may be transferred to the Department’s infor-5
776	776	mation technology system modernization and working cap-6
777	777	ital fund (IT WCF), as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) 7
778	778	of title X of division A of the National Defense Authoriza-8
779	779	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91), for 9
780	780	the purposes specified in section 1077(b)(3) of such Act, 10
781	781	upon the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-11
782	782	tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-12
783	783	vided, That amounts transferred to the IT WCF under 13
784	784	this section shall remain available for obligation through 14
785	785	September 30, 2028. 15
786	786	S
787	787	EC. 129. Up to $1,000,000 of any appropriation in 16
788	788	this title may be transferred to the Special Inspector Gen-17
789	789	eral for Pandemic Recovery appropriations upon the prior 18
790	790	notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 19
791	791	House of Representatives and the Senate. 20
792	792	S
793	793	EC. 130. Amounts in the Bureau of Engraving and 21
794	794	Printing Fund may be used to prepare, distribute, and sell 22
795	795	to the public items that feature United States paper cur-23
796	796	rency or images of engraved portraits and vignettes re-24
797	797	lated to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and its 25 31
798	798	•S 4928 RS
799	799	operations: Provided, That amounts received from the dis-1
800	800	tribution of such items shall be deposited in the Bureau 2
801	801	of Engraving and Printing Fund and shall be available 3
802	802	for expenditure for the same purposes and to the same 4
803	803	extent as other amounts in the Fund. 5
804	804	S
805	805	EC. 131. Amounts made available under section 6
806	806	601(f)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)(3)) 7
807	807	shall be available for any necessary expenses of the De-8
808	808	partment of the Treasury Office of Inspector General with 9
809	809	respect to section 601 of that Act, subtitle A of title V 10
810	810	of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 11
811	811	2021, and section 3201 of the American Rescue Plan Act 12
812	812	of 2021, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 13
813	813	such purposes. 14
814	814	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of the 15
815	815	Treasury Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 16 32
816	816	•S 4928 RS
817	817	TITLE II 1
818	818	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND 2
819	819	FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 3
820	820	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
821	821	For necessary expenses for the White House as au-5
822	822	thorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for 6
823	823	services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; 7
824	824	subsistence expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which 8
825	825	shall be expended and accounted for as provided in that 9
826	826	section; hire of passenger motor vehicles, and travel (not 10
827	827	to exceed $100,000 to be expended and accounted for as 11
828	828	provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to exceed $19,000 for 12
829	829	official reception and representation expenses, to be avail-13
830	830	able for allocation within the Executive Office of the Presi-14
831	831	dent; and for necessary expenses of the Office of Policy 15
832	832	Development, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 16
833	833	3109 and 3 U.S.C. 107, $77,681,000. 17
834	834	E
835	835	XECUTIVERESIDENCE AT THEWHITEHOUSE 18
836	836	OPERATING EXPENSES 19
837	837	For necessary expenses of the Executive Residence 20
838	838	at the White House, $15,609,000, to be expended and ac-21
839	839	counted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 22
840	840	112–114. 23 33
841	841	•S 4928 RS
842	842	REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES 1
843	843	For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Resi-2
844	844	dence at the White House, such sums as may be nec-3
845	845	essary: Provided, That all reimbursable operating expenses 4
846	846	of the Executive Residence shall be made in accordance 5
847	847	with the provisions of this paragraph: Provided further, 6
848	848	That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 7
849	849	amount for reimbursable operating expenses shall be the 8
850	850	exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur ob-9
851	851	ligations and to receive offsetting collections, for such ex-10
852	852	penses: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 11
853	853	shall require each person sponsoring a reimbursable polit-12
854	854	ical event to pay in advance an amount equal to the esti-13
855	855	mated cost of the event, and all such advance payments 14
856	856	shall be credited to this account and remain available until 15
857	857	expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence 16
858	858	shall require the national committee of the political party 17
859	859	of the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be 18
860	860	separately accounted for and available for expenses relat-19
861	861	ing to reimbursable political events sponsored by such 20
862	862	committee during such fiscal year: Provided further, That 21
863	863	the Executive Residence shall ensure that a written notice 22
864	864	of any amount owed for a reimbursable operating expense 23
865	865	under this paragraph is submitted to the person owing 24
866	866	such amount within 60 days after such expense is in-25 34
867	867	•S 4928 RS
868	868	curred, and that such amount is collected within 30 days 1
869	869	after the submission of such notice: Provided further, That 2
870	870	the Executive Residence shall charge interest and assess 3
871	871	penalties and other charges on any such amount that is 4
872	872	not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with 5
873	873	the interest and penalty provisions applicable to an out-6
874	874	standing debt on a United States Government claim under 7
875	875	31 U.S.C. 3717: Provided further, That each such amount 8
876	876	that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and 9
877	877	charges, shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscella-10
878	878	neous receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Resi-11
879	879	dence shall prepare and submit to the Committees on Ap-12
880	880	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-13
881	881	ate, by not later than 90 days after the end of the fiscal 14
882	882	year covered by this Act, a report setting forth the reim-15
883	883	bursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence 16
884	884	during the preceding fiscal year, including the total 17
885	885	amount of such expenses, the amount of such total that 18
886	886	consists of reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the 19
887	887	amount of such total that consists of reimbursable political 20
888	888	events, and the portion of each such amount that has been 21
889	889	reimbursed as of the date of the report: Provided further, 22
890	890	That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system for 23
891	891	the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events 24
892	892	within the Executive Residence that includes a standard 25 35
893	893	•S 4928 RS
894	894	for the classification of any such expense as political or 1
895	895	nonpolitical: Provided further, That no provision of this 2
896	896	paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive Res-3
897	897	idence from any other applicable requirement of sub-4
898	898	chapter I or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States 5
899	899	Code. 6
900	900	W
901	901	HITEHOUSEREPAIR ANDRESTORATION 7
902	902	For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 8
903	903	Executive Residence at the White House pursuant to 3 9
904	904	U.S.C. 105(d), $2,500,000, to remain available until ex-10
905	905	pended, for required maintenance, resolution of safety and 11
906	906	health issues, and continued preventative maintenance. 12
907	907	C
908	908	OUNCIL OFECONOMICADVISERS 13
909	909	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
910	910	For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic 15
911	911	Advisers in carrying out its functions under the Employ-16
912	912	ment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021 et seq.), $4,903,000. 17
913	913	N
914	914	ATIONALSECURITYCOUNCIL ANDHOMELAND 18
915	915	S
916	916	ECURITYCOUNCIL 19
917	917	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
918	918	For necessary expenses of the National Security 21
919	919	Council and the Homeland Security Council, including 22
920	920	services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $17,901,000, of 23
921	921	which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for official 24
922	922	reception and representation expenses. 25 36
923	923	•S 4928 RS
924	924	OFFICE OFADMINISTRATION 1
925	925	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
926	926	For necessary expenses of the Office of Administra-3
927	927	tion, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 4
928	928	and 3 U.S.C. 107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 5
929	929	$115,463,000, of which not to exceed $12,800,000 shall 6
930	930	remain available until expended for continued moderniza-7
931	931	tion of information resources within the Executive Office 8
932	932	of the President: Provided, That of the amounts provided 9
933	933	under this heading, up to $7,000,000 shall be available 10
934	934	for a program to provide payments (such as stipends, sub-11
935	935	sistence allowances, cost reimbursements, or awards) to 12
936	936	students, recent graduates, and veterans recently dis-13
937	937	charged from active duty who are performing voluntary 14
938	938	services in the Executive Office of the President under sec-15
939	939	tion 3111(b) of title 5, United States Code, or comparable 16
940	940	authority and shall be in addition to amounts otherwise 17
941	941	available to pay or compensate such individuals: Provided 18
942	942	further, That such payments shall not be considered com-19
943	943	pensation for such purposes and may be paid in advance. 20
944	944	O
945	945	FFICE OFPANDEMICPREPAREDNESSANDRESPONSE 21
946	946	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
947	947	For necessary expenses of the Office of Pandemic 23
948	948	Preparedness and Response Policy, as authorized by sec-24
949	949	tion 2104 of the PREVENT Pandemics Act (42 U.S.C. 25 37
950	950	•S 4928 RS
951	951	300hh–3), $3,500,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall 1
952	952	be available for official reception and representation ex-2
953	953	penses. 3
954	954	O
955	955	FFICE OFMANAGEMENT AND BUDGET 4
956	956	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
957	957	For necessary expenses of the Office of Management 6
958	958	and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles 7
959	959	and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, to carry out 8
960	960	the provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 9
961	961	Code, and to prepare and submit the budget of the United 10
962	962	States Government, in accordance with section 1105(a) of 11
963	963	title 31, United States Code, $133,290,000, of which not 12
964	964	to exceed $3,000 shall be available for official representa-13
965	965	tion expenses: Provided, That none of the funds appro-14
966	966	priated in this Act for the Office of Management and 15
967	967	Budget may be used for the purpose of reviewing any agri-16
968	968	cultural marketing orders or any activities or regulations 17
969	969	under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-18
970	970	ment Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.): Provided further, 19
971	971	That none of the funds made available for the Office of 20
972	972	Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 21
973	973	the altering of the transcript of actual testimony of wit-22
974	974	nesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office of 23
975	975	Management and Budget, before the Committees on Ap-24
976	976	propriations or their subcommittees: Provided further, 25 38
977	977	•S 4928 RS
978	978	That none of the funds made available for the Office of 1
979	979	Management and Budget by this Act may be expended for 2
980	980	the altering of the annual work plan developed by the 3
981	981	Corps of Engineers for submission to the Committees on 4
982	982	Appropriations: Provided further, That none of the funds 5
983	983	provided in this or prior Acts shall be used, directly or 6
984	984	indirectly, by the Office of Management and Budget, for 7
985	985	evaluating or determining if water resource project or 8
986	986	study reports submitted by the Chief of Engineers acting 9
987	987	through the Secretary of the Army are in compliance with 10
988	988	all applicable laws, regulations, and requirements relevant 11
989	989	to the Civil Works water resource planning process: Pro-12
990	990	vided further, That the Office of Management and Budget 13
991	991	shall have not more than 60 days in which to perform 14
992	992	budgetary policy reviews of water resource matters on 15
993	993	which the Chief of Engineers has reported: Provided fur-16
994	994	ther, That the Director of the Office of Management and 17
995	995	Budget shall notify the appropriate authorizing and ap-18
996	996	propriating committees when the 60-day review is initi-19
997	997	ated: Provided further, That if water resource reports have 20
998	998	not been transmitted to the appropriate authorizing and 21
999	999	appropriating committees within 15 days after the end of 22
1000	1000	the Office of Management and Budget review period based 23
1001	1001	on the notification from the Director, Congress shall as-24
1002	1002	sume Office of Management and Budget concurrence with 25 39
1003	1003	•S 4928 RS
1004	1004	the report and act accordingly: Provided further, That no 1
1005	1005	later than 14 days after the submission of the budget of 2
1006	1006	the United States Government for fiscal year 2026, the 3
1007	1007	Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 4
1008	1008	make publicly available on a website a tabular list for each 5
1009	1009	agency that submits budget justification materials (as de-6
1010	1010	fined in section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 7
1011	1011	and Transparency Act of 2006) that shall include, at min-8
1012	1012	imum, the name of the agency, the date on which the 9
1013	1013	budget justification materials of the agency were sub-10
1014	1014	mitted to Congress, and a uniform resource locator where 11
1015	1015	the budget justification materials are published on the 12
1016	1016	website of the agency. 13
1017	1017	I
1018	1018	NTELLECTUALPROPERTYENFORCEMENT 14
1019	1019	C
1020	1020	OORDINATOR 15
1021	1021	For necessary expenses of the Office of the Intellec-16
1022	1022	tual Property Enforcement Coordinator, as authorized by 17
1023	1023	title III of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for 18
1024	1024	Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–403), 19
1025	1025	including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 20
1026	1026	$1,902,000. 21
1027	1027	O
1028	1028	FFICE OF THENATIONALCYBERDIRECTOR 22
1029	1029	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
1030	1030	For necessary expenses of the Office of the National 24
1031	1031	Cyber Director, as authorized by section 1752 of the Wil-25 40
1032	1032	•S 4928 RS
1033	1033	liam M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authoriza-1
1034	1034	tion Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116–283), 2
1035	1035	$19,126,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-3
1036	1036	able for official reception and representation expenses. 4
1037	1037	O
1038	1038	FFICE OFNATIONALDRUGCONTROLPOLICY 5
1039	1039	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1040	1040	For necessary expenses of the Office of National 7
1041	1041	Drug Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to 8
1042	1042	the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthoriza-9
1043	1043	tion Act of 1998, as amended; not to exceed $10,000 for 10
1044	1044	official reception and representation expenses; and for par-11
1045	1045	ticipation in joint projects or in the provision of services 12
1046	1046	on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, research, or 13
1047	1047	public organizations or agencies, with or without reim-14
1048	1048	bursement, $22,003,000: Provided, That the Office is au-15
1049	1049	thorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both 16
1050	1050	real and personal, public and private, without fiscal year 17
1051	1051	limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the 18
1052	1052	work of the Office. 19
1053	1053	In addition, for costs associated with the relocation 20
1054	1054	and replication of space to house the Office of National 21
1055	1055	Drug Control Policy, including furniture, fixtures, and 22
1056	1056	equipment, $8,800,000, to remain available until ex-23
1057	1057	pended. 24 41
1058	1058	•S 4928 RS
1059	1059	FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 1
1060	1060	HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM 2
1061	1061	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 3
1062	1062	For necessary expenses of the Office of National 4
1063	1063	Drug Control Policy’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking 5
1064	1064	Areas Program, $290,200,000, to remain available until 6
1065	1065	September 30, 2026, for drug control activities consistent 7
1066	1066	with the approved strategy for each of the designated 8
1067	1067	High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (‘‘HIDTAs’’), of 9
1068	1068	which not less than 51 percent shall be transferred to 10
1069	1069	State and local entities for drug control activities and shall 11
1070	1070	be obligated not later than 120 days after enactment of 12
1071	1071	this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent may be trans-13
1072	1072	ferred to Federal agencies and departments in amounts 14
1073	1073	determined by the Director of the Office of National Drug 15
1074	1074	Control Policy, of which up to $4,000,000 may be used 16
1075	1075	for auditing services and associated activities and 17
1076	1076	$2,000,000 shall be for the Grants Management System 18
1077	1077	for use by the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Pro-19
1078	1078	vided further, That any unexpended funds obligated prior 20
1079	1079	to fiscal year 2023 may be used for any other approved 21
1080	1080	activities of that HIDTA, subject to reprogramming re-22
1081	1081	quirements: Provided further, That each HIDTA des-23
1082	1082	ignated as of September 30, 2024, shall be funded at not 24
1083	1083	less than the fiscal year 2024 base level, unless the Direc-25 42
1084	1084	•S 4928 RS
1085	1085	tor submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 1
1086	1086	House of Representatives and the Senate justification for 2
1087	1087	changes to those levels based on clearly articulated prior-3
1088	1088	ities and published Office of National Drug Control Policy 4
1089	1089	performance measures of effectiveness: Provided further, 5
1090	1090	That the Director shall notify the Committees on Appro-6
1091	1091	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 7
1092	1092	of the initial allocation of fiscal year 2025 funding among 8
1093	1093	HIDTAs not later than 45 days after enactment of this 9
1094	1094	Act, and shall notify the Committees of planned uses of 10
1095	1095	discretionary HIDTA funding, as determined in consulta-11
1096	1096	tion with the HIDTA Directors, not later than 90 days 12
1097	1097	after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That upon 13
1098	1098	a determination that all or part of the funds so transferred 14
1099	1099	from this appropriation are not necessary for the purposes 15
1100	1100	provided herein and upon notification to the Committees 16
1101	1101	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 17
1102	1102	Senate, such amounts may be transferred back to this ap-18
1103	1103	propriation. 19
1104	1104	OTHER FEDERAL DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMS 20
1105	1105	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 21
1106	1106	For other drug control activities authorized by the 22
1107	1107	Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and the Office of National 23
1108	1108	Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998, as 24
1109	1109	amended, $137,512,000, to remain available until ex-25 43
1110	1110	•S 4928 RS
1111	1111	pended, which shall be available as follows: $109,000,000 1
1112	1112	for the Drug-Free Communities Program, of which not 2
1113	1113	more than $12,780,000 is for administrative expenses, 3
1114	1114	and of which $2,500,000 shall be made available as di-4
1115	1115	rected by section 4 of Public Law 107–82, as amended 5
1116	1116	by section 8204 of Public Law 115–271; $3,000,000 for 6
1117	1117	drug court training and technical assistance; $14,000,000 7
1118	1118	for anti-doping activities; up to $3,843,000 for the United 8
1119	1119	States membership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agen-9
1120	1120	cy; $1,250,000 for the Model Acts Program; and 10
1121	1121	$5,200,000 for activities authorized by section 103 of 11
1122	1122	Public Law 114–198; and $1,219,000 to implement evolv-12
1123	1123	ing and emerging drug threat response plans, as author-13
1124	1124	ized by section 709 of the Office of National Drug Control 14
1125	1125	Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 (21 U.S.C. 1708), as 15
1126	1126	amended: Provided, That amounts made available under 16
1127	1127	this heading may be transferred to other Federal depart-17
1128	1128	ments and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided 18
1129	1129	further, That the Director of the Office of National Drug 19
1130	1130	Control Policy shall, not fewer than 30 days prior to obli-20
1131	1131	gating funds under this heading for United States mem-21
1132	1132	bership dues to the World Anti-Doping Agency, submit to 22
1133	1133	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-23
1134	1134	resentatives and the Senate a spending plan and expla-24
1135	1135	nation of the proposed uses of these funds. 25 44
1136	1136	•S 4928 RS
1137	1137	UNANTICIPATEDNEEDS 1
1138	1138	For expenses necessary to enable the President to 2
1139	1139	meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national 3
1140	1140	interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or 4
1141	1141	abroad during the current fiscal year, as authorized by 5
1142	1142	3 U.S.C. 108, $1,000,000, to remain available until Sep-6
1143	1143	tember 30, 2026. 7
1144	1144	I
1145	1145	NFORMATIONTECHNOLOGYOVERSIGHT ANDREFORM 8
1146	1146	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9
1147	1147	For necessary expenses for the furtherance of inte-10
1148	1148	grated, efficient, secure, and effective uses of information 11
1149	1149	technology in the Federal Government, $30,000,000, to 12
1150	1150	remain available until expended: Provided, That the Direc-13
1151	1151	tor of the Office of Management and Budget may transfer 14
1152	1152	these funds to one or more other agencies to carry out 15
1153	1153	projects to meet these purposes. 16
1154	1154	S
1155	1155	PECIALASSISTANCE TO THEPRESIDENT 17
1156	1156	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
1157	1157	For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President 19
1158	1158	to provide assistance to the President in connection with 20
1159	1159	specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 21
1160	1160	U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence ex-22
1161	1161	penses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be ex-23
1162	1162	pended and accounted for as provided in that section; and 24
1163	1163	hire of passenger motor vehicles, $6,076,000. 25 45
1164	1164	•S 4928 RS
1165	1165	OFFICIALRESIDENCE OF THEVICEPRESIDENT 1
1166	1166	OPERATING EXPENSES 2
1167	1167	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3
1168	1168	For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, 4
1169	1169	and to the extent not otherwise provided for, heating and 5
1170	1170	lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the offi-6
1171	1171	cial residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 7
1172	1172	motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 pursuant to 3 8
1173	1173	U.S.C. 106(b)(2), $321,000: Provided, That advances, re-9
1174	1174	payments, or transfers from this appropriation may be 10
1175	1175	made to any department or agency for expenses of car-11
1176	1176	rying out such activities. 12
1177	1177	A
1178	1178	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—EXECUTIVEOFFICE OF 13
1179	1179	THEPRESIDENT AND FUNDSAPPROPRIATED TO 14
1180	1180	THEPRESIDENT 15
1181	1181	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
1182	1182	S
1183	1183	EC. 201. From funds made available in this Act 17
1184	1184	under the headings ‘‘The White House’’, ‘‘Executive Resi-18
1185	1185	dence at the White House’’, ‘‘White House Repair and 19
1186	1186	Restoration’’, ‘‘Council of Economic Advisers’’, ‘‘National 20
1187	1187	Security Council and Homeland Security Council’’, ‘‘Of-21
1188	1188	fice of Administration’’, ‘‘Special Assistance to the Presi-22
1189	1189	dent’’, and ‘‘Official Residence of the Vice President’’, the 23
1190	1190	Director of the Office of Management and Budget (or 24
1191	1191	such other officer as the President may designate in writ-25 46
1192	1192	•S 4928 RS
1193	1193	ing) may, with advance approval of the Committees on Ap-1
1194	1194	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-2
1195	1195	ate, transfer not to exceed 10 percent of any such appro-3
1196	1196	priation to any other such appropriation, to be merged 4
1197	1197	with and available for the same time and for the same 5
1198	1198	purposes as the appropriation to which transferred: Pro-6
1199	1199	vided, That the amount of an appropriation shall not be 7
1200	1200	increased by more than 50 percent by such transfers: Pro-8
1201	1201	vided further, That no amount shall be transferred from 9
1202	1202	‘‘Special Assistance to the President’’ or ‘‘Official Resi-10
1203	1203	dence of the Vice President’’ without the approval of the 11
1204	1204	Vice President. 12
1205	1205	S
1206	1206	EC. 202. (a) During fiscal year 2025, any Executive 13
1207	1207	order or Presidential memorandum issued or revoked by 14
1208	1208	the President shall be accompanied by a written statement 15
1209	1209	from the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-16
1210	1210	et on the budgetary impact, including costs, benefits, and 17
1211	1211	revenues, of such order or memorandum. 18
1212	1212	(b) Any such statement shall include— 19
1213	1213	(1) a narrative summary of the budgetary im-20
1214	1214	pact of such order or memorandum on the Federal 21
1215	1215	Government; 22
1216	1216	(2) the impact on mandatory and discretionary 23
1217	1217	obligations and outlays as the result of such order 24
1218	1218	or memorandum, listed by Federal agency, for each 25 47
1219	1219	•S 4928 RS
1220	1220	year in the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal 1
1221	1221	year 2025; and 2
1222	1222	(3) the impact on revenues of the Federal Gov-3
1223	1223	ernment as the result of such order or memorandum 4
1224	1224	over the 5-fiscal-year period beginning in fiscal year 5
1225	1225	2025. 6
1226	1226	(c) If an Executive order or Presidential memo-7
1227	1227	randum is issued during fiscal year 2025 due to a national 8
1228	1228	emergency, the Director of the Office of Management and 9
1229	1229	Budget may issue the statement required by subsection 10
1230	1230	(a) not later than 15 days after the date that such order 11
1231	1231	or memorandum is issued. 12
1232	1232	(d) The requirement for cost estimates for Presi-13
1233	1233	dential memoranda shall only apply for Presidential 14
1234	1234	memoranda estimated to have a regulatory cost in excess 15
1235	1235	of $100,000,000. 16
1236	1236	S
1237	1237	EC. 203. Not later than 30 days after the date of 17
1238	1238	enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-18
1239	1239	agement and Budget shall issue a memorandum to all 19
1240	1240	Federal departments, agencies, and corporations directing 20
1241	1241	compliance with the provisions in title VII of this Act. 21
1242	1242	S
1243	1243	EC. 204. For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of 22
1244	1244	National Drug Control Policy, Salaries and Expenses’’, 23
1245	1245	$10,452,000, which shall be for initiatives in the amounts 24
1246	1246	and for the projects specified in the table that appears 25 48
1247	1247	•S 4928 RS
1248	1248	under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions—Executive 1
1249	1249	Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the 2
1250	1250	President’’ in the report accompanying this Act: Provided, 3
1251	1251	That none of the funds made available by this section may 4
1252	1252	be transferred for any other purpose. 5
1253	1253	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Executive Office of 6
1254	1254	the President Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 7 49
1255	1255	•S 4928 RS
1256	1256	TITLE III 1
1257	1257	THE JUDICIARY 2
1258	1258	S
1259	1259	UPREMECOURT OF THEUNITEDSTATES 3
1260	1260	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1261	1261	For expenses necessary for the operation of the Su-5
1262	1262	preme Court, as required by law, excluding care of the 6
1263	1263	building and grounds, including purchase and hire of pas-7
1264	1264	senger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 8
1265	1265	and 1344; not to exceed $10,000 for official reception and 9
1266	1266	representation expenses; and for miscellaneous expenses, 10
1267	1267	to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve, 11
1268	1268	$140,323,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available 12
1269	1269	until expended. 13
1270	1270	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 14
1271	1271	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 15
1272	1272	justice and associate justices of the court. 16
1273	1273	CARE OF THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS 17
1274	1274	For such expenditures as may be necessary to enable 18
1275	1275	the Architect of the Capitol to carry out the duties im-19
1276	1276	posed upon the Architect by 40 U.S.C. 6111 and 6112 20
1277	1277	under the direction of the Chief Justice, $13,699,000, to 21
1278	1278	remain available until expended. 22 50
1279	1279	•S 4928 RS
1280	1280	UNITEDSTATESCOURT OFAPPEALS FOR THEFEDERAL 1
1281	1281	C
1282	1282	IRCUIT 2
1283	1283	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 3
1284	1284	For salaries of officers and employees, and for nec-4
1285	1285	essary expenses of the court, as authorized by law, 5
1286	1286	$37,102,000. 6
1287	1287	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 7
1288	1288	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 8
1289	1289	judge and judges of the court. 9
1290	1290	U
1291	1291	NITEDSTATESCOURT OFINTERNATIONALTRADE 10
1292	1292	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
1293	1293	For salaries of officers and employees of the court, 12
1294	1294	services, and necessary expenses of the court, as author-13
1295	1295	ized by law, $21,473,000. 14
1296	1296	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 15
1297	1297	be necessary under current law for the salaries of the chief 16
1298	1298	judge and judges of the court. 17
1299	1299	C
1300	1300	OURTS OFAPPEALS, DISTRICTCOURTS, ANDOTHER 18
1301	1301	J
1302	1302	UDICIALSERVICES 19
1303	1303	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
1304	1304	For the salaries of judges of the United States Court 21
1305	1305	of Federal Claims, magistrate judges, and all other offi-22
1306	1306	cers and employees of the Federal Judiciary not otherwise 23
1307	1307	specifically provided for, necessary expenses of the courts, 24
1308	1308	and the purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms 25 51
1309	1309	•S 4928 RS
1310	1310	for Probation and Pretrial Services Office staff, as author-1
1311	1311	ized by law, $6,100,000,000 (including the purchase of 2
1312	1312	firearms and ammunition); of which not to exceed 3
1313	1313	$27,817,000 shall remain available until expended for 4
1314	1314	space alteration projects and for furniture and furnishings 5
1315	1315	related to new space alteration and construction projects. 6
1316	1316	In addition, there are appropriated such sums as may 7
1317	1317	be necessary under current law for the salaries of circuit 8
1318	1318	and district judges (including judges of the territorial 9
1319	1319	courts of the United States), bankruptcy judges, and jus-10
1320	1320	tices and judges retired from office or from regular active 11
1321	1321	service. 12
1322	1322	In addition, for expenses of the United States Court 13
1323	1323	of Federal Claims associated with processing cases under 14
1324	1324	the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (Pub-15
1325	1325	lic Law 99–660), not to exceed $11,686,000, to be appro-16
1326	1326	priated from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust 17
1327	1327	Fund. 18
1328	1328	DEFENDER SERVICES 19
1329	1329	For the operation of Federal Defender organizations; 20
1330	1330	the compensation and reimbursement of expenses of attor-21
1331	1331	neys appointed to represent persons under 18 U.S.C. 22
1332	1332	3006A and 3599, and for the compensation and reim-23
1333	1333	bursement of expenses of persons furnishing investigative, 24
1334	1334	expert, and other services for such representations as au-25 52
1335	1335	•S 4928 RS
1336	1336	thorized by law; the compensation (in accordance with the 1
1337	1337	maximums under 18 U.S.C. 3006A) and reimbursement 2
1338	1338	of expenses of attorneys appointed to assist the court in 3
1339	1339	criminal cases where the defendant has waived representa-4
1340	1340	tion by counsel; the compensation and reimbursement of 5
1341	1341	expenses of attorneys appointed to represent jurors in civil 6
1342	1342	actions for the protection of their employment, as author-7
1343	1343	ized by 28 U.S.C. 1875(d)(1); the compensation and reim-8
1344	1344	bursement of expenses of attorneys appointed under 18 9
1345	1345	U.S.C. 983(b)(1) in connection with certain judicial civil 10
1346	1346	forfeiture proceedings; the compensation and reimburse-11
1347	1347	ment of travel expenses of guardians ad litem appointed 12
1348	1348	under 18 U.S.C. 4100(b); and for necessary training and 13
1349	1349	general administrative expenses, $1,500,000,000, to re-14
1350	1350	main available until expended. 15
1351	1351	FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS 16
1352	1352	For fees and expenses of jurors as authorized by 28 17
1353	1353	U.S.C. 1871 and 1876; compensation of jury commis-18
1354	1354	sioners as authorized by 28 U.S.C. 1863; and compensa-19
1355	1355	tion of commissioners appointed in condemnation cases 20
1356	1356	pursuant to rule 71.1(h) of the Federal Rules of Civil Pro-21
1357	1357	cedure (28 U.S.C. Appendix Rule 71.1(h)), $38,555,000, 22
1358	1358	to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 23
1359	1359	compensation of land commissioners shall not exceed the 24 53
1360	1360	•S 4928 RS
1361	1361	daily equivalent of the highest rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 1
1362	1362	5332. 2
1363	1363	COURT SECURITY 3
1364	1364	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
1365	1365	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 5
1366	1366	incident to the provision of protective guard services for 6
1367	1367	United States courthouses and other facilities housing 7
1368	1368	Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 8
1369	1369	States Courts operations, the procurement, installation, 9
1370	1370	and maintenance of security systems and equipment for 10
1371	1371	United States courthouses and other facilities housing 11
1372	1372	Federal court or Administrative Office of the United 12
1373	1373	States Courts operations, building ingress-egress control, 13
1374	1374	inspection of mail and packages, directed security patrols, 14
1375	1375	perimeter security, basic security services provided by the 15
1376	1376	Federal Protective Service, and other similar activities as 16
1377	1377	authorized by section 1010 of the Judicial Improvement 17
1378	1378	and Access to Justice Act (Public Law 100–702), 18
1379	1379	$797,510,000, of which not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 19
1380	1380	remain available until expended, to be expended directly 20
1381	1381	or transferred to the United States Marshals Service, 21
1382	1382	which shall be responsible for administering the Judicial 22
1383	1383	Facility Security Program consistent with standards or 23
1384	1384	guidelines agreed to by the Director of the Administrative 24
1385	1385	Office of the United States Courts and the Attorney Gen-25 54
1386	1386	•S 4928 RS
1387	1387	eral: Provided, That funds made available under this head-1
1388	1388	ing may be used for managing a Judiciary-wide program 2
1389	1389	to facilitate security and emergency management services 3
1390	1390	among the Judiciary, United States Marshals Service, 4
1391	1391	Federal Protective Service, General Services Administra-5
1392	1392	tion, other Federal agencies, state and local governments 6
1393	1393	and the public; and for purposes authorized by the Daniel 7
1394	1394	Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2022 (Public 8
1395	1395	Law 117–263, division C, title LIX, subtitle D) and 28 9
1396	1396	U.S.C. 604(a)(24). 10
1397	1397	A
1398	1398	DMINISTRATIVEOFFICE OF THEUNITEDSTATES 11
1399	1399	C
1400	1400	OURTS 12
1401	1401	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
1402	1402	For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office 14
1403	1403	of the United States Courts as authorized by law, includ-15
1404	1404	ing travel as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1345, hire of a pas-16
1405	1405	senger motor vehicle as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 17
1406	1406	advertising and rent in the District of Columbia and else-18
1407	1407	where, $103,700,000, of which not to exceed $8,500 is au-19
1408	1408	thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 20
1409	1409	F
1410	1410	EDERALJUDICIALCENTER 21
1411	1411	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
1412	1412	For necessary expenses of the Federal Judicial Cen-23
1413	1413	ter, as authorized by Public Law 90–219, $34,604,000; 24
1414	1414	of which $1,800,000 shall remain available through Sep-25 55
1415	1415	•S 4928 RS
1416	1416	tember 30, 2026, to provide education and training to 1
1417	1417	Federal court personnel; and of which not to exceed 2
1418	1418	$1,500 is authorized for official reception and representa-3
1419	1419	tion expenses. 4
1420	1420	U
1421	1421	NITEDSTATESSENTENCINGCOMMISSION 5
1422	1422	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6
1423	1423	For the salaries and expenses necessary to carry out 7
1424	1424	the provisions of chapter 58 of title 28, United States 8
1425	1425	Code, $21,857,000, of which not to exceed $1,000 is au-9
1426	1426	thorized for official reception and representation expenses. 10
1427	1427	A
1428	1428	DMINISTRATIVEPROVISIONS—THEJUDICIARY 11
1429	1429	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1430	1430	S
1431	1431	EC. 301. Appropriations and authorizations made in 13
1432	1432	this title which are available for salaries and expenses shall 14
1433	1433	be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 15
1434	1434	S
1435	1435	EC. 302. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-16
1436	1436	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the Judi-17
1437	1437	ciary in this Act may be transferred between such appro-18
1438	1438	priations, but no such appropriation, except ‘‘Courts of 19
1439	1439	Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services, De-20
1440	1440	fender Services’’ and ‘‘Courts of Appeals, District Courts, 21
1441	1441	and Other Judicial Services, Fees of Jurors and Commis-22
1442	1442	sioners’’, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 23
1443	1443	any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 24
1444	1444	to this section shall be treated as a reprogramming of 25 56
1445	1445	•S 4928 RS
1446	1446	funds under sections 604 and 608 of this Act and shall 1
1447	1447	not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 2
1448	1448	compliance with the procedures set forth in section 608. 3
1449	1449	S
1450	1450	EC. 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of 4
1451	1451	law, the salaries and expenses appropriation for ‘‘Courts 5
1452	1452	of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services’’ 6
1453	1453	shall be available for official reception and representation 7
1454	1454	expenses of the Judicial Conference of the United States: 8
1455	1455	Provided, That such available funds shall not exceed 9
1456	1456	$11,000 and shall be administered by the Director of the 10
1457	1457	Administrative Office of the United States Courts in the 11
1458	1458	capacity as Secretary of the Judicial Conference. 12
1459	1459	S
1460	1460	EC. 304. Section 3315(a) of title 40, United States 13
1461	1461	Code, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Federal’’ for ‘‘exec-14
1462	1462	utive’’ each place it appears. 15
1463	1463	S
1464	1464	EC. 305. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. 561–569, 16
1465	1465	and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 17
1466	1466	United States Marshals Service shall provide, for such 18
1467	1467	courthouses as its Director may designate in consultation 19
1468	1468	with the Director of the Administrative Office of the 20
1469	1469	United States Courts, for purposes of a pilot program, the 21
1470	1470	security services that 40 U.S.C. 1315 authorizes the De-22
1471	1471	partment of Homeland Security to provide, except for the 23
1472	1472	services specified in 40 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(E). For build-24
1473	1473	ing-specific security services at these courthouses, the Di-25 57
1474	1474	•S 4928 RS
1475	1475	rector of the Administrative Office of the United States 1
1476	1476	Courts shall reimburse the United States Marshals Service 2
1477	1477	rather than the Department of Homeland Security. 3
1478	1478	S
1479	1479	EC. 306. (a) Section 203(c) of the Judicial Improve-4
1480	1480	ments Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–650; 28 U.S.C. 133 5
1481	1481	note), is amended in the matter following paragraph 12— 6
1482	1482	(1) in the second sentence (relating to the Dis-7
1483	1483	trict of Kansas), by striking ‘‘33 years and 6 8
1484	1484	months’’ and inserting ‘‘34 years and 6 months’’; 9
1485	1485	and 10
1486	1486	(2) in the sixth sentence (relating to the Dis-11
1487	1487	trict of Hawaii), by striking ‘‘30 years and 6 12
1488	1488	months’’ and inserting ‘‘31 years and 6 months’’. 13
1489	1489	(b) Section 406 of the Transportation, Treasury, 14
1490	1490	Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the Dis-15
1491	1491	trict of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropria-16
1492	1492	tions Act, 2006 (Public Law 109–115; 119 Stat. 2470; 17
1493	1493	28 U.S.C. 133 note) is amended in the second sentence 18
1494	1494	(relating to the eastern District of Missouri) by striking 19
1495	1495	‘‘31 years and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘32 years and 20
1496	1496	6 months’’. 21
1497	1497	(c) Section 312(c)(2) of the 21st Century Depart-22
1498	1498	ment of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act (Public 23
1499	1499	Law 107–273; 28 U.S.C. 133 note), is amended— 24 58
1500	1500	•S 4928 RS
1501	1501	(1) in the first sentence by striking ‘‘22 years’’ 1
1502	1502	and inserting ‘‘23 years’’; 2
1503	1503	(2) in the second sentence (relating to the cen-3
1504	1504	tral District of California), by striking ‘‘21 years 4
1505	1505	and 6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘22 years and 6 5
1506	1506	months’’; and 6
1507	1507	(3) in the third sentence (relating to the west-7
1508	1508	ern district of North Carolina), by striking ‘‘20 8
1509	1509	years’’ and inserting ‘‘21 years’’. 9
1510	1510	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Judiciary Appropria-10
1511	1511	tions Act, 2025’’. 11 59
1512	1512	•S 4928 RS
1513	1513	TITLE IV 1
1514	1514	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2
1515	1515	F
1516	1516	EDERALFUNDS 3
1517	1517	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT 4
1518	1518	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia, 5
1519	1519	to be deposited into a dedicated account, for a nationwide 6
1520	1520	program to be administered by the Mayor, for District of 7
1521	1521	Columbia resident tuition support, $40,000,000, to remain 8
1522	1522	available until expended: Provided, That such funds, in-9
1523	1523	cluding any interest accrued thereon, may be used on be-10
1524	1524	half of eligible District of Columbia residents to pay an 11
1525	1525	amount based upon the difference between in-State and 12
1526	1526	out-of-State tuition at public institutions of higher edu-13
1527	1527	cation, or to pay up to $2,500 each year at eligible private 14
1528	1528	institutions of higher education: Provided further, That the 15
1529	1529	awarding of such funds may be prioritized on the basis 16
1530	1530	of a resident’s academic merit, the income and need of 17
1531	1531	eligible students and such other factors as may be author-18
1532	1532	ized: Provided further, That the District of Columbia gov-19
1533	1533	ernment shall maintain a dedicated account for the Resi-20
1534	1534	dent Tuition Support Program that shall consist of the 21
1535	1535	Federal funds appropriated to the Program in this Act 22
1536	1536	and any subsequent appropriations, any unobligated bal-23
1537	1537	ances from prior fiscal years, and any interest earned in 24
1538	1538	this or any fiscal year: Provided further, That the account 25 60
1539	1539	•S 4928 RS
1540	1540	shall be under the control of the District of Columbia 1
1541	1541	Chief Financial Officer, who shall use those funds solely 2
1542	1542	for the purposes of carrying out the Resident Tuition Sup-3
1543	1543	port Program: Provided further, That the Office of the 4
1544	1544	Chief Financial Officer shall provide a quarterly financial 5
1545	1545	report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 6
1546	1546	of Representatives and the Senate for these funds show-7
1547	1547	ing, by object class, the expenditures made and the pur-8
1548	1548	pose therefor. 9
1549	1549	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 10
1550	1550	SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 11
1551	1551	For a Federal payment of necessary expenses, as de-12
1552	1552	termined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia in writ-13
1553	1553	ten consultation with the elected county or city officials 14
1554	1554	of surrounding jurisdictions, $97,000,000, to remain 15
1555	1555	available until expended, for the costs of providing public 16
1556	1556	safety at events related to the presence of the National 17
1557	1557	Capital in the District of Columbia, including support re-18
1558	1558	quested by the Director of the United States Secret Serv-19
1559	1559	ice in carrying out protective duties under the direction 20
1560	1560	of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for the costs 21
1561	1561	of providing support to respond to immediate and specific 22
1562	1562	terrorist threats or attacks in the District of Columbia or 23
1563	1563	surrounding jurisdictions: Provided, That of the amounts 24
1564	1564	made available under this heading, $70,000,000 is des-25 61
1565	1565	•S 4928 RS
1566	1566	ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-1
1567	1567	quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-2
1568	1568	anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3
1569	1569	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 4
1570	1570	COURTS 5
1571	1571	For salaries and expenses for the District of Colum-6
1572	1572	bia Courts, including the transfer and hire of motor vehi-7
1573	1573	cles, $305,000,000 to be allocated as follows: for the Dis-8
1574	1574	trict of Columbia Court of Appeals, $16,037,000, of which 9
1575	1575	not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and represen-10
1576	1576	tation expenses; for the Superior Court of the District of 11
1577	1577	Columbia, $148,588,000, of which not to exceed $2,500 12
1578	1578	is for official reception and representation expenses; for 13
1579	1579	the District of Columbia Court System, $92,085,000, of 14
1580	1580	which not to exceed $2,500 is for official reception and 15
1581	1581	representation expenses; and $48,290,000, to remain 16
1582	1582	available until September 30, 2026, for capital improve-17
1583	1583	ments for District of Columbia courthouse facilities: Pro-18
1584	1584	vided, That funds made available for capital improvements 19
1585	1585	shall be expended consistent with the District of Columbia 20
1586	1586	Courts master plan study and facilities condition assess-21
1587	1587	ment: Provided further, That, in addition to the amounts 22
1588	1588	appropriated herein, fees received by the District of Co-23
1589	1589	lumbia Courts for administering bar examinations and 24
1590	1590	processing District of Columbia bar admissions may be re-25 62
1591	1591	•S 4928 RS
1592	1592	tained and credited to this appropriation, to remain avail-1
1593	1593	able until expended, for salaries and expenses associated 2
1594	1594	with such activities, notwithstanding section 450 of the 3
1595	1595	District of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, 4
1596	1596	sec. 1–204.50): Provided further, That notwithstanding 5
1597	1597	any other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 6
1598	1598	shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-7
1599	1599	ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 8
1600	1600	manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 9
1601	1601	of other Federal agencies: Provided further, That 30 days 10
1602	1602	after providing written notice to the Committees on Ap-11
1603	1603	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-12
1604	1604	ate, the District of Columbia Courts may reallocate not 13
1605	1605	more than $9,000,000 of the funds provided under this 14
1606	1606	heading among the items and entities funded under this 15
1607	1607	heading: Provided further, That the Joint Committee on 16
1608	1608	Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia may, 17
1609	1609	by regulation, establish a program substantially similar to 18
1610	1610	the program set forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of 19
1611	1611	title 5, United States Code, for employees of the District 20
1612	1612	of Columbia Courts. 21 63
1613	1613	•S 4928 RS
1614	1614	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR DEFENDER SERVICES IN 1
1615	1615	DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS 2
1616	1616	(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 3
1617	1617	For payments authorized under section 11–2604 and 4
1618	1618	section 11–2605, D.C. Official Code (relating to represen-5
1619	1619	tation provided under the District of Columbia Criminal 6
1620	1620	Justice Act), payments for counsel appointed in pro-7
1621	1621	ceedings in the Family Court of the Superior Court of the 8
1622	1622	District of Columbia under chapter 23 of title 16, D.C. 9
1623	1623	Official Code, or pursuant to contractual agreements to 10
1624	1624	provide guardian ad litem representation, training, tech-11
1625	1625	nical assistance, and such other services as are necessary 12
1626	1626	to improve the quality of guardian ad litem representation, 13
1627	1627	payments for counsel appointed in adoption proceedings 14
1628	1628	under chapter 3 of title 16, D.C. Official Code, and pay-15
1629	1629	ments authorized under section 21–2060, D.C. Official 16
1630	1630	Code (relating to services provided under the District of 17
1631	1631	Columbia Guardianship, Protective Proceedings, and Du-18
1632	1632	rable Power of Attorney Act of 1986), $46,005,000, to 19
1633	1633	remain available until expended: Provided, That funds pro-20
1634	1634	vided under this heading shall be administered by the 21
1635	1635	Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the Dis-22
1636	1636	trict of Columbia: Provided further, That notwithstanding 23
1637	1637	any other provision of law, this appropriation shall be ap-24
1638	1638	portioned quarterly by the Office of Management and 25 64
1639	1639	•S 4928 RS
1640	1640	Budget and obligated and expended in the same manner 1
1641	1641	as funds appropriated for expenses of other Federal agen-2
1642	1642	cies: Provided further, That of the unobligated balances 3
1643	1643	from prior year appropriations made available under this 4
1644	1644	heading, $12,000,000 are hereby rescinded not later than 5
1645	1645	September 30, 2025. 6
1646	1646	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE COURT SERVICES AND OF -7
1647	1647	FENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT 8
1648	1648	OF COLUMBIA 9
1649	1649	For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 10
1650	1650	hire of motor vehicles, of the Court Services and Offender 11
1651	1651	Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia, as au-12
1652	1652	thorized by the National Capital Revitalization and Self- 13
1653	1653	Government Improvement Act of 1997, $300,000,000, of 14
1654	1654	which not to exceed $2,000 is for official reception and 15
1655	1655	representation expenses related to Community Supervision 16
1656	1656	and Pretrial Services Agency programs, and of which not 17
1657	1657	to exceed $25,000 is for dues and assessments relating 18
1658	1658	to the implementation of the Court Services and Offender 19
1659	1659	Supervision Agency Interstate Supervision Act of 2002: 20
1660	1660	Provided, That, of the funds appropriated under this head-21
1661	1661	ing, $203,497,000 shall be for necessary expenses of Com-22
1662	1662	munity Supervision and Sex Offender Registration, to in-23
1663	1663	clude expenses relating to the monitoring of adults subject 24
1664	1664	to protection orders or the provision of services for or re-25 65
1665	1665	•S 4928 RS
1666	1666	lated to such persons, of which $6,625,000 shall remain 1
1667	1667	available until September 30, 2027, for costs associated 2
1668	1668	with the relocation under replacement leases for head-3
1669	1669	quarters offices, field offices and related facilities: Pro-4
1670	1670	vided further, That, of the funds appropriated under this 5
1671	1671	heading, $85,625,000 shall be available to the Pretrial 6
1672	1672	Services Agency, of which $4,243,000 shall remain avail-7
1673	1673	able until September 30, 2027, for costs associated with 8
1674	1674	relocation under a replacement lease for headquarters of-9
1675	1675	fices, field offices, and related facilities: Provided further, 10
1676	1676	That notwithstanding any other provision of law, all 11
1677	1677	amounts under this heading shall be apportioned quarterly 12
1678	1678	by the Office of Management and Budget and obligated 13
1679	1679	and expended in the same manner as funds appropriated 14
1680	1680	for salaries and expenses of other Federal agencies: Pro-15
1681	1681	vided further, That amounts under this heading may be 16
1682	1682	used for programmatic incentives for defendants to suc-17
1683	1683	cessfully complete their terms of supervision. 18
1684	1684	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 19
1685	1685	PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE 20
1686	1686	For salaries and expenses, including the transfer and 21
1687	1687	hire of motor vehicles, of the District of Columbia Public 22
1688	1688	Defender Service, as authorized by the National Capital 23
1689	1689	Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 24
1690	1690	1997, $59,305,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 25 66
1691	1691	•S 4928 RS
1692	1692	other provision of law, all amounts under this heading 1
1693	1693	shall be apportioned quarterly by the Office of Manage-2
1694	1694	ment and Budget and obligated and expended in the same 3
1695	1695	manner as funds appropriated for salaries and expenses 4
1696	1696	of Federal agencies: Provided further, That the District 5
1697	1697	of Columbia Public Defender Service may establish for 6
1698	1698	employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender 7
1699	1699	Service a program substantially similar to the program set 8
1700	1700	forth in subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 5, United 9
1701	1701	States Code, except that the maximum amount of the pay-10
1702	1702	ment made under the program to any individual may not 11
1703	1703	exceed the amount referred to in section 3523(b)(3)(B) 12
1704	1704	of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That for 13
1705	1705	the purposes of engaging with, and receiving services 14
1706	1706	from, Federal Franchise Fund Programs established in 15
1707	1707	accordance with section 403 of the Government Manage-16
1708	1708	ment Reform Act of 1994, as amended, the District of 17
1709	1709	Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered an 18
1710	1710	agency of the United States Government: Provided further, 19
1711	1711	That the District of Columbia Public Defender Service 20
1712	1712	may enter into contracts for the procurement of severable 21
1713	1713	services and multiyear contracts for the acquisition of 22
1714	1714	property and services to the same extent and under the 23
1715	1715	same conditions as an executive agency under sections 24
1716	1716	3902 and 3903 of title 41, United States Code. 25 67
1717	1717	•S 4928 RS
1718	1718	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1
1719	1719	COORDINATING COUNCIL 2
1720	1720	For a Federal payment to the Criminal Justice Co-3
1721	1721	ordinating Council, $2,450,000, to remain available until 4
1722	1722	expended, to support initiatives related to the coordination 5
1723	1723	of Federal and local criminal justice resources in the Dis-6
1724	1724	trict of Columbia. 7
1725	1725	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR JUDICIAL COMMISSIONS 8
1726	1726	For a Federal payment, to remain available until 9
1727	1727	September 30, 2026, to the Commission on Judicial Dis-10
1728	1728	abilities and Tenure, $598,000, and for the Judicial Nomi-11
1729	1729	nation Commission, $300,000. 12
1730	1730	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT 13
1731	1731	For a Federal payment for a school improvement pro-14
1732	1732	gram in the District of Columbia, $52,500,000, to remain 15
1733	1733	available until expended, for payments authorized under 16
1734	1734	the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (division 17
1735	1735	C of Public Law 112–10): Provided, That, to the extent 18
1736	1736	that funds are available for opportunity scholarships and 19
1737	1737	following the priorities included in section 3006 of such 20
1738	1738	Act, the Secretary of Education shall make scholarships 21
1739	1739	available to students eligible under section 3013(3) of such 22
1740	1740	Act (Public Law 112–10; 125 Stat. 211) including stu-23
1741	1741	dents who were not offered a scholarship during any pre-24
1742	1742	vious school year: Provided further, That within funds pro-25 68
1743	1743	•S 4928 RS
1744	1744	vided for opportunity scholarships up to $1,750,000 shall 1
1745	1745	be for the activities specified in sections 3007(b) through 2
1746	1746	3007(d) of the Act and up to $500,000 shall be for the 3
1747	1747	activities specified in section 3009 of the Act. 4
1748	1748	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5
1749	1749	NATIONAL GUARD 6
1750	1750	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 7
1751	1751	National Guard, $600,000, to remain available until ex-8
1752	1752	pended for the Major General David F. Wherley, Jr. Dis-9
1753	1753	trict of Columbia National Guard Retention and College 10
1754	1754	Access Program. 11
1755	1755	FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR TESTING AND TREATMENT OF 12
1756	1756	HIV/AIDS 13
1757	1757	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 14
1758	1758	for the testing of individuals for, and the treatment of in-15
1759	1759	dividuals with, human immunodeficiency virus and ac-16
1760	1760	quired immunodeficiency syndrome in the District of Co-17
1761	1761	lumbia, $5,000,000. 18
1762	1762	FEDERAL PAYMENT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 19
1763	1763	WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY 20
1764	1764	For a Federal payment to the District of Columbia 21
1765	1765	Water and Sewer Authority, $8,000,000, to remain avail-22
1766	1766	able until expended, to continue implementation of the 23
1767	1767	Combined Sewer Overflow Long-Term Plan: Provided, 24 69
1768	1768	•S 4928 RS
1769	1769	That the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority 1
1770	1770	provides a 100 percent match for this payment. 2
1771	1771	D
1772	1772	ISTRICT OFCOLUMBIAFUNDS 3
1773	1773	Local funds are appropriated for the District of Co-4
1774	1774	lumbia for the current fiscal year out of the General Fund 5
1775	1775	of the District of Columbia (‘‘General Fund’’) for pro-6
1776	1776	grams and activities set forth in the Fiscal Year 2025 7
1777	1777	Local Budget Act of 2024 (D.C. Act 25–785) and at rates 8
1778	1778	set forth under such Act, as amended as of the date of 9
1779	1779	enactment of this Act: Provided, That notwithstanding 10
1780	1780	any other provision of law, except as provided in section 11
1781	1781	450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (section 12
1782	1782	1–204.50a, D.C. Official Code), sections 816 and 817 of 13
1783	1783	the Financial Services and General Government Appro-14
1784	1784	priations Act, 2009 (secs. 47–369.01 and 47–369.02, D.C. 15
1785	1785	Official Code), and provisions of this Act, the total amount 16
1786	1786	appropriated in this Act for operating expenses for the 17
1787	1787	District of Columbia for fiscal year 2025 under this head-18
1788	1788	ing shall not exceed the estimates included in the Fiscal 19
1789	1789	Year 2025 Local Budget Act of 2024, as amended as of 20
1790	1790	the date of enactment of this Act or the sum of the total 21
1791	1791	revenues of the District of Columbia for such fiscal year: 22
1792	1792	Provided further, That the amount appropriated may be 23
1793	1793	increased by proceeds of one-time transactions, which are 24
1794	1794	expended for emergency or unanticipated operating or 25 70
1795	1795	•S 4928 RS
1796	1796	capital needs: Provided further, That such increases shall 1
1797	1797	be approved by enactment of local District law and shall 2
1798	1798	comply with all reserve requirements contained in the Dis-3
1799	1799	trict of Columbia Home Rule Act: Provided further, That 4
1800	1800	the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 5
1801	1801	shall take such steps as are necessary to assure that the 6
1802	1802	District of Columbia meets these requirements, including 7
1803	1803	the apportioning by the Chief Financial Officer of the ap-8
1804	1804	propriations and funds made available to the District dur-9
1805	1805	ing fiscal year 2025, except that the Chief Financial Offi-10
1806	1806	cer may not reprogram for operating expenses any funds 11
1807	1807	derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 12
1808	1808	capital projects. 13
1809	1809	This title may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 14
1810	1810	Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 15 71
1811	1811	•S 4928 RS
1812	1812	TITLE V 1
1813	1813	INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 2
1814	1814	A
1815	1815	DMINISTRATIVECONFERENCE OF THE UNITEDSTATES 3
1816	1816	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
1817	1817	For necessary expenses of the Administrative Con-5
1818	1818	ference of the United States, authorized by 5 U.S.C. 591 6
1819	1819	et seq., $3,465,000, to remain available until September 7
1820	1820	30, 2026, of which not to exceed $1,000 is for official re-8
1821	1821	ception and representation expenses. 9
1822	1822	C
1823	1823	OMMODITYFUTURESTRADINGCOMMISSION 10
1824	1824	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11
1825	1825	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 12
1826	1826	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 13
1827	1827	of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-14
1828	1828	cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 15
1829	1829	and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases), 16
1830	1830	in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $371,000,000, 17
1831	1831	including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 18
1832	1832	representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 19
1833	1833	expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 20
1834	1834	Commission with foreign governmental and other regu-21
1835	1835	latory officials, of which not less than $20,000,000 shall 22
1836	1836	remain available until September 30, 2026, and of which 23
1837	1837	not less than $6,581,000 shall be for expenses of the Of-24
1838	1838	fice of the Inspector General: Provided, That notwith-25 72
1839	1839	•S 4928 RS
1840	1840	standing the limitations in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts pro-1
1841	1841	vided under this heading are available for the liquidation 2
1842	1842	of obligations equal to current year payments on leases 3
1843	1843	entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 4
1844	1844	Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and 5
1845	1845	liquidating any lease obligations that should have been re-6
1846	1846	corded and liquidated against accounts closed pursuant to 7
1847	1847	31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the preceding pro-8
1848	1848	viso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded 9
1849	1849	in a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been es-10
1850	1850	tablished for the sole purpose of recording adjustments for 11
1851	1851	and liquidating such unpaid obligations. 12
1852	1852	C
1853	1853	ONSUMERPRODUCTSAFETYCOMMISSION 13
1854	1854	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
1855	1855	For necessary expenses of the Consumer Product 15
1856	1856	Safety Commission, including hire of passenger motor ve-16
1857	1857	hicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at 17
1858	1858	rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equiv-18
1859	1859	alent to the maximum rate payable under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 19
1860	1860	purchase of nominal awards to recognize non-Federal offi-20
1861	1861	cials’ contributions to Commission activities, and not to 21
1862	1862	exceed $4,000 for official reception and representation ex-22
1863	1863	penses, $162,485,000, of which up to $2,000,000 shall re-23
1864	1864	main available until expended, to carry out the program, 24
1865	1865	including administrative costs, authorized by section 1405 25 73
1866	1866	•S 4928 RS
1867	1867	of the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act 1
1868	1868	(Public Law 110–140), and of which up to $2,000,000 2
1869	1869	shall remain available until expended, to carry out the pro-3
1870	1870	gram, including administrative costs, authorized by sec-4
1871	1871	tion 204 of the Nicholas and Zachary Burt Memorial Car-5
1872	1872	bon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2022 (title II 6
1873	1873	of division Q of Public Law 117–103). 7
1874	1874	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —CONSUMER PRODUCT 8
1875	1875	SAFETY COMMISSION 9
1876	1876	S
1877	1877	EC. 501. During fiscal year 2025, none of the 10
1878	1878	amounts made available by this Act may be used to final-11
1879	1879	ize or implement the Safety Standard for Recreational 12
1880	1880	Off-Highway Vehicles published by the Consumer Product 13
1881	1881	Safety Commission in the Federal Register on November 14
1882	1882	19, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 68964) until after— 15
1883	1883	(1) the National Academy of Sciences, in con-16
1884	1884	sultation with the National Highway Traffic Safety 17
1885	1885	Administration and the Department of Defense, 18
1886	1886	completes a study to determine— 19
1887	1887	(A) the technical validity of the lateral sta-20
1888	1888	bility and vehicle handling requirements pro-21
1889	1889	posed by such standard for purposes of reduc-22
1890	1890	ing the risk of Recreational Off-Highway Vehi-23
1891	1891	cle (referred to in this section as ‘‘ROV’’) roll-24
1892	1892	overs in the off-road environment, including the 25 74
1893	1893	•S 4928 RS
1894	1894	repeatability and reproducibility of testing for 1
1895	1895	compliance with such requirements; 2
1896	1896	(B) the number of ROV rollovers that 3
1897	1897	would be prevented if the proposed require-4
1898	1898	ments were adopted; 5
1899	1899	(C) whether there is a technical basis for 6
1900	1900	the proposal to provide information on a point- 7
1901	1901	of-sale hangtag about a ROV’s rollover resist-8
1902	1902	ance on a progressive scale; and 9
1903	1903	(D) the effect on the utility of ROVs used 10
1904	1904	by the United States military if the proposed 11
1905	1905	requirements were adopted; and 12
1906	1906	(2) a report containing the results of the study 13
1907	1907	completed under paragraph (1) is delivered to— 14
1908	1908	(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 15
1909	1909	and Transportation of the Senate; 16
1910	1910	(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-17
1911	1911	merce of the House of Representatives; 18
1912	1912	(C) the Committee on Appropriations of 19
1913	1913	the Senate; and 20
1914	1914	(D) the Committee on Appropriations of 21
1915	1915	the House of Representatives. 22
1916	1916	S
1917	1917	EC. 502. None of the funds provided may be used 23
1918	1918	to promulgate, implement, administer, or enforce any reg-24 75
1919	1919	•S 4928 RS
1920	1920	ulation issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Com-1
1921	1921	mission to ban gas stoves as a class of products. 2
1922	1922	C
1923	1923	OUNCIL OF THEINSPECTORSGENERAL ONINTEGRITY 3
1924	1924	ANDEFFICIENCY 4
1925	1925	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 5
1926	1926	For necessary expenses of the Council of the Inspec-6
1927	1927	tors General on Integrity and Efficiency, as established 7
1928	1928	pursuant to section 11(c)(3)(B) of chapter 4 of title 5, 8
1929	1929	United States Code, to utilize and further develop the data 9
1930	1930	analytics capabilities of the Pandemic Response Account-10
1931	1931	ability Committee to enhance transparency, to prevent, de-11
1932	1932	tect, and remediate waste, fraud and abuse in Federal 12
1933	1933	spending, and for expenses related to enhancements to 13
1934	1934	www.oversight.gov, $8,000,000, to remain available until 14
1935	1935	expended, of which $1,400,000 is for enhancements to 15
1936	1936	oversight.gov: Provided, That the amounts appropriated 16
1937	1937	under this heading shall be in addition to any other 17
1938	1938	amounts available to the Council of the Inspectors General 18
1939	1939	on Integrity and Efficiency under section 424 of title 5, 19
1940	1940	United States Code. 20
1941	1941	E
1942	1942	LECTIONASSISTANCECOMMISSION 21
1943	1943	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 22
1944	1944	For necessary expenses to carry out the Help Amer-23
1945	1945	ica Vote Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–252), $30,000,000, 24
1946	1946	of which $1,250,000 shall be made available to the Na-25 76
1947	1947	•S 4928 RS
1948	1948	tional Institute of Standards and Technology for election 1
1949	1949	reform activities authorized under the Help America Vote 2
1950	1950	Act of 2002; of which not less than $2,324,429 shall be 3
1951	1951	for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General; 4
1952	1952	and of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be for official 5
1953	1953	reception and representation expenses: Provided, That of 6
1954	1954	the amounts appropriated under this heading, up to 7
1955	1955	$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 8
1956	1956	2026 . 9
1957	1957	ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 10
1958	1958	Notwithstanding section 104(c)(2)(B) of the Help 11
1959	1959	America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20904(c)(2)(B)), 12
1960	1960	$75,000,000 is provided to the Election Assistance Com-13
1961	1961	mission for necessary expenses to make payments to 14
1962	1962	States for activities to improve the administration of elec-15
1963	1963	tions for Federal office, including to enhance election tech-16
1964	1964	nology and make election security improvements, as au-17
1965	1965	thorized by sections 101, 103, and 104 of such Act: Pro-18
1966	1966	vided, That for purposes of applying such sections, the 19
1967	1967	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 20
1968	1968	deemed to be a State and, for purposes of sections 21
1969	1969	101(d)(2) and 103(a) shall be treated in the same manner 22
1970	1970	as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 23
1971	1971	Samoa, and the United States Virgin Islands: Provided 24
1972	1972	further, That each reference to the ‘‘Administrator of Gen-25 77
1973	1973	•S 4928 RS
1974	1974	eral Services’’ or the ‘‘Administrator’’ in sections 101 and 1
1975	1975	103 shall be deemed to refer to the ‘‘Election Assistance 2
1976	1976	Commission’’: Provided further, That each reference to 3
1977	1977	‘‘$5,000,000’’ in section 103 shall be deemed to refer to 4
1978	1978	‘‘$1,000,000’’ and each reference to ‘‘$1,000,000’’ in sec-5
1979	1979	tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$200,000’’: Provided 6
1980	1980	further, That not later than two years after receiving a 7
1981	1981	payment under this heading, a State shall make available 8
1982	1982	funds for such activities in an amount equal to 20 percent 9
1983	1983	of the total amount of the payment made to the State 10
1984	1984	under this heading: Provided further, That not later than 11
1985	1985	45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Elec-12
1986	1986	tion Assistance Commission shall make the payments to 13
1987	1987	States under this heading: Provided further, That States 14
1988	1988	shall submit quarterly financial reports and annual 15
1989	1989	progress reports. 16
1990	1990	F
1991	1991	EDERALCOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 17
1992	1992	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18
1993	1993	For necessary expenses of the Federal Communica-19
1994	1994	tions Commission, as authorized by law, including uni-20
1995	1995	forms and allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 21
1996	1996	5901–5902; not to exceed $4,000 for official reception and 22
1997	1997	representation expenses; purchase and hire of motor vehi-23
1998	1998	cles; special counsel fees; and services as authorized by 24
1999	1999	5 U.S.C. 3109, $448,075,000, to remain available until 25 78
2000	2000	•S 4928 RS
2001	2001	expended: Provided, That $448,075,000 of offsetting col-1
2002	2002	lections shall be assessed and collected pursuant to section 2
2003	2003	9 of title I of the Communications Act of 1934, shall be 3
2004	2004	retained and used for necessary expenses and shall remain 4
2005	2005	available until expended: Provided further, That the sum 5
2006	2006	herein appropriated shall be reduced as such offsetting 6
2007	2007	collections are received during fiscal year 2025 so as to 7
2008	2008	result in a final fiscal year 2025 appropriation estimated 8
2009	2009	at $0: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 47 U.S.C. 9
2010	2010	309(j)(8)(B), proceeds from the use of a competitive bid-10
2011	2011	ding system that may be retained and made available for 11
2012	2012	obligation shall not exceed $139,000,000 for fiscal year 12
2013	2013	2025: Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated 13
2014	2014	under this heading, not less than $14,335,000 shall be for 14
2015	2015	the salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-15
2016	2016	eral. 16
2017	2017	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —FEDERAL 17
2018	2018	COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 18
2019	2019	S
2020	2020	EC. 510. Section 302 of the Universal Service 19
2021	2021	Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act is amended by 20
2022	2022	striking ‘‘December 31, 2024’’ each place it appears and 21
2023	2023	inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 22
2024	2024	S
2025	2025	EC. 511. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 23
2026	2026	may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 24
2027	2027	to modify, amend, or change its rules or regulations for 25 79
2028	2028	•S 4928 RS
2029	2029	universal service support payments to implement the Feb-1
2030	2030	ruary 27, 2004, recommendations of the Federal-State 2
2031	2031	Joint Board on Universal Service regarding single connec-3
2032	2032	tion or primary line restrictions on universal service sup-4
2033	2033	port payments. 5
2034	2034	F
2035	2035	EDERALDEPOSITINSURANCECORPORATION 6
2036	2036	OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 7
2037	2037	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 8
2038	2038	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 9
2039	2039	5, United States Code, $52,632,000, to be derived from 10
2040	2040	the Deposit Insurance Fund or, only when appropriate, 11
2041	2041	the FSLIC Resolution Fund. 12
2042	2042	F
2043	2043	EDERALELECTIONCOMMISSION 13
2044	2044	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
2045	2045	For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 15
2046	2046	of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 16
2047	2047	$85,674,000, of which not to exceed $5,000 shall be avail-17
2048	2048	able for reception and representation expenses. 18
2049	2049	F
2050	2050	EDERALLABORRELATIONSAUTHORITY 19
2051	2051	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20
2052	2052	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 21
2053	2053	Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorga-22
2054	2054	nization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service 23
2055	2055	Reform Act of 1978, including services authorized by 5 24
2056	2056	U.S.C. 3109, and including hire of experts and consult-25 80
2057	2057	•S 4928 RS
2058	2058	ants, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and including offi-1
2059	2059	cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed 2
2060	2060	$1,500) and rental of conference rooms in the District of 3
2061	2061	Columbia and elsewhere, $32,100,000, of which 4
2062	2062	$1,075,563 shall be made available to support the Office 5
2063	2063	of the Inspector General’s anticipated operating expenses: 6
2064	2064	Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Im-7
2065	2065	passes Panel may be paid travel expenses and per diem 8
2066	2066	in lieu of subsistence as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) 9
2067	2067	for persons employed intermittently in the Government 10
2068	2068	service, and compensation as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: 11
2069	2069	Provided further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 12
2070	2070	funds received from fees charged to non-Federal partici-13
2071	2071	pants at labor-management relations conferences shall be 14
2072	2072	credited to and merged with this account, to be available 15
2073	2073	without further appropriation for the costs of carrying out 16
2074	2074	these conferences. 17
2075	2075	F
2076	2076	EDERALTRADECOMMISSION 18
2077	2077	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
2078	2078	For necessary expenses of the Federal Trade Com-20
2079	2079	mission, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as au-21
2080	2080	thorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901–5902; services as authorized 22
2081	2081	by 5 U.S.C. 3109; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 23
2082	2082	not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-24
2083	2083	tion expenses, $450,000,000, to remain available until ex-25 81
2084	2084	•S 4928 RS
2085	2085	pended: Provided, That not to exceed $300,000 shall be 1
2086	2086	available for use to contract with a person or persons for 2
2087	2087	collection services in accordance with the terms of 31 3
2088	2088	U.S.C. 3718: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 4
2089	2089	other provision of law, fees collected in fiscal year 2025 5
2090	2090	for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott- 6
2091	2091	Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 7
2092	2092	18a), (and estimated to be $304,000,000 in fiscal year 8
2093	2093	2025) shall be retained and used for necessary expenses 9
2094	2094	in this appropriation and shall remain available until ex-10
2095	2095	pended: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 11
2096	2096	provision of law, fees collected to implement and enforce 12
2097	2097	the Telemarketing Sales Rule, promulgated under the 13
2098	2098	Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven-14
2099	2099	tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), regardless of the year 15
2100	2100	of collection (and estimated to be $15,000,000 in fiscal 16
2101	2101	year 2025), shall be credited to this account, and be re-17
2102	2102	tained and used for necessary expenses in this appropria-18
2103	2103	tion, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 19
2104	2104	further, That the sum herein appropriated from the gen-20
2105	2105	eral fund shall be reduced (1) as such offsetting collections 21
2106	2106	are received during fiscal year 2025 and (2) to the extent 22
2107	2107	that any remaining general fund appropriations can be de-23
2108	2108	rived from amounts credited to this account as offsetting 24
2109	2109	collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 25 82
2110	2110	•S 4928 RS
2111	2111	appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2025 1
2112	2112	appropriation from the general fund estimated at 2
2113	2113	$131,000,000: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 3
2114	2114	section 605 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 4
2115	2115	State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 5
2116	2116	Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds cred-6
2117	2117	ited to this account as offsetting collections in previous 7
2118	2118	fiscal years that were unavailable for obligation as of Sep-8
2119	2119	tember 30, 2024, shall become available for obligation ex-9
2120	2120	cept as provided in the preceding proviso: Provided further, 10
2121	2121	That none of the funds made available to the Federal 11
2122	2122	Trade Commission may be used to implement subsection 12
2123	2123	(e)(2)(B) of section 43 of the Federal Deposit Insurance 13
2124	2124	Act (12 U.S.C. 1831t). 14
2125	2125	G
2126	2126	ENERALSERVICESADMINISTRATION 15
2127	2127	REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 16
2128	2128	FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 17
2129	2129	LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE 18
2130	2130	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 19
2131	2131	Amounts in the Fund, including revenues and collec-20
2132	2132	tions deposited into the Fund, shall be available for nec-21
2133	2133	essary expenses of real property management and related 22
2134	2134	activities not otherwise provided for, including operation, 23
2135	2135	maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased 24
2136	2136	buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia; 25 83
2137	2137	•S 4928 RS
2138	2138	restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agen-1
2139	2139	cies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 2
2140	2140	relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, al-3
2141	2141	location, and transfer of space; contractual services inci-4
2142	2142	dent to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair 5
2143	2143	and alteration of federally owned buildings, including 6
2144	2144	grounds, approaches, and appurtenances; care and safe-7
2145	2145	guarding of sites; maintenance, preservation, demolition, 8
2146	2146	and equipment; acquisition of buildings and sites by pur-9
2147	2147	chase, condemnation, or as otherwise authorized by law; 10
2148	2148	acquisition of options to purchase buildings and sites; con-11
2149	2149	version and extension of federally owned buildings; pre-12
2150	2150	liminary planning and design of projects by contract or 13
2151	2151	otherwise; construction of new buildings (including equip-14
2152	2152	ment for such buildings); and payment of principal, inter-15
2153	2153	est, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired 16
2154	2154	by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the ag-17
2155	2155	gregate amount of $9,730,814,000, of which— 18
2156	2156	(1) $552,120,000 shall remain available until 19
2157	2157	expended for construction and acquisition (including 20
2158	2158	funds for sites and expenses, and associated design 21
2159	2159	and construction services), in addition to amounts 22
2160	2160	otherwise provided for such purposes, as follows: 23
2161	2161	National Capital Region: 24 84
2162	2162	•S 4928 RS
2163	2163	Federal Bureau of Investigation Headquarters 1
2164	2164	Consolidation, $375,000,000; 2
2165	2165	Puerto Rico: 3
2166	2166	San Juan, Clemente Ruiz-Nazario U.S. Court-4
2167	2167	house and Federico Degetau Federal Building, 5
2168	2168	$100,000,000; 6
2169	2169	Tennessee: 7
2170	2170	Chattanooga, U.S. Courthouse, $47,120,000; 8
2171	2171	Washington: 9
2172	2172	Seattle, National Archives Replacement Facil-10
2173	2173	ity, $30,000,000: 11
2174	2174	Provided, That each of the foregoing limits of costs 12
2175	2175	on construction and acquisition projects may be ex-13
2176	2176	ceeded to the extent that savings are effected in 14
2177	2177	other such projects, but not to exceed 20 percent of 15
2178	2178	the amounts included in a transmitted prospectus, if 16
2179	2179	required, unless advance approval is obtained from 17
2180	2180	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 18
2181	2181	Representatives and the Senate of a greater amount; 19
2182	2182	(2) $392,572,000 shall remain available until 20
2183	2183	expended for repairs and alterations, including asso-21
2184	2184	ciated design and construction services, in addition 22
2185	2185	to amounts otherwise provided for such purposes, of 23
2186	2186	which— 24 85
2187	2187	•S 4928 RS
2188	2188	(A) $58,744,000 is for Major Repairs and 1
2189	2189	Alterations as follows: 2
2190	2190	Alabama: 3
2191	2191	Birmingham, Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse, 4
2192	2192	$4,000,000; 5
2193	2193	Montgomery, Dothan Federal Building and 6
2194	2194	U.S. Courthouse, $5,000,000; 7
2195	2195	Maryland: 8
2196	2196	Suitland, Washington National Records Center, 9
2197	2197	$17,632,000; 10
2198	2198	Woodlawn, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 11
2199	2199	Services Headquarters Campus, $14,625,000; and 12
2200	2200	Washington: 13
2201	2201	Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, 14
2202	2202	$17,487,000; 15
2203	2203	(B) $304,578,000 is for Basic Repairs and 16
2204	2204	Alterations; and 17
2205	2205	(C) $29,250,000 is for Special Emphasis 18
2206	2206	Programs as follows: 19
2207	2207	Childcare Systems and Security Program, 20
2208	2208	$14,250,000; 21
2209	2209	Fire Protection and Life Safety Program, 22
2210	2210	$5,000,000; 23
2211	2211	Optimization Program, $5,000,000; 24 86
2212	2212	•S 4928 RS
2213	2213	Judiciary Capital Security Program, 1
2214	2214	$5,000,000: 2
2215	2215	Provided, That funds made available in this or any 3
2216	2216	previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Re-4
2217	2217	pairs and Alterations shall, for prospectus projects, 5
2218	2218	be limited to the amount identified for each project, 6
2219	2219	except each project in this or any previous Act may 7
2220	2220	be increased by an amount not to exceed 20 percent 8
2221	2221	unless advance approval is obtained from the Com-9
2222	2222	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-10
2223	2223	resentatives and the Senate of a greater amount: 11
2224	2224	Provided further, That additional projects for which 12
2225	2225	prospectuses have been fully approved may be fund-13
2226	2226	ed under this category only if advance approval is 14
2227	2227	obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of 15
2228	2228	the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-16
2229	2229	vided further, That the amounts provided in this or 17
2230	2230	any prior Act for ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ may be 18
2231	2231	used to fund costs associated with implementing se-19
2232	2232	curity improvements to buildings necessary to meet 20
2233	2233	the minimum standards for security in accordance 21
2234	2234	with current law and in compliance with the re-22
2235	2235	programming guidelines of the appropriate Commit-23
2236	2236	tees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That 24
2237	2237	the difference between the funds appropriated and 25 87
2238	2238	•S 4928 RS
2239	2239	expended on any projects in this or any prior Act, 1
2240	2240	under the heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’, may 2
2241	2241	be transferred to ‘‘Basic Repairs and Alterations’’ or 3
2242	2242	used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 4
2243	2243	projects: Provided further, That the amount provided 5
2244	2244	in this or any prior Act for ‘‘Basic Repairs and Al-6
2245	2245	terations’’ may be used to pay claims against the 7
2246	2246	Government arising from any projects under the 8
2247	2247	heading ‘‘Repairs and Alterations’’ or used to fund 9
2248	2248	authorized increases in prospectus projects; 10
2249	2249	(3) $5,586,122,000 for rental of space to re-11
2250	2250	main available until expended; and 12
2251	2251	(4) $3,200,000,000 for building operations to 13
2252	2252	remain available until expended: Provided, That the 14
2253	2253	total amount of funds made available from this 15
2254	2254	Fund to the General Services Administration shall 16
2255	2255	not be available for expenses of any construction, re-17
2256	2256	pair, alteration and acquisition project for which a 18
2257	2257	prospectus, if required by 40 U.S.C. 3307(a), has 19
2258	2258	not been approved, except that necessary funds may 20
2259	2259	be expended for each project for required expenses 21
2260	2260	for the development of a proposed prospectus: Pro-22
2261	2261	vided further, That funds available in the Federal 23
2262	2262	Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency re-24
2263	2263	pairs when advance approval is obtained from the 25 88
2264	2264	•S 4928 RS
2265	2265	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-1
2266	2266	resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 2
2267	2267	amounts necessary to provide reimbursable special 3
2268	2268	services to other agencies under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2) 4
2269	2269	and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 5
2270	2270	lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private 6
2271	2271	or other property not in Government ownership or 7
2272	2272	control as may be appropriate to enable the United 8
2273	2273	States Secret Service to perform its protective func-9
2274	2274	tions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available 10
2275	2275	from such revenues and collections: Provided further, 11
2276	2276	That revenues and collections and any other sums 12
2277	2277	accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 2025, ex-13
2278	2278	cluding reimbursements under 40 U.S.C. 592(b)(2), 14
2279	2279	in excess of the aggregate new obligational authority 15
2280	2280	authorized for Real Property Activities of the Fed-16
2281	2281	eral Buildings Fund in this Act shall remain in the 17
2282	2282	Fund and shall not be available for expenditure ex-18
2283	2283	cept as authorized in appropriations Acts. 19
2284	2284	GENERAL ACTIVITIES 20
2285	2285	GOVERNMENT-WIDE POLICY 21
2286	2286	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-22
2287	2287	vided for, for Government-wide policy associated with the 23
2288	2288	management of real and personal property assets and cer-24
2289	2289	tain administrative services; Government-wide policy sup-25 89
2290	2290	•S 4928 RS
2291	2291	port responsibilities relating to acquisition, travel, motor 1
2292	2292	vehicles, information technology management, and related 2
2293	2293	technology activities; and services as authorized by 5 3
2294	2294	U.S.C. 3109; and evaluation activities as authorized by 4
2295	2295	statute; $71,186,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 5
2296	2296	available until September 30, 2026. 6
2297	2297	OPERATING EXPENSES 7
2298	2298	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-8
2299	2299	vided for, for Government-wide activities associated with 9
2300	2300	utilization and donation of surplus personal property; dis-10
2301	2301	posal of real property; agency-wide policy direction and 11
2302	2302	management; and in addition to any other amounts made 12
2303	2303	available to the General Services Administration for such 13
2304	2304	purposes, the hire of passenger motor vehicles pursuant 14
2305	2305	to 42 U.S.C. 13211(3) and supporting infrastructure, 15
2306	2306	$54,478,000, of which not to exceed $7,500 is for official 16
2307	2307	reception and representation expenses. 17
2308	2308	CIVILIAN BOARD OF CONTRACT APPEALS 18
2309	2309	For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise pro-19
2310	2310	vided for, for the activities associated with the Civilian 20
2311	2311	Board of Contract Appeals, $10,352,000, of which 21
2312	2312	$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 22
2313	2313	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 23
2314	2314	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 24
2315	2315	General and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 25 90
2316	2316	•S 4928 RS
2317	2317	$74,583,000: Provided, That not to exceed $50,000 shall 1
2318	2318	be available for payment for information and detection of 2
2319	2319	fraud against the Government, including payment for re-3
2320	2320	covery of stolen Government property: Provided further, 4
2321	2321	That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for awards 5
2322	2322	to employees of other Federal agencies and private citizens 6
2323	2323	in recognition of efforts and initiatives resulting in en-7
2324	2324	hanced Office of Inspector General effectiveness. 8
2325	2325	ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER 9
2326	2326	PRESIDENTS 10
2327	2327	For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 11
2328	2328	25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95–138, 12
2329	2329	$5,500,000. 13
2330	2330	FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 14
2331	2331	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 15
2332	2332	For necessary expenses authorized by 40 U.S.C. 323 16
2333	2333	and 44 U.S.C. 3604; and for necessary expenses author-17
2334	2334	ized by law in support of interagency projects that enable 18
2335	2335	the Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct 19
2336	2336	activities electronically through the development and im-20
2337	2337	plementation of innovative uses of information technology; 21
2338	2338	$90,000,000, to be deposited into the Federal Citizen 22
2339	2339	Services Fund: Provided, That the previous amount may 23
2340	2340	be transferred to Federal agencies to carry out the pur-24
2341	2341	pose of the Federal Citizen Services Fund: Provided fur-25 91
2342	2342	•S 4928 RS
2343	2343	ther, That the appropriations, revenues, reimbursements, 1
2344	2344	and collections deposited into the Fund shall be available 2
2345	2345	until expended for necessary expenses authorized by 40 3
2346	2346	U.S.C. 323 and 44 U.S.C. 3604 and for necessary ex-4
2347	2347	penses in support of interagency projects that enable the 5
2348	2348	Federal Government to enhance its ability to conduct ac-6
2349	2349	tivities electronically through the development and imple-7
2350	2350	mentation of innovative uses of information technology in 8
2351	2351	the aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000,000: Pro-9
2352	2352	vided further, That appropriations, revenues, reimburse-10
2353	2353	ments, and collections accruing to this Fund during fiscal 11
2354	2354	year 2025 in excess of such amount shall remain in the 12
2355	2355	Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as 13
2356	2356	authorized in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That, 14
2357	2357	of the total amount appropriated, up to $5,000,000 shall 15
2358	2358	be available for support functions and full-time hires to 16
2359	2359	support activities related to the Administration’s require-17
2360	2360	ments under title II of the Foundations for Evidence- 18
2361	2361	Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–435): 19
2362	2362	Provided further, That the transfer authorities provided 20
2363	2363	herein shall be in addition to any other transfer authority 21
2364	2364	provided in this Act. 22 92
2365	2365	•S 4928 RS
2366	2366	EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION 1
2367	2367	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 2
2368	2368	For necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 3
2369	2369	Transition Act of 1963 (Public Law 88–277), as amended 4
2370	2370	(in this heading referred to as ‘‘the Act’’), $19,424,177, 5
2371	2371	of which $14,443,726 is available for activities authorized 6
2372	2372	by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) of the 7
2373	2373	Act; $2,980,451 is available for activities authorized by 8
2374	2374	section 5 of the Act; and $2,000,000 is available for activi-9
2375	2375	ties authorized by subsections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the 10
2376	2376	Act: Provided, That if there are two or more possible ap-11
2377	2377	parent successful candidates, each such candidate, with 12
2378	2378	the exception of the incumbent President, is entitled to 13
2379	2379	a proportional share of the appropriations made available 14
2380	2380	for activities authorized by 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 15
2381	2381	3(a)(10) and subsections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the Act: 16
2382	2382	Provided further, That no apparent successful candidate 17
2383	2383	can receive more than $7,221,863 for activities authorized 18
2384	2384	by sections 3(a)(1) through 3(a)(7) and 3(a)(10) and 19
2385	2385	$1,000,000 for activities authorized by subsection 3(a)(8) 20
2386	2386	and 3(a)(9) of the Act: Provided further, That such 21
2387	2387	amounts may be transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisi-22
2388	2388	tion Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reim-23
2389	2389	burse obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act 24
2390	2390	for the purposes provided herein related to the Presi-25 93
2391	2391	•S 4928 RS
2392	2392	dential election in 2024: Provided further, That in the case 1
2393	2393	of two or more possible apparent successful candidates, 2
2394	2394	after a sole apparent successful candidate is determined, 3
2395	2395	the remaining funds allotted to any unsuccessful candidate 4
2396	2396	shall be permanently rescinded: Provided further, That in 5
2397	2397	the case where the President-elect is the incumbent Presi-6
2398	2398	dent and the Vice President-elect is the incumbent Vice 7
2399	2399	President, funds other than those authorized by sub-8
2400	2400	sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of the Act shall be perma-9
2401	2401	nently rescinded, pursuant to subsection 3(g) of the Act: 10
2402	2402	Provided further, That in the case where the President- 11
2403	2403	elect is the incumbent President or in the case where the 12
2404	2404	Vice President-elect is the incumbent Vice President, that 13
2405	2405	incumbent individual is not authorized any transition sup-14
2406	2406	port per section 3(g) of the Presidential Transition Act 15
2407	2407	and no money may be expended for transition activities 16
2408	2408	for that individual: Provided further, That amounts avail-17
2409	2409	able under this heading shall be in addition to any other 18
2410	2410	amounts available for such purposes. 19
2411	2411	TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 20
2412	2412	For carrying out the purposes of the Technology 21
2413	2413	Modernization Fund, as authorized by section 1078 of 22
2414	2414	subtitle G of the title X of the National Defense Author-23
2415	2415	ization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115–91; 40 24 94
2416	2416	•S 4928 RS
2417	2417	U.S.C. 11301 note), $25,000,000, to remain available 1
2418	2418	until expended. 2
2419	2419	WORKING CAPITAL FUND 3
2420	2420	For the Working Capital Fund of the General Serv-4
2421	2421	ices Administration, $5,900,000, to remain available until 5
2422	2422	expended, for necessary costs incurred by the Adminis-6
2423	2423	trator to modernize rulemaking systems and to provide 7
2424	2424	support services for Federal rulemaking agencies. 8
2425	2425	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —GENERAL SERVICES 9
2426	2426	ADMINISTRATION 10
2427	2427	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
2428	2428	S
2429	2429	EC. 520. Funds available to the General Services 12
2430	2430	Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 13
2431	2431	motor vehicles. 14
2432	2432	S
2433	2433	EC. 521. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 15
2434	2434	made available for fiscal year 2025 for Federal Buildings 16
2435	2435	Fund activities may be transferred between such activities 17
2436	2436	only to the extent necessary to meet program require-18
2437	2437	ments: Provided, That any proposed transfers shall be ap-19
2438	2438	proved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations 20
2439	2439	of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 21
2440	2440	S
2441	2441	EC. 522. Except as otherwise provided in this title, 22
2442	2442	funds made available by this Act shall be used to transmit 23
2443	2443	a fiscal year 2026 request for United States Courthouse 24
2444	2444	construction only if the request: (1) meets the design guide 25 95
2445	2445	•S 4928 RS
2446	2446	standards for construction as established and approved by 1
2447	2447	the General Services Administration, the Judicial Con-2
2448	2448	ference of the United States, and the Office of Manage-3
2449	2449	ment and Budget; (2) reflects the priorities of the Judicial 4
2450	2450	Conference of the United States as set out in its approved 5
2451	2451	Courthouse Project Priorities plan; and (3) includes a 6
2452	2452	standardized courtroom utilization study of each facility 7
2453	2453	to be constructed, replaced, or expanded. 8
2454	2454	S
2455	2455	EC. 523. None of the funds provided in this Act may 9
2456	2456	be used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, 10
2457	2457	provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 11
2458	2458	other service usually provided through the Federal Build-12
2459	2459	ings Fund, to any agency that does not pay the rate per 13
2460	2460	square foot assessment for space and services as deter-14
2461	2461	mined by the General Services Administration in consider-15
2462	2462	ation of the Public Buildings Amendments Act of 1972 16
2463	2463	(Public Law 92–313). 17
2464	2464	S
2465	2465	EC. 524. From funds made available under the 18
2466	2466	heading ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Avail-19
2467	2467	ability of Revenue’’, claims against the Government of less 20
2468	2468	than $250,000 arising from direct construction projects 21
2469	2469	and acquisition of buildings may be liquidated from sav-22
2470	2470	ings effected in other construction projects with prior noti-23
2471	2471	fication to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24
2472	2472	of Representatives and the Senate. 25 96
2473	2473	•S 4928 RS
2474	2474	SEC. 525. In any case in which the Committee on 1
2475	2475	Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-2
2476	2476	resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-3
2477	2477	lic Works of the Senate adopt a resolution granting lease 4
2478	2478	authority pursuant to a prospectus transmitted to Con-5
2479	2479	gress by the Administrator of the General Services Admin-6
2480	2480	istration under 40 U.S.C. 3307, the Administrator shall 7
2481	2481	ensure that the delineated area of procurement is identical 8
2482	2482	to the delineated area included in the prospectus for all 9
2483	2483	lease agreements, except that, if the Administrator deter-10
2484	2484	mines that the delineated area of the procurement should 11
2485	2485	not be identical to the delineated area included in the pro-12
2486	2486	spectus, the Administrator shall provide an explanatory 13
2487	2487	statement to each of such committees and the Committees 14
2488	2488	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 15
2489	2489	Senate prior to exercising any lease authority provided in 16
2490	2490	the resolution. 17
2491	2491	S
2492	2492	EC. 526. With respect to projects funded under the 18
2493	2493	heading ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, the Adminis-19
2494	2494	trator of General Services shall submit a spending plan 20
2495	2495	and explanation for each project to be undertaken to the 21
2496	2496	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-22
2497	2497	atives and the Senate not later than 60 days after the 23
2498	2498	date of enactment of this Act. 24 97
2499	2499	•S 4928 RS
2500	2500	SEC. 527. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), Fed-1
2501	2501	eral agencies ordering services from the Office of Evalua-2
2502	2502	tion Sciences pursuant to the Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 3
2503	2503	1535) are not required to deobligate funds obligated on 4
2504	2504	such orders to the extent that the Office of Evaluation 5
2505	2505	Sciences has not incurred obligations before the end of the 6
2506	2506	period of availability of such funds. 7
2507	2507	H
2508	2508	ARRYS TRUMANSCHOLARSHIPFOUNDATION 8
2509	2509	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9
2510	2510	For payment to the Harry S Truman Scholarship 10
2511	2511	Foundation Trust Fund, established by section 10 of Pub-11
2512	2512	lic Law 93–642, $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-12
2513	2513	pended. 13
2514	2514	M
2515	2515	ERITSYSTEMSPROTECTIONBOARD 14
2516	2516	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 15
2517	2517	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16
2518	2518	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 17
2519	2519	Merit Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganiza-18
2520	2520	tion Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform 19
2521	2521	Act of 1978, and the Whistleblower Protection Act of 20
2522	2522	1989 (5 U.S.C. 5509 note), including services as author-21
2523	2523	ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of conference rooms in the 22
2524	2524	District of Columbia and elsewhere, hire of passenger 23
2525	2525	motor vehicles, direct procurement of survey printing, and 24
2526	2526	not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-25 98
2527	2527	•S 4928 RS
2528	2528	tion expenses, $48,925,000, to remain available until Sep-1
2529	2529	tember 30, 2026, and in addition not to exceed 2
2530	2530	$3,075,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 3
2531	2531	for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement ap-4
2532	2532	peals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement 5
2533	2533	and Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit 6
2534	2534	Systems Protection Board. 7
2535	2535	M
2536	2536	ORRISK. UDALL ANDSTEWARTL. UDALL 8
2537	2537	F
2538	2538	OUNDATION 9
2539	2539	MORRIS K. UDALL AND STEWART L . UDALL TRUST FUND 10
2540	2540	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 11
2541	2541	For payment to the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. 12
2542	2542	Udall Foundation, pursuant to the Morris K. Udall and 13
2543	2543	Stewart L. Udall Foundation Act (20 U.S.C. 5601 et 14
2544	2544	seq.), $1,800,000, to remain available for direct expendi-15
2545	2545	ture until expended, of which, notwithstanding sections 8 16
2546	2546	and 9 of such Act, up to $1,000,000 shall be available 17
2547	2547	to carry out the activities authorized by section 6(7) of 18
2548	2548	Public Law 102–259 and section 817(a) of Public Law 19
2549	2549	106–568 (20 U.S.C. 5604(7)): Provided, That all current 20
2550	2550	and previous amounts transferred to the Office of Inspec-21
2551	2551	tor General of the Department of the Interior will remain 22
2552	2552	available until expended for audits and investigations of 23
2553	2553	the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, 24
2554	2554	consistent with chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, 25 99
2555	2555	•S 4928 RS
2556	2556	and for annual independent financial audits of the Morris 1
2557	2557	K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation pursuant to 2
2558	2558	the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 3
2559	2559	107–289): Provided further, That previous amounts trans-4
2560	2560	ferred to the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-5
2561	2561	ment of the Interior may be transferred to the Morris K. 6
2562	2562	Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation for annual inde-7
2563	2563	pendent financial audits pursuant to the Accountability of 8
2564	2564	Tax Dollars Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–289). 9
2565	2565	ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND 10
2566	2566	For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolu-11
2567	2567	tion Fund to carry out activities authorized in the Envi-12
2568	2568	ronmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, 13
2569	2569	$3,943,000, to remain available until expended. 14
2570	2570	N
2571	2571	ATIONALARCHIVES ANDRECORDSADMINISTRATION 15
2572	2572	OPERATING EXPENSES 16
2573	2573	For necessary expenses in connection with the admin-17
2574	2574	istration of the National Archives and Records Adminis-18
2575	2575	tration and archived Federal records and related activities, 19
2576	2576	as provided by law, and for expenses necessary for the re-20
2577	2577	view and declassification of documents, the activities of 21
2578	2578	the Public Interest Declassification Board, the operations 22
2579	2579	and maintenance of the electronic records archives, the 23
2580	2580	hire of passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed $10,000 24
2581	2581	for official reception and representation expenses, and for 25 100
2582	2582	•S 4928 RS
2583	2583	uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 1
2584	2584	U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and clean-2
2585	2585	ing, $434,650,000, of which $30,000,000 shall remain 3
2586	2586	available until expended for expenses necessary to enhance 4
2587	2587	the Federal Government’s ability to electronically pre-5
2588	2588	serve, manage, and store Government records. 6
2589	2589	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 7
2590	2590	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 8
2591	2591	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 9
2592	2592	General Reform Act of 2008, Public Law 110–409, 122 10
2593	2593	Stat. 4302–16 (2008), and chapter 4 of title 5, United 11
2594	2594	States Code, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 12
2595	2595	$5,980,000, of which $897,000 is available until Sep-13
2596	2596	tember 30, 2026. 14
2597	2597	REPAIRS AND RESTORATION 15
2598	2598	For the repair, alteration, and improvement of ar-16
2599	2599	chives facilities and museum exhibits, related equipment 17
2600	2600	for public spaces, and to provide adequate storage for 18
2601	2601	holdings, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 19
2602	2602	NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS AND RECORDS 20
2603	2603	COMMISSION 21
2604	2604	GRANTS PROGRAM 22
2605	2605	For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 23
2606	2606	historical publications and records as authorized by 44 24 101
2607	2607	•S 4928 RS
2608	2608	U.S.C. 2504, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-1
2609	2609	pended. 2
2610	2610	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION —NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND 3
2611	2611	RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 4
2612	2612	S
2613	2613	EC. 530. For an additional amount for ‘‘National 5
2614	2614	Historical Publications and Records Commission Grants 6
2615	2615	Program’’, $15,181,000, which shall be for initiatives in 7
2616	2616	the amounts and for the projects specified in the table that 8
2617	2617	appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provisions— 9
2618	2618	National Archives and Records Administration’’ in the re-10
2619	2619	port accompanying this Act: Provided, That none of the 11
2620	2620	funds made available by this section may be transferred 12
2621	2621	for any other purpose. 13
2622	2622	N
2623	2623	ATIONALCREDITUNIONADMINISTRATION 14
2624	2624	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND 15
2625	2625	For the Community Development Revolving Loan 16
2626	2626	Fund program as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 9812, 9822, 17
2627	2627	and 9910, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 18
2628	2628	30, 2026, for technical assistance to low-income des-19
2629	2629	ignated credit unions: Provided, That credit unions des-20
2630	2630	ignated solely as minority depository institutions shall be 21
2631	2631	eligible to apply for and receive such technical assistance. 22 102
2632	2632	•S 4928 RS
2633	2633	OFFICE OFGOVERNMENTETHICS 1
2634	2634	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2635	2635	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 3
2636	2636	Office of Government Ethics pursuant to chapter 131 of 4
2637	2637	title 5, United States Code, the Ethics Reform Act of 5
2638	2638	1989, and the Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter 6
2639	2639	Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, 7
2640	2640	including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental 8
2641	2641	of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and else-9
2642	2642	where, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed 10
2643	2643	$1,500 for official reception and representation expenses, 11
2644	2644	$22,386,000. 12
2645	2645	O
2646	2646	FFICE OFPERSONNELMANAGEMENT 13
2647	2647	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14
2648	2648	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF TRUST FUNDS) 15
2649	2649	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 16
2650	2650	Office of Personnel Management (OPM) pursuant to Re-17
2651	2651	organization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Serv-18
2652	2652	ice Reform Act of 1978, including services as authorized 19
2653	2653	by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical examinations performed for 20
2654	2654	veterans by private physicians on a fee basis; rental of con-21
2655	2655	ference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 22
2656	2656	hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for 23
2657	2657	official reception and representation expenses; and pay-24
2658	2658	ment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employ-25 103
2659	2659	•S 4928 RS
2660	2660	ees where Voting Rights Act activities require an employee 1
2661	2661	to remain overnight at his or her post of duty, 2
2662	2662	$205,237,000: Provided, That of the total amount made 3
2663	2663	available under this heading, $10,710,000 may remain 4
2664	2664	available until expended, for information technology mod-5
2665	2665	ernization, and shall be in addition to funds otherwise 6
2666	2666	made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 7
2667	2667	of the total amount made available under this heading, 8
2668	2668	$1,445,000 may be made available for strengthening the 9
2669	2669	capacity and capabilities of the acquisition workforce (as 10
2670	2670	defined by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, 11
2671	2671	as amended (41 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.)), including the re-12
2672	2672	cruitment, hiring, training, and retention of such work-13
2673	2673	force and information technology in support of acquisition 14
2674	2674	workforce effectiveness or for management solutions to 15
2675	2675	improve acquisition management; and in addition 16
2676	2676	$223,975,000 for administrative expenses, to be trans-17
2677	2677	ferred from the appropriate trust funds of OPM without 18
2678	2678	regard to other statutes, including direct procurement of 19
2679	2679	printed materials, for the retirement and insurance pro-20
2680	2680	grams: Provided further, That the provisions of this appro-21
2681	2681	priation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 22
2682	2682	trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B), 23
2683	2683	8958(f)(2)(A), 8988(f)(2)(A), and 9004(f)(2)(A) of title 24
2684	2684	5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part of 25 104
2685	2685	•S 4928 RS
2686	2686	this appropriation shall be available for salaries and ex-1
2687	2687	penses of the Legal Examining Unit of OPM established 2
2688	2688	pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of July 1, 1943, 3
2689	2689	or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided further, 4
2690	2690	That the President’s Commission on White House Fel-5
2691	2691	lows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of Octo-6
2692	2692	ber 3, 1964, may, during fiscal year 2025, accept dona-7
2693	2693	tions of money, property, and personal services: Provided 8
2694	2694	further, That such donations, including those from prior 9
2695	2695	years, may be used for the development of publicity mate-10
2696	2696	rials to provide information about the White House Fel-11
2697	2697	lows, except that no such donations shall be accepted for 12
2698	2698	travel or reimbursement of travel expenses, or for the sala-13
2699	2699	ries of employees of such Commission: Provided further, 14
2700	2700	That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts made available 15
2701	2701	under this heading may be transferred to an information 16
2702	2702	technology working capital fund established for purposes 17
2703	2703	authorized by subtitle G of title X of division A of the 18
2704	2704	National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 19
2705	2705	(Public Law 115–91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note): Provided 20
2706	2706	further, That the OPM Director shall notify, and receive 21
2707	2707	approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of the 22
2708	2708	House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days 23
2709	2709	in advance of any transfer under the preceding proviso: 24
2710	2710	Provided further, That amounts transferred to such a fund 25 105
2711	2711	•S 4928 RS
2712	2712	under such transfer authority from any organizational cat-1
2713	2713	egory of OPM shall not exceed 5 percent of each such or-2
2714	2714	ganizational category’s budget as identified in the report 3
2715	2715	required by section 608 of this Act: Provided further, That 4
2716	2716	amounts transferred to such a fund shall remain available 5
2717	2717	for obligation through September 30, 2028. 6
2718	2718	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 7
2719	2719	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8
2720	2720	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF TRUST FUNDS) 9
2721	2721	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 10
2722	2722	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 11
2723	2723	5, United States Code, including services as authorized by 12
2724	2724	5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, 13
2725	2725	$6,908,000, and in addition, not to exceed $29,487,000 14
2726	2726	for administrative expenses to audit, investigate, and pro-15
2727	2727	vide other oversight of the Office of Personnel Manage-16
2728	2728	ment’s retirement and insurance programs, to be trans-17
2729	2729	ferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 18
2730	2730	Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector 19
2731	2731	General: Provided, That the Inspector General is author-20
2732	2732	ized to rent conference rooms in the District of Columbia 21
2733	2733	and elsewhere. 22 106
2734	2734	•S 4928 RS
2735	2735	OFFICE OFSPECIALCOUNSEL 1
2736	2736	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2737	2737	For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 3
2738	2738	Office of Special Counsel, including services as authorized 4
2739	2739	by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for wit-5
2740	2740	nesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-6
2741	2741	lumbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehi-7
2742	2742	cles, $31,904,000. 8
2743	2743	P
2744	2744	RIVACY ANDCIVILLIBERTIESOVERSIGHTBOARD 9
2745	2745	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10
2746	2746	For necessary expenses of the Privacy and Civil Lib-11
2747	2747	erties Oversight Board, as authorized by section 1061 of 12
2748	2748	the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 13
2749	2749	2004 (42 U.S.C. 2000ee), $14,450,000, to remain avail-14
2750	2750	able until September 30, 2026. 15
2751	2751	P
2752	2752	UBLICBUILDINGSREFORMBOARD 16
2753	2753	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17
2754	2754	For salaries and expenses of the Public Buildings Re-18
2755	2755	form Board in carrying out the Federal Assets Sale and 19
2756	2756	Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), $4,000,000, 20
2757	2757	to remain available until expended. 21
2758	2758	S
2759	2759	ECURITIES ANDEXCHANGECOMMISSION 22
2760	2760	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 23
2761	2761	For necessary expenses for the Securities and Ex-24
2762	2762	change Commission, including services as authorized by 25 107
2763	2763	•S 4928 RS
2764	2764	5 U.S.C. 3109, the rental of space (to include multiple 1
2765	2765	year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and 2
2766	2766	not to exceed $3,500 for official reception and representa-3
2767	2767	tion expenses, $2,231,000,000, to remain available until 4
2768	2768	expended; of which not less than $21,975,000 shall be for 5
2769	2769	the Office of Inspector General; of which not to exceed 6
2770	2770	$275,000 shall be available for a permanent secretariat 7
2771	2771	for the International Organization of Securities Commis-8
2772	2772	sions; and of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be avail-9
2773	2773	able for expenses for consultations and meetings hosted 10
2774	2774	by the Commission with foreign governmental and other 11
2775	2775	regulatory officials, members of their delegations and 12
2776	2776	staffs to exchange views concerning securities matters, 13
2777	2777	such expenses to include necessary logistic and adminis-14
2778	2778	trative expenses and the expenses of Commission staff and 15
2779	2779	foreign invitees in attendance including: (1) incidental ex-16
2780	2780	penses such as meals; (2) travel and transportation; and 17
2781	2781	(3) related lodging or subsistence: Provided, That any un-18
2782	2782	obligated balances from funds made available under this 19
2783	2783	heading in prior Acts for replacement leases for the Com-20
2784	2784	mission’s headquarters and other regional office facilities 21
2785	2785	may be used for such purposes at any Commission office 22
2786	2786	facility, notwithstanding provisos in such Acts limiting use 23
2787	2787	to particular office facilities, and notwithstanding provisos 24
2788	2788	in such Acts requiring that de-obligated amounts derived 25 108
2789	2789	•S 4928 RS
2790	2790	from the general fund be returned to the general fund or 1
2791	2791	that de-obligated amounts derived from fees or assess-2
2792	2792	ments be paid to national securities exchanges and na-3
2793	2793	tional securities associations in proportion to any fees or 4
2794	2794	assessments paid by such national securities exchange or 5
2795	2795	national securities association. 6
2796	2796	For purposes of calculating the fee rate under section 7
2797	2797	31(j) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 8
2798	2798	78ee(j)) for fiscal year 2025, all amounts appropriated 9
2799	2799	under this heading shall be deemed to be the regular ap-10
2800	2800	propriation to the Commission for fiscal year 2025: Pro-11
2801	2801	vided, That fees and charges authorized by section 31 of 12
2802	2802	the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78ee) 13
2803	2803	shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections: 14
2804	2804	Provided further, That not to exceed $2,231,000,000 of 15
2805	2805	such offsetting collections shall be available until expended 16
2806	2806	for necessary expenses of this account: Provided further, 17
2807	2807	That the total amount appropriated under this heading 18
2808	2808	from the general fund for fiscal year 2025 shall be reduced 19
2809	2809	as such offsetting fees are received so as to result in a 20
2810	2810	final total fiscal year 2025 appropriation from the general 21
2811	2811	fund estimated at not more than $0. 22 109
2812	2812	•S 4928 RS
2813	2813	SELECTIVESERVICESYSTEM 1
2814	2814	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2
2815	2815	For necessary expenses of the Selective Service Sys-3
2816	2816	tem, including expenses of attendance at meetings and of 4
2817	2817	training for uniformed personnel assigned to the Selective 5
2818	2818	Service System, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 4101–4118 for 6
2819	2819	civilian employees; hire of passenger motor vehicles; serv-7
2820	2820	ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and not to exceed 8
2821	2821	$750 for official reception and representation expenses; 9
2822	2822	$33,550,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal 10
2823	2823	year, the President may exempt this appropriation from 11
2824	2824	the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1341, whenever the President 12
2825	2825	deems such action to be necessary in the interest of na-13
2826	2826	tional defense: Provided further, That none of the funds 14
2827	2827	appropriated by this Act may be expended for or in con-15
2828	2828	nection with the induction of any person into the Armed 16
2829	2829	Forces of the United States. 17
2830	2830	S
2831	2831	MALLBUSINESSADMINISTRATION 18
2832	2832	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 19
2833	2833	For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 20
2834	2834	of the Small Business Administration, including hire of 21
2835	2835	passenger motor vehicles as authorized by sections 1343 22
2836	2836	and 1344 of title 31, United States Code, and not to ex-23
2837	2837	ceed $3,500 for official reception and representation ex-24
2838	2838	penses, $385,615,000, of which not less than $12,000,000 25 110
2839	2839	•S 4928 RS
2840	2840	shall be available for examinations, reviews, and other 1
2841	2841	lender oversight activities: Provided, That the Adminis-2
2842	2842	trator is authorized to charge fees to cover the cost of pub-3
2843	2843	lications developed by the Small Business Administration, 4
2844	2844	and certain loan program activities, including fees author-5
2845	2845	ized by section 5(b) of the Small Business Act: Provided 6
2846	2846	further, That, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, revenues 7
2847	2847	received from all such activities shall be credited to this 8
2848	2848	account, to remain available until expended, for carrying 9
2849	2849	out these purposes without further appropriations: Pro-10
2850	2850	vided further, That the Small Business Administration 11
2851	2851	may accept gifts in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 12
2852	2852	and may co-sponsor activities, each in accordance with sec-13
2853	2853	tion 132(a) of division K of Public Law 108–447, during 14
2854	2854	fiscal year 2025: Provided further, That $6,100,000 shall 15
2855	2855	be available for the Loan Modernization and Accounting 16
2856	2856	System, to be available until September 30, 2026: Pro-17
2857	2857	vided further, That up to $70,000,000 shall be available 18
2858	2858	for administrative expenses related to any loan or grant 19
2859	2859	program of the Small Business Administration, in addition 20
2860	2860	to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, to be 21
2861	2861	available until September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 22
2862	2862	$15,500,000 shall be available for costs associated with 23
2863	2863	the certification of small business concerns owned and 24
2864	2864	controlled by veterans or service-disabled veterans under 25 111
2865	2865	•S 4928 RS
2866	2866	sections 36A and 36 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 1
2867	2867	657f–1; 657f), respectively, and section 862 of Public Law 2
2868	2868	116–283, to be available until September 30, 2026. 3
2869	2869	ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 4
2870	2870	For necessary expenses of programs supporting en-5
2871	2871	trepreneurial and small business development, 6
2872	2872	$330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 7
2873	2873	2026: Provided, That $143,000,000 shall be available to 8
2874	2874	fund grants for performance in fiscal year 2025 or fiscal 9
2875	2875	year 2026 as authorized by section 21 of the Small Busi-10
2876	2876	ness Act: Provided further, That $42,000,000 shall be for 11
2877	2877	marketing, management, and technical assistance under 12
2878	2878	section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 13
2879	2879	636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under 14
2880	2880	the microloan program: Provided further, That 15
2881	2881	$21,000,000 shall be available for grants to States to 16
2882	2882	carry out export programs that assist small business con-17
2883	2883	cerns authorized under section 22(l) of the Small Business 18
2884	2884	Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)). 19
2885	2885	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 20
2886	2886	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 21
2887	2887	General in carrying out the provisions of chapter 4 of title 22
2888	2888	5, United States Code, $47,020,000. 23 112
2889	2889	•S 4928 RS
2890	2890	OFFICE OF ADVOCACY 1
2891	2891	For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy in 2
2892	2892	carrying out the provisions of title II of Public Law 94– 3
2893	2893	305 (15 U.S.C. 634a et seq.) and the Regulatory Flexi-4
2894	2894	bility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), $10,211,000, 5
2895	2895	to remain available until expended. 6
2896	2896	BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 7
2897	2897	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
2898	2898	For the cost of direct loans, $3,000,000, to remain 9
2899	2899	available until expended: Provided, That such costs, in-10
2900	2900	cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-11
2901	2901	fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 12
2902	2902	1974: Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the 13
2903	2903	Congressional Budget Act of 1974, during fiscal year 14
2904	2904	2025 commitments to guarantee loans under section 503 15
2905	2905	of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and com-16
2906	2906	mitments for loans authorized under subparagraph (C) of 17
2907	2907	section 502(7) of the Small Business Investment Act of 18
2908	2908	1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) shall not exceed, in the aggre-19
2909	2909	gate, $16,500,000,000: Provided further, That during fis-20
2910	2910	cal year 2025 commitments for general business loans au-21
2911	2911	thorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 22
2912	2912	7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 23
2913	2913	$35,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term 24
2914	2914	loans and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided 25 113
2915	2915	•S 4928 RS
2916	2916	by revolving loans: Provided further, That during fiscal 1
2917	2917	year 2025 commitments to guarantee loans for debentures 2
2918	2918	under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment 3
2919	2919	Act of 1958 shall not exceed $6,500,000,000: Provided 4
2920	2920	further, That during fiscal year 2025, guarantees of trust 5
2921	2921	certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Busi-6
2922	2922	ness Act shall not exceed a principal amount of 7
2923	2923	$15,000,000,000. In addition, for administrative expenses 8
2924	2924	to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 9
2925	2925	$162,000,000, which may be transferred to and merged 10
2926	2926	with the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses. 11
2927	2927	DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 12
2928	2928	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13
2929	2929	For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 14
2930	2930	loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 15
2931	2931	Business Act, $523,674,000, to be available until ex-16
2932	2932	pended, of which $20,380,000 is for the Office of Inspec-17
2933	2933	tor General of the Small Business Administration for au-18
2934	2934	dits and reviews of disaster loans and the disaster loan 19
2935	2935	programs and shall be transferred to and merged with the 20
2936	2936	appropriations for the Office of Inspector General; of 21
2937	2937	which $497,000,000 is for direct administrative expenses 22
2938	2938	of loan making and servicing to carry out the direct loan 23
2939	2939	program, which may be transferred to and merged with 24
2940	2940	the appropriations for Salaries and Expenses; and of 25 114
2941	2941	•S 4928 RS
2942	2942	which $6,294,000 is for indirect administrative expenses 1
2943	2943	for the direct loan program, which may be transferred to 2
2944	2944	and merged with the appropriations for Salaries and Ex-3
2945	2945	penses: Provided, That, of the funds provided under this 4
2946	2946	heading, $492,000,000 shall be for major disasters de-5
2947	2947	clared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 6
2948	2948	and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)): Pro-7
2949	2949	vided further, That the amount for major disasters under 8
2950	2950	this heading is designated by the Congress as being for 9
2951	2951	disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 10
2952	2952	Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 11
2953	2953	1985 (Public Law 99–177), as amended. 12
2954	2954	ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS —SMALL BUSINESS 13
2955	2955	ADMINISTRATION 14
2956	2956	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 15
2957	2957	S
2958	2958	EC. 540. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropria-16
2959	2959	tion made available for the current fiscal year for the 17
2960	2960	Small Business Administration in this Act may be trans-18
2961	2961	ferred between such appropriations, but no such appro-19
2962	2962	priation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 20
2963	2963	any such transfers: Provided, That any transfer pursuant 21
2964	2964	to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming of 22
2965	2965	funds under section 608 of this Act and shall not be avail-23
2966	2966	able for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 24
2967	2967	with the procedures set forth in that section. 25 115
2968	2968	•S 4928 RS
2969	2969	SEC. 541. Not to exceed 3 percent of any appropria-1
2970	2970	tion made available in this Act for the Small Business Ad-2
2971	2971	ministration under the headings ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 3
2972	2972	and ‘‘Business Loans Program Account’’ may be trans-4
2973	2973	ferred to the Administration’s information technology sys-5
2974	2974	tem modernization and working capital fund (IT WCF), 6
2975	2975	as authorized by section 1077(b)(1) of title X of division 7
2976	2976	A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 8
2977	2977	Year 2018, for the purposes specified in section 9
2978	2978	1077(b)(3) of such Act, upon the advance approval of the 10
2979	2979	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-11
2980	2980	atives and the Senate: Provided, That amounts transferred 12
2981	2981	to the IT WCF under this section shall remain available 13
2982	2982	for obligation through September 30, 2028. 14
2983	2983	S
2984	2984	EC. 542. For an additional amount for ‘‘Small Busi-15
2985	2985	ness Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’, 16
2986	2986	$133,367,000, which shall be for initiatives related to 17
2987	2987	small business development and entrepreneurship, includ-18
2988	2988	ing programmatic, construction, and acquisition activities, 19
2989	2989	in the amounts and for the projects specified in the table 20
2990	2990	that appears under the heading ‘‘Administrative Provi-21
2991	2991	sions—Small Business Administration’’ in the report ac-22
2992	2992	companying this Act: Provided, That, notwithstanding sec-23
2993	2993	tions 2701.92 and 2701.93 of title 2, Code of Federal 24
2994	2994	Regulations, the Administrator of the Small Business Ad-25 116
2995	2995	•S 4928 RS
2996	2996	ministration may permit awards to subrecipients for ini-1
2997	2997	tiatives funded under this section: Provided further, That 2
2998	2998	none of the funds made available by this section may be 3
2999	2999	transferred for any other purpose. 4
3000	3000	U
3001	3001	NITEDSTATESPOSTALSERVICE 5
3002	3002	PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND 6
3003	3003	For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue 7
3004	3004	forgone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to sub-8
3005	3005	sections (c) and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United 9
3006	3006	States Code, $50,253,000: Provided, That mail for over-10
3007	3007	seas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be free: 11
3008	3008	Provided further, That none of the funds made available 12
3009	3009	to the Postal Service by this Act shall be used to imple-13
3010	3010	ment any rule, regulation, or policy of charging any officer 14
3011	3011	or employee of any State or local child support enforce-15
3012	3012	ment agency, or any individual participating in a State 16
3013	3013	or local program of child support enforcement, a fee for 17
3014	3014	information requested or provided concerning an address 18
3015	3015	of a postal customer: Provided further, That none of the 19
3016	3016	funds provided in this Act shall be used to consolidate or 20
3017	3017	close small rural and other small post offices: Provided 21
3018	3018	further, That the Postal Service may not destroy, and shall 22
3019	3019	continue to offer for sale, any copies of the Multinational 23
3020	3020	Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, as author-24 117
3021	3021	•S 4928 RS
3022	3022	ized under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 1
3023	3023	Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–241) 2
3024	3024	OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 3
3025	3025	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4
3026	3026	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5
3027	3027	For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 6
3028	3028	General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 7
3029	3029	General Act of 1978, $274,000,000, to be derived by 8
3030	3030	transfer from the Postal Service Fund and expended as 9
3031	3031	authorized by section 603(b)(3) of the Postal Account-10
3032	3032	ability and Enhancement Act (Public Law 109–435). 11
3033	3033	U
3034	3034	NITEDSTATESTAXCOURT 12
3035	3035	SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13
3036	3036	For necessary expenses, including contract reporting 14
3037	3037	and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and 15
3038	3038	not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-16
3039	3039	tion expenses, $57,300,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-17
3040	3040	main available until expended: Provided, That travel ex-18
3041	3041	penses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certifi-19
3042	3042	cate of the judge. 20 118
3043	3043	•S 4928 RS
3044	3044	TITLE VI 1
3045	3045	GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 2
3046	3046	(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 3
3047	3047	S
3048	3048	EC. 601. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 4
3049	3049	for the planning or execution of any program to pay the 5
3050	3050	expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties 6
3051	3051	intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings 7
3052	3052	funded in this Act. 8
3053	3053	S
3054	3054	EC. 602. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 9
3055	3055	shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 10
3056	3056	fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to other appropria-11
3057	3057	tions, except for transfers made pursuant to the authority 12
3058	3058	in section 3173(d) of title 40, United States Code, unless 13
3059	3059	expressly so provided herein. 14
3060	3060	S
3061	3061	EC. 603. The expenditure of any appropriation 15
3062	3062	under this Act for any consulting service through procure-16
3063	3063	ment contract pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited 17
3064	3064	to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter 18
3065	3065	of public record and available for public inspection, except 19
3066	3066	where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-20
3067	3067	isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 21
3068	3068	S
3069	3069	EC. 604. None of the funds made available in this 22
3070	3070	Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-23
3071	3071	strumentality of the United States Government, except 24 119
3072	3072	•S 4928 RS
3073	3073	pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-1
3074	3074	vided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act. 2
3075	3075	S
3076	3076	EC. 605. None of the funds made available by this 3
3077	3077	Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the 4
3078	3078	salary of any Government employee where funding an ac-5
3079	3079	tivity or paying a salary to a Government employee would 6
3080	3080	result in a decision, determination, rule, regulation, or pol-7
3081	3081	icy that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of 8
3082	3082	the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307). 9
3083	3083	S
3084	3084	EC. 606. No funds appropriated pursuant to this 10
3085	3085	Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees 11
3086	3086	that in expending the assistance the entity will comply 12
3087	3087	with chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 13
3088	3088	S
3089	3089	EC. 607. No funds appropriated or otherwise made 14
3090	3090	available under this Act shall be made available to any 15
3091	3091	person or entity that has been convicted of violating chap-16
3092	3092	ter 83 of title 41, United States Code. 17
3093	3093	S
3094	3094	EC. 608. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, 18
3095	3095	none of the funds provided in this Act, provided by pre-19
3096	3096	vious appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities fund-20
3097	3097	ed in this Act that remain available for obligation or ex-21
3098	3098	penditure in fiscal year 2025, or provided from any ac-22
3099	3099	counts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees 23
3100	3100	and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 24
3101	3101	available for obligation or expenditure through a re-25 120
3102	3102	•S 4928 RS
3103	3103	programming of funds that: (1) creates a new program; 1
3104	3104	(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 2
3105	3105	funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity 3
3106	3106	for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Con-4
3107	3107	gress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific ac-5
3108	3108	tivity by the Committee on Appropriations of either the 6
3109	3109	House of Representatives or the Senate for a different 7
3110	3110	purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or ac-8
3111	3111	tivities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever 9
3112	3112	is less; (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activi-10
3113	3113	ties by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or (7) 11
3114	3114	creates or reorganizes offices, programs, or activities un-12
3115	3115	less prior approval is received from the Committees on Ap-13
3116	3116	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-14
3117	3117	ate: Provided, That prior to any significant reorganization, 15
3118	3118	restructuring, relocation, or closing of offices, programs, 16
3119	3119	or activities, each agency or entity funded in this Act shall 17
3120	3120	consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the 18
3121	3121	House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-19
3122	3122	ther, That not later than 60 days after the date of enact-20
3123	3123	ment of this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall 21
3124	3124	submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 22
3125	3125	the House of Representatives and the Senate to establish 23
3126	3126	the baseline for application of reprogramming and trans-24
3127	3127	fer authorities for the current fiscal year: Provided further, 25 121
3128	3128	•S 4928 RS
3129	3129	That at a minimum the report shall include: (1) a table 1
3130	3130	for each appropriation, detailing both full-time employee 2
3131	3131	equivalents and budget authority, with separate columns 3
3132	3132	to display the prior year enacted level, the President’s 4
3133	3133	budget request, adjustments made by Congress, adjust-5
3134	3134	ments due to enacted rescissions, if appropriate, and the 6
3135	3135	fiscal year enacted level; (2) a delineation in the table for 7
3136	3136	each appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 8
3137	3137	level by object class and program, project, and activity as 9
3138	3138	detailed in this Act, in the accompanying report, or in the 10
3139	3139	budget appendix for the respective appropriation, which-11
3140	3140	ever is more detailed, and which shall apply to all items 12
3141	3141	for which a dollar amount is specified and to all programs 13
3142	3142	for which new budget authority is provided, as well as to 14
3143	3143	discretionary grants and discretionary grant allocations; 15
3144	3144	and (3) an identification of items of special congressional 16
3145	3145	interest: Provided further, That the amount appropriated 17
3146	3146	or limited for salaries and expenses for an agency shall 18
3147	3147	be reduced by $100,000 per day for each day after the 19
3148	3148	required date that the report has not been submitted to 20
3149	3149	the Congress. 21
3150	3150	S
3151	3151	EC. 609. Except as otherwise specifically provided 22
3152	3152	by law, not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances 23
3153	3153	remaining available at the end of fiscal year 2025 from 24
3154	3154	appropriations made available for salaries and expenses 25 122
3155	3155	•S 4928 RS
3156	3156	for fiscal year 2025 in this Act, shall remain available 1
3157	3157	through September 30, 2026, for each such account for 2
3158	3158	the purposes authorized: Provided, That a request shall 3
3159	3159	be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 4
3160	3160	House of Representatives and the Senate for approval 5
3161	3161	prior to the expenditure of such funds: Provided further, 6
3162	3162	That these requests shall be made in compliance with re-7
3163	3163	programming guidelines. 8
3164	3164	S
3165	3165	EC. 610. (a) None of the funds made available in 9
3166	3166	this Act may be used by the Executive Office of the Presi-10
3167	3167	dent to request— 11
3168	3168	(1) any official background investigation report 12
3169	3169	on any individual from the Federal Bureau of Inves-13
3170	3170	tigation; or 14
3171	3171	(2) a determination with respect to the treat-15
3172	3172	ment of an organization as described in section 16
3173	3173	501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 17
3174	3174	exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 18
3175	3175	Code from the Department of the Treasury or the 19
3176	3176	Internal Revenue Service. 20
3177	3177	(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply— 21
3178	3178	(1) in the case of an official background inves-22
3179	3179	tigation report, if such individual has given express 23
3180	3180	written consent for such request not more than 6 24 123
3181	3181	•S 4928 RS
3182	3182	months prior to the date of such request and during 1
3183	3183	the same presidential administration; or 2
3184	3184	(2) if such request is required due to extraor-3
3185	3185	dinary circumstances involving national security. 4
3186	3186	S
3187	3187	EC. 611. The cost accounting standards promul-5
3188	3188	gated under chapter 15 of title 41, United States Code 6
3189	3189	shall not apply with respect to a contract under the Fed-7
3190	3190	eral Employees Health Benefits Program established 8
3191	3191	under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code. 9
3192	3192	S
3193	3193	EC. 612. For the purpose of resolving litigation and 10
3194	3194	implementing any settlement agreements regarding the 11
3195	3195	nonforeign area cost-of-living allowance program, the Of-12
3196	3196	fice of Personnel Management may accept and utilize 13
3197	3197	(without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel 14
3198	3198	expenses imposed in an appropriations Act) funds made 15
3199	3199	available to the Office of Personnel Management pursuant 16
3200	3200	to court approval. 17
3201	3201	S
3202	3202	EC. 613. No funds appropriated by this Act shall 18
3203	3203	be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 19
3204	3204	expenses in connection with any health plan under the 20
3205	3205	Federal employees health benefits program which provides 21
3206	3206	any benefits or coverage for abortions. 22
3207	3207	S
3208	3208	EC. 614. The provision of section 613 shall not 23
3209	3209	apply where the life of the mother would be endangered 24 124
3210	3210	•S 4928 RS
3211	3211	if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the 1
3212	3212	result of an act of rape or incest. 2
3213	3213	S
3214	3214	EC. 615. In order to promote Government access to 3
3215	3215	commercial information technology, the restriction on pur-4
3216	3216	chasing nondomestic articles, materials, and supplies set 5
3217	3217	forth in chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code (popu-6
3218	3218	larly known as the Buy American Act), shall not apply 7
3219	3219	to the acquisition by the Federal Government of informa-8
3220	3220	tion technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, 9
3221	3221	United States Code), that is a commercial item (as defined 10
3222	3222	in section 103 of title 41, United States Code). 11
3223	3223	S
3224	3224	EC. 616. Notwithstanding section 1353 of title 31, 12
3225	3225	United States Code, no officer or employee of any regu-13
3226	3226	latory agency or commission funded by this Act may ac-14
3227	3227	cept on behalf of that agency, nor may such agency or 15
3228	3228	commission accept, payment or reimbursement from a 16
3229	3229	non-Federal entity for travel, subsistence, or related ex-17
3230	3230	penses for the purpose of enabling an officer or employee 18
3231	3231	to attend and participate in any meeting or similar func-19
3232	3232	tion relating to the official duties of the officer or em-20
3233	3233	ployee when the entity offering payment or reimbursement 21
3234	3234	is a person or entity subject to regulation by such agency 22
3235	3235	or commission, or represents a person or entity subject 23
3236	3236	to regulation by such agency or commission, unless the 24
3237	3237	person or entity is an organization described in section 25 125
3238	3238	•S 4928 RS
3239	3239	501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-1
3240	3240	empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code. 2
3241	3241	S
3242	3242	EC. 617. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 3
3243	3243	of law, an Executive agency covered by this Act otherwise 4
3244	3244	authorized to enter into contracts for either leases or the 5
3245	3245	construction or alteration of real property for office, meet-6
3246	3246	ing, storage, or other space must consult with the General 7
3247	3247	Services Administration before issuing a solicitation for of-8
3248	3248	fers of new leases or construction contracts, and in the 9
3249	3249	case of succeeding leases, before entering into negotiations 10
3250	3250	with the current lessor. 11
3251	3251	(2) Any such agency with authority to enter into an 12
3252	3252	emergency lease may do so during any period declared by 13
3253	3253	the President to require emergency leasing authority with 14
3254	3254	respect to such agency. 15
3255	3255	(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Executive 16
3256	3256	agency covered by this Act’’ means any Executive agency 17
3257	3257	provided funds by this Act, but does not include the Gen-18
3258	3258	eral Services Administration or the United States Postal 19
3259	3259	Service. 20
3260	3260	S
3261	3261	EC. 618. (a) There are appropriated for the fol-21
3262	3262	lowing activities the amounts required under current law: 22
3263	3263	(1) Compensation of the President (3 U.S.C. 23
3264	3264	102). 24
3265	3265	(2) Payments to— 25 126
3266	3266	•S 4928 RS
3267	3267	(A) the Judicial Officers’ Retirement Fund 1
3268	3268	(28 U.S.C. 377(o)); 2
3269	3269	(B) the Judicial Survivors’ Annuities Fund 3
3270	3270	(28 U.S.C. 376(c)); and 4
3271	3271	(C) the United States Court of Federal 5
3272	3272	Claims Judges’ Retirement Fund (28 U.S.C. 6
3273	3273	178(l)). 7
3274	3274	(3) Payment of Government contributions— 8
3275	3275	(A) with respect to the health benefits of 9
3276	3276	retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 10
3277	3277	of title 5, United States Code, and the Retired 11
3278	3278	Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (74 12
3279	3279	Stat. 849); and 13
3280	3280	(B) with respect to the life insurance bene-14
3281	3281	fits for employees retiring after December 31, 15
3282	3282	1989 (5 U.S.C. ch. 87). 16
3283	3283	(4) Payment to finance the unfunded liability of 17
3284	3284	new and increased annuity benefits under the Civil 18
3285	3285	Service Retirement and Disability Fund (5 U.S.C. 19
3286	3286	8348). 20
3287	3287	(5) Payment of annuities authorized to be paid 21
3288	3288	from the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 22
3289	3289	Fund by statutory provisions other than subchapter 23
3290	3290	III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 24
3291	3291	States Code. 25 127
3292	3292	•S 4928 RS
3293	3293	(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to ex-1
3294	3294	empt any amount appropriated by this section from any 2
3295	3295	otherwise applicable limitation on the use of funds con-3
3296	3296	tained in this Act. 4
3297	3297	S
3298	3298	EC. 619. None of the funds made available in this 5
3299	3299	Act may be used by the Federal Trade Commission to 6
3300	3300	complete the draft report entitled ‘‘Interagency Working 7
3301	3301	Group on Food Marketed to Children: Preliminary Pro-8
3302	3302	posed Nutrition Principles to Guide Industry Self-Regu-9
3303	3303	latory Efforts’’ unless the Interagency Working Group on 10
3304	3304	Food Marketed to Children complies with Executive Order 11
3305	3305	No. 13563. 12
3306	3306	S
3307	3307	EC. 620. (a) The head of each executive branch 13
3308	3308	agency funded by this Act shall ensure that the Chief In-14
3309	3309	formation Officer of the agency has the authority to par-15
3310	3310	ticipate in decisions regarding the budget planning process 16
3311	3311	related to information technology. 17
3312	3312	(b) Amounts appropriated for any executive branch 18
3313	3313	agency funded by this Act that are available for informa-19
3314	3314	tion technology shall be allocated within the agency, con-20
3315	3315	sistent with the provisions of appropriations Acts and 21
3316	3316	budget guidelines and recommendations from the Director 22
3317	3317	of the Office of Management and Budget, in such manner 23
3318	3318	as specified by, or approved by, the Chief Information Of-24 128
3319	3319	•S 4928 RS
3320	3320	ficer of the agency in consultation with the Chief Financial 1
3321	3321	Officer of the agency and budget officials. 2
3322	3322	S
3323	3323	EC. 621. None of the funds made available in this 3
3324	3324	Act may be used in contravention of chapter 29, 31, or 4
3325	3325	33 of title 44, United States Code. 5
3326	3326	S
3327	3327	EC. 622. None of the funds made available in this 6
3328	3328	Act may be used by a governmental entity to require the 7
3329	3329	disclosure by a provider of electronic communication serv-8
3330	3330	ice to the public or remote computing service of the con-9
3331	3331	tents of a wire or electronic communication that is in elec-10
3332	3332	tronic storage with the provider (as such terms are defined 11
3333	3333	in sections 2510 and 2711 of title 18, United States Code) 12
3334	3334	in a manner that violates the Fourth Amendment to the 13
3335	3335	Constitution of the United States. 14
3336	3336	S
3337	3337	EC. 623. No funds provided in this Act shall be used 15
3338	3338	to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 16
3339	3339	access to any records, documents, or other materials avail-17
3340	3340	able to the department or agency over which that Inspec-18
3341	3341	tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 19
3342	3342	5, United States Code, or to prevent or impede that In-20
3343	3343	spector General’s access to such records, documents, or 21
3344	3344	other materials, under any provision of law, except a provi-22
3345	3345	sion of law that expressly refers to the Inspector General 23
3346	3346	and expressly limits the Inspector General’s right of ac-24
3347	3347	cess. A department or agency covered by this section shall 25 129
3348	3348	•S 4928 RS
3349	3349	provide its Inspector General with access to all such 1
3350	3350	records, documents, and other materials in a timely man-2
3351	3351	ner. Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with 3
3352	3352	statutory limitations on disclosure relevant to the informa-4
3353	3353	tion provided by the establishment over which that Inspec-5
3354	3354	tor General has responsibilities under chapter 4 of title 6
3355	3355	5, United States Code. Each Inspector General covered 7
3356	3356	by this section shall report to the Committees on Appro-8
3357	3357	priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 9
3358	3358	within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this 10
3359	3359	requirement. 11
3360	3360	S
3361	3361	EC. 624. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 12
3362	3362	may be used by the Federal Communications Commission 13
3363	3363	to modify, amend, or change the rules or regulations of 14
3364	3364	the Commission for universal service high-cost support for 15
3365	3365	competitive eligible telecommunications carriers in a way 16
3366	3366	that is inconsistent with paragraph (e)(5) or (e)(6) of sec-17
3367	3367	tion 54.307 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as 18
3368	3368	in effect on July 15, 2015: Provided, That this section 19
3369	3369	shall not prohibit the Commission from considering, devel-20
3370	3370	oping, or adopting other support mechanisms as an alter-21
3371	3371	native to Mobility Fund Phase II: Provided further, That 22
3372	3372	any such alternative mechanism shall maintain existing 23
3373	3373	high-cost support to competitive eligible telecommuni-24 130
3374	3374	•S 4928 RS
3375	3375	cations carriers until support under such mechanism com-1
3376	3376	mences. 2
3377	3377	S
3378	3378	EC. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in 3
3379	3379	this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 4
3380	3380	network unless such network blocks the viewing, 5
3381	3381	downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 6
3382	3382	(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 7
3383	3383	funds necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local 8
3384	3384	law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out 9
3385	3385	criminal investigations, prosecution, adjudication activi-10
3386	3386	ties, or other law enforcement- or victim assistance-related 11
3387	3387	activity. 12
3388	3388	S
3389	3389	EC. 626. None of the funds appropriated or other- 13
3390	3390	wise made available by this Act may be used to pay award 14
3391	3391	or incentive fees for contractors whose performance has 15
3392	3392	been judged to be below satisfactory, behind schedule, over 16
3393	3393	budget, or has failed to meet the basic requirements of 17
3394	3394	a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 18
3395	3395	deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government- 19
3396	3396	driven scope changes, or are not significant within the 20
3397	3397	overall scope of the project and/or program and unless 21
3398	3398	such awards or incentive fees are consistent with section 22
3399	3399	16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. 23
3400	3400	S
3401	3401	EC. 627. (a) None of the funds made available under 24
3402	3402	this Act may be used to pay for travel and conference ac-25 131
3403	3403	•S 4928 RS
3404	3404	tivities that result in a total cost to an Executive branch 1
3405	3405	department, agency, board or commission funded by this 2
3406	3406	Act of more than $500,000 at any single conference unless 3
3407	3407	the agency or entity determines that such attendance is 4
3408	3408	in the national interest and advance notice is transmitted 5
3409	3409	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-6
3410	3410	resentatives and the Senate that includes the basis of that 7
3411	3411	determination. 8
3412	3412	(b) None of the funds made available under this Act 9
3413	3413	may be used to pay for the travel to or attendance of more 10
3414	3414	than 50 employees, who are stationed in the United 11
3415	3415	States, at any single conference occurring outside the 12
3416	3416	United States unless the agency or entity determines that 13
3417	3417	such attendance is in the national interest and advance 14
3418	3418	notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations 15
3419	3419	of the House of Representatives and the Senate that in-16
3420	3420	cludes the basis of that determination. 17
3421	3421	S
3422	3422	EC. 628. None of the funds made available by this 18
3423	3423	Act may be used for first-class or business-class travel by 19
3424	3424	the employees of executive branch agencies funded by this 20
3425	3425	Act in contravention of sections 301–10.101, 301–10.102, 21
3426	3426	301–10.103, and 301–10.121 of title 41, Code of Federal 22
3427	3427	Regulations. 23
3428	3428	S
3429	3429	EC. 629. None of the funds made available by this 24
3430	3430	Act may be obligated on contracts in excess of $5,000 for 25 132
3431	3431	•S 4928 RS
3432	3432	public relations, as that term is defined in Office and Man-1
3433	3433	agement and Budget Circular A–87 (revised May 10, 2
3434	3434	2004), unless advance notice of such an obligation is 3
3435	3435	transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the 4
3436	3436	House of Representatives and the Senate. 5
3437	3437	S
3438	3438	EC. 630. Federal agencies funded under this Act 6
3439	3439	shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 7
3440	3440	advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 8
3441	3441	Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub-9
3442	3442	lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex-10
3443	3443	pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 11
3444	3444	this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 12
3445	3445	available to the agency for advertising or other commu-13
3446	3446	nications regarding the programs and activities of the 14
3447	3447	agency. 15
3448	3448	S
3449	3449	EC. 631. When issuing statements, press releases, 16
3450	3450	requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-17
3451	3451	ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 18
3452	3452	in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 19
3453	3453	funds included in this Act, shall clearly state— 20
3454	3454	(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-21
3455	3455	gram or project which will be financed with Federal 22
3456	3456	money; 23
3457	3457	(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 24
3458	3458	project or program; and 25 133
3459	3459	•S 4928 RS
3460	3460	(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 1
3461	3461	costs of the project or program that will be financed 2
3462	3462	by non-governmental sources. 3
3463	3463	S
3464	3464	EC. 632. None of the funds made available by this 4
3465	3465	Act shall be used by the Securities and Exchange Commis-5
3466	3466	sion to finalize, issue, or implement any rule, regulation, 6
3467	3467	or order regarding the disclosure of political contributions, 7
3468	3468	contributions to tax exempt organizations, or dues paid 8
3469	3469	to trade associations. 9
3470	3470	S
3471	3471	EC. 633. Not later than 45 days after the last day 10
3472	3472	of each quarter, each agency funded in this Act shall sub-11
3473	3473	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 12
3474	3474	of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-13
3475	3475	port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 14
3476	3476	quarter for each appropriation, by the source year of the 15
3477	3477	appropriation. 16
3478	3478	S
3479	3479	EC. 634. Of the unobligated balances available in 17
3480	3480	the Department of the Treasury, Treasury Forfeiture 18
3481	3481	Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United 19
3482	3482	States Code, $150,000,000 shall be permanently rescinded 20
3483	3483	not later than September 30, 2025. 21
3484	3484	S
3485	3485	EC. 635. Of the unobligated balances made available 22
3486	3486	for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the So-23
3487	3487	cial Security Act, $6,640,000,000 shall not be available 24
3488	3488	for obligation in this fiscal year. 25 134
3489	3489	•S 4928 RS
3490	3490	SEC. 636. Section 15010(k) of division B of the 1
3491	3491	CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking 2
3492	3492	‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2027’’. 3
3493	3493	S
3494	3494	EC. 637. Each amount designated in this Act by the 4
3495	3495	Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-5
3496	3496	tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-6
3497	3497	gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 7
3498	3498	repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only 8
3499	3499	if the President subsequently so designates all such 9
3500	3500	amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 10 135
3501	3501	•S 4928 RS
3502	3502	TITLE VII 1
3503	3503	GENERAL PROVISIONS—GOVERNMENT-WIDE 2
3504	3504	D
3505	3505	EPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, ANDCORPORATIONS 3
3506	3506	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
3507	3507	S
3508	3508	EC. 701. No department, agency, or instrumentality 5
3509	3509	of the United States receiving appropriated funds under 6
3510	3510	this or any other Act for fiscal year 2025 shall obligate 7
3511	3511	or expend any such funds, unless such department, agen-8
3512	3512	cy, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 9
3513	3513	administer in good faith, a written policy designed to en-10
3514	3514	sure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal 11
3515	3515	use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances 12
3516	3516	(as defined in the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 13
3517	3517	802)) by the officers and employees of such department, 14
3518	3518	agency, or instrumentality. 15
3519	3519	S
3520	3520	EC. 702. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 16
3521	3521	maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year 17
3522	3522	in accordance with section 1343(c) of title 31, United 18
3523	3523	States Code, for the purchase of any passenger motor ve-19
3524	3524	hicle (exclusive of buses, ambulances, vans, law enforce-20
3525	3525	ment vehicles, protective vehicles, undercover surveillance 21
3526	3526	vehicles, and police-type vehicles), is hereby fixed at 22
3527	3527	$40,000 except station wagons for which the maximum 23
3528	3528	shall be $41,140: Provided, That these limits may be ex-24
3529	3529	ceeded by not to exceed $7,775 for police-type vehicles: 25 136
3530	3530	•S 4928 RS
3531	3531	Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section 1
3532	3532	may not be exceeded by more than 5 percent for electric 2
3533	3533	or hybrid vehicles purchased for demonstration under the 3
3534	3534	provisions of the Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, 4
3535	3535	Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: Provided 5
3536	3536	further, That the limits set forth in this section may be 6
3537	3537	exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 7
3538	3538	vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101–549 over 8
3539	3539	the cost of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles: Pro-9
3540	3540	vided further, That the limits set forth in this section shall 10
3541	3541	not apply to any vehicle that is a commercial item and 11
3542	3542	which operates on alternative fuel, including but not lim-12
3543	3543	ited to electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and hydrogen fuel 13
3544	3544	cell vehicles. 14
3545	3545	S
3546	3546	EC. 703. Appropriations of the executive depart-15
3547	3547	ments and independent establishments for the current fis-16
3548	3548	cal year available for expenses of travel, or for the ex-17
3549	3549	penses of the activity concerned, are hereby made available 18
3550	3550	for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in 19
3551	3551	accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5922–5924. 20
3552	3552	S
3553	3553	EC. 704. Unless otherwise specified in law during 21
3554	3554	the current fiscal year, no part of any appropriation con-22
3555	3555	tained in this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 23
3556	3556	compensation of any officer or employee of the Govern-24
3557	3557	ment of the United States (including any agency the ma-25 137
3558	3558	•S 4928 RS
3559	3559	jority of the stock of which is owned by the Government 1
3560	3560	of the United States) whose post of duty is in the conti-2
3561	3561	nental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen 3
3562	3562	of the United States; (2) is a person who is lawfully admit-4
3563	3563	ted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as 5
3564	3564	outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B); (3) is a person who 6
3565	3565	is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is grant-7
3566	3566	ed asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration 8
3567	3567	of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and 9
3568	3568	then a citizen when eligible; or (4) is a person who owes 10
3569	3569	allegiance to the United States: Provided, That for pur-11
3570	3570	poses of this section, affidavits signed by any such person 12
3571	3571	shall be considered prima facie evidence that the require-13
3572	3572	ments of this section with respect to his or her status are 14
3573	3573	being complied with: Provided further, That for purposes 15
3574	3574	of paragraphs (2) and (3) such affidavits shall be sub-16
3575	3575	mitted prior to employment and updated thereafter as nec-17
3576	3576	essary: Provided further, That any person making a false 18
3577	3577	affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction, 19
3578	3578	shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 20
3579	3579	more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the 21
3580	3580	above penal clause shall be in addition to, and not in sub-22
3581	3581	stitution for, any other provisions of existing law: Provided 23
3582	3582	further, That any payment made to any officer or em-24
3583	3583	ployee contrary to the provisions of this section shall be 25 138
3584	3584	•S 4928 RS
3585	3585	recoverable in action by the Federal Government: Provided 1
3586	3586	further, That this section shall not apply to any person 2
3587	3587	who is an officer or employee of the Government of the 3
3588	3588	United States on the date of enactment of this Act, or 4
3589	3589	to international broadcasters employed by the Broad-5
3590	3590	casting Board of Governors, or to temporary employment 6
3591	3591	of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 7
3592	3592	service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies: 8
3593	3593	Provided further, That this section does not apply to the 9
3594	3594	employment as Wildland firefighters for not more than 10
3595	3595	120 days of nonresident aliens employed by the Depart-11
3596	3596	ment of the Interior or the USDA Forest Service pursuant 12
3597	3597	to an agreement with another country. 13
3598	3598	S
3599	3599	EC. 705. Appropriations available to any depart-14
3600	3600	ment or agency during the current fiscal year for nec-15
3601	3601	essary expenses, including maintenance or operating ex-16
3602	3602	penses, shall also be available for payment to the General 17
3603	3603	Services Administration for charges for space and services 18
3604	3604	and those expenses of renovation and alteration of build-19
3605	3605	ings and facilities which constitute public improvements 20
3606	3606	performed in accordance with the Public Buildings Act of 21
3607	3607	1959 (73 Stat. 479), the Public Buildings Amendments 22
3608	3608	of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. 23
3609	3609	S
3610	3610	EC. 706. In addition to funds provided in this or 24
3611	3611	any other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to re-25 139
3612	3612	•S 4928 RS
3613	3613	ceive and use funds resulting from the sale of materials, 1
3614	3614	including Federal records disposed of pursuant to a 2
3615	3615	records schedule recovered through recycling or waste pre-3
3616	3616	vention programs. Such funds shall be available until ex-4
3617	3617	pended for the following purposes: 5
3618	3618	(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 6
3619	3619	and recycling programs as described in Executive 7
3620	3620	Order No. 14057 (December 8, 2021), including any 8
3621	3621	such programs adopted prior to the effective date of 9
3622	3622	the Executive order. 10
3623	3623	(2) Other Federal agency environmental man-11
3624	3624	agement programs, including, but not limited to, the 12
3625	3625	development and implementation of hazardous waste 13
3626	3626	management and pollution prevention programs. 14
3627	3627	(3) Other employee programs as authorized by 15
3628	3628	law or as deemed appropriate by the head of the 16
3629	3629	Federal agency. 17
3630	3630	S
3631	3631	EC. 707. Funds made available by this or any other 18
3632	3632	Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year 19
3633	3633	of the corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of 20
3634	3634	title 31, United States Code, shall be available, in addition 21
3635	3635	to objects for which such funds are otherwise available, 22
3636	3636	for rent in the District of Columbia; services in accordance 23
3637	3637	with 5 U.S.C. 3109; and the objects specified under this 24
3638	3638	head, all the provisions of which shall be applicable to the 25 140
3639	3639	•S 4928 RS
3640	3640	expenditure of such funds unless otherwise specified in the 1
3641	3641	Act by which they are made available: Provided, That in 2
3642	3642	the event any functions budgeted as administrative ex-3
3643	3643	penses are subsequently transferred to or paid from other 4
3644	3644	funds, the limitations on administrative expenses shall be 5
3645	3645	correspondingly reduced. 6
3646	3646	S
3647	3647	EC. 708. No part of any appropriation contained in 7
3648	3648	this or any other Act shall be available for interagency 8
3649	3649	financing of boards (except Federal Executive Boards), 9
3650	3650	commissions, councils, committees, or similar groups 10
3651	3651	(whether or not they are interagency entities) which do 11
3652	3652	not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive 12
3653	3653	financial support from more than one agency or instru-13
3654	3654	mentality. 14
3655	3655	S
3656	3656	EC. 709. None of the funds made available pursuant 15
3657	3657	to the provisions of this or any other Act shall be used 16
3658	3658	to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which 17
3659	3659	has been disapproved pursuant to a joint resolution duly 18
3660	3660	adopted in accordance with the applicable law of the 19
3661	3661	United States. 20
3662	3662	S
3663	3663	EC. 710. During the period in which the head of 21
3664	3664	any department or agency, or any other officer or civilian 22
3665	3665	employee of the Federal Government appointed by the 23
3666	3666	President of the United States, holds office, no funds may 24
3667	3667	be obligated or expended in excess of $5,000 to furnish 25 141
3668	3668	•S 4928 RS
3669	3669	or redecorate the office of such department head, agency 1
3670	3670	head, officer, or employee, or to purchase furniture or 2
3671	3671	make improvements for any such office, unless advance 3
3672	3672	notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted 4
3673	3673	to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-5
3674	3674	resentatives and the Senate. For the purposes of this sec-6
3675	3675	tion, the term ‘‘office’’ shall include the entire suite of of-7
3676	3676	fices assigned to the individual, as well as any other space 8
3677	3677	used primarily by the individual or the use of which is 9
3678	3678	directly controlled by the individual. 10
3679	3679	S
3680	3680	EC. 711. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-11
3681	3681	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 12
3682	3682	fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 13
3683	3683	the interagency funding of national security and emer-14
3684	3684	gency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 15
3685	3685	benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or enti-16
3686	3686	ties, as provided by Executive Order No. 13618 (July 6, 17
3687	3687	2012). 18
3688	3688	S
3689	3689	EC. 712. (a) None of the funds made available by 19
3690	3690	this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 20
3691	3691	any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 21
3692	3692	Federal Government to pay the salaries or expenses of any 22
3693	3693	individual appointed to a position of a confidential or pol-23
3694	3694	icy-determining character that is excepted from the com-24
3695	3695	petitive service under section 3302 of title 5, United 25 142
3696	3696	•S 4928 RS
3697	3697	States Code, (pursuant to schedule C of subpart C of part 1
3698	3698	213 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations) unless 2
3699	3699	the head of the applicable department, agency, or other 3
3700	3700	instrumentality employing such schedule C individual cer-4
3701	3701	tifies to the Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-5
3702	3702	ment that the schedule C position occupied by the indi-6
3703	3703	vidual was not created solely or primarily in order to detail 7
3704	3704	the individual to the White House. 8
3705	3705	(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 9
3706	3706	Federal employees or members of the armed forces de-10
3707	3707	tailed to or from an element of the intelligence community 11
3708	3708	(as that term is defined under section 3(4) of the National 12
3709	3709	Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4))). 13
3710	3710	S
3711	3711	EC. 713. No part of any appropriation contained in 14
3712	3712	this or any other Act shall be available for the payment 15
3713	3713	of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal 16
3714	3714	Government, who— 17
3715	3715	(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threat-18
3716	3716	ens to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or em-19
3717	3717	ployee of the Federal Government from having any 20
3718	3718	direct oral or written communication or contact with 21
3719	3719	any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the 22
3720	3720	Congress in connection with any matter pertaining 23
3721	3721	to the employment of such other officer or employee 24
3722	3722	or pertaining to the department or agency of such 25 143
3723	3723	•S 4928 RS
3724	3724	other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of 1
3725	3725	whether such communication or contact is at the ini-2
3726	3726	tiative of such other officer or employee or in re-3
3727	3727	sponse to the request or inquiry of such Member, 4
3728	3728	committee, or subcommittee; or 5
3729	3729	(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 6
3730	3730	demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 7
3731	3731	performance or efficiency rating, denies promotion 8
3732	3732	to, relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or dis-9
3733	3733	criminates in regard to any employment right, enti-10
3734	3734	tlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of em-11
3735	3735	ployment of, any other officer or employee of the 12
3736	3736	Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to 13
3737	3737	commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to 14
3738	3738	such other officer or employee, by reason of any 15
3739	3739	communication or contact of such other officer or 16
3740	3740	employee with any Member, committee, or sub-17
3741	3741	committee of the Congress as described in paragraph 18
3742	3742	(1). 19
3743	3743	S
3744	3744	EC. 714. (a) None of the funds made available in 20
3745	3745	this or any other Act may be obligated or expended for 21
3746	3746	any employee training that— 22
3747	3747	(1) does not meet identified needs for knowl-23
3748	3748	edge, skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 24
3749	3749	performance of official duties; 25 144
3750	3750	•S 4928 RS
3751	3751	(2) contains elements likely to induce high lev-1
3752	3752	els of emotional response or psychological stress in 2
3753	3753	some participants; 3
3754	3754	(3) does not require prior employee notification 4
3755	3755	of the content and methods to be used in the train-5
3756	3756	ing and written end of course evaluation; 6
3757	3757	(4) contains any methods or content associated 7
3758	3758	with religious or quasi-religious belief systems or 8
3759	3759	‘‘new age’’ belief systems as defined in Equal Em-9
3760	3760	ployment Opportunity Commission Notice N– 10
3761	3761	915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or 11
3762	3762	(5) is offensive to, or designed to change, par-12
3763	3763	ticipants’ personal values or lifestyle outside the 13
3764	3764	workplace. 14
3765	3765	(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 15
3766	3766	otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training 16
3767	3767	bearing directly upon the performance of official duties. 17
3768	3768	S
3769	3769	EC. 715. No part of any funds appropriated in this 18
3770	3770	or any other Act shall be used by an agency of the execu-19
3771	3771	tive branch, other than for normal and recognized execu-20
3772	3772	tive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda 21
3773	3773	purposes, and for the preparation, distribution or use of 22
3774	3774	any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, 23
3775	3775	or film presentation designed to support or defeat legisla-24 145
3776	3776	•S 4928 RS
3777	3777	tion pending before the Congress, except in presentation 1
3778	3778	to the Congress itself. 2
3779	3779	S
3780	3780	EC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 3
3781	3781	any other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Fed-4
3782	3782	eral employee’s home address to any labor organization 5
3783	3783	except when the employee has authorized such disclosure 6
3784	3784	or when such disclosure has been ordered by a court of 7
3785	3785	competent jurisdiction. 8
3786	3786	S
3787	3787	EC. 717. None of the funds made available in this 9
3788	3788	or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public 10
3789	3789	information such as mailing, telephone, or electronic mail-11
3790	3790	ing lists to any person or any organization outside of the 12
3791	3791	Federal Government without the approval of the Commit-13
3792	3792	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 14
3793	3793	and the Senate. 15
3794	3794	S
3795	3795	EC. 718. No part of any appropriation contained in 16
3796	3796	this or any other Act shall be used directly or indirectly, 17
3797	3797	including by private contractor, for publicity or propa-18
3798	3798	ganda purposes within the United States not heretofore 19
3799	3799	authorized by Congress. 20
3800	3800	S
3801	3801	EC. 719. (a) In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’— 21
3802	3802	(1) means an Executive agency, as defined 22
3803	3803	under 5 U.S.C. 105; and 23 146
3804	3804	•S 4928 RS
3805	3805	(2) includes a military department, as defined 1
3806	3806	under section 102 of such title and the United 2
3807	3807	States Postal Service. 3
3808	3808	(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regu-4
3809	3809	lations to use such time for other purposes, an employee 5
3810	3810	of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort 6
3811	3811	to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave 7
3812	3812	system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under 8
3813	3813	5 U.S.C. 6301(2), has an obligation to expend an honest 9
3814	3814	effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee’s time 10
3815	3815	in the performance of official duties. 11
3816	3816	S
3817	3817	EC. 720. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-12
3818	3818	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 13
3819	3819	fiscal year by this or any other Act to any department 14
3820	3820	or agency, which is a member of the Federal Accounting 15
3821	3821	Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), shall be available to 16
3822	3822	finance an appropriate share of FASAB administrative 17
3823	3823	costs. 18
3824	3824	S
3825	3825	EC. 721. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-19
3826	3826	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-20
3827	3827	ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 21
3828	3828	reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Government- 22
3829	3829	wide Policy’’ with the approval of the Director of the Of-23
3830	3830	fice of Management and Budget, funds made available for 24
3831	3831	the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, including 25 147
3832	3832	•S 4928 RS
3833	3833	rebates from charge card and other contracts: Provided, 1
3834	3834	That these funds shall be administered by the Adminis-2
3835	3835	trator of General Services to support Government-wide 3
3836	3836	and other multi-agency financial, information technology, 4
3837	3837	procurement, and other management innovations, initia-5
3838	3838	tives, and activities, including improving coordination and 6
3839	3839	reducing duplication, as approved by the Director of the 7
3840	3840	Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 8
3841	3841	the appropriate interagency and multi-agency groups des-9
3842	3842	ignated by the Director (including the President’s Man-10
3843	3843	agement Council for overall management improvement ini-11
3844	3844	tiatives, the Chief Financial Officers Council for financial 12
3845	3845	management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers 13
3846	3846	Council for information technology initiatives, the Chief 14
3847	3847	Human Capital Officers Council for human capital initia-15
3848	3848	tives, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council for procure-16
3849	3849	ment initiatives, and the Performance Improvement Coun-17
3850	3850	cil for performance improvement initiatives): Provided fur-18
3851	3851	ther, That the total funds transferred or reimbursed shall 19
3852	3852	not exceed $15,000,000 to improve coordination, reduce 20
3853	3853	duplication, and for other activities related to Federal 21
3854	3854	Government Priority Goals established by 31 U.S.C. 1120, 22
3855	3855	and not to exceed $17,000,000 for Government-wide inno-23
3856	3856	vations, initiatives, and activities: Provided further, That 24
3857	3857	the funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 25 148
3858	3858	•S 4928 RS
3859	3859	Services Administration, Government-Wide Policy’’ during 1
3860	3860	fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obligation 2
3861	3861	through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That not 3
3862	3862	later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Direc-4
3863	3863	tor of the Office of Management and Budget, in consulta-5
3864	3864	tion with the Administrator of General Services, shall sub-6
3865	3865	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 7
3866	3866	of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on 8
3867	3867	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-9
3868	3868	ate, and the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 10
3869	3869	of the House of Representatives a detailed spend plan for 11
3870	3870	the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Provided fur-12
3871	3871	ther, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, include: 13
3872	3872	(i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized under 14
3873	3873	this section and the estimate of amounts to be transferred 15
3874	3874	or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a detailed break-16
3875	3875	down of the purposes for all funds estimated to be trans-17
3876	3876	ferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section (including 18
3877	3877	total number of personnel and costs for all staff whose 19
3878	3878	salaries are provided for by this section); (iii) where appli-20
3879	3879	cable, a description of the funds intended for use by or 21
3880	3880	for the benefit of each executive council; and (iv) where 22
3881	3881	applicable, a description of the funds intended for use by 23
3882	3882	or for the implementation of specific laws passed by Con-24
3883	3883	gress: Provided further, That no transfers or reimburse-25 149
3884	3884	•S 4928 RS
3885	3885	ments may be made pursuant to this section until 15 days 1
3886	3886	following notification of the Committees on Appropriations 2
3887	3887	of the House of Representatives and the Senate by the 3
3888	3888	Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 4
3889	3889	S
3890	3890	EC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5
3891	3891	law, a woman may breastfeed her child at any location 6
3892	3892	in a Federal building or on Federal property, if the woman 7
3893	3893	and her child are otherwise authorized to be present at 8
3894	3894	the location. 9
3895	3895	S
3896	3896	EC. 723. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346, or sec-10
3897	3897	tion 708 of this Act, funds made available for the current 11
3898	3898	fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for 12
3899	3899	the interagency funding of specific projects, workshops, 13
3900	3900	studies, and similar efforts to carry out the purposes of 14
3901	3901	the National Science and Technology Council (authorized 15
3902	3902	by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit multiple 16
3903	3903	Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided, That 17
3904	3904	the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a re-18
3905	3905	port describing the budget of and resources connected with 19
3906	3906	the National Science and Technology Council to the Com-20
3907	3907	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 21
3908	3908	and the Senate, the House Committee on Science, Space, 22
3909	3909	and Technology, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, 23
3910	3910	Science, and Transportation 90 days after enactment of 24
3911	3911	this Act. 25 150
3912	3912	•S 4928 RS
3913	3913	SEC. 724. Any request for proposals, solicitation, 1
3914	3914	grant application, form, notification, press release, or 2
3915	3915	other publications involving the distribution of Federal 3
3916	3916	funds shall comply with any relevant requirements in part 4
3917	3917	200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, 5
3918	3918	That this section shall apply to direct payments, formula 6
3919	3919	funds, and grants received by a State receiving Federal 7
3920	3920	funds. 8
3921	3921	S
3922	3922	EC. 725. (a) PROHIBITION OFFEDERALAGENCY 9
3923	3923	M
3924	3924	ONITORING OFINDIVIDUALS’ INTERNETUSE.—None of 10
3925	3925	the funds made available in this or any other Act may 11
3926	3926	be used by any Federal agency— 12
3927	3927	(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregation 13
3928	3928	of data, derived from any means, that includes any 14
3929	3929	personally identifiable information relating to an in-15
3930	3930	dividual’s access to or use of any Federal Govern-16
3931	3931	ment Internet site of the agency; or 17
3932	3932	(2) to enter into any agreement with a third 18
3933	3933	party (including another government agency) to col-19
3934	3934	lect, review, or obtain any aggregation of data, de-20
3935	3935	rived from any means, that includes any personally 21
3936	3936	identifiable information relating to an individual’s 22
3937	3937	access to or use of any nongovernmental Internet 23
3938	3938	site. 24 151
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3940	3940	(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitations established in 1
3941	3941	subsection (a) shall not apply to— 2
3942	3942	(1) any record of aggregate data that does not 3
3943	3943	identify particular persons; 4
3944	3944	(2) any voluntary submission of personally iden-5
3945	3945	tifiable information; 6
3946	3946	(3) any action taken for law enforcement, regu-7
3947	3947	latory, or supervisory purposes, in accordance with 8
3948	3948	applicable law; or 9
3949	3949	(4) any action described in subsection (a)(1) 10
3950	3950	that is a system security action taken by the oper-11
3951	3951	ator of an Internet site and is necessarily incident 12
3952	3952	to providing the Internet site services or to pro-13
3953	3953	tecting the rights or property of the provider of the 14
3954	3954	Internet site. 15
3955	3955	(c) D
3956	3956	EFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section: 16
3957	3957	(1) The term ‘‘regulatory’’ means agency ac-17
3958	3958	tions to implement, interpret or enforce authorities 18
3959	3959	provided in law. 19
3960	3960	(2) The term ‘‘supervisory’’ means examina-20
3961	3961	tions of the agency’s supervised institutions, includ-21
3962	3962	ing assessing safety and soundness, overall financial 22
3963	3963	condition, management practices and policies and 23
3964	3964	compliance with applicable standards as provided in 24
3965	3965	law. 25 152
3966	3966	•S 4928 RS
3967	3967	SEC. 726. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this 1
3968	3968	Act may be used to enter into or renew a contract which 2
3969	3969	includes a provision providing prescription drug coverage, 3
3970	3970	except where the contract also includes a provision for con-4
3971	3971	traceptive coverage. 5
3972	3972	(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 6
3973	3973	with— 7
3974	3974	(1) any of the following religious plans: 8
3975	3975	(A) Personal Care’s HMO; and 9
3976	3976	(B) OSF HealthPlans, Inc.; and 10
3977	3977	(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier 11
3978	3978	for the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of 12
3979	3979	religious beliefs. 13
3980	3980	(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters 14
3981	3981	into or renews a contract under this section may not sub-15
3982	3982	ject any individual to discrimination on the basis that the 16
3983	3983	individual refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for 17
3984	3984	contraceptives because such activities would be contrary 18
3985	3985	to the individual’s religious beliefs or moral convictions. 19
3986	3986	(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to re-20
3987	3987	quire coverage of abortion or abortion-related services. 21
3988	3988	S
3989	3989	EC. 727. The United States is committed to ensur-22
3990	3990	ing the health of its Olympic, Pan American, and 23
3991	3991	Paralympic athletes, and supports the strict adherence to 24
3992	3992	anti-doping in sport through testing, adjudication, edu-25 153
3993	3993	•S 4928 RS
3994	3994	cation, and research as performed by nationally recognized 1
3995	3995	oversight authorities. 2
3996	3996	S
3997	3997	EC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3
3998	3998	law, funds appropriated for official travel to Federal de-4
3999	3999	partments and agencies may be used by such departments 5
4000	4000	and agencies, if consistent with Office of Management and 6
4001	4001	Budget Circular A–126 regarding official travel for Gov-7
4002	4002	ernment personnel, to participate in the fractional aircraft 8
4003	4003	ownership pilot program. 9
4004	4004	S
4005	4005	EC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 10
4006	4006	law, none of the funds appropriated or made available 11
4007	4007	under this or any other appropriations Act may be used 12
4008	4008	to implement or enforce restrictions or limitations on the 13
4009	4009	Coast Guard Congressional Fellowship Program, or to im-14
4010	4010	plement the proposed regulations of the Office of Per-15
4011	4011	sonnel Management to add sections 300.311 through 16
4012	4012	300.316 to part 300 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Reg-17
4013	4013	ulations, published in the Federal Register, volume 68, 18
4014	4014	number 174, on September 9, 2003 (relating to the detail 19
4015	4015	of executive branch employees to the legislative branch). 20
4016	4016	S
4017	4017	EC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21
4018	4018	law, no executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, 22
4019	4019	or lease any additional facilities, except within or contig-23
4020	4020	uous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of 24
4021	4021	conducting Federal law enforcement training without the 25 154
4022	4022	•S 4928 RS
4023	4023	advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 1
4024	4024	the House of Representatives and the Senate, except that 2
4025	4025	the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers is author-3
4026	4026	ized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities 4
4027	4027	by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which 5
4028	4028	cannot be accommodated in existing Centers facilities. 6
4029	4029	S
4030	4030	EC. 731. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 7
4031	4031	law, none of the funds provided in this or any other Act 8
4032	4032	may be used by an executive branch agency to produce 9
4033	4033	any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or dis-10
4034	4034	tribution in the United States, unless the story includes 11
4035	4035	a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-12
4036	4036	packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 13
4037	4037	prepared or funded by that executive branch agency. 14
4038	4038	S
4039	4039	EC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 15
4040	4040	Act may be used in contravention of section 552a of title 16
4041	4041	5, United States Code (popularly known as the Privacy 17
4042	4042	Act), and regulations implementing that section. 18
4043	4043	S
4044	4044	EC. 733. (a) INGENERAL.—None of the funds ap-19
4045	4045	propriated or otherwise made available by this or any 20
4046	4046	other Act may be used for any Federal Government con-21
4047	4047	tract with any foreign incorporated entity which is treated 22
4048	4048	as an inverted domestic corporation under section 835(b) 23
4049	4049	of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 395(b)) 24
4050	4050	or any subsidiary of such an entity. 25 155
4051	4051	•S 4928 RS
4052	4052	(b) WAIVERS.— 1
4053	4053	(1) I
4054	4054	N GENERAL.—Any Secretary shall waive 2
4055	4055	subsection (a) with respect to any Federal Govern-3
4056	4056	ment contract under the authority of such Secretary 4
4057	4057	if the Secretary determines that the waiver is re-5
4058	4058	quired in the interest of national security. 6
4059	4059	(2) R
4060	4060	EPORT TO CONGRESS .—Any Secretary 7
4061	4061	issuing a waiver under paragraph (1) shall report 8
4062	4062	such issuance to Congress. 9
4063	4063	(c) E
4064	4064	XCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to any 10
4065	4065	Federal Government contract entered into before the date 11
4066	4066	of the enactment of this Act, or to any task order issued 12
4067	4067	pursuant to such contract. 13
4068	4068	S
4069	4069	EC. 734. During fiscal year 2025, for each employee 14
4070	4070	who— 15
4071	4071	(1) retires under section 8336(d)(2) or 16
4072	4072	8414(b)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code; or 17
4073	4073	(2) retires under any other provision of sub-18
4074	4074	chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title 19
4075	4075	5 and receives a payment as an incentive to sepa-20
4076	4076	rate, the separating agency shall remit to the Civil 21
4077	4077	Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount 22
4078	4078	equal to the Office of Personnel Management’s aver-23
4079	4079	age unit cost of processing a retirement claim for 24
4080	4080	the preceding fiscal year. Such amounts shall be 25 156
4081	4081	•S 4928 RS
4082	4082	available until expended to the Office of Personnel 1
4083	4083	Management and shall be deemed to be an adminis-2
4084	4084	trative expense under section 8348(a)(1)(B) of title 3
4085	4085	5, United States Code. 4
4086	4086	S
4087	4087	EC. 735. (a) None of the funds made available in 5
4088	4088	this or any other Act may be used to recommend or re-6
4089	4089	quire any entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract 7
4090	4090	to disclose any of the following information as a condition 8
4091	4091	of submitting the offer: 9
4092	4092	(1) Any payment consisting of a contribution, 10
4093	4093	expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse-11
4094	4094	ment for an electioneering communication that is 12
4095	4095	made by the entity, its officers or directors, or any 13
4096	4096	of its affiliates or subsidiaries to a candidate for 14
4097	4097	election for Federal office or to a political com-15
4098	4098	mittee, or that is otherwise made with respect to any 16
4099	4099	election for Federal office. 17
4100	4100	(2) Any disbursement of funds (other than a 18
4101	4101	payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the 19
4102	4102	entity, its officers or directors, or any of its affiliates 20
4103	4103	or subsidiaries to any person with the intent or the 21
4104	4104	reasonable expectation that the person will use the 22
4105	4105	funds to make a payment described in paragraph 23
4106	4106	(1). 24 157
4107	4107	•S 4928 RS
4108	4108	(b) In this section, each of the terms ‘‘contribution’’, 1
4109	4109	‘‘expenditure’’, ‘‘independent expenditure’’, ‘‘election-2
4110	4110	eering communication’’, ‘‘candidate’’, ‘‘election’’, and 3
4111	4111	‘‘Federal office’’ has the meaning given such term in the 4
4112	4112	Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 5
4113	4113	et seq.). 6
4114	4114	S
4115	4115	EC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 7
4116	4116	or any other Act may be used to pay for the painting of 8
4117	4117	a portrait of an officer or employee of the Federal Govern-9
4118	4118	ment, including the President, the Vice President, a Mem-10
4119	4119	ber of Congress (including a Delegate or a Resident Com-11
4120	4120	missioner to Congress), the head of an executive branch 12
4121	4121	agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 13
4122	4122	Code), or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 14
4123	4123	S
4124	4124	EC. 737. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 15
4125	4125	of law, and except as otherwise provided in this section, 16
4126	4126	no part of any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 17
4127	4127	2025, by this or any other Act, may be used to pay any 18
4128	4128	prevailing rate employee described in section 19
4129	4129	5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code— 20
4130	4130	(A) during the period from the date of expira-21
4131	4131	tion of the limitation imposed by the comparable sec-22
4132	4132	tion for the previous fiscal years until the normal ef-23
4133	4133	fective date of the applicable wage survey adjust-24
4134	4134	ment that is to take effect in fiscal year 2025, in an 25 158
4135	4135	•S 4928 RS
4136	4136	amount that exceeds the rate payable for the appli-1
4137	4137	cable grade and step of the applicable wage schedule 2
4138	4138	in accordance with such section; and 3
4139	4139	(B) during the period consisting of the remain-4
4140	4140	der of fiscal year 2025, in an amount that exceeds, 5
4141	4141	as a result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate 6
4142	4142	payable under subparagraph (A) by more than the 7
4143	4143	sum of— 8
4144	4144	(i) the percentage adjustment taking effect 9
4145	4145	in fiscal year 2025 under section 5303 of title 10
4146	4146	5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 11
4147	4147	under the General Schedule; and 12
4148	4148	(ii) the difference between the overall aver-13
4149	4149	age percentage of the locality-based com-14
4150	4150	parability payments taking effect in fiscal year 15
4151	4151	2025 under section 5304 of such title (whether 16
4152	4152	by adjustment or otherwise), and the overall av-17
4153	4153	erage percentage of such payments which was 18
4154	4154	effective in the previous fiscal year under such 19
4155	4155	section. 20
4156	4156	(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 21
4157	4157	prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or 22
4158	4158	(C) of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 23
4159	4159	and no employee covered by section 5348 of such title, 24
4160	4160	may be paid during the periods for which paragraph (1) 25 159
4161	4161	•S 4928 RS
4162	4162	is in effect at a rate that exceeds the rates that would 1
4163	4163	be payable under paragraph (1) were paragraph (1) appli-2
4164	4164	cable to such employee. 3
4165	4165	(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the rates pay-4
4166	4166	able to an employee who is covered by this subsection and 5
4167	4167	who is paid from a schedule not in existence on September 6
4168	4168	30, 2024, shall be determined under regulations pre-7
4169	4169	scribed by the Office of Personnel Management. 8
4170	4170	(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates 9
4171	4171	of premium pay for employees subject to this subsection 10
4172	4172	may not be changed from the rates in effect on September 11
4173	4173	30, 2024, except to the extent determined by the Office 12
4174	4174	of Personnel Management to be consistent with the pur-13
4175	4175	pose of this subsection. 14
4176	4176	(5) This subsection shall apply with respect to pay 15
4177	4177	for service performed after September 30, 2024. 16
4178	4178	(6) For the purpose of administering any provision 17
4179	4179	of law (including any rule or regulation that provides pre-18
4180	4180	mium pay, retirement, life insurance, or any other em-19
4181	4181	ployee benefit) that requires any deduction or contribu-20
4182	4182	tion, or that imposes any requirement or limitation on the 21
4183	4183	basis of a rate of salary or basic pay, the rate of salary 22
4184	4184	or basic pay payable after the application of this sub-23
4185	4185	section shall be treated as the rate of salary or basic pay. 24 160
4186	4186	•S 4928 RS
4187	4187	(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to 1
4188	4188	permit or require the payment to any employee covered 2
4189	4189	by this subsection at a rate in excess of the rate that would 3
4190	4190	be payable were this subsection not in effect. 4
4191	4191	(8) The Office of Personnel Management may provide 5
4192	4192	for exceptions to the limitations imposed by this sub-6
4193	4193	section if the Office determines that such exceptions are 7
4194	4194	necessary to ensure the recruitment or retention of quali-8
4195	4195	fied employees. 9
4196	4196	(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the adjustment 10
4197	4197	in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay systems that 11
4198	4198	take place in fiscal year 2025 under sections 5344 and 12
4199	4199	5348 of title 5, United States Code, shall be— 13
4200	4200	(1) not less than the percentage received by em-14
4201	4201	ployees in the same location whose rates of basic pay 15
4202	4202	are adjusted pursuant to the statutory pay systems 16
4203	4203	under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United 17
4204	4204	States Code: Provided, That prevailing rate employ-18
4205	4205	ees at locations where there are no employees whose 19
4206	4206	pay is increased pursuant to sections 5303 and 5304 20
4207	4207	of title 5, United States Code, and prevailing rate 21
4208	4208	employees described in section 5343(a)(5) of title 5, 22
4209	4209	United States Code, shall be considered to be located 23
4210	4210	in the pay locality designated as ‘‘Rest of United 24 161
4211	4211	•S 4928 RS
4212	4212	States’’ pursuant to section 5304 of title 5, United 1
4213	4213	States Code, for purposes of this subsection; and 2
4214	4214	(2) effective as of the first day of the first ap-3
4215	4215	plicable pay period beginning after September 30, 4
4216	4216	2024. 5
4217	4217	S
4218	4218	EC. 738. (a) The head of any Executive branch de-6
4219	4219	partment, agency, board, commission, or office funded by 7
4220	4220	this or any other appropriations Act shall submit annual 8
4221	4221	reports to the Inspector General or senior ethics official 9
4222	4222	for any entity without an Inspector General, regarding the 10
4223	4223	costs and contracting procedures related to each con-11
4224	4224	ference held by any such department, agency, board, com-12
4225	4225	mission, or office during fiscal year 2025 for which the 13
4226	4226	cost to the United States Government was more than 14
4227	4227	$100,000. 15
4228	4228	(b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con-16
4229	4229	ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica-17
4230	4230	ble period— 18
4231	4231	(1) a description of its purpose; 19
4232	4232	(2) the number of participants attending; 20
4233	4233	(3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 21
4234	4234	United States Government, including— 22
4235	4235	(A) the cost of any food or beverages; 23
4236	4236	(B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 24 162
4237	4237	•S 4928 RS
4238	4238	(C) the cost of employee or contractor 1
4239	4239	travel to and from the conference; and 2
4240	4240	(D) a discussion of the methodology used 3
4241	4241	to determine which costs relate to the con-4
4242	4242	ference; and 5
4243	4243	(4) a description of the contracting procedures 6
4244	4244	used including— 7
4245	4245	(A) whether contracts were awarded on a 8
4246	4246	competitive basis; and 9
4247	4247	(B) a discussion of any cost comparison 10
4248	4248	conducted by the departmental component or 11
4249	4249	office in evaluating potential contractors for the 12
4250	4250	conference. 13
4251	4251	(c) Within 15 days after the end of a quarter, the 14
4252	4252	head of any such department, agency, board, commission, 15
4253	4253	or office shall notify the Inspector General or senior ethics 16
4254	4254	official for any entity without an Inspector General, of the 17
4255	4255	date, location, and number of employees attending a con-18
4256	4256	ference held by any Executive branch department, agency, 19
4257	4257	board, commission, or office funded by this or any other 20
4258	4258	appropriations Act during fiscal year 2025 for which the 21
4259	4259	cost to the United States Government was more than 22
4260	4260	$20,000. 23
4261	4261	(d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro-24
4262	4262	priated by this or any other appropriations Act may not 25 163
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4264	4264	be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a con-1
4265	4265	ference described in subsection (c) that is not directly and 2
4266	4266	programmatically related to the purpose for which the 3
4267	4267	grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 4
4268	4268	in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 5
4269	4269	or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 6
4270	4270	the grant or contract. 7
4271	4271	(e) None of the funds made available in this or any 8
4272	4272	other appropriations Act may be used for travel and con-9
4273	4273	ference activities that are not in compliance with Office 10
4274	4274	of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 11
4275	4275	dated May 11, 2012 or any subsequent revisions to that 12
4276	4276	memorandum. 13
4277	4277	S
4278	4278	EC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 14
4279	4279	or any other appropriations Act may be used to increase, 15
4280	4280	eliminate, or reduce funding for a program, project, or ac-16
4281	4281	tivity as proposed in the President’s budget request for 17
4282	4282	a fiscal year until such proposed change is subsequently 18
4283	4283	enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless such change 19
4284	4284	is made pursuant to the reprogramming or transfer provi-20
4285	4285	sions of this or any other appropriations Act. 21
4286	4286	S
4287	4287	EC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 22
4288	4288	or any other Act may be used to implement, administer, 23
4289	4289	enforce, or apply the rule entitled ‘‘Competitive Area’’ 24
4290	4290	published by the Office of Personnel Management in the 25 164
4291	4291	•S 4928 RS
4292	4292	Federal Register on April 15, 2008 (73 Fed. Reg. 20180 1
4293	4293	et seq.). 2
4294	4294	S
4295	4295	EC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-3
4296	4296	wise made available by this or any other Act may be used 4
4297	4297	to begin or announce a study or public-private competition 5
4298	4298	regarding the conversion to contractor performance of any 6
4299	4299	function performed by Federal employees pursuant to Of-7
4300	4300	fice of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 8
4301	4301	other administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 9
4302	4302	S
4303	4303	EC. 742. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-10
4304	4304	erwise made available by this or any other Act may be 11
4305	4305	available for a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement 12
4306	4306	with an entity that requires employees or contractors of 13
4307	4307	such entity seeking to report fraud, waste, or abuse to sign 14
4308	4308	internal confidentiality agreements or statements prohib-15
4309	4309	iting or otherwise restricting such employees or contrac-16
4310	4310	tors from lawfully reporting such waste, fraud, or abuse 17
4311	4311	to a designated investigative or law enforcement represent-18
4312	4312	ative of a Federal department or agency authorized to re-19
4313	4313	ceive such information. 20
4314	4314	(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not con-21
4315	4315	travene requirements applicable to Standard Form 312, 22
4316	4316	Form 4414, or any other form issued by a Federal depart-23
4317	4317	ment or agency governing the nondisclosure of classified 24
4318	4318	information. 25 165
4319	4319	•S 4928 RS
4320	4320	SEC. 743. (a) No funds appropriated in this or any 1
4321	4321	other Act may be used to implement or enforce the agree-2
4322	4322	ments in Standard Forms 312 and 4414 of the Govern-3
4323	4323	ment or any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agree-4
4324	4324	ment if such policy, form, or agreement does not contain 5
4325	4325	the following provisions: ‘‘These provisions are consistent 6
4326	4326	with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter 7
4327	4327	the employee obligations, rights, or liabilities created by 8
4328	4328	existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classi-9
4329	4329	fied information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the 10
4330	4330	reporting to an Inspector General or the Office of Special 11
4331	4331	Counsel of a violation of any law, rule, or regulation, or 12
4332	4332	mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of au-13
4333	4333	thority, or a substantial and specific danger to public 14
4334	4334	health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection. 15
4335	4335	The definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanc-16
4336	4336	tions, and liabilities created by controlling Executive or-17
4337	4337	ders and statutory provisions are incorporated into this 18
4338	4338	agreement and are controlling.’’: Provided, That notwith-19
4339	4339	standing the preceding provision of this section, a non-20
4340	4340	disclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 21
4341	4341	by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence 22
4342	4342	or intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 23
4343	4343	officer of the United States Government, may contain pro-24
4344	4344	visions appropriate to the particular activity for which 25 166
4345	4345	•S 4928 RS
4346	4346	such document is to be used. Such form or agreement 1
4347	4347	shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not dis-2
4348	4348	close any classified information received in the course of 3
4349	4349	such activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the 4
4350	4350	United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 5
4351	4351	shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures 6
4352	4352	to Congress, or to an authorized official of an executive 7
4353	4353	agency or the Department of Justice, that are essential 8
4354	4354	to reporting a substantial violation of law. 9
4355	4355	(b) A nondisclosure agreement may continue to be 10
4356	4356	implemented and enforced notwithstanding subsection (a) 11
4357	4357	if it complies with the requirements for such agreement 12
4358	4358	that were in effect when the agreement was entered into. 13
4359	4359	(c) No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 14
4360	4360	may be used to implement or enforce any agreement en-15
4361	4361	tered into during fiscal year 2014 which does not contain 16
4362	4362	substantially similar language to that required in sub-17
4363	4363	section (a). 18
4364	4364	S
4365	4365	EC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 19
4366	4366	or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 20
4367	4367	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 21
4368	4368	with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 22
4369	4369	to, any corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liabil-23
4370	4370	ity that has been assessed, for which all judicial and ad-24
4371	4371	ministrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, 25 167
4372	4372	•S 4928 RS
4373	4373	and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant 1
4374	4374	to an agreement with the authority responsible for col-2
4375	4375	lecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is 3
4376	4376	aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless a Federal agency 4
4377	4377	has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation 5
4378	4378	and has made a determination that this further action is 6
4379	4379	not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. 7
4380	4380	S
4381	4381	EC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 8
4382	4382	or any other Act may be used to enter into a contract, 9
4383	4383	memorandum of understanding, or cooperative agreement 10
4384	4384	with, make a grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee 11
4385	4385	to, any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal 12
4386	4386	violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 13
4387	4387	months, where the awarding agency is aware of the convic-14
4388	4388	tion, unless a Federal agency has considered suspension 15
4389	4389	or debarment of the corporation and has made a deter-16
4390	4390	mination that this further action is not necessary to pro-17
4391	4391	tect the interests of the Government. 18
4392	4392	S
4393	4393	EC. 746. (a) During fiscal year 2025, on the date 19
4394	4394	on which a request is made for a transfer of funds in ac-20
4395	4395	cordance with section 1017 of Public Law 111–203, the 21
4396	4396	Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall notify the 22
4397	4397	Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-23
4398	4398	atives and the Senate, the Committee on Financial Serv-24
4399	4399	ices of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 25 168
4400	4400	•S 4928 RS
4401	4401	on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 1
4402	4402	of such request. 2
4403	4403	(b) Any notification required by this section shall be 3
4404	4404	made available on the Bureau’s public website. 4
4405	4405	S
4406	4406	EC. 747. (a) Notwithstanding any official rate ad-5
4407	4407	justed under section 104 of title 3, United States Code, 6
4408	4408	the rate payable to the Vice President during calendar 7
4409	4409	year 2025 shall be the rate payable to the Vice President 8
4410	4410	on December 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of divi-9
4411	4411	sion E of Public Law 117–328. 10
4412	4412	(b) Notwithstanding any official rate adjusted under 11
4413	4413	section 5318 of title 5, United States Code, or any other 12
4414	4414	provision of law, the payable rate during calendar year 13
4415	4415	2025 for an employee serving in an Executive Schedule 14
4416	4416	position, or in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed 15
4417	4417	by statute at an Executive Schedule rate, shall be the rate 16
4418	4418	payable for the applicable Executive Schedule level on De-17
4419	4419	cember 31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of division 18
4420	4420	E of Public Law 117–328. Such an employee may not re-19
4421	4421	ceive a rate increase during calendar year 2025, except 20
4422	4422	as provided in subsection (i). 21
4423	4423	(c) Notwithstanding section 401 of the Foreign Serv-22
4424	4424	ice Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) or any other provi-23
4425	4425	sion of law, a chief of mission or ambassador at large is 24 169
4426	4426	•S 4928 RS
4427	4427	subject to subsection (b) in the same manner as other em-1
4428	4428	ployees who are paid at an Executive Schedule rate. 2
4429	4429	(d)(1) This subsection applies to— 3
4430	4430	(A) a noncareer appointee in the Senior Execu-4
4431	4431	tive Service paid a rate of basic pay at or above the 5
4432	4432	official rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; 6
4433	4433	or 7
4434	4434	(B) a limited term appointee or limited emer-8
4435	4435	gency appointee in the Senior Executive Service 9
4436	4436	serving under a political appointment and paid a 10
4437	4437	rate of basic pay at or above the official rate for 11
4438	4438	level IV of the Executive Schedule. 12
4439	4439	(2) Notwithstanding sections 5382 and 5383 of title 13
4440	4440	5, United States Code, an employee described in para-14
4441	4441	graph (1) may not receive a pay rate increase during cal-15
4442	4442	endar year 2025, except as provided in subsection (i). 16
4443	4443	(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 17
4444	4444	employee paid a rate of basic pay (including any locality 18
4445	4445	based payments under section 5304 of title 5, United 19
4446	4446	States Code, or similar authority) at or above the official 20
4447	4447	rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule who serves 21
4448	4448	under a political appointment may not receive a pay rate 22
4449	4449	increase during calendar year 2025, except as provided in 23
4450	4450	subsection (i). This subsection does not apply to employees 24
4451	4451	in the General Schedule pay system or the Foreign Service 25 170
4452	4452	•S 4928 RS
4453	4453	pay system, to employees appointed under section 3161 1
4454	4454	of title 5, United States Code, or to employees in another 2
4455	4455	pay system whose position would be classified at GS–15 3
4456	4456	or below if chapter 51 of title 5, United States Code, ap-4
4457	4457	plied to them. 5
4458	4458	(f) Nothing in subsections (b) through (e) shall pre-6
4459	4459	vent employees who do not serve under a political appoint-7
4460	4460	ment from receiving pay increases as otherwise provided 8
4461	4461	under applicable law. 9
4462	4462	(g) This section does not apply to an individual who 10
4463	4463	makes an election to retain Senior Executive Service basic 11
4464	4464	pay under section 3392(c) of title 5, United States Code, 12
4465	4465	for such time as that election is in effect. 13
4466	4466	(h) This section does not apply to an individual who 14
4467	4467	makes an election to retain Senior Foreign Service pay 15
4468	4468	entitlements under section 302(b) of the Foreign Service 16
4469	4469	Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465) for such time as that 17
4470	4470	election is in effect. 18
4471	4471	(i) Notwithstanding subsections (b) through (e), an 19
4472	4472	employee in a covered position may receive a pay rate in-20
4473	4473	crease upon an authorized movement to a different cov-21
4474	4474	ered position only if that new position has higher-level du-22
4475	4475	ties and a pre-established level or range of pay higher than 23
4476	4476	the level or range for the position held immediately before 24
4477	4477	the movement. Any such increase must be based on the 25 171
4478	4478	•S 4928 RS
4479	4479	rates of pay and applicable limitations on payable rates 1
4480	4480	of pay in effect on December 31, 2024, by operation of 2
4481	4481	section 747 of division E of Public Law 117–328. 3
4482	4482	(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 4
4483	4483	an individual who is newly appointed to a covered position 5
4484	4484	during the period of time subject to this section, the initial 6
4485	4485	pay rate shall be based on the rates of pay and applicable 7
4486	4486	limitations on payable rates of pay in effect on December 8
4487	4487	31, 2024, by operation of section 747 of division E of Pub-9
4488	4488	lic Law 117–328. 10
4489	4489	(k) If an employee affected by this section is subject 11
4490	4490	to a biweekly pay period that begins in calendar year 2025 12
4491	4491	but ends in calendar year 2026, the bar on the employee’s 13
4492	4492	receipt of pay rate increases shall apply through the end 14
4493	4493	of that pay period. 15
4494	4494	(l) For the purpose of this section, the term ‘‘covered 16
4495	4495	position’’ means a position occupied by an employee whose 17
4496	4496	pay is restricted under this section. 18
4497	4497	(m) This section takes effect on the first day of the 19
4498	4498	first applicable pay period beginning on or after January 20
4499	4499	1, 2025. 21
4500	4500	S
4501	4501	EC. 748. In the event of a violation of the Impound-22
4502	4502	ment Control Act of 1974, the President or the head of 23
4503	4503	the relevant department or agency, as the case may be, 24
4504	4504	shall report immediately to the Congress all relevant facts 25 172
4505	4505	•S 4928 RS
4506	4506	and a statement of actions taken: Provided, That a copy 1
4507	4507	of each report shall also be transmitted to the Committees 2
4508	4508	on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 3
4509	4509	Senate and the Comptroller General on the same date the 4
4510	4510	report is transmitted to the Congress. 5
4511	4511	S
4512	4512	EC. 749. (a) Each department or agency of the exec-6
4513	4513	utive branch of the United States Government shall notify 7
4514	4514	the Committees on Appropriations and the Budget of the 8
4515	4515	House of Representatives and the Senate and any other 9
4516	4516	appropriate congressional committees if— 10
4517	4517	(1) an apportionment is not made in the re-11
4518	4518	quired time period provided in section 1513(b) of 12
4519	4519	title 31, United States Code; 13
4520	4520	(2) an approved apportionment received by the 14
4521	4521	department or agency conditions the availability of 15
4522	4522	an appropriation on further action; or 16
4523	4523	(3) an approved apportionment received by the 17
4524	4524	department or agency may hinder the prudent obli-18
4525	4525	gation of such appropriation or the execution of a 19
4526	4526	program, project, or activity by such department or 20
4527	4527	agency. 21
4528	4528	(b) Any notification submitted to a congressional 22
4529	4529	committee pursuant to this section shall contain informa-23
4530	4530	tion identifying the bureau, account name, appropriation 24 173
4531	4531	•S 4928 RS
4532	4532	name, and Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol or fund 1
4533	4533	account. 2
4534	4534	S
4535	4535	EC. 750. (a) Any non-Federal entity receiving funds 3
4536	4536	provided in this or any other appropriations Act for fiscal 4
4537	4537	year 2025 that are specified in the disclosure table sub-5
4538	4538	mitted in compliance with clause 9 of rule XXI of the 6
4539	4539	Rules of the House of Representatives or Rule XLIV of 7
4540	4540	the Standing Rules of the Senate that is included in the 8
4541	4541	report or explanatory statement accompanying any such 9
4542	4542	Act shall be deemed to be a recipient of a Federal award 10
4543	4543	with respect to such funds for purposes of the require-11
4544	4544	ments of 2 CFR 200.334, regarding records retention, and 12
4545	4545	2 CFR 200.337, regarding access by the Comptroller Gen-13
4546	4546	eral of the United States. 14
4547	4547	(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, 15
4548	4548	amend, supersede, or restrict in any manner any require-16
4549	4549	ments otherwise applicable to non-Federal entities de-17
4550	4550	scribed in paragraph (1) or any existing authority of the 18
4551	4551	Comptroller General. 19
4552	4552	S
4553	4553	EC. 751. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 20
4554	4554	United States Code, or section 708 of this Act, funds 21
4555	4555	made available by this or any other Act to any Federal 22
4556	4556	agency may be used by that Federal agency for inter-23
4557	4557	agency funding for coordination with, participation in, or 24
4558	4558	recommendations involving, activities of the U.S. Army 25 174
4559	4559	•S 4928 RS
4560	4560	Medical Research and Development Command, the Con-1
4561	4561	gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs and the 2
4562	4562	National Institutes of Health research programs. 3
4563	4563	S
4564	4564	EC. 752. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and sec-4
4565	4565	tion 708 of this Act, the head of each Executive depart-5
4566	4566	ment and agency is hereby authorized to transfer to or 6
4567	4567	reimburse ‘‘General Services Administration, Federal Cit-7
4568	4568	izen Services Fund’’ with the approval of the Director of 8
4569	4569	the Office of Management and Budget, funds made avail-9
4570	4570	able for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act, 10
4571	4571	including rebates from charge card and other contracts: 11
4572	4572	Provided, That these funds, in addition to amounts other-12
4573	4573	wise available, shall be administered by the Administrator 13
4574	4574	of General Services to carry out the purposes of the Fed-14
4575	4575	eral Citizen Services Fund and to support Government- 15
4576	4576	wide and other multi-agency financial, information tech-16
4577	4577	nology, procurement, and other activities, including serv-17
4578	4578	ices authorized by 44 U.S.C. 3604 and enabling Federal 18
4579	4579	agencies to take advantage of information technology in 19
4580	4580	sharing information: Provided further, That the total 20
4581	4581	funds transferred or reimbursed shall not exceed 21
4582	4582	$29,000,000 for such purposes: Provided further, That the 22
4583	4583	funds transferred to or for reimbursement of ‘‘General 23
4584	4584	Services Administration, Federal Citizen Services Fund’’ 24
4585	4585	during fiscal year 2025 shall remain available for obliga-25 175
4586	4586	•S 4928 RS
4587	4587	tion through September 30, 2026: Provided further, That 1
4588	4588	not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the 2
4589	4589	Administrator of General Services, in consultation with 3
4590	4590	the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 4
4591	4591	shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 5
4592	4592	House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend 6
4593	4593	plan for the funds to be transferred or reimbursed: Pro-7
4594	4594	vided further, That the spend plan shall, at a minimum, 8
4595	4595	include: (i) the amounts currently in the funds authorized 9
4596	4596	under this section and the estimate of amounts to be 10
4597	4597	transferred or reimbursed in fiscal year 2025; (ii) a de-11
4598	4598	tailed breakdown of the purposes for all funds estimated 12
4599	4599	to be transferred or reimbursed pursuant to this section 13
4600	4600	(including total number of personnel and costs for all staff 14
4601	4601	whose salaries are provided for by this section); and (iii) 15
4602	4602	where applicable, a description of the funds intended for 16
4603	4603	use by or for the implementation of specific laws passed 17
4604	4604	by Congress: Provided further, That no transfers or reim-18
4605	4605	bursements may be made pursuant to this section until 19
4606	4606	15 days following notification of the Committees on Ap-20
4607	4607	propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-21
4608	4608	ate by the Director of the Office of Management and 22
4609	4609	Budget. 23
4610	4610	S
4611	4611	EC. 753. If, for fiscal year 2025, new budget author-24
4612	4612	ity provided in appropriations Acts exceeds the discre-25 176
4613	4613	•S 4928 RS
4614	4614	tionary spending limit for any category set forth in section 1
4615	4615	251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 2
4616	4616	Control Act of 1985 due to estimating differences with the 3
4617	4617	Congressional Budget Office, an adjustment to the discre-4
4618	4618	tionary spending limit in such category for fiscal year 5
4619	4619	2025 shall be made by the Director of the Office of Man-6
4620	4620	agement and Budget in the amount of the excess but the 7
4621	4621	total of all such adjustments shall not exceed 0.2 percent 8
4622	4622	of the sum of the adjusted discretionary spending limits 9
4623	4623	for all categories for that fiscal year. 10
4624	4624	S
4625	4625	EC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of 11
4626	4626	law, the unobligated balances of funds made available in 12
4627	4627	division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 13
4628	4628	(Public Law 117–58) to any department or agency funded 14
4629	4629	by this or any other Act may be transferred to the United 15
4630	4630	States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 16
4631	4631	Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their re-17
4632	4632	sponsibilities under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 18
4633	4633	(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to consult and conference, as 19
4634	4634	required by section 7 of such Act, in connection with ac-20
4635	4635	tivities and projects funded by Public Law 117–58: Pro-21
4636	4636	vided, That such transfers shall support activities and 22
4637	4637	projects executed by the department or agency making 23
4638	4638	such transfer: Provided further, That such transfers shall 24
4639	4639	be approved by the head of such department or agency 25 177
4640	4640	•S 4928 RS
4641	4641	making such transfer: Provided further, That each depart-1
4642	4642	ment or agency shall provide notification to the Commit-2
4643	4643	tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 3
4644	4644	and the Senate no less than 30 days prior to such transfer: 4
4645	4645	Provided further, That any such transfers from the De-5
4646	4646	partment of Transportation, including from agencies with-6
4647	4647	in the Department of Transportation, shall be from fund-7
4648	4648	ing provided for personnel, contracting, and other costs 8
4649	4649	to administer and oversee grants: Provided further, That 9
4650	4650	amounts transferred pursuant to this section shall be in 10
4651	4651	addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes: 11
4652	4652	Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in 12
4653	4653	this section shall be in addition to any other transfer au-13
4654	4654	thority provided by law: Provided further, That amounts 14
4655	4655	transferred pursuant to this section shall continue to be 15
4656	4656	treated as amounts specified in section 103(b) of division 16
4657	4657	A of Public Law 118–5. 17
4658	4658	S
4659	4659	EC. 755. In addition to amounts otherwise made 18
4660	4660	available, amounts appropriated to any department or 19
4661	4661	agency funded by this or any other Act for the fiscal year 20
4662	4662	ending September 30, 2025 are available for and may be 21
4663	4663	transferred to the Bureau of Land Management to per-22
4664	4664	form cadastral surveys necessary for and requested by the 23
4665	4665	giving department or agency: Provided, That such trans-24
4666	4666	ferred amounts shall be available to the Bureau of Land 25 178
4667	4667	•S 4928 RS
4668	4668	Management until expended: Provided further, That, after 1
4669	4669	the Bureau of Land Management officially files the survey 2
4670	4670	record, any remaining unobligated balances shall be cred-3
4671	4671	ited to the originating account currently available. 4
4672	4672	S
4673	4673	EC. 756. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 5
4674	4674	any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any title other 6
4675	4675	than title IV or VIII shall not apply to such title IV or 7
4676	4676	VIII. 8 179
4677	4677	•S 4928 RS
4678	4678	TITLE VIII 1
4679	4679	GENERAL PROVISIONS—DISTRICT OF 2
4680	4680	COLUMBIA 3
4681	4681	(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4
4682	4682	S
4683	4683	EC. 801. There are appropriated from the applicable 5
4684	4684	funds of the District of Columbia such sums as may be 6
4685	4685	necessary for making refunds and for the payment of legal 7
4686	4686	settlements or judgments that have been entered against 8
4687	4687	the District of Columbia government. 9
4688	4688	S
4689	4689	EC. 802. None of the Federal funds provided in this 10
4690	4690	Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes or 11
4691	4691	implementation of any policy including boycott designed 12
4692	4692	to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress 13
4693	4693	or any State legislature. 14
4694	4694	S
4695	4695	EC. 803. (a) None of the Federal funds provided 15
4696	4696	under this Act to the agencies funded by this Act, both 16
4697	4697	Federal and District government agencies, that remain 17
4698	4698	available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2025, 18
4699	4699	or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 19
4700	4700	United States derived by the collection of fees available 20
4701	4701	to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 21
4702	4702	obligation or expenditures for an agency through a re-22
4703	4703	programming of funds which— 23
4704	4704	(1) creates new programs; 24 180
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4706	4706	(2) eliminates a program, project, or responsi-1
4707	4707	bility center; 2
4708	4708	(3) establishes or changes allocations specifi-3
4709	4709	cally denied, limited or increased under this Act; 4
4710	4710	(4) increases funds or personnel by any means 5
4711	4711	for any program, project, or responsibility center for 6
4712	4712	which funds have been denied or restricted; 7
4713	4713	(5) re-establishes any program or project pre-8
4714	4714	viously deferred through reprogramming; 9
4715	4715	(6) augments any existing program, project, or 10
4716	4716	responsibility center through a reprogramming of 11
4717	4717	funds in excess of $3,000,000 or 10 percent, which-12
4718	4718	ever is less; or 13
4719	4719	(7) increases by 20 percent or more personnel 14
4720	4720	assigned to a specific program, project or responsi-15
4721	4721	bility center, unless prior approval is received from 16
4722	4722	the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 17
4723	4723	Representatives and the Senate. 18
4724	4724	(b) The District of Columbia government is author-19
4725	4725	ized to approve and execute reprogramming and transfer 20
4726	4726	requests of local funds under this title through November 21
4727	4727	7, 2025. 22
4728	4728	S
4729	4729	EC. 804. None of the Federal funds provided in this 23
4730	4730	Act may be used by the District of Columbia to provide 24
4731	4731	for salaries, expenses, or other costs associated with the 25 181
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4733	4733	offices of United States Senator or United States Rep-1
4734	4734	resentative under section 4(d) of the District of Columbia 2
4735	4735	Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiatives of 1979 3
4736	4736	(D.C. Law 3–171; D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–123). 4
4737	4737	S
4738	4738	EC. 805. Except as otherwise provided in this sec-5
4739	4739	tion, none of the funds made available by this Act or by 6
4740	4740	any other Act may be used to provide any officer or em-7
4741	4741	ployee of the District of Columbia with an official vehicle 8
4742	4742	unless the officer or employee uses the vehicle only in the 9
4743	4743	performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties. 10
4744	4744	For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘official duties’’ 11
4745	4745	does not include travel between the officer’s or employee’s 12
4746	4746	residence and workplace, except in the case of— 13
4747	4747	(1) an officer or employee of the Metropolitan 14
4748	4748	Police Department who resides in the District of Co-15
4749	4749	lumbia or is otherwise designated by the Chief of the 16
4750	4750	Department; 17
4751	4751	(2) at the discretion of the Fire Chief, an offi-18
4752	4752	cer or employee of the District of Columbia Fire and 19
4753	4753	Emergency Medical Services Department who re-20
4754	4754	sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 21
4755	4755	hours a day; 22
4756	4756	(3) at the discretion of the Director of the De-23
4757	4757	partment of Corrections, an officer or employee of 24
4758	4758	the District of Columbia Department of Corrections 25 182
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4760	4760	who resides in the District of Columbia and is on 1
4761	4761	call 24 hours a day; 2
4762	4762	(4) at the discretion of the Chief Medical Ex-3
4763	4763	aminer, an officer or employee of the Office of the 4
4764	4764	Chief Medical Examiner who resides in the District 5
4765	4765	of Columbia and is on call 24 hours a day; 6
4766	4766	(5) at the discretion of the Director of the 7
4767	4767	Homeland Security and Emergency Management 8
4768	4768	Agency, an officer or employee of the Homeland Se-9
4769	4769	curity and Emergency Management Agency who re-10
4770	4770	sides in the District of Columbia and is on call 24 11
4771	4771	hours a day; 12
4772	4772	(6) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; and 13
4773	4773	(7) the Chairman of the Council of the District 14
4774	4774	of Columbia. 15
4775	4775	S
4776	4776	EC. 806. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 16
4777	4777	in this Act may be used by the District of Columbia Attor-17
4778	4778	ney General or any other officer or entity of the District 18
4779	4779	government to provide assistance for any petition drive or 19
4780	4780	civil action which seeks to require Congress to provide for 20
4781	4781	voting representation in Congress for the District of Co-21
4782	4782	lumbia. 22
4783	4783	(b) Nothing in this section bars the District of Co-23
4784	4784	lumbia Attorney General from reviewing or commenting 24 183
4785	4785	•S 4928 RS
4786	4786	on briefs in private lawsuits, or from consulting with offi-1
4787	4787	cials of the District government regarding such lawsuits. 2
4788	4788	S
4789	4789	EC. 807. None of the Federal funds contained in 3
4790	4790	this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe 4
4791	4791	for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne 5
4792	4792	pathogens in any location that has been determined by the 6
4793	4793	local public health or local law enforcement authorities to 7
4794	4794	be inappropriate for such distribution. 8
4795	4795	S
4796	4796	EC. 808. Nothing in this Act may be construed to 9
4797	4797	prevent the Council or Mayor of the District of Columbia 10
4798	4798	from addressing the issue of the provision of contraceptive 11
4799	4799	coverage by health insurance plans, but it is the intent 12
4800	4800	of Congress that any legislation enacted on such issue 13
4801	4801	should include a ‘‘conscience clause’’ which provides excep-14
4802	4802	tions for religious beliefs and moral convictions. 15
4803	4803	S
4804	4804	EC. 809. (a) None of the Federal funds contained 16
4805	4805	in this Act may be used to enact or carry out any law, 17
4806	4806	rule, or regulation to legalize or otherwise reduce penalties 18
4807	4807	associated with the possession, use, or distribution of any 19
4808	4808	schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act 20
4809	4809	(21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols de-21
4810	4810	rivative. 22
4811	4811	(b) No funds available for obligation or expenditure 23
4812	4812	by the District of Columbia government under any author-24
4813	4813	ity may be used to enact any law, rule, or regulation to 25 184
4814	4814	•S 4928 RS
4815	4815	legalize or otherwise reduce penalties associated with the 1
4816	4816	possession, use, or distribution of any schedule I substance 2
4817	4817	under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 3
4818	4818	seq.) or any tetrahydrocannabinols derivative for rec-4
4819	4819	reational purposes. 5
4820	4820	S
4821	4821	EC. 810. No funds available for obligation or ex-6
4822	4822	penditure by the District of Columbia government under 7
4823	4823	any authority shall be expended for any abortion except 8
4824	4824	where the life of the mother would be endangered if the 9
4825	4825	fetus were carried to term or where the pregnancy is the 10
4826	4826	result of an act of rape or incest. 11
4827	4827	S
4828	4828	EC. 811. (a) No later than 30 calendar days after 12
4829	4829	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial 13
4830	4830	Officer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the 14
4831	4831	appropriate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the 15
4832	4832	Council of the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated 16
4833	4833	funds operating budget in the format of the budget that 17
4834	4834	the District of Columbia government submitted pursuant 18
4835	4835	to section 442 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act 19
4836	4836	(D.C. Official Code, sec. 1–204.42), for all agencies of the 20
4837	4837	District of Columbia government for fiscal year 2025 that 21
4838	4838	is in the total amount of the approved appropriation and 22
4839	4839	that realigns all budgeted data for personal services and 23
4840	4840	other-than-personal services, respectively, with anticipated 24
4841	4841	actual expenditures. 25 185
4842	4842	•S 4928 RS
4843	4843	(b) This section shall apply only to an agency for 1
4844	4844	which the Chief Financial Officer for the District of Co-2
4845	4845	lumbia certifies that a reallocation is required to address 3
4846	4846	unanticipated changes in program requirements. 4
4847	4847	S
4848	4848	EC. 812. No later than 30 calendar days after the 5
4849	4849	date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Financial Offi-6
4850	4850	cer for the District of Columbia shall submit to the appro-7
4851	4851	priate committees of Congress, the Mayor, and the Council 8
4852	4852	for the District of Columbia, a revised appropriated funds 9
4853	4853	operating budget for the District of Columbia Public 10
4854	4854	Schools that aligns schools budgets to actual enrollment. 11
4855	4855	The revised appropriated funds budget shall be in the for-12
4856	4856	mat of the budget that the District of Columbia govern-13
4857	4857	ment submitted pursuant to section 442 of the District 14
4858	4858	of Columbia Home Rule Act (D.C. Official Code, sec. 1– 15
4859	4859	204.42). 16
4860	4860	S
4861	4861	EC. 813. (a) Amounts appropriated in this Act as 17
4862	4862	operating funds may be transferred to the District of Co-18
4863	4863	lumbia’s enterprise and capital funds and such amounts, 19
4864	4864	once transferred, shall retain appropriation authority con-20
4865	4865	sistent with the provisions of this Act. 21
4866	4866	(b) The District of Columbia government is author-22
4867	4867	ized to reprogram or transfer for operating expenses any 23
4868	4868	local funds transferred or reprogrammed in this or the 24
4869	4869	four prior fiscal years from operating funds to capital 25 186
4870	4870	•S 4928 RS
4871	4871	funds, and such amounts, once transferred or repro-1
4872	4872	grammed, shall retain appropriation authority consistent 2
4873	4873	with the provisions of this Act. 3
4874	4874	(c) The District of Columbia government may not 4
4875	4875	transfer or reprogram for operating expenses any funds 5
4876	4876	derived from bonds, notes, or other obligations issued for 6
4877	4877	capital projects. 7
4878	4878	S
4879	4879	EC. 814. None of the Federal funds appropriated 8
4880	4880	in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 9
4881	4881	the current fiscal year, nor may any be transferred to 10
4882	4882	other appropriations, unless expressly so provided herein. 11
4883	4883	S
4884	4884	EC. 815. Except as otherwise specifically provided 12
4885	4885	by law or under this Act, not to exceed 50 percent of unob-13
4886	4886	ligated balances remaining available at the end of fiscal 14
4887	4887	year 2025 from appropriations of Federal funds made 15
4888	4888	available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2025 in 16
4889	4889	this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 17
4890	4890	2026, for each such account for the purposes authorized: 18
4891	4891	Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the Com-19
4892	4892	mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 20
4893	4893	and the Senate for approval prior to the expenditure of 21
4894	4894	such funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be 22
4895	4895	made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines out-23
4896	4896	lined in section 803 of this Act. 24 187
4897	4897	•S 4928 RS
4898	4898	SEC. 816. (a)(1) During fiscal year 2026, during a 1
4899	4899	period in which neither a District of Columbia continuing 2
4900	4900	resolution or a regular District of Columbia appropriation 3
4901	4901	bill is in effect, local funds are appropriated in the amount 4
4902	4902	provided for any project or activity for which local funds 5
4903	4903	are provided in the Act referred to in paragraph (2) (sub-6
4904	4904	ject to any modifications enacted by the District of Colum-7
4905	4905	bia as of the beginning of the period during which this 8
4906	4906	subsection is in effect) at the rate set forth by such Act. 9
4907	4907	(2) The Act referred to in this paragraph is the Act 10
4908	4908	of the Council of the District of Columbia pursuant to 11
4909	4909	which a proposed budget is approved for fiscal year 2026 12
4910	4910	which (subject to the requirements of the District of Co-13
4911	4911	lumbia Home Rule Act) will constitute the local portion 14
4912	4912	of the annual budget for the District of Columbia govern-15
4913	4913	ment for fiscal year 2026 for purposes of section 446 of 16
4914	4914	the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (sec. 1–204.46, 17
4915	4915	D.C. Official Code). 18
4916	4916	(b) Appropriations made by subsection (a) shall cease 19
4917	4917	to be available— 20
4918	4918	(1) during any period in which a District of Co-21
4919	4919	lumbia continuing resolution for fiscal year 2026 is 22
4920	4920	in effect; or 23 188
4921	4921	•S 4928 RS
4922	4922	(2) upon the enactment into law of the regular 1
4923	4923	District of Columbia appropriation bill for fiscal year 2
4924	4924	2026. 3
4925	4925	(c) An appropriation made by subsection (a) is pro-4
4926	4926	vided under the authority and conditions as provided 5
4927	4927	under this Act and shall be available to the extent and 6
4928	4928	in the manner that would be provided by this Act. 7
4929	4929	(d) An appropriation made by subsection (a) shall 8
4930	4930	cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for such 9
4931	4931	project or activity during the portion of fiscal year 2026 10
4932	4932	for which this section applies to such project or activity. 11
4933	4933	(e) This section shall not apply to a project or activity 12
4934	4934	during any period of fiscal year 2026 if any other provi-13
4935	4935	sion of law (other than an authorization of appropria-14
4936	4936	tions)— 15
4937	4937	(1) makes an appropriation, makes funds avail-16
4938	4938	able, or grants authority for such project or activity 17
4939	4939	to continue for such period; or 18
4940	4940	(2) specifically provides that no appropriation 19
4941	4941	shall be made, no funds shall be made available, or 20
4942	4942	no authority shall be granted for such project or ac-21
4943	4943	tivity to continue for such period. 22
4944	4944	(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 23
4945	4945	obligations of the government of the District of Columbia 24
4946	4946	mandated by other law. 25 189
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4948	4948	SEC. 817. (a) Section 244 of the Revised Statutes 1
4949	4949	of the United States relating to the District of Columbia 2
4950	4950	(sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) does not apply with 3
4951	4951	respect to any railroads installed pursuant to the Long 4
4952	4952	Bridge Project. 5
4953	4953	(b) In this section, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ 6
4954	4954	means the project carried out by the District of Columbia 7
4955	4955	and the Commonwealth of Virginia to construct a new 8
4956	4956	Long Bridge adjacent to the existing Long Bridge over 9
4957	4957	the Potomac River, including related infrastructure and 10
4958	4958	other related projects, to expand commuter and regional 11
4959	4959	passenger rail service and to provide bike and pedestrian 12
4960	4960	access crossings over the Potomac River. 13
4961	4961	S
4962	4962	EC. 818. Not later than 45 days after the last day 14
4963	4963	of each quarter, each Federal and District government 15
4964	4964	agency appropriated Federal funds in this Act shall sub-16
4965	4965	mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 17
4966	4966	of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly budget re-18
4967	4967	port that includes total obligations of the Agency for that 19
4968	4968	quarter for each Federal funds appropriation provided in 20
4969	4969	this Act, by the source year of the appropriation. 21
4970	4970	S
4971	4971	EC. 819. Section 3 of the District of Columbia Col-22
4972	4972	lege Access Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–98; D.C. Official 23
4973	4973	Code, sec. 38–2702), is amended— 24 190
4974	4974	•S 4928 RS
4975	4975	(1) in subsection(a)(2)(A), by striking 1
4976	4976	‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000’’; 2
4977	4977	(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking 3
4978	4978	‘‘$50,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000’’; 4
4979	4979	(3) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 5
4980	4980	at the end; 6
4981	4981	(4) in subsection (b)(1), by redesignating sub-7
4982	4982	paragraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting 8
4983	4983	after subparagraph (A) the following new subpara-9
4984	4984	graph: 10
4985	4985	‘‘(B) after making reductions under sub-11
4986	4986	paragraph (A), ratably reduce the amount of 12
4987	4987	the tuition and fee payment of each eligible stu-13
4988	4988	dent who receives more than $10,000 for the 14
4989	4989	award year; and’’; and 15
4990	4990	(5) in subparagraph (C) of subsection (b)(1), as 16
4991	4991	so redesignated, by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and 17
4992	4992	inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’. 18
4993	4993	S
4994	4994	EC. 820. Except as expressly provided otherwise, 19
4995	4995	any reference to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in this title or in 20
4996	4996	title IV shall be treated as referring only to the provisions 21
4997	4997	of this title or of title IV. 22
4998	4998	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Services and 23
4999	4999	General Government Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 24 Calendar No.
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5002	5002	TH
5003	5003	CONGRESS
5004	5004	2
5005	5005	D
5006	5006	S
5007	5007	ESSION
5008	5008
5009	5009	S. 4928
5010	5010	[Report No. 118–206]
5011	5011	A BILL
5012	5012	Making appropriations for financial services and
5013	5013	general government for the fiscal year ending
5014	5014	September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
5015	5015	A
5016	5016	UGUST
5017	5017	1, 2024
5018	5018	Read twice and placed on the calendar