[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4366 Engrossed Amendment House (EAH)]

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                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                         March 6, 2024.
    Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to 
the bill (H.R. 4366) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 
purposes.'', with the following

                  HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:

            In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
      amendment of the Senate, insert the following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.

   DIVISION A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of Defense
Title II--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

       DIVISION B--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Farm Production and Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

     DIVISION C--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of Commerce
Title II--Department of Justice
Title III--Science
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Corps of Engineers--Civil
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

   DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Environmental Protection Agency
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

DIVISION F--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Related Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions--This Act

                       DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS

Title I--Health and Human Services
Title II--Amending Compacts of Free Association
Title III--Extensions and Other Matters
Title IV--Budgetary Effects

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this 
Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division.

SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

    The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the Senate 
section of the Congressional Record on or about March 5, 2024, and 
submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of 
funds and implementation of divisions A through F of this Act as if it 
were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024.

SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.

    Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or 
repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits 
such designations to the Congress.

   DIVISION A--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                      Military Construction, Army

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, 
facilities, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by 
law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other 
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, and 
for construction and operation of facilities in support of the 
functions of the Commander in Chief, $2,022,775,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $398,145,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $522,220,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ``Military Construction, Army'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes.

              Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, 
and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently authorized 
by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command 
and other personal services necessary for the purposes of this 
appropriation, $5,531,369,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $711,505,000 shall 
be available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$335,563,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table under the heading ``Military 
Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes.

                    Military Construction, Air Force

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, 
facilities, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized 
by law, $2,741,424,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  
Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $567,874,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air Force 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes 
and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$193,610,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table under the heading ``Military 
Construction, Air Force'' in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                  Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and 
real property for activities and agencies of the Department of Defense 
(other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, 
$3,161,782,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  
Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined 
by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to such appropriations 
of the Department of Defense available for military construction or 
family housing as the Secretary may designate, to be merged with and to 
be available for the same purposes, and for the same time period, as 
the appropriation or fund to which transferred:  Provided further, 
That, of the amount, not to exceed $347,545,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $36,100,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes.

               Military Construction, Army National Guard

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $620,647,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $79,221,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the 
Army National Guard determines that additional obligations are 
necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and the 
reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $270,461,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes.

               Military Construction, Air National Guard

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $295,526,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $68,454,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Director of the Air 
National Guard determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor:  
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$123,804,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table under the heading ``Military 
Construction, Air National Guard'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes.

                  Military Construction, Army Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $151,076,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $27,389,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination and 
the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $44,000,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table under the 
heading ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes.

                  Military Construction, Navy Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $51,291,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,495,000 
shall be available for study, planning, design, and architect and 
engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the 
Navy determines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor.

                Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

    For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the Air 
Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States 
Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $331,572,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $14,646,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Chief of the Air Force Reserve determines that 
additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 
determination and the reasons therefor:  Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ``Military Construction, Air Force Reserve'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes.

                   North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                      Security Investment Program

    For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisition and 
construction of military facilities and installations (including 
international military headquarters) and for related expenses for the 
collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty Area as authorized by 
section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construction 
Authorization Acts, $293,434,000, to remain available until expended.

               Department of Defense Base Closure Account

    For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account, 
established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $489,174,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                   Family Housing Construction, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $304,895,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028.

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

    For expenses of family housing for the Army for operation and 
maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, 
principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized 
by law, $395,485,000.

           Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

    For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, 
extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, $277,142,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028.

    Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

    For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Marine Corps for 
operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor 
construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, 
as authorized by law, $373,854,000.

                 Family Housing Construction, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for construction, 
including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and 
alteration, as authorized by law, $237,097,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028.

          Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

    For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for operation and 
maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, 
principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized 
by law, $324,386,000.

         Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

    For expenses of family housing for the activities and agencies of 
the Department of Defense (other than the military departments) for 
operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction, as 
authorized by law, $50,785,000.

                         Department of Defense

                    Family Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund, 
$6,611,000, to remain available until expended, for family housing 
initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 of title 10, United 
States Code, providing alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing and supporting facilities.

                         Department of Defense

            Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund

    For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing 
Improvement Fund, $496,000, to remain available until expended, for 
unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursuant to section 2883 
of title 10, United States Code, providing alternative means of 
acquiring and improving military unaccompanied housing and supporting 
facilities.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for 
construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be performed 
within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific approval 
in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the reasons 
therefor.
    Sec. 102.  Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Sec. 103.  Funds made available in this title for construction may 
be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department 
of Transportation, for the construction of access roads as authorized 
by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when projects 
authorized therein are certified as important to the national defense 
by the Secretary of Defense.
    Sec. 104.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to begin construction of new bases in the United States for which 
specific appropriations have not been made.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 percent of 
the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers or the Naval 
Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where there is a 
determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases negotiated by 
the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney General; (3) where 
the estimated value is less than $25,000; or (4) as otherwise 
determined by the Secretary of Defense to be in the public interest.
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or (3) 
install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which 
funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropriations for 
military construction.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds made available in this title for minor 
construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one 
base or installation to another, without prior notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used for the procurement of steel for any construction project or 
activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such 
steel procurement.
    Sec. 109.  None of the funds available to the Department of Defense 
for military construction or family housing during the current fiscal 
year may be used to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation.
    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 
Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished in Japan, 
in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country, or in 
countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such contracts are awarded 
to United States firms or United States firms in joint venture with 
host nation firms.
    Sec. 112.  None of the funds made available in this title for 
military construction in the United States territories and possessions 
in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering the 
Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated by the 
Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor:  Provided, 
That this section shall not be applicable to contract awards for which 
the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a United States contractor 
exceeds the lowest responsive and responsible bid of a foreign 
contractor by greater than 20 percent:  Provided further, That this 
section shall not apply to contract awards for military construction on 
Kwajalein Atoll for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid is 
submitted by a Marshallese contractor.
    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees on 
Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military exercise 
involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its occurring, if 
amounts expended for construction, either temporary or permanent, are 
anticipated to exceed $100,000.
    Sec. 114.  Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for 
construction in prior years shall be available for construction 
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 
enacted into law during the current session of Congress.
    Sec. 115.  For military construction or family housing projects 
that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed for 
obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the cost of 
associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering and design on 
those projects and on subsequent claims, if any.
    Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
made available to a military department or defense agency for the 
construction of military projects may be obligated for a military 
construction project or contract, or for any portion of such a project 
or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after 
the fiscal year for which funds for such project were made available, 
if the funds obligated for such project: (1) are obligated from funds 
available for military construction projects; and (2) do not exceed the 
amount appropriated for such project, plus any amount by which the cost 
of such project is increased pursuant to law.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 117.  Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a 
notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 
and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such additional amounts as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to: 
(1) the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund from 
amounts appropriated for construction in ``Family Housing'' accounts, 
to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the 
same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or 
(2) the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing 
Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ``Military Construction'' accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for the same 
period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund:  Provided, 
That appropriations made available to the Funds shall be available to 
cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan guarantees issued by the 
Department of Defense pursuant to the provisions of subchapter IV of 
chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code, pertaining to alternative 
means of acquiring and improving military family housing, military 
unaccompanied housing, and supporting facilities.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 118.  In addition to any other transfer authority available to 
the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from the 
Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund established by 
section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan 
Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses associated 
with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred under 42 U.S.C. 
3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purposes and for the same time period as the 
fund to which transferred.
    Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made 
available in this title for operation and maintenance of family housing 
shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and maintenance of 
all family housing units, including general or flag officer quarters:  
Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may be spent annually for 
the maintenance and repair of any general or flag officer quarters 
without 30 days prior notification, or 14 days for a notification 
provided in an electronic medium pursuant to sections 480 and 2883 of 
title 10, United States Code, to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress, except that an after-the-fact notification 
shall be submitted if the limitation is exceeded solely due to costs 
associated with environmental remediation that could not be reasonably 
anticipated at the time of the budget submission:  Provided further, 
That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all 
operation and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or 
flag officer quarters for the prior fiscal year.
    Sec. 120.  Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement Account 
established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, United 
States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until expended for 
the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such section or until 
transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such section.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 121.  During the 5-year period after appropriations available 
in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construction and 
family housing operation and maintenance and construction have expired 
for obligation, upon a determination that such appropriations will not 
be necessary for the liquidation of obligations or for making 
authorized adjustments to such appropriations for obligations incurred 
during the period of availability of such appropriations, unobligated 
balances of such appropriations may be transferred into the 
appropriation ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense'', 
to be merged with and to be available for the same time period and for 
the same purposes as the appropriation to which transferred.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 122.  Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available in an 
account funded under the headings in this title may be transferred 
among projects and activities within the account in accordance with the 
reprogramming guidelines for military construction and family housing 
construction contained in Department of Defense Financial Management 
Regulation 7000.14-R, Volume 3, Chapter 7, of April 2021, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
obligated or expended for planning and design and construction of 
projects at Arlington National Cemetery.
    Sec. 124.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $8,214,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $182,150,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $166,300,000;
            ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $62,400,000;
            ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $66,815,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air National Guard'', $5,200,000; 
        and
            ``Military Construction, Army Reserve'', $23,000,000:
  Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction and cost to complete projects identified in the respective 
military department's unfunded priority list for fiscal year 2024 
submitted to Congress:  Provided further, That such projects are 
subject to authorization prior to obligation and expenditure of funds 
to carry out construction:  Provided further, That not later than 60 
days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for 
funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 125.  All amounts appropriated to the ``Department of 
Defense--Military Construction, Army'', ``Department of Defense--
Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', ``Department of 
Defense--Military Construction, Air Force'', and ``Department of 
Defense--Military Construction, Defense-Wide'' accounts pursuant to the 
authorization of appropriations in a National Defense Authorization Act 
specified for fiscal year 2024 in the funding table in section 4601 of 
that Act shall be immediately available and allotted to contract for 
the full scope of authorized projects.
    Sec. 126.  Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, funds made 
available in this Act or any available unobligated balances from prior 
appropriations Acts may be obligated before October 1, 2025 for fiscal 
year 2017, 2018, and 2019 military construction projects for which 
project authorization has not lapsed or for which authorization is 
extended for fiscal year 2024 by a National Defense Authorization Act:  
Provided, That no amounts may be obligated pursuant to this section 
from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 127.  For the purposes of this Act, the term ``congressional 
defense committees'' means the Committees on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 128.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for planning and design and unspecified minor 
construction, for improving military installation resilience, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $7,500,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $7,500,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 129.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for planning and design and unspecified minor 
construction for construction improvements to Department of Defense 
laboratory facilities, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $10,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $10,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $10,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their designee, 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 130.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Air Force'', $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028, for expenses incurred as a result of natural disasters:  
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, or their designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 131.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for planning and design for child development 
centers, to remain available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $15,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their 
designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
section.
    Sec. 132.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for planning and design, for barracks, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $15,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their 
designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
section.
    Sec. 133.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Air Force'', $16,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028, 
for cost increases identified subsequent to the fiscal year 2024 budget 
request for authorized major construction projects:  Provided, That not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section.
    Sec. 134.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for unspecified minor construction for demolition, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Army'', $15,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $15,000,000; and
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $15,000,000:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, or their 
designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this 
section:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the military 
department concerned may not obligate or expend any funds prior to 
approval by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of the expenditure plan required by this section.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 135.  Of the proceeds credited to the Department of Defense 
Family Housing Improvement Fund pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(D) of 
section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, pursuant to a Department 
of Navy investment, the Secretary of Defense shall transfer $19,000,000 
to the Secretary of the Navy under paragraph (3) of subsection (d) of 
such section for use by the Secretary of the Navy as provided in 
paragraph (1) of such subsection until expended.
    Sec. 136.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Defense-Wide'', $37,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028:  Provided,  That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction projects specified in a National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2024 in the funding table in section 4601 of that Act:  
Provided further, That not later than 30 days after enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense, or their designee, shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure 
plan for funds provided under this section.
    Sec. 137.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Air National Guard'', $83,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028, for planning and design and authorized major construction 
projects at future foreign military training sites:  Provided, That not 
later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Air Force, or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds 
provided under this section.
    Sec. 138.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out the closure or realignment of the United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

                                TITLE II

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                    Veterans Benefits Administration

                       compensation and pensions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as authorized 
by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, 
United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf of veterans as 
authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated Entitlement Program 
for Survivors, emergency and other officers' retirement pay, adjusted-
service credits and certificates, payment of premiums due on commercial 
life insurance policies guaranteed under the provisions of title IV of 
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and 
for other benefits as authorized by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, 
and chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$15,072,388,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2023, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, 
$182,310,515,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed 
$22,109,000 of the amount made available for fiscal year 2025 under 
this heading shall be reimbursed to ``General Operating Expenses, 
Veterans Benefits Administration'', and ``Information Technology 
Systems'' for necessary expenses in implementing the provisions of 
chapters 51, 53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding 
source for which is specifically provided as the ``Compensation and 
Pensions'' appropriation:  Provided further, That such sums as may be 
earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed to 
``Medical Care Collections Fund'' to augment the funding of individual 
medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pensioners as 
authorized.

                         readjustment benefits

    For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or 
on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 
36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, 
$374,852,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2023, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, 
$13,399,805,000, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That expenses for 
rehabilitation program services and assistance which the Secretary is 
authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 3104 of title 38, 
United States Code, other than under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) 
of that subsection, shall be charged to this account.

                   veterans insurance and indemnities

    For military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, 
servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, and 
veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 19 and 21 of 
title 38, United States Code, $12,701,000, which shall be in addition 
to funds previously appropriated under this heading that became 
available on October 1, 2023, to remain available until expended; and, 
in addition, $135,119,422, which shall become available on October 1, 
2024, to remain available until expended.

                 veterans housing benefit program fund

    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by subchapters I 
through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That, during fiscal year 2024, within the resources 
available, not to exceed $500,000 in gross obligations for direct loans 
are authorized for specially adapted housing loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $316,742,419.

            vocational rehabilitation loans program account

    For the cost of direct loans, $78,337, as authorized by chapter 31 
of title 38, United States Code:  Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed 
$2,026,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $460,698, which may be paid to the appropriation 
for ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

          native american veteran housing loan program account

    For administrative expenses to carry out the direct loan program 
authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code, $2,718,546.

      general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

    For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services Administration 
for security guard services, and reimbursement of the Department of 
Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $3,899,000,000:  
Provided, That expenses for services and assistance authorized under 
paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) of title 38, 
United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines 
are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) to the maximum extent 
feasible, to become employable and to obtain and maintain suitable 
employment; or (2) to achieve maximum independence in daily living, 
shall be charged to this account:  Provided further, That, of the funds 
made available under this heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

                     Veterans Health Administration

                            medical services

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in section 
1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and treatment 
in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, and 
including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering services, food 
services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare employees hired under 
title 38, United States Code, assistance and support services for 
caregivers as authorized by section 1720G of title 38, United States 
Code, loan repayments authorized by section 604 of the Caregivers and 
Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 
Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 7681 note), monthly assistance allowances 
authorized by section 322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants 
authorized by section 521A of title 38, United States Code, and 
administrative expenses necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A 
of title 38, United States Code, and hospital care and medical services 
authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; 
$71,000,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall become available on 
October 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2024, under 
this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026:  Provided further, That of the $74,004,000,000 that became 
available on October 1, 2023, previously appropriated under this 
heading in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117-328), $3,034,205,000 is hereby rescinded:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a priority for the 
provision of medical treatment for veterans who have service-connected 
disabilities, lower income, or have special needs:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding for the provision of basic 
medical benefits to veterans in enrollment priority groups 1 through 6: 
 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may authorize the dispensing of 
prescription drugs from Veterans Health Administration facilities to 
enrolled veterans with privately written prescriptions based on 
requirements established by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the 
implementation of the program described in the previous proviso shall 
incur no additional cost to the Department of Veterans Affairs:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure 
that sufficient amounts appropriated under this heading for medical 
supplies and equipment are available for the acquisition of prosthetics 
designed specifically for female veterans:  Provided further, That 
nothing in section 2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, may be 
construed as limiting amounts that may be made available under this 
heading for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 in this or prior Acts.

                         medical community care

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals 
pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-
Department facilities, $20,382,000,000, plus reimbursements, which 
shall become available on October 1, 2024, and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, of the amount made available 
on October 1, 2024, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That of the 
$33,000,000,000 that became available on October 1, 2023, previously 
appropriated under this heading in division J of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $2,657,977,000 is hereby 
rescinded.

                     medical support and compliance

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and research 
activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses in support of 
capital policy activities; and administrative and legal expenses of the 
Department for collecting and recovering amounts owed the Department as 
authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, and the 
Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), 
$11,800,000,000, plus reimbursements, which shall become available on 
October 1, 2024, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2024, under 
this heading, $350,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2026:  Provided further, That of the $12,300,000,000 that became 
available on October 1, 2023, previously appropriated under this 
heading in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117-328), $1,550,000,000 is hereby rescinded.

                           medical facilities

    For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary 
facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative 
expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real 
property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation of 
any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department; 
for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not charged to 
project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or providing 
facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the jurisdiction of 
the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by contract or by 
the hire of temporary employees and purchase of materials; for leases 
of facilities; and for laundry services; $149,485,000, which shall be 
in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that 
became available on October 1, 2023; and, in addition, $9,400,000,000, 
plus reimbursements, which shall become available on October 1, 2024, 
and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, 
of the amount made available on October 1, 2024, under this heading, 
$500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026.

                    medical and prosthetic research

    For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical and 
prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 73 of 
title 38, United States Code, $943,000,000, plus reimbursements, shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts 
appropriated under this heading are available for prosthetic research 
specifically for female veterans, and for toxic exposure research.

                    National Cemetery Administration

    For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administration for 
operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, including 
uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as authorized by 
law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for use in cemeterial 
operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and repair, alteration or 
improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction of the National 
Cemetery Administration, $480,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                      Departmental Administration

                         general administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative expenses 
in support of Department-wide capital planning, management and policy 
activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not to exceed $25,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles; and reimbursement of the General Services Administration for 
security guard services, $475,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 
percent shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be transferred to ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration''.

                       board of veterans appeals

    For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, 
$287,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025.

                     information technology systems

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information systems 
and operational information systems; for pay and associated costs; and 
for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, 
including management and related contractual costs of said 
acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with operations 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$6,401,000,000, plus reimbursements:  Provided, That $1,606,977,000 
shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not to exceed 3 percent 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, 
That $4,668,373,000 shall be for operations and maintenance, of which 
not to exceed 5 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $75,288,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2028, for the purpose of facility activations related to projects 
funded by the ``Construction, Major Projects'', ``Construction, Minor 
Projects'', ``Medical Facilities'', ``National Cemetery 
Administration'', ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'', and ``General Administration'' accounts:  Provided 
further, That $125,650,000 shall be for information technology systems 
development, and shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided further, That amounts made available for salaries and 
expenses, operations and maintenance, and information technology 
systems development may be transferred among the three subaccounts 
after the Secretary of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval is issued:  Provided further, That amounts 
made available for the ``Information Technology Systems'' account for 
development may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 
projects:  Provided further, That no project may be increased or 
decreased by more than $3,000,000 of cost prior to submitting a request 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress to make 
the transfer and an approval is issued, or absent a response, a period 
of 30 days has elapsed:  Provided further, That the funds made 
available under this heading for information technology systems 
development shall be for the projects, and in the amounts, specified 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                   veterans electronic health record

    For activities related to implementation, preparation, development, 
interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Veterans 
Electronic Health Record system, including contractual costs associated 
with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 
38, United States Code, $1,334,142,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026:  Provided, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress quarterly reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and 
deployment implementation by facility, including any changes from the 
deployment plan or schedule:  Provided further, That the funds provided 
in this account shall only be available to the Office of the Deputy 
Secretary, to be administered by that Office:  Provided further, That 
25 percent of the funds made available under this heading shall not be 
available until July 1, 2024, and are contingent upon the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs--
            (1) providing the Committees on Appropriations of both 
        Houses of Congress a report, no later than 60 days after 
        enactment of this Act on the status of issues that caused the 
        delayed deployment of the new electronic health record to 
        additional sites that was announced on April 21, 2023;
            (2) providing the Committees on Appropriations of both 
        Houses of Congress a report on the reset process as of June 1, 
        2024, including an outline of the measurable operational 
        metrics that will be used to determine when it is appropriate 
        to re-start deployments, progress on achieving those metrics, 
        progress toward clinical and product standardization, and the 
        current performance at all Department of Veterans Affairs 
        facilities using the new electronic health record on or before 
        September 2023 compared to pre-deployment baselines for metrics 
        impacted by the deployment of the new electronic health record; 
        and
            (3) certifying in writing no later than 30 days prior to 
        July 1, 2024, whether the system is stable, ready, and 
        optimized for further deployment at VA sites, and if not, an 
        estimate of the timeline required to begin further deployments.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to 
include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), $296,000,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2025.

                      construction, major projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any of the 
purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of title 
38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, including planning, 
architectural and engineering services, construction management 
services, maintenance or guarantee period services costs associated 
with equipment guarantees provided under the project, services of 
claims analysts, offsite utility and storm drainage system construction 
costs, and site acquisition, where the estimated cost of a project is 
more than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, 
United States Code, or where funds for a project were made available in 
a previous major project appropriation, $961,218,560, of which 
$453,314,560 shall remain available until September 30, 2028, and of 
which $507,904,000 shall remain available until expended, of which 
$110,000,000 shall be available for seismic improvement projects and 
seismic program management activities, including for projects that 
would otherwise be funded by the Construction, Minor Projects, Medical 
Facilities or National Cemetery Administration accounts:  Provided, 
That except for advance planning activities, including needs 
assessments which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, including portfolio 
development and management activities, and planning, cost estimating, 
and design for major medical facility projects and major medical 
facility leases and investment strategy studies funded through the 
advance planning fund and the planning and design activities funded 
through the design fund, staffing expenses, and funds provided for the 
purchase, security, and maintenance of land for the National Cemetery 
Administration and the Veterans Health Administration through the land 
acquisition line item, none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be used for any project that has not been notified to 
Congress through the budgetary process or that has not been approved by 
the Congress through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory 
statement accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the 
time of enrollment:  Provided further, That funds provided for the 
Veterans Health Administration through the land acquisition line item 
shall be only for projects included on the five year development plan 
notified to Congress through the budgetary process:  Provided further, 
That such sums as may be necessary shall be available to reimburse the 
``General Administration'' account for payment of salaries and expenses 
of all Office of Construction and Facilities Management employees to 
support the full range of capital infrastructure services provided, 
including minor construction and leasing services:  Provided further, 
That funds made available under this heading for fiscal year 2024, for 
each approved project shall be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a 
construction documents contract by September 30, 2024; and (2) by the 
awarding of a construction contract by September 30, 2025:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
written report on any approved major construction project for which 
obligations are not incurred within the time limitations established 
above:  Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of 
section 8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, amounts made available 
under this heading for seismic improvement projects and seismic program 
management activities shall be available for the completion of both new 
and existing seismic projects of the Department.

                      construction, minor projects

    For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of the 
facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including planning and 
assessments of needs which may lead to capital investments, 
architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guarantee period 
services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided under the 
project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and storm 
drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, or for any of 
the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 81 of 
title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, where the 
estimated cost of a project is equal to or less than the amount set 
forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
$692,000,000, of which $612,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, and of which $80,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended, along with unobligated balances of previous 
``Construction, Minor Projects'' appropriations which are hereby made 
available for any project where the estimated cost is equal to or less 
than the amount set forth in such section:  Provided, That funds made 
available under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the 
nonmedical facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the 
Department which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any 
natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures necessary 
to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes.

       grants for construction of state extended care facilities

    For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 8131 
through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $171,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

             grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

    For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in 
establishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $60,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Any appropriation for fiscal year 2024 for 
``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' may be transferred as necessary 
to any other of the mentioned appropriations:  Provided, That, before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees issue 
an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 202.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any other Act, under the 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and ``Medical Facilities'' accounts may be transferred 
among the accounts:  Provided, That any transfers among the ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', and ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'' accounts of 1 percent or less of the total amount 
appropriated to the account in this or any other Act may take place 
subject to notification from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the amount 
and purpose of the transfer:  Provided further, That any transfers 
among the ``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', and 
``Medical Support and Compliance'' accounts in excess of 1 percent, or 
exceeding the cumulative 1 percent for the fiscal year, may take place 
only after the Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an 
approval is issued:  Provided further, That any transfers to or from 
the ``Medical Facilities'' account may take place only after the 
Secretary requests from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and an approval is 
issued.
    Sec. 203.  Appropriations available in this title for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for services authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; lease of 
a facility or land or both; and uniforms or allowances therefore, as 
authorized by sections 5901 through 5902 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 204.  No appropriations in this title (except the 
appropriations for ``Construction, Major Projects'', and 
``Construction, Minor Projects'') shall be available for the purchase 
of any site for or toward the construction of any new hospital or home.
    Sec. 205.  No appropriations in this title shall be available for 
hospitalization or examination of any persons (except beneficiaries 
entitled to such hospitalization or examination under the laws 
providing such benefits to veterans, and persons receiving such 
treatment under sections 7901 through 7904 of title 5, United States 
Code, or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)), unless reimbursement of the 
cost of such hospitalization or examination is made to the ``Medical 
Services'' account at such rates as may be fixed by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 206.  Appropriations available in this title for 
``Compensation and Pensions'', ``Readjustment Benefits'', and 
``Veterans Insurance and Indemnities'' shall be available for payment 
of prior year accrued obligations required to be recorded by law 
against the corresponding prior year accounts within the last quarter 
of fiscal year 2023.
    Sec. 207.  Appropriations available in this title shall be 
available to pay prior year obligations of corresponding prior year 
appropriations accounts resulting from sections 3328(a), 3334, and 
3712(a) of title 31, United States Code, except that if such 
obligations are from trust fund accounts they shall be payable only 
from ``Compensation and Pensions''.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 208.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, from the 
National Service Life Insurance Fund under section 1920 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Veterans' Special Life Insurance Fund under 
section 1923 of title 38, United States Code, and the United States 
Government Life Insurance Fund under section 1955 of title 38, United 
States Code, reimburse the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans 
Benefits Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' 
accounts for the cost of administration of the insurance programs 
financed through those accounts:  Provided, That reimbursement shall be 
made only from the surplus earnings accumulated in such an insurance 
program during fiscal year 2024 that are available for dividends in 
that program after claims have been paid and actuarially determined 
reserves have been set aside:  Provided further, That if the cost of 
administration of such an insurance program exceeds the amount of 
surplus earnings accumulated in that program, reimbursement shall be 
made only to the extent of such surplus earnings:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall determine the cost of administration for 
fiscal year 2024 which is properly allocable to the provision of each 
such insurance program and to the provision of any total disability 
income insurance included in that insurance program.
    Sec. 209.  Amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to 
reimburse an account for expenses incurred by that account during a 
prior fiscal year for providing enhanced-use lease services shall be 
available until expended.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 210.  Funds available in this title or funds for salaries and 
other administrative expenses shall also be available to reimburse the 
Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and the Alternative 
Dispute Resolution function within the Office of Human Resources and 
Administration for all services provided at rates which will recover 
actual costs but not to exceed $145,408,000 for the Office of 
Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion, $6,960,000 for the 
Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication, and 
$7,772,000 for the Alternative Dispute Resolution function within the 
Office of Human Resources and Administration:  Provided, That payments 
may be made in advance for services to be furnished based on estimated 
costs:  Provided further, That amounts received shall be credited to 
the ``General Administration'' and ``Information Technology Systems'' 
accounts for use by the office that provided the service:  Provided 
further, That the amounts made available for the Office of Resolution 
Management, Diversity and Inclusion under this section may be used for 
implementation of section 402 of division U of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) and the amendments made 
by such section 402.
    Sec. 211.  No funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs shall be 
available for hospital care, nursing home care, or medical services 
provided to any person under chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, for a non-service-connected disability described in section 
1729(a)(2) of such title, unless that person has disclosed to the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in such form as the Secretary may 
require, current, accurate third-party reimbursement information for 
purposes of section 1729 of such title:  Provided, That the Secretary 
may recover, in the same manner as any other debt due the United 
States, the reasonable charges for such care or services from any 
person who does not make such disclosure as required:  Provided 
further, That any amounts so recovered for care or services provided in 
a prior fiscal year may be obligated by the Secretary during the fiscal 
year in which amounts are received.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, proceeds or 
revenues derived from enhanced-use leasing activities (including 
disposal) may be deposited into the ``Construction, Major Projects'' 
and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts and be used for 
construction (including site acquisition and disposition), alterations, 
and improvements of any medical facility under the jurisdiction or for 
the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Such sums as realized 
are in addition to the amount provided for in ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects''.
    Sec. 213.  Amounts made available under ``Medical Services'' are 
available--
            (1) for furnishing recreational facilities, supplies, and 
        equipment; and
            (2) for funeral expenses, burial expenses, and other 
        expenses incidental to funerals and burials for beneficiaries 
        receiving care in the Department.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 214.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, may be transferred to the ``Medical Services'' and ``Medical 
Community Care'' accounts to remain available until expended for the 
purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 215.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may enter into 
agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in the State of 
Alaska and Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations which are party to 
the Alaska Native Health Compact with the Indian Health Service, to 
provide healthcare, including behavioral health and dental care, to 
veterans in rural Alaska. The Secretary shall require participating 
veterans and facilities to comply with all appropriate rules and 
regulations, as established by the Secretary. The term ``rural Alaska'' 
shall mean those lands which are not within the boundaries of the 
municipality of Anchorage or the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 216.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund pursuant to section 8118 of title 
38, United States Code, may be transferred to the ``Construction, Major 
Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' accounts, to remain 
available until expended for the purposes of these accounts.
    Sec. 217.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a report on the 
financial status of the Department of Veterans Affairs for the 
preceding quarter:  Provided, That, at a minimum, the report shall 
include the direction contained in the paragraph entitled ``Quarterly 
reporting'', under the heading ``General Administration'' in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114-223.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 218.  Amounts made available under the ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', 
``Medical Facilities'', ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'', ``Board of Veterans Appeals'', ``General 
Administration'', and ``National Cemetery Administration'' accounts for 
fiscal year 2024 may be transferred to or from the ``Information 
Technology Systems'' account:  Provided, That such transfers may not 
result in a more than 10 percent aggregate increase in the total amount 
made available by this Act for the ``Information Technology Systems'' 
account:  Provided further, That, before a transfer may take place, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the 
transfer and an approval is issued.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 219.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 for ``Medical Services'', 
``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and Compliance'', 
``Medical Facilities'', ``Construction, Minor Projects'', and 
``Information Technology Systems'', up to $430,532,000, plus 
reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense--
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be 
used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be 
transferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That section 220 of title II of division J 
of Public Law 117-328 is repealed.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 220.  Of the amounts appropriated to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs which become available on October 1, 2024, for 
``Medical Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and ``Medical Facilities'', up to $456,547,000, plus 
reimbursements, may be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense--
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, 
established by section 1704 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2571) and may be 
used for operation of the facilities designated as combined Federal 
medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 
110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That additional funds may be 
transferred from accounts designated in this section to the Joint 
Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility 
Demonstration Fund upon written notification by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 221.  Such sums as may be deposited into the Medical Care 
Collections Fund pursuant to section 1729A of title 38, United States 
Code, for healthcare provided at facilities designated as combined 
Federal medical facilities as described by section 706 of the Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500) shall also be available: (1) for transfer 
to the Joint Department of Defense--Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, established by section 1704 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 
111-84; 123 Stat. 2571); and (2) for operations of the facilities 
designated as combined Federal medical facilities as described by 
section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500):  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding section 1704(b)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 
2573), amounts transferred to the Joint Department of Defense--
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund 
shall remain available until expended.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 222.  Of the amounts available in this title for ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and ``Medical Facilities'', a minimum of $15,000,000 
shall be transferred to the DOD-VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, 
as authorized by section 8111(d) of title 38, United States Code, to 
remain available until expended, for any purpose authorized by section 
8111 of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 223.  None of the funds available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, in this or any other Act, may be used to replace the 
current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select 
and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
    Sec. 224.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of all bid 
savings in a major construction project that total at least $5,000,000, 
or 5 percent of the programmed amount of the project, whichever is 
less:  Provided, That such notification shall occur within 14 days of a 
contract identifying the programmed amount:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress 14 days prior to the obligation of such bid savings and 
shall describe the anticipated use of such savings.
    Sec. 225.  None of the funds made available for ``Construction, 
Major Projects'' may be used for a project in excess of the scope 
specified for that project in the original justification data provided 
to the Congress as part of the request for appropriations unless the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs receives approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 226.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly 
report containing performance measures and data from each Veterans 
Benefits Administration Regional Office:  Provided, That, at a minimum, 
the report shall include the direction contained in the section 
entitled ``Disability claims backlog'', under the heading ``General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' in the joint 
explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 114-223:  Provided 
further, That the report shall also include information on the number 
of appeals pending at the Veterans Benefits Administration as well as 
the Board of Veterans Appeals on a quarterly basis.
    Sec. 227.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide written 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress 15 days prior to organizational changes which result in the 
transfer of 25 or more full-time equivalents from one organizational 
unit of the Department of Veterans Affairs to another.
    Sec. 228.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide on a 
quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress notification of any single national outreach and awareness 
marketing campaign in which obligations exceed $1,000,000.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 229.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, upon determination 
that such action is necessary to address needs of the Veterans Health 
Administration, may transfer to the ``Medical Services'' account any 
discretionary appropriations made available for fiscal year 2024 in 
this title (except appropriations made to the ``General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'' account) or any 
discretionary unobligated balances within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, including those appropriated for fiscal year 2024, that were 
provided in advance by appropriations Acts:  Provided, That transfers 
shall be made only with the approval of the Office of Management and 
Budget:  Provided further, That the transfer authority provided in this 
section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
 Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred from amounts that 
were designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That such 
authority to transfer may not be used unless for higher priority items, 
based on emergent healthcare requirements, than those for which 
originally appropriated and in no case where the item for which funds 
are requested has been denied by Congress:  Provided further, That, 
upon determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an 
appropriation are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back 
to that appropriation and shall be available for the same purposes as 
originally appropriated:  Provided further, That before a transfer may 
take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the authority 
to make the transfer and receive approval of that request.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 230.  Amounts made available for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for fiscal year 2024, under the ``Board of Veterans Appeals'' 
and the ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration'' accounts may be transferred between such accounts:  
Provided, That before a transfer may take place, the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall request from the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer and receive 
approval of that request.
    Sec. 231.  The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not reprogram 
funds among major construction projects or programs if such instance of 
reprogramming will exceed $7,000,000, unless such reprogramming is 
approved by the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.
    Sec. 232. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that 
the toll-free suicide hotline under section 1720F(h) of title 38, 
United States Code--
            (1) provides to individuals who contact the hotline 
        immediate assistance from a trained professional; and
            (2) adheres to all requirements of the American Association 
        of Suicidology.
    (b)(1) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
enforce or otherwise carry out any Executive action that prohibits the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from appointing an individual to occupy a 
vacant civil service position, or establishing a new civil service 
position, at the Department of Veterans Affairs with respect to such a 
position relating to the hotline specified in subsection (a).
    (2) In this subsection--
            (A) the term ``civil service'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 2101(1) of title 5, United States Code; and
            (B) the term ``Executive action'' includes--
                    (i) any Executive order, Presidential memorandum, 
                or other action by the President; and
                    (ii) any agency policy, order, or other directive.
    (c)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall conduct a study on 
the effectiveness of the hotline specified in subsection (a) during the 
5-year period beginning on January 1, 2016, based on an analysis of 
national suicide data and data collected from such hotline.
    (2) At a minimum, the study required by paragraph (1) shall--
            (A) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
        hotline specified in subsection (a) and who receive follow up 
        services from the hotline or mental health services from the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs thereafter;
            (B) determine the number of veterans who contact the 
        hotline who are not referred to, or do not continue receiving, 
        mental health care who commit suicide; and
            (C) determine the number of veterans described in 
        subparagraph (A) who commit or attempt suicide.
    Sec. 233.  Effective during the period beginning on October 1, 
2018, and ending on January 1, 2025, none of the funds made available 
to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs by this or any other Act may be 
obligated or expended in contravention of the ``Veterans Health 
Administration Clinical Preventive Services Guidance Statement on the 
Veterans Health Administration's Screening for Breast Cancer Guidance'' 
published on May 10, 2017, as issued by the Veterans Health 
Administration National Center for Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention.
    Sec. 234. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for the ``Medical Services'' account may be used to 
provide--
            (1) fertility counseling and treatment using assisted 
        reproductive technology to a covered veteran or the spouse of a 
        covered veteran; or
            (2) adoption reimbursement to a covered veteran.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``service-connected'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
            (2) The term ``covered veteran'' means a veteran, as such 
        term is defined in section 101 of title 38, United States Code, 
        who has a service-connected disability that results in the 
        inability of the veteran to procreate without the use of 
        fertility treatment.
            (3) The term ``assisted reproductive technology'' means 
        benefits relating to reproductive assistance provided to a 
        member of the Armed Forces who incurs a serious injury or 
        illness on active duty pursuant to section 1074(c)(4)(A) of 
        title 10, United States Code, as described in the memorandum on 
        the subject of ``Policy for Assisted Reproductive Services for 
        the Benefit of Seriously or Severely Ill/Injured (Category II 
        or III) Active Duty Service Members'' issued by the Assistant 
        Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs on April 3, 2012, and 
        the guidance issued to implement such policy, including any 
        limitations on the amount of such benefits available to such a 
        member except that--
                    (A) the time periods regarding embryo 
                cryopreservation and storage set forth in part III(G) 
                and in part IV(H) of such memorandum shall not apply; 
                and
                    (B) such term includes embryo cryopreservation and 
                storage without limitation on the duration of such 
                cryopreservation and storage.
            (4) The term ``adoption reimbursement'' means reimbursement 
        for the adoption-related expenses for an adoption that is 
        finalized after the date of the enactment of this Act under the 
        same terms as apply under the adoption reimbursement program of 
        the Department of Defense, as authorized in Department of 
        Defense Instruction 1341.09, including the reimbursement limits 
        and requirements set forth in such instruction.
    (c) Amounts made available for the purposes specified in subsection 
(a) of this section are subject to the requirements for funds contained 
in section 508 of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115-141).
    Sec. 235.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs may be used in a manner that is inconsistent with: (1) section 
842 of the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-115; 119 Stat. 2506); or (2) 
section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.
    Sec. 236.  Section 842 of Public Law 109-115 shall not apply to 
conversion of an activity or function of the Veterans Health 
Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, or National Cemetery 
Administration to contractor performance by a business concern that is 
at least 51 percent owned by one or more Indian Tribes as defined in 
section 5304(e) of title 25, United States Code, or one or more Native 
Hawaiian Organizations as defined in section 637(a)(15) of title 15, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 237. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Labor, shall 
discontinue collecting and using Social Security account numbers to 
authenticate individuals in all information systems of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for all individuals not later than September 30, 
2024.
    (b) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may collect and use a Social 
Security account number to identify an individual, in accordance with 
section 552a of title 5, United States Code, in an information system 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs if and only if the use of such 
number is necessary to:
            (1) obtain or provide information the Secretary requires 
        from an information system that is not under the jurisdiction 
        of the Secretary;
            (2) comply with a law, regulation, or court order;
            (3) perform anti-fraud activities; or
            (4) identify a specific individual where no adequate 
        substitute is available.
    (c) The matter in subsections (a) and (b) shall supersede section 
237 of division J of Public Law 117-328.
    Sec. 238.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 for ``Medical Services'', section 
239 of division A of Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 239.  None of the funds appropriated in this or prior 
appropriations Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs may be used to transfer any amounts from the Filipino 
Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other account within the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 240.  Of the funds provided to the Department of Veterans 
Affairs for each of fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025 for ``Medical 
Services'', funds may be used in each year to carry out and expand the 
child care program authorized by section 205 of Public Law 111-163, 
notwithstanding subsection (e) of such section.
    Sec. 241.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this title may be used by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to enter into an agreement related to resolving a dispute or 
claim with an individual that would restrict in any way the individual 
from speaking to members of Congress or their staff on any topic not 
otherwise prohibited from disclosure by Federal law or required by 
Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense 
or the conduct of foreign affairs.
    Sec. 242.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 258 of division A of 
Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 243. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to deny an Inspector General funded 
under this Act timely access to any records, documents, or other 
materials available to the department or agency over which that 
Inspector General has responsibilities under the Inspector General Act 
of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of the 
Inspector General to such records, documents, or other materials, under 
any provision of law, except a provision of law that expressly refers 
to such Inspector General and expressly limits the right of access.
    (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General access to all records, documents, and other 
materials in a timely manner.
    (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the 
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 5 calendar days 
of any failure by any department or agency covered by this section to 
comply with this requirement.
    Sec. 244.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in a manner that would increase wait times for veterans who seek care 
at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
    Sec. 245.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to the Veterans Health Administration may be used 
in fiscal year 2024 to convert any program which received specific 
purpose funds in fiscal year 2023 to a general purpose funded program 
unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs submits written notification 
of any such proposal to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress at least 30 days prior to any such action and an approval 
is issued by the Committees.
    Sec. 246.  For funds provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
for each of fiscal year 2024 and 2025, section 248 of division A of 
Public Law 114-223 shall apply.
    Sec. 247. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to conduct research commencing on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act, that uses any canine, feline, 
or non-human primate unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approves 
such research specifically and in writing pursuant to subsection (b).
    (b)(1) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may approve the conduct of 
research commencing on or after the date of enactment of this Act, 
using canines, felines, or non-human primates if the Secretary 
certifies that--
            (A) the scientific objectives of the research can only be 
        met by using such canines, felines, or non-human primates and 
        cannot be met using other animal models, in vitro models, 
        computational models, human clinical studies, or other research 
        alternatives;
            (B) such scientific objectives are necessary to advance 
        research benefiting veterans and are directly related to an 
        illness or injury that is combat-related as defined by 10 
        U.S.C. 1413(e);
            (C) the research is consistent with the revised Department 
        of Veterans Affairs canine research policy document dated 
        December 15, 2017, including any subsequent revisions to such 
        document; and
            (D) ethical considerations regarding minimizing the harm 
        experienced by canines, felines, or non-human primates are 
        included in evaluating the scientific necessity of the 
        research.
    (2) The Secretary may not delegate the authority under this 
subsection.
    (c) If the Secretary approves any new research pursuant to 
subsection (b), not later than 30 days before the commencement of such 
research, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a report 
describing--
            (1) the nature of the research to be conducted using 
        canines, felines, or non-human primates;
            (2) the date on which the Secretary approved the research;
            (3) the USDA pain category on the approved use;
            (4) the justification for the determination of the 
        Secretary that the scientific objectives of such research could 
        only be met using canines, felines, or non-human primates, and 
        methods used to make such determination;
            (5) the frequency and duration of such research; and
            (6) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
        and efficacy of the research, and animal welfare.
    (d) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to such 
Committees a report describing--
            (1) any research being conducted by the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs using canines, felines, or non-human primates 
        as of the date of the submittal of the report;
            (2) the circumstances under which such research was 
        conducted using canines, felines, or non-human primates;
            (3) the justification for using canines, felines, or non-
        human primates to conduct such research;
            (4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
        and efficacy of such research; and
            (5) the development and adoption of alternatives to 
        canines, felines, or non-human primate research.
    (e) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, the Department of Veterans Affairs must 
submit to voluntary U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections of 
canine, feline, and non-human primate research facilities.
    (f) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to such 
Committees a report describing --
            (1) any violations of the Animal Welfare Act, the Public 
        Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory 
        Animals, or other Department of Veterans Affairs policies 
        related to oversight of animal research found during that 
        quarter in VA research facilities;
            (2) immediate corrective actions taken; and
            (3) specific actions taken to prevent their recurrence.
    (g) The Department shall implement a plan under which the Secretary 
will eliminate the research conducted using canines, felines, or non-
human primates by not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    Sec. 248. (a) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available in this title to ensure that 
the ratio of veterans to full-time employment equivalents within any 
program of rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, 
United States Code, does not exceed 125 veterans to one full-time 
employment equivalent.
    (b) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the programs of 
rehabilitation conducted under chapter 31 of title 38, United States 
Code, including--
            (1) an assessment of the veteran-to-staff ratio for each 
        such program; and
            (2) recommendations for such action as the Secretary 
        considers necessary to reduce the veteran-to-staff ratio for 
        each such program.
    Sec. 249.  Amounts made available for the ``Veterans Health 
Administration, Medical Community Care'' account in this or any other 
Act for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 may be used for expenses that would 
otherwise be payable from the Veterans Choice Fund established by 
section 802 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, as 
amended (38 U.S.C. 1701 note).
    Sec. 250.  Obligations and expenditures applicable to the ``Medical 
Services'' account in fiscal years 2017 through 2019 for aid to state 
homes (as authorized by section 1741 of title 38, United States Code) 
shall remain in the ``Medical Community Care'' account for such fiscal 
years.
    Sec. 251.  Of the amounts made available for the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024, in this or any other Act, under 
the ``Veterans Health Administration--Medical Services'', ``Veterans 
Health Administration--Medical Community Care'', ``Veterans Health 
Administration--Medical Support and Compliance'', and ``Veterans Health 
Administration--Medical Facilities'' accounts, $990,446,000 shall be 
made available for gender-specific care and programmatic efforts to 
deliver care for women veterans.
    Sec. 252.  Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal year 
2024 in the ``Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund'' established in 
section 243 of division J of Public Law 114-113, and in addition to any 
funds otherwise made available for such purposes in this, prior, or 
subsequent fiscal years, $646,000,000 shall be available for 
constructing, altering, extending, and improving medical facilities of 
the Veterans Health Administration, including all supporting activities 
and required contingencies, during the period of availability of the 
Fund:  Provided, That prior to obligation of any of the funds provided 
in this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs must provide a plan 
for the execution of the funds appropriated in this section to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and such 
Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days 
has elapsed.
    Sec. 253.  Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a quarterly 
report on the status of section 8006 of the American Rescue Plan of 
2021 (Public Law 117-2):  Provided, That, at a minimum, the report 
shall include an update on obligations by program, project or activity 
and a plan for expending the remaining funds.
    Sec. 254.  Not later than 30 days after enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds made available through 
the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-5) for the Cost 
of War Toxic Exposures Fund for fiscal year 2024:  Provided,  That the 
budget resource categories supporting the Veterans Health 
Administration shall be reported by the subcategories ``Medical 
Services'', ``Medical Community Care'', ``Medical Support and 
Compliance'', and ``Medical and Prosthetic Research'':  Provided 
further, That not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
quarter, the Secretary shall submit a quarterly report on the status of 
the funds, including, at a minimum, an update on obligations by 
program, project or activity.
    Sec. 255.  Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and 
administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of title 
38, United States Code, between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018 
for purposes of carrying out an order placed with the Department of 
Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States 
Code, that are available for obligation pursuant to section 7364(b)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, are to remain available for the 
liquidation of valid obligations incurred by such corporation during 
the period of performance of such order, provided that the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs determines that such amounts need to remain available 
for such liquidation.

                         (rescission of funds)

    Sec. 256.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
under the heading ``Departmental Administration--Veterans Electronic 
Health Record'' in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117-328), $460,005,000 is hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 257.  None of the funds in this or any other Act may be used 
to close Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, domiciliaries, or 
clinics, conduct an environmental assessment, or to diminish healthcare 
services at existing Veterans Health Administration medical facilities 
as part of a planned realignment of services until the Secretary 
provides to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
a report including an analysis of how any such planned realignment of 
services will impact access to care for veterans living in rural or 
highly rural areas, including travel distances and transportation costs 
to access a Department medical facility and availability of local 
specialty and primary care.
    Sec. 258.  Unobligated balances available under the headings 
``Construction, Major Projects'' and ``Construction, Minor Projects'' 
may be obligated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a facility 
pursuant to section 2(e)(1) of the Communities Helping Invest through 
Property and Improvements Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 
114-294; 38 U.S.C. 8103 note), as amended, to provide additional funds 
or to fund an escalation clause under such section of such Act:  
Provided, That before such unobligated balances are obligated pursuant 
to this section, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall request from 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress the 
authority to obligate such unobligated balances and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed:  Provided further, That the request to obligate such 
unobligated balances must provide Congress notice that the entity 
described in section 2(a)(2) of Public Law 114-294, as amended, has 
exhausted available cost containment approaches as set forth in the 
agreement under section 2(c) of such Public Law.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 259.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
under the heading ``Veterans Health Administration'' from prior 
appropriations Acts, including any funds transferred from the Medical 
Care Collections Fund to accounts under such heading, $1,951,750,000 is 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were provided under the heading ``Medical and Prosthetic 
Research'' or amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a plan 
for rescinding amounts required by this section no later than 30 days 
after enactment of this Act.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 260.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs from prior appropriations Acts, 
the following funds are hereby rescinded from the following accounts in 
the amounts specified:
            ``General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
        Administration'', $30,000,000;
            ``General Administration'', $5,000,000;
            ``Board of Veterans Appeals'', $15,000,000;
            ``Information Technology Systems'', $15,000,000; and
            ``Construction, Major Projects'', $80,218,560:
  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              (including transfer and rescission of funds)

    Sec. 261.  Amounts provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs 
under the heading ``Departmental Administration--Construction, Major 
Projects'' in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) that were transferred to 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) pursuant to an interagency 
agreement for the major construction project in Alameda, CA, and that 
remain unobligated at the Corps, shall be immediately transferred back 
to the Department of Veterans Affairs and permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded shall be appropriated, to remain available until September 
30, 2028, for the same purposes and under the same authorities for 
which such amounts were originally provided under such heading in such 
Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                  American Battle Monuments Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, including the acquisition of land or 
interest in land in foreign countries; purchases and repair of uniforms 
for caretakers of national cemeteries and monuments outside of the 
United States and its territories and possessions; rent of office and 
garage space in foreign countries; purchase (one-for-one replacement 
basis only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $15,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; and insurance of 
official motor vehicles in foreign countries, when required by law of 
such countries, $158,630,000, to remain available until expended.

                 foreign currency fluctuations account

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of the American 
Battle Monuments Commission, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended, for purposes authorized by section 2109 of 
title 36, United States Code.

           United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Court 
of Appeals for Veterans Claims as authorized by sections 7251 through 
7298 of title 38, United States Code, $47,200,000:  Provided, That 
$3,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of providing financial 
assistance as described and in accordance with the process and 
reporting procedures set forth under this heading in Public Law 102-
229.

                      Department of Defense--Civil

                       Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for maintenance, operation, and improvement 
of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National 
Cemetery, including the purchase or lease of passenger motor vehicles 
for replacement on a one-for-one basis only, and not to exceed $2,000 
for official reception and representation expenses, $99,880,000, of 
which not to exceed $15,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2026. In addition, such sums as may be necessary for parking 
maintenance, repairs and replacement, to be derived from the ``Lease of 
Department of Defense Real Property for Defense Agencies'' account.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses for planning and design and construction at 
Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National 
Cemetery, $88,600,000, to remain available until expended, for planning 
and design and construction associated with the Southern Expansion 
project at Arlington National Cemetery.

                      Armed Forces Retirement Home

                               trust fund

    For expenses necessary for the Armed Forces Retirement Home to 
operate and maintain the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, 
District of Columbia, and the Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, 
Mississippi, to be paid from funds available in the Armed Forces 
Retirement Home Trust Fund, $77,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, of which $8,940,000 shall remain available until 
expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home--Washington, District of Columbia, and the 
Armed Forces Retirement Home--Gulfport, Mississippi:  Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading from funds available in 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $25,000,000 shall be paid 
from the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 301.  Amounts deposited into the special account established 
under 10 U.S.C. 7727 are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended to support activities at the Army National Military 
Cemeteries.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity, when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any Federal 
law relating to risk assessment, the protection of private property 
rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 403.  All departments and agencies funded under this Act are 
encouraged, within the limits of the existing statutory authorities and 
funding, to expand their use of ``E-Commerce'' technologies and 
procedures in the conduct of their business practices and public 
service activities.
    Sec. 404.  Unless stated otherwise, all reports and notifications 
required by this Act shall be submitted to the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
    Sec. 405.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 406.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner of the United States House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 407. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public Web 
site of that agency any report required to be submitted by the Congress 
in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head of the 
agency that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains confidential or proprietary 
        information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee 
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.
    Sec. 408. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 409.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by an agency of the executive branch to pay for first-class travel by 
an employee of the agency in contravention of sections 301-10.122 
through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 410.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to execute a contract for goods or services, including construction 
services, where the contractor has not complied with Executive Order 
No. 12989.
    Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United States Code.
    Sec. 412. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available to the Department of Defense in this Act may 
be used to construct, renovate, or expand any facility in the United 
States, its territories, or possessions to house any individual 
detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
        the Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control 
                of the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States 
                Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Sec. 413.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 5502 of title 38, 
United States Code, in any case arising out of the administration by 
the Secretary of laws and benefits under such title, to report a person 
who is deemed mentally incapacitated, mentally incompetent, or to be 
experiencing an extended loss of consciousness as a person who has been 
adjudicated as a mental defective under subsection (d)(4) or (g)(4) of 
section 922 of title 18, United States Code, without the order or 
finding of a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority of 
competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or 
herself or others.
    This division may be cited as the ``Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

       DIVISION B--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Processing, Research, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, $58,292,000 
of which not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,896,000 shall be available 
for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed $5,190,000 shall be 
available for the Office of Tribal Relations, of which $1,000,000 shall 
be to continue a Tribal Public Health Resource Center at a land grant 
university with existing indigenous public health expertise to expand 
current partnerships and collaborative efforts with indigenous groups, 
including but not limited to, tribal organizations and institutions 
such as tribal colleges, tribal technical colleges, tribal community 
colleges and tribal universities, to improve the delivery of culturally 
appropriate public health services and functions in American Indian 
communities focusing on indigenous food sovereignty; not to exceed 
$7,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and Public 
Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C. 2279(c)(5); not 
to exceed $25,206,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $23,500,000 shall be 
available for Departmental Administration to provide for necessary 
expenses for management support services to offices of the Department 
and for general administration, security, repairs and alterations, and 
other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for 
and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department:  
Provided, That funds made available by this Act to an agency in the 
Administration mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office; not to 
exceed $4,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and 
not to exceed $7,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Communications:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the Office 
of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary:  
Provided further, That no appropriation for any office shall be 
increased or decreased by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, That 
not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available under this paragraph 
for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the amount 
made available under this heading for Departmental Administration shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional 
Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs shall be transferred to 
agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to 
maintain personnel at the agency level:  Provided further, That no 
funds made available under this heading for the Office of Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 days 
from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 
notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on 
the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:  Provided further, That 
during any 30 day notification period referenced in section 716 of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall take no action to begin 
implementation of the action that is subject to section 716 of this Act 
or make any public announcement of such action in any form.

                          Executive Operations

                     office of the chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Economist, 
$30,500,000, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants or cooperative 
agreements for policy research under 7 U.S.C. 3155:  Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $2,000,000 shall be for 
an interdisciplinary center based at a land grant university focused on 
agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest region which will provide 
private entities, policymakers, and the public with timely insights and 
targeted economic solutions:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $500,000 shall be available to carry 
out section 224 of subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6924), as amended by section 12504 
of Public Law 115-334.

                     office of hearings and appeals

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, 
$16,703,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $14,967,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $91,000,000, of which not less than $77,428,000 is for 
cybersecurity requirements of the department.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $6,867,000.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Civil Rights, $1,466,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Civil Rights mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff 
for the Office.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $37,000,000.

                  Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of 
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department 
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities of the 
Department which are included in this Act, and for alterations and 
other actions needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to the 
Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, 
improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and 
for related costs, $22,603,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Solid Waste Disposal Act 
(42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to 
any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.

               Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, and 
Protection, $20,800,000.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978 
(Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), $111,561,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public 
agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.), and 
including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General pursuant to the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 1337 of the 
Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-98).

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$60,537,000.

                            Office of Ethics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, $4,500,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, $1,884,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Research, Education, and 
Economics mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$500,000 shall be made available for the Office of the Chief Scientist.

                       Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$90,612,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $187,513,000, of which up to $46,850,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture:  Provided, That amounts 
made available for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct 
Current Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 2204g(d) and (f).

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research Service and for 
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100,000 and with prior notification and approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, and for 
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or 
shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not 
exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land or interests 
transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,788,063,000:  Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for 
replacement only:  Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless 
otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $500,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each 
be limited to $1,800,000, except for 10 buildings to be constructed or 
improved at a cost not to exceed $1,100,000 each, and except for four 
buildings to be constructed at a cost not to exceed $5,000,000 each, 
and the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 
or $500,000, whichever is greater:  Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for entering into lease 
agreements at any Agricultural Research Service location for the 
construction of a research facility by a non-Federal entity for use by 
the Agricultural Research Service and a condition of the lease shall be 
that any facility shall be owned, operated, and maintained by the non-
Federal entity and shall be removed upon the expiration or termination 
of the lease agreement:  Provided further, That the limitations on 
alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or 
replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:  Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:  Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement 
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
113a):  Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available for granting easements at any Agricultural Research Service 
location for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 
entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Research Service 
and a condition of the easements shall be that upon completion the 
facility shall be accepted by the Secretary, subject to the 
availability of funds herein, if the Secretary finds that acceptance of 
the facility is in the interest of the United States:  Provided 
further, That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of 
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.

                        buildings and facilities

    For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as 
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $57,164,000, 
to remain available until expended, for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).

               National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                   research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
$1,075,950,000, which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture, Research and Education Activities'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for research grants for 
1994 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, Hispanic 
serving institutions education grants, capacity building for non-land-
grant colleges of agriculture, the agriculture and food research 
initiative, veterinary medicine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, 
graduate fellowship and institution challenge grants, grants management 
systems, tribal colleges education equity grants, and scholarships at 
1890 institutions shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That each institution eligible to receive funds under the 
Evans-Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000:  Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds awarded 
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii:  Provided further, 
That funds for providing grants for food and agricultural sciences for 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving institutions and for Insular 
Areas shall remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided 
further, That funds for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be 
made available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222:  Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 
amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry out the 
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 7 U.S.C. 3157 may be 
retained by the Secretary of Agriculture to pay administrative costs 
incurred by the Secretary in carrying out that authority.

              native american institutions endowment fund

    For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by 
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $11,880,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                          extension activities

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $561,700,000 which shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified in the table titled ``National Institute of Food 
and Agriculture, Extension Activities'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act):  Provided, That funds for extension services at 1994 
institutions and for facility improvements at 1890 institutions shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That institutions 
eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension 
receive no less than $1,000,000:  Provided further, That funds for 
cooperative extension under sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever 
Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) and section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471 
shall be available for retirement and employees' compensation costs for 
extension agents.

                         integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $41,100,000, 
which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ``National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated 
Activities'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, 
That funds for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, indirect costs shall not be 
charged against any Extension Implementation Program Area grant awarded 
under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program (7 U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, $1,617,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs mission area for salaries and expenses are available to fund 
up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$1,162,026,000, of which up to $14,276,000 shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act); of which $500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for invasive catfish control; of 
which $250,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 
diseases and for control of pest animals and birds (``contingency 
fund'') to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
$15,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used for the 
cotton pests program, including for cost share purposes or for debt 
retirement for active eradication zones; of which $40,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical 
Services; of which $35,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for agricultural quarantine and inspection services; of which 
$3,500,000 shall be for activities under the authority of the Horse 
Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which 
$65,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to 
support avian health; of which $4,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for information technology infrastructure; of which 
$215,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
specialty crop pests, of which $8,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, shall be for one-time control and management and 
associated activities directly related to the multiple-agency response 
to citrus greening; of which, $12,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of 
which $21,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
zoonotic disease management; of which $44,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for emergency preparedness and response; of 
which $59,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
tree and wood pests; of which $6,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up 
to $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the 
scrapie program for indemnities; of which $2,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for the wildlife damage management 
program for aviation safety:  Provided, That of amounts available under 
this heading for wildlife services methods development, $1,000,000 
shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That of 
amounts available under this heading for the screwworm program, 
$4,990,000 shall remain available until expended; of which $24,527,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be used to carry out the 
science program and transition activities for the National Bio and 
Agro-defense Facility located in Manhattan, Kansas:  Provided further, 
That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent:  Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the purchase, 
replacement, operation, and maintenance of aircraft:  Provided further, 
That in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 
agricultural production industry of the United States, the Secretary 
may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and 
eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, 
poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 
and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) 
and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 
7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 
emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with 
such transferred amounts:  Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 
otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building.
    In fiscal year 2024, the agency is authorized to collect fees to 
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or 
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic 
and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, 
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability 
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be reimbursed to this account, to remain available until expended, 
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
services.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and 
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2268a, $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$222,887,000, of which $6,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of section 12306 of Public Law 113-79, and of which $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the purposes of section 779 of division A of Public Law 
117-103:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be to 
carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, of which $11,250,000 
shall be for dairy business innovation initiatives established in 
Public Law 116-6 and the Secretary shall take measures to ensure an 
equal distribution of funds between these three regional innovation 
initiatives:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701), except 
for the cost of activities relating to the development or maintenance 
of grain standards under the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 
U.S.C. 71 et seq.

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $62,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:  Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.); (2) transfers 
otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $21,501,000 for 
formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-128).

                   payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,000,000.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

    Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services:  
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this 
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food Safety, $1,117,000:  Provided, That funds made available by this 
Act to an agency in the Food Safety mission area for salaries and 
expenses are available to fund up to one administrative support staff 
for the Office.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $10,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $1,190,009,000; and in 
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees 
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by 
section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 
1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f):  Provided, That funds provided for the Public 
Health Data Communication Infrastructure system shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That no fewer than 148 full-time 
equivalent positions shall be employed during fiscal year 2024 for 
purposes dedicated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 
Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (7 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.):  Provided 
further, That the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue 
implementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110-246 as further 
clarified by the amendments made in section 12106 of Public Law 113-79: 
 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building.

                                TITLE II

               FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Farm Production and Conservation, $1,527,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to an agency in the Farm Production and 
Conservation mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the Office.

            Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Production and Conservation 
Business Center, $244,183,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the 
implementation of section 773 of Public Law 117-328:  Provided, That 
$60,228,000 of amounts appropriated for the current fiscal year 
pursuant to section 1241(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) shall be transferred to and merged with 
this account.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, $1,209,307,000, 
of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be for the hiring of new 
employees to fill vacancies and anticipated vacancies at Farm Service 
Agency county offices and farm loan officers and shall be available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That the agency shall submit a 
report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress that identifies 
for each project/investment that is operational (a) current performance 
against key indicators of customer satisfaction, (b) current 
performance of service level agreements or other technical metrics, (c) 
current performance against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a 
detailed breakdown of current and planned spending on operational 
enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment of whether the 
investment continues to meet business needs as intended as well as 
alternatives to the investment:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 
the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments 
for all programs administered by the Agency:  Provided further, That 
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may 
be advanced to and merged with this account:  Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated under this heading, $696,594,000 shall be made 
available to county offices, to remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, any 
funds made available to county offices in the current fiscal year that 
the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency deems to exceed or not 
meet the amount needed for the county offices may be transferred to or 
from the Farm Service Agency for necessary expenses:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to close Farm Service Agency county offices:  Provided further, 
That none of the funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be 
used to permanently relocate county based employees that would result 
in an office with two or fewer employees without prior notification and 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

                         state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $6,500,000:  Provided, 
That the Secretary of Agriculture may determine that United States 
territories and Federally recognized Indian tribes are ``States'' for 
the purposes of Subtitle A of such Act.

               grassroots source water protection program

    For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $7,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy 
indemnity program, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such program is carried out by the 
Secretary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program described 
in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387, 114 
Stat. 1549A-12).

           geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

    For necessary expenses to carry out direct reimbursement payments 
to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers under section 1621 
of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792), 
$3,500,000, to remain available until expended.

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emergency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), 
Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 5136), boll weevil loans 
(7 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), 
relending program (7 U.S.C. 1936c), and Indian highly fractionated land 
loans (25 U.S.C. 5136) to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $3,500,000,000 for guaranteed farm 
ownership loans and $3,100,000,000 for farm ownership direct loans; 
$2,118,491,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans and 
$1,633,000,000 for direct operating loans; emergency loans, 
$37,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $20,000,000; 
guaranteed conservation loans, $150,000,000; relending program, 
$61,426,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, $5,000,000; and for 
boll weevil eradication program loans, $60,000,000:  Provided, That the 
Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 
purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: $3,507,000 for emergency 
loans, to remain available until expended; and $27,598,000 for direct 
farm operating loans, $1,483,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm 
operating loans, $19,368,000 for the relending program, $1,577,000 for 
Indian highly fractionated land loans, and $258,000 for boll weevil 
eradication program loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $326,053,000:  Provided, That of 
this amount, $305,803,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership, operating and conservation direct 
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs:  
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Risk Management Agency, $65,637,000:  
Provided, That $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
in this Act shall be available for compliance and integrity activities 
required under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)), and shall be in addition to amounts 
otherwise provided for such purpose:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant 
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost 
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
2268a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent 
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$914,899,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which 
$19,144,913 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act):  Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of 
buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except 
that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000:  Provided further, 
That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal 
land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 
U.S.C. 2250a:  Provided further, That of the total amount available 
under this heading, $7,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses to carry 
out the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Program under 
section 222 of subtitle A of title II of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6923), as amended by section 12302 
of Public Law 115-334.

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including 
but not limited to surveys and investigations, engineering operations, 
works of improvement, and changes in use of land, in accordance with 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 
and 1007-1009) and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
to the activities of the Department, $35,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $20,350,000 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act):  Provided, That for funds provided by this Act 
or any other prior Act, the limitation regarding the size of the 
watershed or subwatershed exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand 
acres in which such activities can be undertaken shall only apply for 
activities undertaken for the primary purpose of flood prevention 
(including structural and land treatment measures):  Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, $14,650,000 
shall be allocated to multi-benefit irrigation modernization projects 
and activities that increase fish or wildlife habitat, reduce drought 
impact, improve water quality or instream flow, or provide off-channel 
renewable energy production.

                    watershed rehabilitation program

    Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act, $1,000,000 is provided.

                              CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or 
agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the 
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11):  Provided, That of the 
funds available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the 
conduct of its business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural 
Service for information resource management activities of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit 
Corporation business:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate in 
writing 15 days prior to the obligation or commitment of any emergency 
funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation:  Provided further, That 
such written notification shall include a detailed spend plan for the 
anticipated uses of such funds and an expected timeline for program 
execution if such obligation or commitment exceeds $100,000,000.

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

    For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $15,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the 
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6961).

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Rural Development, $1,620,000:  Provided, That funds made available by 
this Act to an agency in the Rural Development mission area for 
salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one administrative 
support staff for the Office.

                           Rural Development

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of Rural Development programs, including activities with 
institutions concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $351,087,000:  Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, up to $1,500,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be for the Rural 
Partners Network activities of the Department of Agriculture, and may 
be transferred to other agencies of the Department for such purpose, 
consistent with the missions and authorities of such agencies:  
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
no less than $75,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used for information technology expenses:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities 
that support Rural Development programs:  Provided further, That in 
addition to any other funds appropriated for purposes authorized by 
section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(i)), any 
amounts collected under such section, as amended by this Act, will 
immediately be credited to this account and will remain available until 
expended for such purposes.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as 
follows: $880,000,000 shall be for section 502 direct loans; $5,000,000 
shall be for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program 
for Native American Tribes; and $25,000,000,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025 shall be for section 502 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $25,000,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans; $60,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $400,000,000 
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for 
credit sales of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 
section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and $5,000,000 
for section 524 site development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $84,480,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 
Native American Tribes, $2,288,000; section 504 housing repair loans, 
$4,338,000; section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$637,000; section 524 site development loans, $477,000; and repair, 
rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$20,988,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That to 
support the loan program level for section 538 guaranteed loans made 
available under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust any 
fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guarantees pursuant to 
the provisions of the Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), 
and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized:  Provided 
further, That applicants in communities that have a current rural area 
waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490q) 
shall be treated as living in a rural area for purposes of section 502 
guaranteed loans provided under this heading:  Provided further, That 
of the amounts available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 
loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for 
individuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program funded with 
a mutual and self-help housing grant authorized by section 523 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2024:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall implement provisions to provide incentives to nonprofit 
organizations and public housing authorities to facilitate the 
acquisition of Rural Housing Service (RHS) multifamily housing 
properties by such nonprofit organizations and public housing 
authorities that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multifamily 
housing program for a period of time as determined by the Secretary, 
with such incentives to include, but not be limited to, the following: 
allow such nonprofit entities and public housing authorities to earn a 
Return on Investment on their own resources to include proceeds from 
low income housing tax credit syndication, own contributions, grants, 
and developer loans at favorable rates and terms, invested in a deal; 
and allow reimbursement of organizational costs associated with owner's 
oversight of asset referred to as ``Asset Management Fee'' of up to 
$7,500 per property.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans and grants, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, $34,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for a demonstration program for the preservation and revitalization of 
the sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing properties 
to restructure existing USDA multi-family housing loans, as the 
Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the 
project has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the 
purpose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-income 
residents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; 
deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-amortizing loan 
debt; and other financial assistance including advances, payments and 
incentives (including the ability of owners to obtain reasonable 
returns on investment) required by the Secretary:  Provided, That the 
Secretary shall, as part of the preservation and revitalization 
agreement, obtain a restrictive use agreement consistent with the terms 
of the restructuring.
    In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1484, 1486), $12,722,000, to remain available until expended, 
for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
grants and contracts.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $412,254,000 shall be paid to the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant 
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 1949 or 
agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for 
eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the 
Housing Act of 1949, $1,608,000,000, and in addition such sums as may 
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:  Provided, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
renewal of rental assistance agreements for a maximum of 1,000 units 
where the Secretary determines that a maturing loan for a project 
cannot reasonably be restructured with another USDA loan or 
modification and the project was operating with rental assistance under 
section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary may enter into rental assistance contracts in maturing 
properties with existing rental assistance agreements notwithstanding 
any provision of section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, for a term of 
at least 10 years but not more than 20 years:  Provided further, That 
any agreement to enter into a rental assistance contract under section 
521 of the Housing Act of 1949 for a maturing property shall obligate 
the owner to continue to maintain the project as decent, safe, and 
sanitary housing and to operate the development in accordance with the 
Housing Act of 1949, except that rents shall be based on current Fair 
Market Rents as established by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart A, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 
3535d, to determine the maximum initial rent and adjusted annually by 
the Operating Cost Adjustment Factor pursuant to 24 CFR 888 Subpart B, 
unless the Agency determines that the project's budget-based needs 
require a higher rent, in which case the Agency may approve a budget-
based rent level:  Provided further, That rental assistance agreements 
entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded 
for a one year period:  Provided further, That upon request by an owner 
under section 514 or 515 of the Act, the Secretary may renew the rental 
assistance agreement for a period of 20 years or until the term of such 
loan has expired, subject to annual appropriations:  Provided further, 
That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year 
agreements may be transferred and used for purposes of any debt 
reduction, maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing 
projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities authorized 
under title V of the Act:  Provided further, That rental assistance 
provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2024 for a 
farm labor multi-family housing project financed under section 514 or 
516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until 
such assistance has remained unused for a period of twelve consecutive 
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 
assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants who 
are not receiving such assistance:  Provided further, That such 
recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, be 
applied to another farm labor multi-family housing project financed 
under section 514 or 516 of the Act:  Provided further, That except as 
provided in the eighth proviso under this heading and notwithstanding 
any other provision of the Act, the Secretary may recapture rental 
assistance provided under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 
2024 for a project that the Secretary determines no longer needs rental 
assistance and use such recaptured funds for current needs.

                     rural housing voucher account

    For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under section 
542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
such section, $48,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That the funds made available under this heading shall be 
available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income household 
(including those not receiving rental assistance) residing in a 
property financed with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid or 
otherwise paid off after September 30, 2005:  Provided further, That 
the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 
market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 
unit:  Provided further, That funds made available for such vouchers 
shall be subject to the availability of annual appropriations:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, administer such vouchers with current regulations and 
administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers 
administered by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development:  Provided further, That in addition to any other available 
funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from 
the program funds made available under this heading, for administrative 
expenses for activities funded under this heading.

                  mutual and self-help housing grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $25,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                    rural housing assistance grants

    For grants for very low-income housing repair and rural housing 
preservation made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, $35,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

               rural community facilities program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$2,800,000,000 for direct loans and $650,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural community facilities 
programs as authorized by section 306 and described in section 
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$18,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:  Provided 
further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community 
development organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic development 
projects in rural areas:  Provided further, That such funds shall be 
made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary 
organizations proposing to carry out a program of financial and 
technical assistance:  Provided further, That such intermediary 
organizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less 
than funds provided:  Provided further, That any unobligated balances 
from prior year appropriations under this heading for the cost of 
direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including amounts deobligated 
or cancelled, may be made available to cover the subsidy costs for 
direct loans and or loan guarantees under this heading in this fiscal 
year:  Provided further, That no amounts may be made available pursuant 
to the preceding proviso from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, or that were specified in the tables titled 
``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the 
explanatory statements for division A of Public Law 117-103 and 
division A of Public Law 117-328 as described in section 4 in the 
matter preceding each such division A:  Provided further, That 
$8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as 
authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to the funds made available under this heading:  
Provided further, That in addition to any other available funds, the 
Secretary may expend not more than $1,000,000 total, from the program 
funds made available under this heading, for administrative expenses 
for activities funded under this heading.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                     rural business program account

    For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the rural business 
development programs authorized by section 310B and described in 
subsections (a), (c), (f) and (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $66,615,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for one grant 
to a qualified national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic development and 
$8,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.), the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 15101 et seq.), the Southwest Border Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), and the Appalachian Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 14101 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement Program 
purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used for 
administrative expenses:  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $100,000 shall be made 
available for one or more qualified state technology council to promote 
private-sector economic development in the bio-sciences:  Provided 
further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native 
American Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified national 
organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation 
in order to promote economic development:  Provided further, That 
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act are not applicable to funds made available under this heading.

              intermediary relending program fund account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), 
$10,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, $3,035,000, as authorized by the 
Intermediary Relending Program Fund Account (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which 
$573,000 shall be available through June 30, 2024, for Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which $1,147,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2024, for Mississippi Delta Region counties 
(as determined in accordance with Public Law 100-460):  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,468,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$50,000,000.
    The cost of grants authorized under section 313B(a) of the Rural 
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic 
development and job creation projects shall not exceed $10,000,000.

                  rural cooperative development grants

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932), $24,600,000, of which $2,800,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 
program:  Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for grants 
for cooperative development centers, individual cooperatives, or groups 
of cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and a majority 
of the boards of directors or governing boards of which are comprised 
of individuals who are members of socially disadvantaged groups; and of 
which $13,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
value-added agricultural product market development grants, as 
authorized by section 210A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 
of which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for 
Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized pursuant to section 6402 of 
Public Law 107-171.

               rural microentrepreneur assistance program

    For the principal amount of direct loans as authorized by section 
379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2008s), $20,000,000.
    For the cost of loans and grants, $5,000,000 under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s).

                    rural energy for america program

    For the principal amount of loan guarantees, under the same terms 
and conditions as authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $50,000,000.

                   healthy food financing initiative

    For the cost of loans and grants that is consistent with section 
243 of subtitle D of title II of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6953), as added by section 4206 of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Secretary 
to support projects that provide access to healthy food in underserved 
areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-
income communities, $500,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That such costs of loans, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service

             rural water and waste disposal program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and described in section 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as 
follows: $860,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed 
loans.
    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, for rural water, waste water, waste 
disposal, and solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 
306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, $595,972,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which up to $117,484,737 shall be for the purposes, and in 
the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act:  Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available for the 
rural utilities program described in section 306E of such Act:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be for grants authorized by 
section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
in addition to funding authorized by section 306A(i)(1) of such Act:  
Provided further, That $65,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for loans and grants including water and waste 
disposal systems grants authorized by section 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 
306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and Federally 
Recognized Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such Act, 
and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Hawaii):  
Provided further, That funding provided for section 306D of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be provided to a 
consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105-83:  
Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the funding provided 
for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
be used by the State of Alaska for training and technical assistance 
programs and not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for 
section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 
used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105-
83 for training and technical assistance programs:  Provided further, 
That not to exceed $35,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and 
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the 
Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of which $8,500,000 
shall be made available for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-
State regional technical assistance organization, with experience in 
working with small communities on water and waste water problems, the 
principal purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities 
with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, 
financing, development, operation, and management of water and waste 
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a 
qualified national Native American organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems for tribal communities:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $21,817,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $4,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading 
shall be for solid waste management grants:  Provided further, That not 
to exceed $2,695,000 of the amounts appropriated under this heading 
shall be available as the Secretary deems appropriate for water and 
waste direct one percent loans for distressed communities:  Provided 
further, That if the Secretary determines that any portion of the 
amount made available for one percent loans is not needed for such 
loans, the Secretary may use such amounts for grants authorized by 
section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  
Provided further, That if any funds made available for the direct loan 
subsidy costs remain unobligated after July 31, 2024, such unobligated 
balances may be used for grant programs funded under this heading:  
Provided further, That $8,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities 
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants authorized 
under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
918a):  Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 381N of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to the 
funds made available under this heading.

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    The principal amount of loans and loan guarantees as authorized by 
sections 4, 305, 306, 313A, and 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 904, 935, 936, 940c-1, and 940g) shall be made as 
follows: guaranteed rural electric loans made pursuant to section 306 
of that Act, $2,167,000,000; cost of money direct loans made pursuant 
to sections 4, notwithstanding the one-eighth of one percent in 
4(c)(2), and 317, notwithstanding 317(c), of that Act, $4,333,000,000; 
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A of that Act, 
$900,000,000; and for cost-of-money rural telecommunications loans made 
pursuant to section 305(d)(2) of that Act, $550,000,000:  Provided, 
That up to $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, 
acquisition, design, engineering or improvement of fossil-fueled 
electric generating plants (whether new or existing) that utilize 
carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems.
    For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 305(d)(2) of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)), including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $5,720,000.
    In addition, $3,578,000 to remain available until expended, to 
carry out section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a):  Provided, That the energy efficiency measures 
supported by the funding in this paragraph shall contribute in a 
demonstrable way to the reduction of greenhouse gases.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $33,270,000, which shall be paid 
to the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

    For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural 
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $49,574,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which up to $9,573,570 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That 
$3,000,000 shall be made available for grants authorized by section 
379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  Provided 
further, That funding provided under this heading for grants under 
section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may 
only be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility criteria 
for a consortium as established by this section.
    For the cost to continue a broadband loan and grant pilot program 
established by section 779 of division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) under the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), 
$100,385,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$10,385,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act):  Provided, That the Secretary may award grants 
described in section 601(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 950bb(a)) for the purposes of carrying out such 
pilot program:  Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 
be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That at least 90 percent of the households to be 
served by a project receiving a loan or grant under the pilot program 
shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to broadband:  
Provided further, That for purposes of such pilot program, a rural area 
without sufficient access to broadband shall be defined as twenty-five 
megabits per second downstream and three megabits per second upstream:  
Provided further, That to the extent possible, projects receiving funds 
provided under the pilot program must build out service to at least one 
hundred megabits per second downstream, and twenty megabits per second 
upstream:  Provided further, That an entity to which a loan or grant is 
made under the pilot program shall not use the loan or grant to 
overbuild or duplicate broadband service in a service area by any 
entity that has received a broadband loan from the Rural Utilities 
Service unless such service is not provided sufficient access to 
broadband at the minimum service threshold:  Provided further, That not 
more than four percent of the funds made available in this paragraph 
can be used for administrative costs to carry out the pilot program and 
up to three percent of funds made available in this paragraph may be 
available for technical assistance and pre-development planning 
activities to support the most rural communities:  Provided further, 
That the Rural Utilities Service is directed to expedite program 
delivery methods that would implement this paragraph:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
adhere to the notice, reporting and service area assessment 
requirements set forth in section 701 of the Rural Electrification Act 
(7 U.S.C. 950cc).
    In addition, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
the Community Connect Grant Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950bb-3.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
                                Services

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, $1,127,000:  Provided, That 
funds made available by this Act to an agency in the Food, Nutrition 
and Consumer Services mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office.

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 
17 and 21; $33,266,226,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2025, of which such sums as are made available under section 
14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110-246), as amended by this Act, shall be merged with and 
available for the same time period and purposes as provided herein:  
Provided, That of the total amount available, $18,004,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.):  Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $21,005,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
evaluations and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended to carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)):  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 18(g)(3)(C) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3)(c)), the total 
grant amount provided to a farm to school grant recipient in fiscal 
year 2024 shall not exceed $500,000:  Provided further, That of the 
total amount available, $10,000,000 shall be available to provide 
competitive grants to State agencies for subgrants to local educational 
agencies and schools to purchase the equipment, with a value of greater 
than $1,000, needed to serve healthier meals, improve food safety, and 
to help support the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the 
school breakfast program:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
available, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended to carry 
out activities authorized under subsections (a)(2) and (e)(2) of 
section 21 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769b-1(a)(2) and (e)(2)):  Provided further, That section 26(d) 
of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769g(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``2010 through 
2024'' and inserting ``2010 through 2025'':  Provided further, That 
section 9(h)(3) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1758(h)(3)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``For 
fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2024'':  Provided 
further, That section 9(h)(4) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(h)(4)) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ``For fiscal year 2023'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 
2024''.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $7,030,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(10)), 
not less than $90,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer 
counselors and other related activities, and $14,000,000 shall be used 
for infrastructure:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall use 
funds made available under this heading to increase the amount of a 
cash-value voucher for women and children participants to an amount 
recommended by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and 
Medicine and adjusted for inflation:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost containment and 
competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act:  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal 
Government departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of 
such Act:  Provided further, That upon termination of a federally 
mandated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and conditions 
established by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive the requirement 
at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the request of a State agency.

               supplemental nutrition assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $122,382,521,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2026, shall 
be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 
may become necessary to carry out program operations:  Provided, That 
funds provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008:  Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 
provide nutrition education services to State agencies and Federally 
Recognized Tribes participating in the Food Distribution Program on 
Indian Reservations:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $3,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, shall be used to carry out section 4003(b) of 
Public Law 115-334 relating to demonstration projects for tribal 
organizations:  Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 4208 
of Public Law 115-334:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law:  Provided further, That funds made available for 
Employment and Training under this heading shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading for section 28(d)(1), section 4(b), and 
section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading may be obligated or 
expended in contravention of section 213A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1183A):  Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and 
employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities 
related to program integrity provided that such activities are 
authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

                      commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program as authorized by section 4(a) of 
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance 
for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of 
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
188); and the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $480,070,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2025:  Provided, That none of 
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for commodities donated to the program:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2024 to support the Seniors Farmers' 
Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 4402 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, such funds shall remain 
available through September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent for 
costs associated with the distribution of commodities.

                   nutrition programs administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition 
Service for carrying out any domestic nutrition assistance program, 
$177,348,000:  Provided, That of the funds provided herein, $2,000,000 
shall be used for the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107-171, 
as amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110-246.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

   Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Affairs

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, $932,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to any agency in the Trade and Foreign 
Agricultural Affairs mission area for salaries and expenses are 
available to fund up to one administrative support staff for the 
Office.

                      office of codex alimentarius

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Codex Alimentarius, 
$4,922,000, including not to exceed $40,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including not to exceed $250,000 for representation allowances and for 
expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 
U.S.C. 1766), $227,330,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for overseas operations to 
include the payment of locally employed staff:  Provided, That the 
Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation 
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private 
organizations and institutions under agreements executed pursuant to 
the agricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) 
and the foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
International Development:  Provided further, That funds made available 
for middle-income country training programs, funds made available for 
the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology 
Fellowship program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 
in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by 
the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall remain available until 
expended.

                     food for peace title ii grants

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,619,107,000, to remain available until expended.

  mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition 
                             program grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1), $240,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
the Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such 
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein:  
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
not more than 10 percent, but not less than $24,000,000, shall remain 
available until expended to purchase agricultural commodities as 
described in subsection 3107(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(a)(2)).

 commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program 
                                account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$6,063,000, to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by section 
11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, which shall be paid to the 
appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                Department of Health and Human Services

                      food and drug administration

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of 
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for 
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the 
District of Columbia or elsewhere; in addition to amounts appropriated 
to the FDA Innovation Account, for carrying out the activities 
described in section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act (Public 
Law 114-255); for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 107-188; 
$6,721,782,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $1,422,104,000 shall be derived from prescription drug user 
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; $362,381,000 shall be 
derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$613,538,000 shall be derived from human generic drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $31,109,000 shall be derived from 
biosimilar biological product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-
52, and shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; $33,500,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-12, and shall be credited to this account 
and remain available until expended; $25,000,000 shall be derived from 
generic new animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-21, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended; 
$712,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 387s, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That in addition to and 
notwithstanding any other provision under this heading, amounts 
collected for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 
human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological product user fees, 
animal drug user fees, and generic new animal drug user fees that 
exceed the respective fiscal year 2024 limitations are appropriated and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical 
device, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, animal drug, 
and generic new animal drug assessments for fiscal year 2024, including 
any such fees collected prior to fiscal year 2024 but credited for 
fiscal year 2024, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2024 limitations: 
 Provided further, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 
year 2024 of user fees specified under this heading and authorized for 
fiscal year 2025, prior to the due date for such fees, and that amounts 
of such fees assessed for fiscal year 2025 for which the Secretary 
accepts payment in fiscal year 2024 shall not be included in amounts 
under this heading:  Provided further, That none of these funds shall 
be used to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $1,185,989,000 shall be for the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $15,000,000 shall 
be used for inspections of foreign seafood manufacturers and field 
examinations of imported seafood; (2) $2,334,704,000 shall be for the 
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $10,000,000 
shall be for pilots to increase unannounced foreign inspections and 
shall remain available until expended; (3) $570,632,000 shall be for 
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $284,285,000 shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $770,697,000 shall 
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $77,505,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$684,324,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) 
$215,701,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$55,061,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid 
to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) $230,423,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 
(10) $367,522,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office 
of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Food Policy and 
Response, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, 
and central services for these offices:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by 
the Commissioner:  Provided further, That any transfer of funds 
pursuant to, and for the administration of, section 770(n) of the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be 
from amounts made available under this heading for other activities and 
shall not exceed $2,000,000:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
that are made available under this heading for ``other activities'', 
and that are not derived from user fees, $1,500,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Department of 
Health and Human Services--Office of Inspector General'' for oversight 
of the programs and operations of the Food and Drug Administration and 
shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight of 
the Food and Drug Administration:  Provided further, That funds may be 
transferred from one specified activity to another with the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.
    In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263b, 
export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 381, priority 
review user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed 
recall fees, food reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer 
program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, outsourcing facility fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-62, prescription drug wholesale 
distributor licensing and inspection fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
353(e)(3), third-party logistics provider licensing and inspection fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360eee-3(c)(1), third-party auditor fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), medical countermeasure priority 
review voucher user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 360bbb-4a, and fees 
relating to over-the-counter monograph drugs authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j-72 shall be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, demolition, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise 
provided, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                   fda innovation account, cures act

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described under 
section 1002(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to 
amounts available for such purposes under the heading ``Salaries and 
Expenses'', $50,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That amounts appropriated in this paragraph are appropriated pursuant 
to section 1002(b)(3) of the 21st Century Cures Act, are to be derived 
from amounts transferred under section 1002(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and 
may be transferred by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to the 
appropriation for ``Department of Health and Human Services Food and 
Drug Administration Salaries and Expenses'' solely for the purposes 
provided in such Act:  Provided further, That upon a determination by 
the Commissioner that funds transferred pursuant to the previous 
proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may 
be transferred back to the account:  Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to include multiple 
year leases), in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $365,000,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses for 
consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission with foreign 
governmental and other regulatory officials, of which not less than 
$80,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and of 
which not less than $4,218,000 shall be for expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General:  Provided, That notwithstanding the limitations 
in 31 U.S.C. 1553, amounts provided under this heading are available 
for the liquidation of obligations equal to current year payments on 
leases entered into prior to the date of enactment of this Act:  
Provided further, That for the purpose of recording and liquidating any 
lease obligations that should have been recorded and liquidated against 
accounts closed pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1552, and consistent with the 
preceding proviso, such amounts shall be transferred to and recorded in 
a no-year account in the Treasury, which has been established for the 
sole purpose of recording adjustments for and liquidating such unpaid 
obligations.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $94,300,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions, including the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249:  Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships:  Provided further, That the agency may exceed this 
limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That the 
purposes of section 3.7(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 
U.S.C. 2128(b)(2)(A)(i)), the Farm Credit Administration may exempt, an 
amount in its sole discretion, from the application of the limitation 
provided in that clause of export loans described in the clause 
guaranteed or insured in a manner other than described in subclause 
(II) of the clause.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

    Sec. 701.  The Secretary may use any appropriations made available 
to the Department of Agriculture in this Act to purchase new passenger 
motor vehicles, in addition to specific appropriations for this 
purpose, so long as the total number of vehicles purchased in fiscal 
year 2024 does not exceed the number of vehicles owned or leased in 
fiscal year 2018:  Provided, That, prior to purchasing additional motor 
vehicles, the Secretary must determine that such vehicles are necessary 
for transportation safety, to reduce operational costs, and for the 
protection of life, property, and public safety:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may not increase the Department of Agriculture's 
fleet above the 2018 level unless the Secretary notifies in writing, 
and receives approval from, the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress within 30 days of the notification.
    Sec. 702.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated balances of 
discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or any other available 
unobligated discretionary balances that are remaining available of the 
Department of Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the 
acquisition of property, plant and equipment and for the improvement, 
delivery, and implementation of Department financial, and 
administrative information technology services, and other support 
systems necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and 
information technology services, including cloud adoption and 
migration, of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
Agriculture, such transferred funds to remain available until expended: 
 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
prior approval of the agency administrator:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
this section shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure to make any changes to the Department's National Finance 
Center without written notification to and prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
section 716 of this Act:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated by this Act or made available to the Department's Working 
Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expenditure to 
initiate, plan, develop, implement, or make any changes to remove or 
relocate any systems, missions, personnel, or functions of the offices 
of the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information Officer, co-
located with or from the National Finance Center prior to written 
notification to and prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress and in accordance with the requirements of 
section 716 of this Act:  Provided further, That the National Finance 
Center Information Technology Services Division personnel and data 
center management responsibilities, and control of any functions, 
missions, and systems for current and future human resources management 
and integrated personnel and payroll systems (PPS) and functions 
provided by the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Information 
Officer shall remain in the National Finance Center and under the 
management responsibility and administrative control of the National 
Finance Center:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture 
and the offices of the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market to 
existing and new Departments and other government agencies National 
Finance Center shared services including, but not limited to, payroll, 
financial management, and human capital shared services and allow the 
National Finance Center to perform technology upgrades:  Provided 
further, That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of 
the Department of Agriculture attributable to the amounts in excess of 
the true costs of the shared services provided by the National Finance 
Center and budgeted for the National Finance Center, the Secretary 
shall reserve not more than 4 percent for the replacement or 
acquisition of capital equipment, including equipment for the 
improvement, delivery, and implementation of financial, administrative, 
and information technology services, and other systems of the National 
Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost of the 
National Finance Center:  Provided further, That none of the amounts 
reserved shall be available for obligation unless the Secretary submits 
written notification of the obligation to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That the 
limitations on the obligation of funds pending notification to 
Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obligation that, as 
determined by the Secretary, is necessary to respond to a declared 
state of emergency that significantly impacts the operations of the 
National Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National 
Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of the National 
Finance Center.
    Sec. 703.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 704.  No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay 
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar 
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and 
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and 
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed 
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 705.  Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current 
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: 
the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural 
Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, and the 
Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
    Sec. 706.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information 
Technology Investment Review Board:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 11319 of 
title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available to the 
Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated 
for projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior to 
receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer:  Provided 
further, That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agency to 
obligate funds without written approval from the Chief Information 
Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 
based upon the performance of an agency measured against the 
performance plan requirements described in the explanatory statement 
accompanying Public Law 113-235.
    Sec. 707.  Funds made available under section 524(b) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall 
remain available until expended to disburse obligations made in the 
current fiscal year.
    Sec. 708.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any former 
Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, 
direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or 
direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under 
section 313B(a) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under such 
Act.
    Sec. 709.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not 
more than $20,000,000 in unobligated balances from appropriations made 
available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service 
Agency shall remain available through September 30, 2025, for 
information technology expenses.
    Sec. 710.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used for first-class travel by the 
employees of agencies funded by this Act in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 711.  In the case of each program established or amended by 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) or by a successor to 
that Act, other than by title I or subtitle A of title III of such Act, 
or programs for which indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, 
that is authorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation--
            (1) such funds shall be available for salaries and related 
        administrative expenses, including technical assistance, 
        associated with the implementation of the program, without 
        regard to the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
        fund transfers contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
            (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall not be 
        considered to be a fund transfer or allotment for purposes of 
        applying the limitation on the total amount of allotments and 
        fund transfers contained in such section.
    Sec. 712.  Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$2,900,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities 
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task 
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to 
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate 
competitively awarded grants.
    Sec. 713. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 714.  Notwithstanding subsection (b) of section 14222 of 
Public Law 110-246 (7 U.S.C. 612c-6; in this section referred to as 
``section 14222''), none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out a program under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c; in this section referred to 
as ``section 32'') in excess of $1,574,028,000 (exclusive of carryover 
appropriations from prior fiscal years), as follows: Child Nutrition 
Programs Entitlement Commodities--$485,000,000; State Option 
Contracts--$5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities--$1,660,000; 
Administration of section 32 Commodity Purchases--$37,178,000:  
Provided, That, of the total funds made available in the matter 
preceding this proviso that remain unobligated on October 1, 2024, such 
unobligated balances shall carryover into fiscal year 2025 and shall 
remain available until expended for any of the purposes of section 32, 
except that any such carryover funds used in accordance with clause (3) 
of section 32 may not exceed $350,000,000 and may not be obligated 
until the Secretary of Agriculture provides written notification of the 
expenditures to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress at least two weeks in advance:  Provided further, That, with 
the exception of any available carryover funds authorized in any prior 
appropriations Act to be used for the purposes of clause (3) of section 
32, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 
employee of the Department of Agriculture to carry out clause (3) of 
section 32.
    Sec. 715.  None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who prepare 
or submit appropriations language as part of the President's budget 
submission to the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of the 
budget unless such budget submission identifies which additional 
spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals 
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee of 
conference for the fiscal year 2024 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 716. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 
be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming, 
transfer of funds, or reimbursements as authorized by the Economy Act, 
or in the case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the 
authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public Law 89-106 
(7 U.S.C. 2263), that--
            (1) creates new programs;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
        project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
        restricted;
            (4) relocates an office or employees;
            (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or
            (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
        presently performed by Federal employees;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such 
authority.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 
through a reprogramming or use of the authorities referred to in 
subsection (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that--
            (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities;
            (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
        project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as 
        approved by Congress; or
            (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
        personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
        activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
(as the case may be) notifies in writing and receives approval from the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or the 
use of such authority.
    (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
shall notify in writing and receive approval from the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing any 
program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal year 
unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
funded by any other Act.
    (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available 
for--
            (1) modifying major capital investments funding levels, 
        including information technology systems, that involves 
        increasing or decreasing funds in the current fiscal year for 
        the individual investment in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent 
        of the total cost, whichever is less;
            (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or vacant 
        positions or agency activities or functions to establish a 
        center, office, branch, or similar entity with five or more 
        personnel; or
            (3) carrying out activities or functions that were not 
        described in the budget request;
unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 
days in advance of using the funds for these purposes.
    (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used for any 
activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission receives from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of the 
notification as required in this section.
    Sec. 717.  Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may 
assess a one-time fee for any guaranteed business and industry loan in 
an amount that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 
portion of the loan.
    Sec. 718.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug 
Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the Farm 
Credit Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 
available reports, questions, or responses to questions that are a 
result of information requested for the appropriations hearing process 
to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-Department of Health and 
Human Services, non-Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm 
Credit Administration employee.
    Sec. 719.  Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive branch agency 
to produce any prepackaged news story intended for broadcast or 
distribution in the United States unless the story includes a clear 
notification within the text or audio of the prepackaged news story 
that the prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that 
executive branch agency.
    Sec. 720.  No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act or any 
other Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 
60 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing agency or 
office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the 
salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
    Sec. 721.  Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Commissioner of the Food 
and Drug Administration, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
detailed spending plan by program, project, and activity for all the 
funds made available under this Act including appropriated user fees, 
as defined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    Sec. 722.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule, or take any other action 
with respect to, allowing or requiring information intended for a 
prescribing health care professional, in the case of a drug or 
biological product subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be distributed to such 
professional electronically (in lieu of in paper form) unless and until 
a Federal law is enacted to allow or require such distribution.
    Sec. 723.  For the purposes of determining eligibility or level of 
program assistance for Rural Housing Service programs the Secretary 
shall not include incarcerated prison populations.
    Sec. 724.  For loans and loan guarantees that do not require budget 
authority and the program level has been established in this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may increase the program level for such loans 
and loan guarantees by not more than 25 percent:  Provided, That prior 
to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Secretary notifies, 
in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
at least 15 days in advance.
    Sec. 725.  None of the credit card refunds or rebates transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to section 729 of the Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107-76) shall be 
available for obligation without written notification to, and the prior 
approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided, That the refunds or rebates so transferred shall 
be available for obligation only for the acquisition of property, plant 
and equipment, including equipment for the improvement, delivery, and 
implementation of Departmental financial management, information 
technology, and other support systems necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology services, 
including cloud adoption and migration, of primary benefit to the 
agencies of the Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 726.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to implement, administer, or enforce the ``variety'' requirements of 
the final rule entitled ``Enhancing Retailer Standards in the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)'' published by the 
Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on December 15, 2016 
(81 Fed. Reg. 90675) until the Secretary of Agriculture amends the 
definition of the term ``variety'' as defined in section 
278.1(b)(1)(ii)(C) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and 
``variety'' as applied in the definition of the term ``staple food'' as 
defined in section 271.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
increase the number of items that qualify as acceptable varieties in 
each staple food category so that the total number of such items in 
each staple food category exceeds the number of such items in each 
staple food category included in the final rule as published on 
December 15, 2016:  Provided, That until the Secretary promulgates such 
regulatory amendments, the Secretary shall apply the requirements 
regarding acceptable varieties and breadth of stock to Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program retailers that were in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113-79).
    Sec. 727.  In carrying out subsection (h) of section 502 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall have the same authority with respect to loans guaranteed under 
such section and eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has 
under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1490p-2) with respect to loans guaranteed under such section 538 and 
eligible lenders for such loans.
    Sec. 728.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be available for the United States 
Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or implement any 
regulation that would promulgate new user fees pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 
9701 after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 729.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the Broadband Treasury Rate Loan 
program, authorized in section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb), $7,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 730.  Notwithstanding any provision of law that regulates the 
calculation and payment of overtime and holiday pay for FSIS 
inspectors, the Secretary may charge establishments subject to the 
inspection requirements of the Poultry Products Inspection Act, 21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq., the Federal Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq., for 
the cost of inspection services provided outside of an establishment's 
approved inspection shifts, and for inspection services provided on 
Federal holidays:  Provided, That any sums charged pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be deemed as overtime pay or holiday pay under section 
1001(d) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2, 135 
Stat. 242):  Provided further, That sums received by the Secretary 
under this paragraph shall, in addition to other available funds, 
remain available until expended to the Secretary without further 
appropriation for the purpose of funding all costs associated with FSIS 
inspections.
    Sec. 731. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
            (1) conduct audits in a manner that evaluates the following 
        factors in the country or region being audited, as applicable--
                    (A) veterinary control and oversight;
                    (B) disease history and vaccination practices;
                    (C) livestock demographics and traceability;
                    (D) epidemiological separation from potential 
                sources of infection;
                    (E) surveillance practices;
                    (F) diagnostic laboratory capabilities; and
                    (G) emergency preparedness and response; and
            (2) promptly make publicly available the final reports of 
        any audits or reviews conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).
    (b) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under its international trade agreements.
    Sec. 732.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the rural housing voucher program 
authorized by section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (42 U.S.C. 1471 
et seq.), as amended, $35,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That 
no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 733.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ``Rural Cooperative 
Development Grants'' for Agriculture Innovation Centers authorized by 
section 6402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 1632b), as amended, $7,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 734. (a)(1) No Federal funds made available for this fiscal 
year for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, 
and 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926 et seq.) shall be used for a project for the construction, 
alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public water or wastewater 
system unless all of the iron and steel products used in the project 
are produced in the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel products'' means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined 
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, 
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, 
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction 
materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases 
in which the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred to as 
the ``Secretary'') or the designee of the Secretary finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
        public interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
        States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities or of 
        a satisfactory quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
        United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
        more than 25 percent.
    (c) If the Secretary or the designee receives a request for a 
waiver under this section, the Secretary or the designee shall make 
available to the public on an informal basis a copy of the request and 
information available to the Secretary or the designee concerning the 
request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for 
at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The 
Secretary or the designee shall make the request and accompanying 
information available by electronic means, including on the official 
public Internet Web site of the Department.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program Account'' for carrying out the provisions 
described in subsection (a)(1) for management and oversight of the 
requirements of this section.
    (f) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a project for 
which the engineering plans and specifications include use of iron and 
steel products otherwise prohibited by such subsection if the plans and 
specifications have received required approvals from State agencies 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
    (g) For purposes of this section, the terms ``United States'' and 
``State'' shall include each of the several States, the District of 
Columbia, and each Federally recognized Indian Tribe.
    Sec. 735.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action 
on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 
U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 736.  Of the total amounts made available by this Act for 
direct loans and grants under the following headings: ``Rural Housing 
Service--Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account''; ``Rural 
Housing Service--Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants''; ``Rural Housing 
Service--Rural Housing Assistance Grants''; ``Rural Housing Service--
Rural Community Facilities Program Account''; ``Rural Business-
Cooperative Service--Rural Business Program Account''; ``Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Economic Development Loans Program 
Account''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural Cooperative 
Development Grants''; ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--Rural 
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program''; ``Rural Utilities Service--
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account''; ``Rural Utilities 
Service--Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
Account''; and ``Rural Utilities Service--Distance Learning, 
Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'', to the maximum extent feasible, 
at least 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated for assistance in 
persistent poverty counties under this section, including, 
notwithstanding any other provision regarding population limits, any 
county seat of such a persistent poverty county that has a population 
that does not exceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 
percent:  Provided, That for purposes of this section, the term 
``persistent poverty counties'' means any county that has had 20 
percent or more of its population living in poverty over the past 30 
years, as measured by the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses, and 2007-
2011 American Community Survey 5-year average, or any territory or 
possession of the United States:  Provided further, That with respect 
to specific activities for which program levels have been made 
available by this Act that are not supported by budget authority, the 
requirements of this section shall be applied to such program level.
    Sec. 737.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to notify a sponsor or otherwise acknowledge receipt of a submission 
for an exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological 
product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262(a)(3)) in research in which a human embryo 
is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic 
modification. Any such submission shall be deemed to have not been 
received by the Secretary, and the exemption may not go into effect.
    Sec. 738.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to enforce the final rule promulgated by the Food and 
Drug Administration entitled ``Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, 
Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption'', and published 
on November 27, 2015, with respect to the regulation of entities that 
grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or 
almonds.
    Sec. 739.  For school years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, none of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce 
the matter following the first comma in the second sentence of footnote 
(c) of section 220.8(c) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, with 
respect to the substitution of vegetables for fruits under the school 
breakfast program established under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
    Sec. 740.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act may be used--
            (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Agricultural 
        Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940), subtitle G of the Agricultural 
        Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 of the Agriculture 
        Improvement Act of 2018; or
            (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, sale, or 
        use of hemp, or seeds of such plant, that is grown or 
        cultivated in accordance with section 7606 of the Agricultural 
        Act of 2014 or subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
        1946, within or outside the State in which the hemp is grown or 
        cultivated.
    Sec. 741.  The Secretary of Agriculture may waive the matching 
funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(g)).
    Sec. 742.  The Secretary, as part of the report on foreign 
landholding required under the Agricultural Foreign Investment 
Disclosure Act (Public Law 95-460), shall report to Congress on foreign 
investments in agricultural land in the United States, including the 
impact foreign ownership has on family farms, rural communities, and 
the domestic food supply:  Provided, That within 2 years after the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a streamlined 
process for electronic submission and retention of disclosures made 
under the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act, including an 
internet database that contains disaggregated data from each disclosure 
submitted:  Provided further,That all prior year disclosures of foreign 
investments in agricultural land in the United States are published in 
the database:  Provided further, That the plan includes a process to 
ensure the protection of personally identifiable information and that 
all disclosures of foreign investments in agricultural land on the USDA 
website be disaggregated by: (1) in any case in which such foreign 
person is an individual, the citizenship of such foreign person; and 
(2) in any case in which such foreign person is not an individual or a 
government, the nature of the legal entity holding the interest, the 
country in which such foreign person is created or organized, and the 
principal place of business of such foreign person.
    Sec. 743.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a pilot program for the Secretary to 
provide grants to qualified non-profit organizations and public housing 
authorities to provide technical assistance, including financial and 
legal services, to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to facilitate the 
acquisition of RHS multi-family housing properties in areas where the 
Secretary determines a risk of loss of affordable housing, by non-
profit housing organizations and public housing authorities as 
authorized by law that commit to keep such properties in the RHS multi-
family housing program for a period of time as determined by the 
Secretary.
    Sec. 744.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ``Rural Housing 
Assistance Grants'' for housing repair grants authorized by section 504 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474), as amended, $28,000,000 
are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 745. (a) After the effective date of any final rule the Food 
and Drug Administration (FDA) publishes in connection with its proposed 
rule to update these requirements (87 Federal Register 59168, issued on 
September 29, 2022), manufacturers may also continue to comply with the 
previous requirements promulgated by the FDA for the implied nutrient 
content claim ``healthy'' through the ``compliance date'' FDA provides 
in the final rule.
    (b) Any food product manufactured and labeled as ``healthy'' during 
the compliance period FDA provides in that final rule shall not be 
directly or indirectly subject to any state-law requirements that are 
not identical to either (i) the Federal requirements for the implied 
nutrition content claim ``healthy'' that were in effect as of the date 
FDA issues the final rule, or (ii) the updated Federal requirements 
that FDA promulgates in the final rule, assuming the updated 
requirements go into effect during the regulatory compliance period.
    Sec. 746.  Funds made available under title II of the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be used to provide 
assistance to recipient nations if adequate monitoring and controls, as 
determined by the Administrator, are in place to ensure that emergency 
food aid is received by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by 
food shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappropriate 
purposes.
    Sec. 747.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to procure raw or processed poultry products or seafood imported into 
the United States from the People's Republic of China for use in the 
school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Care Food Program 
under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the Summer Food Service 
Program for Children under section 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or 
the school breakfast program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
    Sec. 748.  For school year 2024-2025, only a school food authority 
that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service 
account as of June 30, 2023, shall be required to establish a price for 
paid lunches in accordance with section 12(p) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(p)).
    Sec. 749.  Any funds made available by this or any other Act that 
the Secretary withholds pursuant to section 1668(g)(2) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5921(g)(2)), 
as amended, shall be available for grants for biotechnology risk 
assessment research:  Provided, That the Secretary may transfer such 
funds among appropriations of the Department of Agriculture for 
purposes of making such grants.
    Sec. 750.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
available to the Department of Agriculture may be used to move any 
staff office or any agency from the mission area in which it was 
located on August 1, 2018, to any other mission area or office within 
the Department in the absence of the enactment of specific legislation 
affirming such move.
    Sec. 751.  The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, may use funds appropriated under this 
Act or any other Act for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations 
Program and the Watershed Rehabilitation Program carried out pursuant 
to the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et 
seq.), and for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program carried out 
pursuant to section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2203) to provide technical services for such programs pursuant 
to section 1252(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3851(a)(1)), notwithstanding subsection (c) of such section.
    Sec. 752.  In administering the pilot program established by 
section 779 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 
(Public Law 115-141), the Secretary of Agriculture may, for purposes of 
determining entities eligible to receive assistance, consider those 
communities which are ``Areas Rural in Character'':  Provided, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under the heading 
``Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'' for the 
purposes of the pilot program established by section 779 of Public Law 
115-141 may be used for this purpose.
    Sec. 753.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this 
Act and notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is 
appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded 
agricultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the Water 
Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311).
    Sec. 754.  Out of amounts appropriated to the Food and Drug 
Administration under title VI, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, shall, not 
later than September 30, 2024, and following the review required under 
Executive Order No. 12866 (5 U.S.C. 601 note; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), issue advice revising the advice provided in the 
notice of availability entitled ``Advice About Eating Fish, From the 
Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration; 
Revised Fish Advice; Availability'' (82 Fed. Reg. 6571 (January 19, 
2017)), in a manner that is consistent with nutrition science 
recognized by the Food and Drug Administration on the net effects of 
seafood consumption.
    Sec. 755.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available, there 
is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program established 
pursuant to section 1001(b)(4) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 
(Public Law 117-2) to award grants to processors of invasive, wild-
caught catfish.
    Sec. 756.  The Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area 
Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 15, 2024, an amount of funds 
made available in title III under the headings of Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 
Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Facilities Program 
Account, Rural Business Program Account, Rural Development Loan Fund 
Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 
equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with respect to funds 
provided under such headings in the most recent fiscal year any such 
funds were obligated under such headings for REAP Zones, excluding the 
funding provided through any Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
Directed Spending.
    Sec. 757.  In this fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to implement section 
3.7(f) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 in a manner inconsistent with 
section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
    Sec. 758. (a) For an additional amount for the Office of the 
Secretary, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
Secretary of Agriculture to carry out no more than 10 pilot projects, 
under the terms and conditions determined by the Secretary for a period 
not to exceed 2 years, that award grants to an Indian tribe; a tribal 
organization approved by an Indian tribe; a tribal educational agency; 
a consortium of Indian tribes; or a partnership between an Indian tribe 
and either a State educational agency, a local educational agency, a 
tribal educational agency, or the Bureau of Indian Education to operate 
and implement the school lunch program as authorized by the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769), the summer food 
service program as established under section 13 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act, the child and adult care food 
program as established by section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act, or the school breakfast program established by the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) in either a Bureau-funded 
school (as defined in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 
(25 U.S.C. 2021)); a school (as defined in section 12(d) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760 (d)) on or near an 
Indian reservation; or an early child care and education facility:  
Provided, That to carry out this pilot program each grant awarded shall 
be no less than $10,000 and no more than $100,000 for each school year 
and shall not increase state administrative costs or the amount of 
benefits provided in any program:  Provided further, That the term 
``Indian tribe'' has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5304).
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a pilot project 
grant recipient shall be reimbursed for meals served under the school 
lunch program, the summer food service program, and the child and adult 
care food program as if the recipient were a State under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act; and under the school breakfast 
program as if the recipient were a State educational agency.
    (c) Not later than 1 year after the conclusion of the pilot 
program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
outcomes of the pilot program.
    Sec. 759.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA) to issue or promote any new guidelines or regulations applicable 
to food manufacturers for Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) until the FDA 
considers the available new science in developing the Compliance Policy 
Guide (CPG), Guidance for FDA Staff, Sec. 55.320 Listeria 
monocytogenes--regarding Lm in low-risk foods, meaning foods that do 
not support the growth of Lm.
    Sec. 760.  Section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c) 
is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ``two years'' and 
inserting ``five years''.
    Sec. 761.  Section 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490d) 
is amended in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``two years'' and inserting 
``five years''.
    Sec. 762.  Section 363 of the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act 
of 1981 (12 U.S.C. 3702) is amended at paragraph (10) by inserting 
after ``Secretary of Housing Urban Development'' the following: ``and 
the Secretary of Agriculture''.
    Sec. 763.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 
to develop, issue, promote or advance any final guidelines or new 
regulations applicable to food manufacturers for long-term population-
wide sodium reduction actions until an assessment is completed on the 
impact of the short-term sodium reduction targets.
    Sec. 764.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for a Bison Production and 
Marketing Grant Program that the Agricultural Marketing Service shall 
develop and maintain:  Provided, That this program shall be similar, as 
determined by the Secretary, to the Sheep Production and Marketing 
Grant Program the Department of Agriculture currently maintains 
pursuant to section 209(c) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1627a(c)), and shall prioritize grants to national non-profits 
and federally chartered Tribal organizations that have expertise in 
bison production or marketing.
    Sec. 765.  Notwithstanding the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1622 et seq.) and 9 CFR part 352, the Committee provides an 
additional $700,000 to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to 
cover voluntary meat inspection fees for the slaughtering or processing 
of bison/buffalo at Native American owned establishments or 
establishments operating on tribal lands.
    Sec. 766.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the Rural Water Operation Program 
under the heading ``Natural Resources Conservation Service--Watershed 
and Flood Prevention Operations'', $28,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 767.  If services performed by APHIS employees are determined 
by the Administrator of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
to be in response to an animal disease outbreak, any premium pay that 
is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, shall be exempted 
from the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under 
section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, and any other provision of 
law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on a biweekly 
or calendar year basis:  Provided, That this section shall take effect 
as if enacted on January 1, 2023.
    Sec. 768.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel--
            (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
        Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
            (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
        Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
        note; Public Law 104-127); or
            (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
        of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
    Sec. 769.  Any rule-making, notice or guidance of or regarding USDA 
Proposed Rule (Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns 
Consistent With the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584-
AE88) shall allow and provide meal reimbursement for (or ``low fat or 
fat free'') flavored milk in National School Lunch Program and School 
Breakfast Program for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade and in 
Child and Adult Care Food Program for participants 6 years of age and 
older, and for any other program complying with the meal pattern 
requirements covered in such final rule.
    Sec. 770.  Sodium limits in effect for School Year 2023-2024 in 
child nutrition meal patterns shall remain effective through School 
Year 2026-2027, after which sodium limits that may be included in any 
rulemaking, notice or guidance of or regarding USDA Proposed Rule 
(Child Nutrition Programs: Revisions to Meal Patterns Consistent With 
the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans; RIN 0584-AE88), shall not be 
more restrictive than the Target 2 sodium levels published in the final 
rule entitled ``Nutrition Standards in the National School Lunch and 
School Breakfast Programs'' published by the Department of Agriculture 
in the Federal Register on January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg 4087).
    Sec. 771.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to carry out section 2103 of Public Law 115-
334:  Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize the wetland 
compliance needs of areas with significant numbers of individual 
wetlands, wetland acres, and conservation compliance requests.
    Sec. 772.  There is appropriated $3,000,000 for the emergency and 
transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program 
established under section 12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (34 U.S.C. 20127).
    Sec. 773.  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and 
Medicine (NASEM) were tasked with providing findings and 
recommendations on alcohol consumption for the purposes of inclusion in 
the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans as required by Section 772 of 
Division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117-328):  Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the findings and 
recommendations of the NASEM report in the development of the 2025 
Dietary Guidelines for Americans and further, both Secretaries shall 
ensure that the alcohol consumption recommendations in the 2025 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans shall be based on the preponderance of 
scientific and medical knowledge consistent with section 5341 of title 
7 of United States Code.
    Sec. 774.  The first proviso under the heading ``Rural Community 
Facilities Program Account'' in title I of division N of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) is amended 
by inserting ``or to repair or replace essential community facilities 
damaged by a disaster that occurred in calendar year 2023'' after 
``calendar year 2022'':  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    Sec. 775.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the Rural Energy for American program 
authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002, (7 U.S.C. 8107), $10,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 776.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in Section 2304 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2), $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 777.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under Division A, Title IV, under the 
heading ``Nutrition Programs Administration'' for relocation expenses 
and the alteration and repair of buildings and improvement pursuant to 
7 U.S.C. 2250 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 
115-31), $8,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 778.  Of the unobligated balances available in fiscal year 
2024 in the ``Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' established in section 742 
of division A of Public Law 113-235, and in addition to any funds 
otherwise made available for such purposes in this, prior, or 
subsequent fiscal years, the following shall be available during the 
period of availability of the Fund for the specified purposes and in 
the specified amounts--
            (1) for grants for rural community facilities programs as 
        authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
        of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
        $505,023,927 for the purposes, and in the amounts specified in 
        the table titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act), and under the same authorities and 
        conditions as amounts made available by this Act in the second 
        paragraph under the heading ``Rural Community Facilities 
        Program Account''; and
            (2) for expenses during fiscal year 2024, not otherwise 
        recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
        interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83-
        480), for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
        abroad under title II of said Act, $68,476,073, under the same 
        authorities and conditions as amounts made available by this 
        Act under the heading ``Food for Peace Title II Grants'':
  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    Sec. 779.  Section 2250b of title 7, United States Code, is hereby 
amended in the second proviso by striking ``capital acquisition'' and 
after ``infrastructure'' inserting ``and information technology 
services.''
    Sec. 780.  Section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 940c-2(a)), shall be applied for fiscal year 2024 and each 
fiscal year thereafter until the specified funding has been expended as 
if the following were inserted after the final period: ``In addition, 
the Secretary shall use $9,465,000 of the funds available to carry out 
this section in fiscal year 2024 for an additional amount for the same 
purpose and under the same terms and conditions as the Rural Business 
Development Grants authorized by section 310B of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)).''.
    Sec. 781.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved prior to the 
effective date of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard 
(February 19, 2019) shall include the words ``genetically engineered'' 
prior to the existing acceptable market name.
    Sec. 782.  For an additional amount for the Office of the 
Secretary, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended, to continue 
the Institute for Rural Partnerships as established in section 778 of 
Public Law 117-103:  Provided, That the Institute for Rural 
Partnerships shall continue to dedicate resources to researching the 
causes and conditions of challenges facing rural areas, and develop 
community partnerships to address such challenges:  Provided further, 
That administrative or other fees shall not exceed one percent:  
Provided further, That such partnership shall coordinate and publish an 
annual report.
    Sec. 783.  There is hereby appropriated $500,000 to carry out the 
duties of the working group established under section 770 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6; 133 Stat. 
89).
    Sec. 784.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for conservation activities under the 
heading ``Natural Resources Conservation Service--Conservation 
Operations'', $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 785.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture--Research and Education Activities'', $37,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 786.  There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for section 306E(b) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act to provide subgrants to eligible individuals 
for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually owned 
household decentralized wastewater systems.
    Sec. 787.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall be included as a 
member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States 
(CFIUS) on a case by case basis pursuant to the authorities in section 
721(k)(2)(J) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565(k)(2)(J)) with respect to each covered transaction (as defined in 
section 721(a)(4) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
4565(a)(4))) involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or 
the agriculture industry (including agricultural transportation, 
agricultural storage, and agricultural processing), as determined by 
the CFIUS Chairperson in coordination with the Secretary of 
Agriculture. The Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, notify the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States of any agricultural land transaction that the Secretary of 
Agriculture has reason to believe, based on information from or in 
cooperation with the Intelligence Community, is a covered transaction 
(A) that may pose a risk to the national security of the United States, 
with particular emphasis on covered transactions of an interest in 
agricultural land by foreign governments or entities of concern, as 
defined in 42 U.S.C. 19221(a), including the People's Republic of 
China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian 
Federation, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; and (B) with respect to 
which a person is required to submit a report to the Secretary of 
Agriculture under section 2(a) of the Agricultural Foreign Investment 
Disclosure Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 3501(a)):  Provided, That there is 
hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, in 
addition to amounts otherwise provided for such purpose, to carry out 
this section.
    Sec. 788.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available in the ``Working Capital Fund'', 
$78,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be 
rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 789.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for the ``Community Connect Grant 
Program'', $30,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts 
may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the 
budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985.
    Sec. 790.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available under the heading ``Distance Learning, 
Telemedicine, and Broadband Program'', other than amounts made 
available for the Community Connect Grant Program, $18,891,000 are 
hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 791.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available for veterinary diagnostics under the 
heading ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and 
Expenses account'', $5,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, That no 
amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 792.  The agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), out 
of the funds provided in this Act, for costs incurred by OGC in 
providing services to such agencies or offices under time-limited 
agreements entered into with such agencies and offices:  Provided, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law.
    Sec. 793. (a) Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1636i) is amended by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
``2024''.
    (b) Section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 
U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106-78) is amended by striking ``2023'' 
and inserting ``2024''.
    This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

     DIVISION C--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                   International Trade Administration

                     operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the 
Department of Commerce provided for by law, to carry out activities 
associated with facilitating, attracting, and retaining business 
investment in the United States, to carry out activities associated 
with title VI of division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117-328), and for engaging in trade promotional 
activities abroad, including expenses of grants and cooperative 
agreements for the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms, 
without regard to sections 3702 and 3703 of title 44, United States 
Code; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families 
of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily posted 
overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the International 
Trade Administration between two points abroad, without regard to 
section 40118 of title 49, United States Code; employment of citizens 
of the United States and aliens by contract for services; recognizing 
contributions to export expansion pursuant to Executive Order 10978; 
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses 
of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of 
temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of 
tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign 
countries; not to exceed $294,300 for official representation expenses 
abroad; purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, 
not to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; not to exceed $325,000 for purchase 
of armored vehicles without regard to the general purchase price 
limitations; obtaining insurance on official motor vehicles; and rental 
of tie lines, $623,000,000, of which $85,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $50,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided 
further, That $12,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and 
used by the International Trade Administration, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That, of 
amounts provided under this heading, not less than $16,400,000 shall be 
for China antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement and 
compliance activities:  Provided further, That the provisions of the 
first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) 
and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities; and that for 
the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include 
payment for assessments for services provided as part of these 
activities:  Provided further, That, of amounts provided under this 
heading, up to $3,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the purpose of carrying out a pilot fellowship program of the 
United States Commercial Service under which the Secretary of Commerce 
may make competitive grants to appropriate institutions of higher 
education or students to increase the level of knowledge and awareness 
of, and interest in employment with, that Service among minority 
students:  Provided further, That any grants awarded under such program 
shall be made pursuant to regulations to be prescribed by the 
Secretary, which shall require as a condition of the initial receipt of 
grant funds, a commitment by prospective grantees to accept full-time 
employment in the Global Markets unit of the International Trade 
Administration upon the completion of participation in the program.

                    Bureau of Industry and Security

                     operations and administration

    For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of citizens of the United States and aliens by 
contract for services abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner 
authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United 
States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$13,500 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of 
compensation to informers under the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 
(subtitle B of title XVII of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019; Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 
2208; 50 U.S.C. 4801 et seq.), and as authorized by section 1(b) of the 
Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 223; 22 U.S.C. 401(b)); and purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles for law 
enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase 
without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law, 
$191,000,000, of which $76,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading for activities under the ``revised nonsecurity category'', as 
defined in section 250(c)(4)(E) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended, 
$20,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That the 
provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 
108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these 
activities:  Provided further, That payments and contributions 
collected and accepted for materials or services provided as part of 
such activities may be retained for use in covering the cost of such 
activities, and for providing information to the public with respect to 
the export administration and national security activities of the 
Department of Commerce and other export control programs of the United 
States and other governments.

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For grants for economic development assistance as provided by the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, for trade adjustment 
assistance, and for grants authorized by sections 27, 28, and 30 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722, 
3722a, and 3723), as amended, $400,000,000 to remain available until 
expended, of which $50,000,000 shall be for grants under section 27, 
$41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 28, and $2,500,000 shall 
be for grants under section 30:  Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $30,000,000 is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985:  Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated balances of funds provided 
under this heading in previous years, shall be subject to the 
procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of administering the economic development 
assistance programs as provided for by law, $68,000,000:  Provided, 
That funds provided under this heading may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 
1976; title II of the Trade Act of 1974; sections 27 through 30 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722-
3723), as amended; and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
1977.

                  Minority Business Development Agency

                     minority business development

    For necessary expenses of the Minority Business Development Agency 
in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprises, 
as authorized by law, $68,250,000.

                   Economic and Statistical Analysis

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic and 
statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$125,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                          Bureau of the Census

                      current surveys and programs

    For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, 
$328,500,000:  Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, funds may 
be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.

                     periodic censuses and programs

    For necessary expenses for collecting, compiling, analyzing, 
preparing, and publishing statistics for periodic censuses and programs 
provided for by law, $1,054,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, from amounts provided herein, 
funds may be used for promotion, outreach, and marketing activities.

       National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses, as provided for by law, of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), $57,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That, 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1535(d), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
charge Federal agencies for costs incurred in spectrum management, 
analysis, operations, and related services, and such fees shall be 
retained and used as offsetting collections for costs of such spectrum 
services, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to retain and use as offsetting 
collections all funds transferred, or previously transferred, from 
other Government agencies for all costs incurred in telecommunications 
research, engineering, and related activities by the Institute for 
Telecommunication Sciences of NTIA, in furtherance of its assigned 
functions under this paragraph, and such funds received from other 
Government agencies shall remain available until expended.

    public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

    For the administration of prior-year grants, recoveries and 
unobligated balances of funds previously appropriated are available for 
the administration of all open grants until their expiration.

                 facilities management and construction

    For necessary expenses for the design, construction, alteration, 
improvement, maintenance, and repair of buildings and facilities 
managed by the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

               United States Patent and Trademark Office

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office (USPTO) provided for by law, including defense of suits 
instituted against the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property and Director of the USPTO, $4,195,799,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as offsetting collections of fees and 
surcharges assessed and collected by the USPTO under any law are 
received during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  Provided further, 
That during fiscal year 2024, should the total amount of such 
offsetting collections be less than $4,195,799,000, this amount shall 
be reduced accordingly:  Provided further, That any amount received in 
excess of $4,195,799,000 in fiscal year 2024 and deposited in the 
Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That the Director of USPTO shall submit a 
spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section:  Provided further, That any amounts 
reprogrammed in accordance with the preceding proviso shall be 
transferred to the United States Patent and Trademark Office ``Salaries 
and Expenses'' account:  Provided further, That the budget of the 
President submitted for fiscal year 2025 under section 1105 of title 
31, United States Code, shall include within amounts provided under 
this heading for necessary expenses of the USPTO any increases that are 
expected to result from an increase promulgated through rule or 
regulation in offsetting collections of fees and surcharges assessed 
and collected by the USPTO under any law in either fiscal year 2024 or 
fiscal year 2025:  Provided further, That from amounts provided herein, 
not to exceed $13,500 shall be made available in fiscal year 2024 for 
official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2024 from the amounts made available for ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' for the USPTO, the amounts necessary to pay (1) the 
difference between the percentage of basic pay contributed by the USPTO 
and employees under section 8334(a) of title 5, United States Code, and 
the normal cost percentage (as defined by section 8331(17) of that 
title) as provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for 
USPTO's specific use, of basic pay, of employees subject to subchapter 
III of chapter 83 of that title, and (2) the present value of the 
otherwise unfunded accruing costs, as determined by OPM for USPTO's 
specific use of post-retirement life insurance and post-retirement 
health benefits coverage for all USPTO employees who are enrolled in 
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Federal Employees Group 
Life Insurance (FEGLI), shall be transferred to the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund, the FEGLI Fund, and the Employees FEHB 
Fund, as appropriate, and shall be available for the authorized 
purposes of those accounts:  Provided further, That any differences 
between the present value factors published in OPM's yearly 300 series 
benefit letters and the factors that OPM provides for USPTO's specific 
use shall be recognized as an imputed cost on USPTO's financial 
statements, where applicable:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all fees and surcharges assessed and 
collected by USPTO are available for USPTO only pursuant to section 
42(c) of title 35, United States Code, as amended by section 22 of the 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (Public Law 112-29):  Provided further, 
That within the amounts appropriated, $2,450,000 shall be transferred 
to the ``Office of Inspector General'' account for activities 
associated with carrying out investigations and audits related to the 
USPTO.

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology (NIST), $1,080,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which not to exceed $9,000,000 may be transferred to the ``Working 
Capital Fund'':  Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $222,841,000 shall be made available for the NIST--STRS 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That the amounts made available for the projects referenced in 
the preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That NIST may 
provide local transportation for summer undergraduate research 
fellowship program participants.

                     industrial technology services

    For necessary expenses for industrial technology services, 
$212,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $175,000,000 
shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and of 
which $37,000,000 shall be for the Manufacturing USA Program.

                  construction of research facilities

    For construction of new research facilities, including 
architectural and engineering design, and for renovation and 
maintenance of existing facilities, not otherwise provided for the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, as authorized by 
sections 13 through 15 of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278c-278e), $168,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, $80,242,000 shall be made available for the NIST--Construction 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That up to one percent of amounts made available for the 
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may be used for the 
administrative costs of such projects:  Provided further, That the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology shall 
submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate for any amounts made available by the 
preceding proviso and such spending plan shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Commerce shall include in the budget justification materials for fiscal 
year 2025 that the Secretary submits to Congress in support of the 
Department of Commerce budget (as submitted with the budget of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) an 
estimate for each National Institute of Standards and Technology 
construction project having a total multi-year program cost of more 
than $5,000,000, and simultaneously the budget justification materials 
shall include an estimate of the budgetary requirements for each such 
project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal years.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including 
maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft and vessels; pilot 
programs for State-led fisheries management, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law; grants, contracts, or other payments to nonprofit 
organizations for the purposes of conducting activities pursuant to 
cooperative agreements; and relocation of facilities, $4,548,485,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That fees and 
donations received by the National Ocean Service for the management of 
national marine sanctuaries may be retained and used for the salaries 
and expenses associated with those activities, notwithstanding section 
3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That in 
addition, $369,522,000 shall be derived by transfer from the fund 
entitled ``Promote and Develop Fishery Products and Research Pertaining 
to American Fisheries'', which shall only be used for fishery 
activities related to the Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program; Fisheries 
Data Collections, Surveys, and Assessments; Observers and Training; 
Fisheries Management Programs and Services; and Interjurisdictional 
Fisheries Grants:  Provided further, That not to exceed $71,299,000 
shall be for payment to the ``Department of Commerce Working Capital 
Fund'':  Provided further, That of the $4,946,007,000 provided for in 
direct obligations under this heading, $4,548,485,000 is appropriated 
from the general fund, $369,522,000 is provided by transfer, and 
$28,000,000 is derived from recoveries of prior year obligations:  
Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$139,499,000 shall be made available for the NOAA--CZM and NOAA--ORF 
projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That the amounts made available for the projects referenced in 
the preceding proviso may not be transferred for any other purpose:  
Provided further, That any deviation from the amounts designated for 
specific activities in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any 
use of deobligated balances of funds provided under this heading in 
previous years, shall be subject to the procedures set forth in section 
505 of this Act:  Provided further, That in addition, for necessary 
retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection 
and Survivor Benefits Plan, and for payments for the medical care of 
retired personnel and their dependents under the Dependents' Medical 
Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55), such sums as may be necessary.

               procurement, acquisition and construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For procurement, acquisition and construction of capital assets, 
including alteration and modification costs, of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, $1,719,866,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, except that funds provided for acquisition 
and construction of vessels and aircraft, and construction of 
facilities shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
the amounts made available in the matter preceding this proviso, 
$100,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That in 
addition, $44,000,000 shall be derived by transfer for the purposes 
provided under this heading from the unobligated balances in the Fund 
established in section 111(a) of division B of Public Law 116-93:  
Provided further, That no amounts may be transferred pursuant to the 
preceding proviso from amounts made available in section 101(e)(1) of 
title I of division A of Public Law 118-5:  Provided further, That of 
the $1,776,866,000 provided for in direct obligations under this 
heading, $1,719,866,000 is appropriated from the general fund, 
$13,000,000 is provided from recoveries of prior year obligations, and 
$44,000,000 is provided by transfer:  Provided further, That any 
deviation from the amounts designated for specific activities in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), or any use of deobligated 
balances of funds provided under this heading in previous years, shall 
be subject to the procedures set forth in section 505 of this Act:  
Provided further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall include in 
budget justification materials for fiscal year 2025 that the Secretary 
submits to Congress in support of the Department of Commerce budget (as 
submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code) an estimate for each National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration procurement, acquisition or construction 
project having a total of more than $5,000,000 and simultaneously the 
budget justification shall include an estimate of the budgetary 
requirements for each such project for each of the 5 subsequent fiscal 
years.

                    pacific coastal salmon recovery

    For necessary expenses associated with the restoration of Pacific 
salmon populations, $65,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025:  Provided, That, of the funds provided herein, the Secretary 
of Commerce may issue grants to the States of Washington, Oregon, 
Idaho, Nevada, California, and Alaska, and to the federally recognized 
Tribes of the Columbia River and Pacific Coast (including Alaska), for 
projects necessary for conservation of salmon and steelhead populations 
that are listed as threatened or endangered, or that are identified by 
a State as at-risk to be so listed, for maintaining populations 
necessary for exercise of Tribal treaty fishing rights or native 
subsistence fishing, or for conservation of Pacific coastal salmon and 
steelhead habitat, based on guidelines to be developed by the Secretary 
of Commerce:  Provided further, That all funds shall be allocated based 
on scientific and other merit principles and shall not be available for 
marketing activities:  Provided further, That funds disbursed to States 
shall be subject to a matching requirement of funds or documented in-
kind contributions of at least 33 percent of the Federal funds.

                     fisheries disaster assistance

    For necessary expenses of administering the fishery disaster 
assistance programs authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (Public Law 94-265) and the 
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act (title III of Public Law 99-659), 
$300,000.

                      fishermen's contingency fund

    For carrying out the provisions of title IV of Public Law 95-372, 
not to exceed $349,000, to be derived from receipts collected pursuant 
to that Act, to remain available until expended.

                   fisheries finance program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2024, obligations of direct loans may not exceed 
$24,000,000 for Individual Fishing Quota loans and not to exceed 
$150,000,000 for traditional direct loans as authorized by the Merchant 
Marine Act of 1936.

                     recreational quota entity fund

    For carrying out the provisions of section 106 of the Driftnet 
Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act (title I of division S of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328)), the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may assess and collect 
fees pursuant to such section, which shall be credited to this account, 
to remain available until expended, for the purposes specified in 
subsection (b) of such section, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes.

                        Departmental Management

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for the management of the Department of 
Commerce provided for by law, including not to exceed $4,500 for 
official reception and representation, $94,500,000:  Provided, That no 
employee of the Department of Commerce may be detailed or assigned from 
a bureau or office funded by this Act or any other Act to offices 
within the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Commerce for 
more than 180 days in a fiscal year unless the individual's employing 
bureau or office is fully reimbursed for the salary and expenses of the 
employee for the entire period of assignment using funds provided under 
this heading:  Provided further, That amounts made available to the 
Department of Commerce in this or any prior Act may not be transferred 
pursuant to section 508 of this or any prior Act to the account funded 
under this heading, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances 
that threaten life or property.

                      renovation and modernization

    For necessary expenses for the renovation and modernization of the 
Herbert C. Hoover Building, $1,142,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.), $48,000,000.

               General Provisions--Department of Commerce

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101.  During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations and funds made available to the Department of Commerce 
by this Act shall be available for the activities specified in the Act 
of October 26, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1514), to the extent and in the manner 
prescribed by the Act, and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3324, may be used 
for advanced payments not otherwise authorized only upon the 
certification of officials designated by the Secretary of Commerce that 
such payments are in the public interest.
    Sec. 102.  During the current fiscal year, appropriations made 
available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and 
expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law 
(5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 103.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Commerce in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 
transfers:  Provided, That any transfer pursuant to this section shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations at least 15 days in advance of the acquisition or 
disposal of any capital asset (including land, structures, and 
equipment) not specifically provided for in this Act or any other law 
appropriating funds for the Department of Commerce.
    Sec. 104.  The requirements set forth by section 105 of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended by section 105 of title I of 
division B of Public Law 113-6, are hereby adopted by reference and 
made applicable with respect to fiscal year 2024:  Provided, That the 
life cycle cost for the Joint Polar Satellite System is 
$11,322,125,000, the life cycle cost of the Polar Follow On Program is 
$6,837,900,000, the life cycle cost for the Geostationary Operational 
Environmental Satellite R-Series Program is $11,700,100,000, and the 
life cycle cost for the Space Weather Follow On Program is 
$692,800,000.
    Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Commerce may furnish services (including but not limited 
to utilities, telecommunications, and security services) necessary to 
support the operation, maintenance, and improvement of space that 
persons, firms, or organizations are authorized, pursuant to the Public 
Buildings Cooperative Use Act of 1976 or other authority, to use or 
occupy in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, Washington, DC, or other 
buildings, the maintenance, operation, and protection of which has been 
delegated to the Secretary from the Administrator of General Services 
pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis. Amounts received as 
reimbursement for services provided under this section or the authority 
under which the use or occupancy of the space is authorized, up to 
$200,000, shall be credited to the appropriation or fund which 
initially bears the costs of such services.
    Sec. 106.  Nothing in this title shall be construed to prevent a 
grant recipient from deterring child pornography, copyright 
infringement, or any other unlawful activity over its networks.
    Sec. 107.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration is authorized to use, with their consent, 
with reimbursement and subject to the limits of available 
appropriations, the land, services, equipment, personnel, and 
facilities of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States, or of any State, local government, Indian Tribal government, 
Territory, or possession, or of any political subdivision thereof, or 
of any foreign government or international organization, for purposes 
related to carrying out the responsibilities of any statute 
administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Sec. 108.  The National Technical Information Service shall not 
charge any customer for a copy of any report or document generated by 
the Legislative Branch unless the Service has provided information to 
the customer on how an electronic copy of such report or document may 
be accessed and downloaded for free online. Should a customer still 
require the Service to provide a printed or digital copy of the report 
or document, the charge shall be limited to recovering the Service's 
cost of processing, reproducing, and delivering such report or 
document.
    Sec. 109.  To carry out the responsibilities of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Administrator of 
NOAA is authorized to: (1) enter into grants and cooperative agreements 
with; (2) use on a non-reimbursable basis land, services, equipment, 
personnel, and facilities provided by; and (3) receive and expend funds 
made available on a consensual basis from: a Federal agency, State or 
subdivision thereof, local government, Tribal government, Territory, or 
possession or any subdivisions thereof:  Provided, That funds received 
for permitting and related regulatory activities pursuant to this 
section shall be deposited under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration--Operations, Research, and Facilities'' and 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025, for such purposes:  
Provided further, That all funds within this section and their 
corresponding uses are subject to section 505 of this Act.
    Sec. 110.  Amounts provided by this Act or by any prior 
appropriations Act that remain available for obligation, for necessary 
expenses of the programs of the Economics and Statistics Administration 
of the Department of Commerce, including amounts provided for programs 
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Bureau of the Census, shall 
be available for expenses of cooperative agreements with appropriate 
entities, including any Federal, State, or local governmental unit, or 
institution of higher education, to aid and promote statistical, 
research, and methodology activities which further the purposes for 
which such amounts have been made available.
    Sec. 111.  The Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the 
Secretary, may waive up to 50 percent of the cost sharing requirements 
under section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1461) as necessary at the request of the grant applicant, for 
amounts made available under this Act under the heading ``Procurement, 
Acquisition and Construction'' under the heading ``National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration''.
    Sec. 112.  Any unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds 
transferred to the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund, 
as authorized by section 111 of title I of division B of Public Law 
116-93, may be obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 
days in advance of the planned use of funds.
    Sec. 113.  The Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere is authorized to designate one or more Cooperative Aviation 
Centers for the purposes of recruiting aviators for the NOAA 
commissioned officer corps from institutions that provide a four-year 
baccalaureate program of professional flight and piloting instruction 
that is accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board International:  
Provided, That Cooperative Aviation Centers shall be located in a 
geographic area that experiences a wide variation in climate-related 
activity, such as frequent high winds, convective activity (including 
tornadoes), periods of low visibility, heat, and snow and ice episodes, 
to provide opportunities for pilots to demonstrate skill in all weather 
conditions compatible with future encounters during their service in 
the commissioned officer corps of the Administration.
    Sec. 114.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration may accept payments from a non-Federal party 
during fiscal year 2024 for the purpose of altering or replacing 
fencing, and related activities, for the Administration's port facility 
in Ketchikan, Alaska. Amounts accepted under this section may be 
credited to the appropriation account otherwise available for such 
purpose and shall remain available until expended.
    Sec. 115.  The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the employees of the 
National Weather Service and non-governmental experts in personnel 
management, may establish an alternative or fixed rate for relocation 
allowance, including permanent change of station allowance, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 5724 and the regulations 
prescribed under 5 U.S.C. 5738.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Commerce 
Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

           Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the operations, management, and 
accountability of the Department of Justice, $142,000,000, of which 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025, and of 
which not to exceed $4,000,000 for security and construction of 
Department of Justice facilities shall remain available until expended: 
 Provided, That any reference to the Department of Justice's ``General 
Administration'' appropriations heading (including references that 
include its subheadings) which appears in any rule, regulation, 
provision, law, or other official document, shall hereafter be deemed a 
reference to the Department of Justice's ``Justice Operations, 
Management, and Accountability'' appropriations heading.

                 justice information sharing technology

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for information sharing technology, 
including planning, development, deployment and departmental direction, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Attorney General may transfer up to $40,000,000 to this account, from 
funds available to the Department of Justice for information 
technology, to remain available until expended, for enterprise-wide 
information technology initiatives:  Provided further, That the 
transfer authority in the preceding proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority contained in this Act:  Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the first proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.

                Executive Office for Immigration Review

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the administration of immigration-
related activities of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, 
$844,000,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
Executive Office for Immigration Review fees deposited in the 
``Immigration Examinations Fee'' account, and of which not less than 
$28,000,000 shall be available for services and activities provided by 
the Legal Orientation Program:  Provided, That not to exceed 
$50,000,000 of the total amount made available under this heading shall 
remain available until September 30, 2028, for build-out and 
modifications of courtroom space.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$139,000,000, including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character:  Provided, That not to exceed 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole Commission as 
authorized, $14,000,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, upon the expiration of a term of office of a 
Commissioner, the Commissioner may continue to act until a successor 
has been appointed.

                            Legal Activities

            salaries and expenses, general legal activities

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the Department 
of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including not to exceed $20,000 
for expenses of collecting evidence, to be expended under the direction 
of, and to be accounted for solely under the certificate of, the 
Attorney General; the administration of pardon and clemency petitions; 
and rent of private or Government-owned space in the District of 
Columbia, $1,090,000,000, of which not to exceed $50,000,000 for 
litigation support contracts and information technology projects, 
including cybersecurity and hardening of critical networks, shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the amount provided 
for INTERPOL Washington dues payments, not to exceed $900,000 shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $8,900 shall be available to 
INTERPOL Washington for official reception and representation expenses: 
 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$8,900 shall be available to the Criminal Division for official 
reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a determination by the 
Attorney General that emergent circumstances require additional funding 
for litigation activities of the Civil Division, the Attorney General 
may transfer such amounts to ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal 
Activities'' from available appropriations for the current fiscal year 
for the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, such sums as may be 
necessary shall be available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries 
and expenses associated with the election monitoring program under 
section 8 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) and to 
reimburse the Office of Personnel Management for such salaries and 
expenses:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading for the election monitoring program, $3,390,000 shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That any funds provided 
under this heading in prior year appropriations Acts that remain 
available to the Civil Rights Division for salaries and expenses 
associated with the election monitoring program under section 8 of the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10305) may also be used to carry 
out any authorized purposes of the Civil Rights Division:  Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed by the preceding proviso may not be 
used to increase the number of permanent positions.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the Department of 
Justice associated with processing cases under the National Childhood 
Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, $22,700,000, to be appropriated from the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and kindred 
laws, $233,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not to exceed $233,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected for premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 
of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for necessary 
expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated from the 
general fund shall be reduced as such offsetting collections are 
received during fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal 
year 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 605 of the Departments 
of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1990 (15 U.S.C. 18a note), none of the funds 
credited to this account as offsetting collections during the current 
fiscal year shall become available for obligation in any fiscal year 
except as provided in the preceding two provisos or as provided in a 
subsequent appropriations Act.

             salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

    For necessary expenses of the Offices of the United States 
Attorneys, including inter-governmental and cooperative agreements, 
$2,611,000,000:  Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $19,600 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That not to exceed 
$40,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That each United States Attorney shall establish or participate in a 
task force on human trafficking.

                   united states trustee system fund

    For necessary expenses of the United States Trustee Program, as 
authorized, $245,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, deposits of 
discretionary offsetting collections to the United States Trustee 
System Fund and amounts herein appropriated shall be available in such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay refunds due depositors:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, fees 
deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections 
pursuant to section 589a of title 28, United States Code (as limited by 
section 589a(f)(2) of title 28, United States Code), shall be retained 
and used for necessary expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That to the extent that 
fees deposited into the Fund as discretionary offsetting collections in 
fiscal year 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay refunds due 
depositors, exceed $245,000,000, those excess amounts shall be 
available in future fiscal years only to the extent provided in advance 
in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as such fees 
are received during fiscal year 2024, net of amounts necessary to pay 
refunds due depositors, (estimated at $230,000,000) and (2) to the 
extent that any remaining general fund appropriations can be derived 
from amounts deposited in the Fund as discretionary offsetting 
collections in previous fiscal years that are not otherwise 
appropriated, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
from the general fund estimated at $15,000,000.

      salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission, including services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $2,504,000.

                     fees and expenses of witnesses

    For fees and expenses of witnesses, for expenses of contracts for 
the procurement and supervision of expert witnesses, for private 
counsel expenses, including advances, and for expenses of foreign 
counsel, $270,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $16,000,000 is for construction of buildings for protected 
witness safesites; not to exceed $3,000,000 is for the purchase and 
maintenance of armored and other vehicles for witness security 
caravans; and not to exceed $35,000,000 is for the purchase, 
installation, maintenance, and upgrade of secure telecommunications 
equipment and a secure automated information network to store and 
retrieve the identities and locations of protected witnesses:  
Provided, That amounts made available under this heading may not be 
transferred pursuant to section 205 of this Act.

           salaries and expenses, community relations service

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Community Relations Service, 
$24,000,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, 
upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for conflict resolution and 
violence prevention activities of the Community Relations Service, the 
Attorney General may transfer such amounts to the Community Relations 
Service, from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                         assets forfeiture fund

    For expenses authorized by subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of 
section 524(c)(1) of title 28, United States Code, $20,514,000, to be 
derived from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

                     United States Marshals Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Marshals Service, 
$1,692,000,000, of which not to exceed $20,000 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, $163,000,000 is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                              construction

    For construction in space that is controlled, occupied, or utilized 
by the United States Marshals Service for prisoner holding and related 
support, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       federal prisoner detention

    For necessary expenses related to United States prisoners in the 
custody of the United States Marshals Service as authorized by section 
4013 of title 18, United States Code, $2,100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, $250,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be considered ``funds 
appropriated for State and local law enforcement assistance'' pursuant 
to section 4013(b) of title 18, United States Code:  Provided further, 
That the United States Marshals Service shall be responsible for 
managing the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System.

                       National Security Division

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the activities of the National 
Security Division, $128,000,000, of which not to exceed $5,000,000 for 
information technology systems shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this Act, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for the activities of the National Security 
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to this 
heading from available appropriations for the current fiscal year for 
the Department of Justice, as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

              organized crime drug enforcement task forces

    For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and 
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug 
trafficking organizations, transnational organized crime, and money 
laundering organizations not otherwise provided for, to include inter-
governmental agreements with State and local law enforcement agencies 
engaged in the investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in 
transnational organized crime and drug trafficking, $547,000,000, of 
which $50,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That any amounts obligated from appropriations under this heading may 
be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed 
from this appropriation.

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 
detection, investigation, and prosecution of crimes against the United 
States, $10,643,713,000, of which not to exceed $216,900,000 shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $279,000 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses.

                              construction

    For necessary expenses, to include the cost of equipment, 
furniture, and information technology requirements, related to 
construction or acquisition of buildings, facilities, and sites by 
purchase, or as otherwise authorized by law; conversion, modification, 
and extension of federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and 
design of projects; and operation and maintenance of secure work 
environment facilities and secure networking capabilities; $30,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                    Drug Enforcement Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Drug Enforcement Administration, 
including not to exceed $70,000 to meet unforeseen emergencies of a 
confidential character pursuant to section 530C of title 28, United 
States Code; and expenses for conducting drug education and training 
programs, including travel and related expenses for participants in 
such programs and the distribution of items of token value that promote 
the goals of such programs, $2,567,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$75,000,000 shall remain available until expended and not to exceed 
$90,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $328,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 3672 of Public Law 106-310, up 
to $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse States, units of local 
government, Indian Tribal Governments, other public entities, and 
multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia thereof for expenses 
incurred to clean up and safely dispose of substances associated with 
clandestine methamphetamine laboratories, conversion and extraction 
operations, tableting operations, or laboratories and processing 
operations for fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances which may 
present a danger to public health or the environment.

          Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms 
and Explosives, for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for explosives 
and fire accelerants detection; and for provision of laboratory 
assistance to State and local law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $1,625,000,000, of which not to exceed $35,650 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses, not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as 
provided by section 924(d)(2) of title 18, United States Code, and not 
to exceed $25,000,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be available to 
investigate or act upon applications for relief from Federal firearms 
disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States Code:  
Provided further, That such funds shall be available to investigate and 
act upon applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal 
firearms disabilities under section 925(c) of title 18, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That no funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to transfer the functions, missions, or 
activities of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
to other agencies or Departments.

                         Federal Prison System

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Prison System for the 
administration, operation, and maintenance of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions, and for the provision of technical 
assistance and advice on corrections related issues to foreign 
governments, $8,392,588,000:  Provided, That not less than $409,483,000 
shall be for the programs and activities authorized by the First Step 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), of which not less than 2 percent 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for the National Institute of 
Justice to carry out evaluations of programs and activities related to 
the First Step Act of 2018:  Provided further, That the Attorney 
General may transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services 
such amounts as may be necessary for direct expenditures by that 
Department for medical relief for inmates of Federal penal and 
correctional institutions:  Provided further, That the Director of the 
Federal Prison System, where necessary, may enter into contracts with a 
fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary claims processor to determine the 
amounts payable to persons who, on behalf of the Federal Prison System, 
furnish health services to individuals committed to the custody of the 
Federal Prison System:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,400 
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $50,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for necessary operations:  Provided further, That, of 
the amounts provided for contract confinement, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall remain available until expended to make payments in 
advance for grants, contracts and reimbursable agreements, and other 
expenses:  Provided further, That the Director of the Federal Prison 
System may accept donated property and services relating to the 
operation of the prison card program from a not-for-profit entity which 
has operated such program in the past, notwithstanding the fact that 
such not-for-profit entity furnishes services under contracts to the 
Federal Prison System relating to the operation of pre-release 
services, halfway houses, or other custodial facilities:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading for programs 
and activities related to the First Step Act may not be transferred, or 
otherwise made available, to or for administration by the Department of 
Labor.

                        buildings and facilities

    For planning, acquisition of sites, and construction of new 
facilities; purchase and acquisition of facilities and remodeling, and 
equipping of such facilities for penal and correctional use, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account; 
and constructing, remodeling, and equipping necessary buildings and 
facilities at existing penal and correctional institutions, including 
all necessary expenses incident thereto, by contract or force account, 
$179,762,000, to remain available until expended, of which $30,000,000 
shall be available only for costs related to construction of new 
facilities:  Provided, That labor of United States prisoners may be 
used for work performed under this appropriation.

                federal prison industries, incorporated

    The Federal Prison Industries, Incorporated, is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available, and in accord with the law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be 
necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation.

   limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries, 
                              incorporated

    Not to exceed $2,700,000 of the funds of the Federal Prison 
Industries, Incorporated, shall be available for its administrative 
expenses, and for services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, to be computed on an accrual basis to be determined 
in accordance with the corporation's current prescribed accounting 
system, and such amounts shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of 
claims, and expenditures which such accounting system requires to be 
capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, 
including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection 
with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, 
protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging 
to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                    Office on Violence Against Women

       violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women, as 
authorized by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
(34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) (``the 1968 Act''); title II of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1968 (commonly known as the ``Indian Civil Rights Act of 
1968'') (Public Law 90-284) (``the Indian Civil Rights Act''); the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-
322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public 
Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other 
Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108-21); the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 
(34 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) (``the 1974 Act''); the Victims of 
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) 
(``the 2000 Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
405) (``the 2004 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department of 
Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 
Act''); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public 
Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the Justice for Victims of Trafficking 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-22) (``the 2015 Act''); the Abolish Human 
Trafficking Act (Public Law 115-392); and the Violence Against Women 
Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of Public Law 117-103) 
(``the 2022 Act''); and for related victims services, $713,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $80,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from amounts available for obligation in this Act from the 
Fund established by section 1402 of chapter XIV of title II of Public 
Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101), notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such 
Act of 1984, and merged with the amounts otherwise made available under 
this heading:  Provided, That except as otherwise provided by law, not 
to exceed 5 percent of funds made available under this heading may be 
used for expenses related to evaluation, training, and technical 
assistance:  Provided further, That of the amount provided--
            (1) $255,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
        women, as authorized by part T of the 1968 Act, and any 
        applicable increases for the amount of such grants, as 
        authorized by section 5903 of the James M. Inhofe National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023:  Provided, That 
        $10,000,000 shall be for any such increases under such section 
        5903, which shall apply to fiscal year 2024 grants funded by 
        amounts provided in this paragraph;
            (2) $50,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance 
        grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
        stalking, or sexual assault as authorized by section 40299 of 
        the 1994 Act;
            (3) $2,500,000 is for the National Institute of Justice and 
        the Bureau of Justice Statistics for research, evaluation, and 
        statistics of violence against women and related issues 
        addressed by grant programs of the Office on Violence Against 
        Women, which shall be transferred to ``Research, Evaluation and 
        Statistics'' for administration by the Office of Justice 
        Programs;
            (4) $17,000,000 is for a grant program to provide services 
        to advocate for and respond to youth victims of domestic 
        violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking; 
        assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence; and 
        assistance to middle and high school students through education 
        and other services related to such violence, of which 
        $3,500,000 is to engage men and youth in preventing domestic 
        violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking:  
        Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs 
        authorized by sections 41201, 41204, 41303, and 41305 of the 
        1994 Act, prior to its amendment by the 2013 Act, shall be 
        available for this program:  Provided further, That 10 percent 
        of the total amount available for this grant program shall be 
        available for grants under the program authorized by section 
        2015 of the 1968 Act:  Provided further, That the definitions 
        and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall 
        apply to this program;
            (5) $60,500,000 is for grants to improve the criminal 
        justice response as authorized by part U of title I of the 1968 
        Act, of which up to $4,000,000 is for a homicide reduction 
        initiative; up to $4,000,000 is for a domestic violence 
        lethality reduction initiative; and up to $8,000,000 is for an 
        initiative to promote effective policing and prosecution 
        responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
        assault, and stalking, including evaluation of the 
        effectiveness of funded interventions (``Policing and 
        Prosecution Initiative'');
            (6) $78,500,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 
        as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
            (7) $50,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
        abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
        40295 of the 1994 Act;
            (8) $25,000,000 is for grants to reduce violent crimes 
        against women on campus, as authorized by section 304 of the 
        2005 Act, of which $12,500,000 is for grants to Historically 
        Black Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, 
        and Tribal colleges and universities;
            (9) $55,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as 
        authorized by section 1201 of the 2000 Act;
            (10) $9,000,000 is for enhanced training and services to 
        end violence against and abuse of women in later life, as 
        authorized by section 40801 of the 1994 Act;
            (11) $22,000,000 is for grants to support families in the 
        justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act:  
        Provided, That unobligated balances available for the programs 
        authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 Act and section 41002 of 
        the 1994 Act, prior to their amendment by the 2013 Act, shall 
        be available for this program;
            (12) $12,000,000 is for education and training to end 
        violence against and abuse of women with disabilities, as 
        authorized by section 1402 of the 2000 Act;
            (13) $1,000,000 is for the National Resource Center on 
        Workplace Responses to assist victims of domestic violence, as 
        authorized by section 41501 of the 1994 Act;
            (14) $1,000,000 is for analysis and research on violence 
        against Indian women, including as authorized by section 904 of 
        the 2005 Act:  Provided, That such funds may be transferred to 
        ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'' for administration by 
        the Office of Justice Programs;
            (15) $500,000 is for a national clearinghouse that provides 
        training and technical assistance on issues relating to sexual 
        assault of American Indian and Alaska Native women;
            (16) $11,000,000 is for programs to assist Tribal 
        Governments in exercising special Tribal criminal jurisdiction, 
        as authorized by section 204 of the Indian Civil Rights Act:  
        Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002(b) of the 
        1994 Act shall apply to grants made;
            (17) $1,500,000 is for the purposes authorized under the 
        2015 Act;
            (18) $15,000,000 is for a grant program as authorized by 
        section 41801 of the 1994 Act:  Provided, That the definitions 
        and grant conditions in section 109 of the 2022 Act shall apply 
        to this program;
            (19) $11,000,000 is for culturally specific services for 
        victims, as authorized by section 121 of the 2005 Act;
            (20) $3,000,000 is for an initiative to support cross-
        designation of tribal prosecutors as Tribal Special Assistant 
        United States Attorneys:  Provided, That the definitions and 
        grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply 
        to this initiative;
            (21) $1,000,000 is for an initiative to support victims of 
        domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and 
        stalking, including through the provision of technical 
        assistance, as authorized by section 206 of the 2022 Act:  
        Provided, That the definitions and grant conditions in section 
        40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this initiative;
            (22) $2,000,000 is for a National Deaf Services Line to 
        provide remote services to Deaf victims of domestic violence, 
        dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking:  Provided, That 
        the definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 
        1994 Act shall apply to this service line;
            (23) $5,000,000 is for grants for outreach and services to 
        underserved populations, as authorized by section 120 of the 
        2005 Act;
            (24) $4,000,000 is for an initiative to provide financial 
        assistance to victims, including evaluation of the 
        effectiveness of funded projects:  Provided, That the 
        definitions and grant conditions in section 40002 of the 1994 
        Act shall apply to this initiative;
            (25) $5,000,000 is for trauma-informed, victim-centered 
        training for law enforcement, and related research and 
        evaluation activities, as authorized by section 41701 of the 
        1994 Act;
            (26) $10,000,000 is for grants to support access to sexual 
        assault nurse examinations, as authorized by section 304 of 
        title III of the 2004 Act:  Provided, That the grant conditions 
        in section 40002 of the 1994 Act shall apply to this program; 
        and
            (27) $5,500,000 is for local law enforcement grants for 
        prevention, enforcement, and prosecution of cybercrimes against 
        individuals, as authorized by section 1401 of the 2022 Act, and 
        for a National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against 
        Individuals, as authorized by section 1402 of the 2022 Act:  
        Provided, That the grant conditions in section 40002 of the 
        1994 Act shall apply to this paragraph.

                       Office of Justice Programs

                  research, evaluation and statistics

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (``the 1974 
Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et 
seq.); the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the 
Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-21) (``the 
PROTECT Act''); the Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); 
the Violence Against Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization 
Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the Victims of 
Child Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647); the Second Chance Act of 
2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 
98-473); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110-401); subtitle C of title II of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); the 
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); the 
NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); the 
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) 
(``the 2013 Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114-198); the First Step Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
391); and other programs, $65,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which--
            (1) $35,000,000 is for criminal justice statistics programs 
        and other activities as authorized by part C of title I of the 
        1968 Act; and
            (2) $30,000,000 is for research, development, and 
        evaluation programs, and other activities as authorized by part 
        B of title I of the 1968 Act and subtitle C of title II of the 
        2002 Act, and for activities authorized by or consistent with 
        the First Step Act of 2018, of which $1,500,000 is for research 
        on multidisciplinary teams, and not less than $1,500,000 is for 
        Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal 
        Justice Purposes grants.

               state and local law enforcement assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
(Public Law 103-322) (``the 1994 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-351) (``the 1968 Act''); the 
Justice for All Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-405); the Victims of Child 
Abuse Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-164) (``the TVPRA of 2005''); the Violence Against Women and 
Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) 
(``the 2005 Act''); the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 
2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the Adam Walsh Act''); the Victims of 
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386) 
(``the Victims of Trafficking Act''); the NICS Improvement Amendments 
Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180); subtitle C of title II of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-296) (``the 2002 Act''); 
the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-79) (``PREA''); 
the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199); the Prioritizing 
Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 
(Public Law 110-403); the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-
473); the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction 
Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-416); the 
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-4) 
(``the 2013 Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 
2016 (Public Law 114-198) (``CARA''); the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); Kevin and Avonte's 
Law (division Q of Public Law 115-141) (``Kevin and Avonte's Law''); 
the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 (title III of division S of 
Public Law 115-141) (``the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act''); the STOP 
School Violence Act of 2018 (title V of division S of Public Law 115-
141) (``the STOP School Violence Act''); the Fix NICS Act of 2018 
(title VI of division S of Public Law 115-141); the Project Safe 
Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
185); the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-
271); the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
391); the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention 
Act (Public Law 111-84); the Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
401); the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 (Public 
Law 116-277); the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507); the 
Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (division W of 
Public Law 117-103) (``the 2022 Act''); and other programs, 
$2,475,061,000, to remain available until expended as follows--
            (1) $924,061,000 for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
        Assistance Grant program as authorized by subpart 1 of part E 
        of title I of the 1968 Act (except that section 1001(c), and 
        the special rules for Puerto Rico under section 505(g), of 
        title I of the 1968 Act shall not apply for purposes of this 
        Act), of which, notwithstanding such subpart 1--
                    (A) $13,000,000 is for an Officer Robert Wilson III 
                memorial initiative on Preventing Violence Against Law 
                Enforcement and Ensuring Officer Resilience and 
                Survivability (VALOR);
                    (B) $3,000,000 is for the operation, maintenance, 
                and expansion of the National Missing and Unidentified 
                Persons System;
                    (C) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for State 
                and local law enforcement to provide officer training 
                on responding to individuals with mental illness or 
                disabilities, including for purposes described in the 
                Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 
                (Public Law 117-325);
                    (D) $3,000,000 is for a student loan repayment 
                assistance program pursuant to section 952 of Public 
                Law 110-315;
                    (E) $15,500,000 is for prison rape prevention and 
                prosecution grants to States and units of local 
                government, and other programs, as authorized by PREA;
                    (F) $3,000,000 is for the Missing Americans Alert 
                Program (title XXIV of the 1994 Act), as amended by 
                Kevin and Avonte's Law;
                    (G) $19,000,000 is for grants authorized under the 
                Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Authorization Act of 
                2018 (Public Law 115-185);
                    (H) $12,000,000 is for the Capital Litigation 
                Improvement Grant Program, as authorized by section 426 
                of Public Law 108-405, and for grants for wrongful 
                conviction review;
                    (I) $3,000,000 is for the program specified in 
                paragraph (1)(I) under the heading ``State and Local 
                Law Enforcement Assistance'' in division B of Public 
                Law 117-328;
                    (J) $1,000,000 is for the purposes of the Ashanti 
                Alert Communications Network as authorized under the 
                Ashanti Alert Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-401);
                    (K) $3,500,000 is for a grant program to replicate 
                and support family-based alternative sentencing 
                programs;
                    (L) $1,000,000 is for a grant program to support 
                child advocacy training in post-secondary education;
                    (M) $7,000,000 is for a rural violent crime 
                initiative, including assistance for law enforcement;
                    (N) $5,000,000 is for grants authorized under the 
                Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019 
                (Public Law 116-277);
                    (O) $1,500,000 is for grants to accredited 
                institutions of higher education to support forensic 
                ballistics programs;
                    (P) $3,000,000 is for the purposes authorized under 
                section 1506 of the 2022 Act;
                    (Q) $125,000,000 is for grants for law enforcement 
                activities associated with the presidential nominating 
                conventions in addition to amounts provided for such 
                purposes in section 222 of this Act; and
                    (R) $350,028,000 is for discretionary grants to 
                improve the functioning of the criminal justice system, 
                to prevent or combat juvenile delinquency, and to 
                assist victims of crime (other than compensation), 
                which shall be made available for the OJP--Byrne 
                projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
                titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
                Directed Spending'' included for this division in the 
                explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
                matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
                Provided, That such amounts may not be transferred for 
                any other purpose;
            (2) $234,000,000 for the State Criminal Alien Assistance 
        Program, as authorized by section 241(I)(5) of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(I)(5)):  Provided, That no 
        jurisdiction shall request compensation for any cost greater 
        than the actual cost for Federal immigration and other 
        detainees housed in State and local detention facilities;
            (3) $88,000,000 for victim services programs for victims of 
        trafficking, as authorized by section 107(b)(2) of the Victims 
        of Trafficking Act, by the TVPRA of 2005, or programs 
        authorized under Public Law 113-4;
            (4) $12,000,000 for a grant program to prevent and address 
        economic, high technology, white collar, and Internet crime, 
        including as authorized by section 401 of Public Law 110-403, 
        of which not less than $2,500,000 is for intellectual property 
        enforcement grants including as authorized by section 401, and 
        $2,000,000 is for grants to develop databases on Internet of 
        Things device capabilities and to build and execute training 
        modules for law enforcement;
            (5) $19,000,000 for sex offender management assistance, as 
        authorized by the Adam Walsh Act, and related activities;
            (6) $30,000,000 for the Patrick Leahy Bulletproof Vest 
        Partnership Grant Program, as authorized by section 2501 of 
        title I of the 1968 Act:  Provided, That $1,500,000 shall be 
        transferred directly to the National Institute of Standards and 
        Technology's Office of Law Enforcement Standards for research, 
        testing, and evaluation programs;
            (7) $1,000,000 for the National Sex Offender Public 
        Website;
            (8) $88,000,000 for grants to States to upgrade criminal 
        and mental health records for the National Instant Criminal 
        Background Check System, of which no less than $25,000,000 
        shall be for grants made under the authorities of the NICS 
        Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-180) and Fix 
        NICS Act of 2018;
            (9) $34,000,000 for Paul Coverdell Forensic Sciences 
        Improvement Grants under part BB of title I of the 1968 Act;
            (10) $153,000,000 for DNA-related and forensic programs and 
        activities, of which--
                    (A) $120,000,000 is for the purposes authorized 
                under section 2 of the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination 
                Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-546) (the Debbie Smith DNA 
                Backlog Grant Program):  Provided, That up to 4 percent 
                of funds made available under this paragraph may be 
                used for the purposes described in the DNA Training and 
                Education for Law Enforcement, Correctional Personnel, 
                and Court Officers program (Public Law 108-405, section 
                303);
                    (B) $15,000,000 for other local, State, and Federal 
                forensic activities;
                    (C) $14,000,000 is for the purposes described in 
                the Kirk Bloodsworth Post-Conviction DNA Testing Grant 
                Program (Public Law 108-405, section 412); and
                    (D) $4,000,000 is for Sexual Assault Forensic Exam 
                Program grants, including as authorized by section 304 
                of Public Law 108-405;
            (11) $51,500,000 for community-based grant programs to 
        improve the response to sexual assault and apply enhanced 
        approaches and techniques to reduce violent crime, including 
        assistance for investigation and prosecution of related cold 
        cases;
            (12) $14,000,000 for the court-appointed special advocate 
        program, as authorized by section 217 of the 1990 Act;
            (13) $50,000,000 for assistance to Indian Tribes;
            (14) $117,000,000 for offender reentry programs and 
        research, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
        (Public Law 110-199) and by the Second Chance Reauthorization 
        Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-391), without regard to the time 
        limitations specified at section 6(1) of such Act, of which not 
        to exceed--
                    (A) $8,000,000 is for a program to improve State, 
                local, and Tribal probation or parole supervision 
                efforts and strategies;
                    (B) $5,000,000 is for children of incarcerated 
                parents demonstration programs to enhance and maintain 
                parental and family relationships for incarcerated 
                parents as a reentry or recidivism reduction strategy;
                    (C) $5,000,000 is for additional replication sites 
                employing the Project HOPE Opportunity Probation with 
                Enforcement model implementing swift and certain 
                sanctions in probation, of which no less than $500,000 
                shall be used for a project that provides training, 
                technical assistance, and best practices; and
                    (D) $10,000,000 is for a grant program for crisis 
                stabilization and community reentry, as authorized by 
                the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 
                2020 (Public Law 116-281):
          Provided, That up to $7,500,000 of funds made available in 
        this paragraph may be used for performance-based awards for Pay 
        for Success projects, of which up to $5,000,000 shall be for 
        Pay for Success programs implementing the Permanent Supportive 
        Housing Model and reentry housing;
            (15) $420,000,000 for comprehensive opioid use reduction 
        activities, including as authorized by CARA, and for the 
        following programs, which shall address opioid, stimulant, and 
        substance use disorders consistent with underlying program 
        authorities, of which--
                    (A) $89,000,000 is for Drug Courts, as authorized 
                by section 1001(a)(25)(A) of title I of the 1968 Act;
                    (B) $40,000,000 is for mental health courts and 
                adult and juvenile collaboration program grants, as 
                authorized by parts V and HH of title I of the 1968 
                Act, and the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime 
                Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2008 
                (Public Law 110-416);
                    (C) $35,000,000 is for grants for Residential 
                Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, as 
                authorized by part S of title I of the 1968 Act;
                    (D) $32,000,000 is for a veterans treatment courts 
                program;
                    (E) $35,000,000 is for a program to monitor 
                prescription drugs and scheduled listed chemical 
                products; and
                    (F) $189,000,000 is for a comprehensive opioid, 
                stimulant, and substance use disorder program;
            (16) $2,500,000 for a competitive grant program authorized 
        by the Keep Young Athletes Safe Act;
            (17) $82,000,000 for grants to be administered by the 
        Bureau of Justice Assistance for purposes authorized under the 
        STOP School Violence Act;
            (18) $3,000,000 for grants to State and local law 
        enforcement agencies for the expenses associated with the 
        investigation and prosecution of criminal offenses involving 
        civil rights, as authorized by the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil 
        Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-325);
            (19) $17,000,000 for grants to State, local, and Tribal law 
        enforcement agencies to conduct educational outreach and 
        training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate 
        crimes, as authorized by section 4704 of the Matthew Shepard 
        and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (Public Law 111-
        84);
            (20) $9,000,000 for grants specified in paragraph (20) 
        under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
        Assistance'' in division B of Public Law 117-328;
            (21) $9,000,000 for programs authorized under the Jabara-
        Heyer NO HATE Act (34 U.S.C. 30507);
            (22) $114,000,000 for initiatives to improve police-
        community relations, of which $32,000,000 is for a competitive 
        matching grant program for purchases of body-worn cameras for 
        State, local, and Tribal law enforcement; $32,000,000 is for a 
        justice reinvestment initiative, for activities related to 
        criminal justice reform and recidivism reduction; and 
        $50,000,000 is for a community violence intervention and 
        prevention initiative; and
            (23) $3,000,000 is for emergency law enforcement assistance 
        for events occurring during or after fiscal year 2024, as 
        authorized by section 609M of the Justice Assistance Act of 
        1984 (34 U.S.C. 50101):
  Provided, That, if a unit of local government uses any of the funds 
made available under this heading to increase the number of law 
enforcement officers, the unit of local government will achieve a net 
gain in the number of law enforcement officers who perform non-
administrative public sector safety service:  Provided further, That in 
the spending plan submitted pursuant to section 528 of this Act, the 
Office of Justice Programs shall specifically and explicitly identify 
all changes in the administration of competitive grant programs for 
fiscal year 2024, including changes to applicant eligibility, priority 
areas or weightings, and the application review process:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, the 
amount specified in paragraph (1)(Q) is designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       juvenile justice programs

    For grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance 
authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 (``the 1974 Act''); the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against Women and Department 
of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-162) (``the 2005 
Act''); the Missing Children's Assistance Act (34 U.S.C. 11291 et 
seq.); the PROTECT Act (Public Law 108-21); the Victims of Child Abuse 
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-647) (``the 1990 Act''); the Adam Walsh 
Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248) (``the 
Adam Walsh Act''); the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110-401); the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 
(Public Law 113-4) (``the 2013 Act''); the Justice for All 
Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-324); the Missing 
Children's Assistance Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-267); the Juvenile 
Justice Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-385); the Victims of Crime 
Act of 1984 (chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473) (``the 1984 
Act''); the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (Public 
Law 114-198); and other juvenile justice programs, $375,000,000, to 
remain available until expended as follows--
            (1) $65,000,000 for programs authorized by section 221 of 
        the 1974 Act, and for training and technical assistance to 
        assist small, nonprofit organizations with the Federal grants 
        process:  Provided, That of the amounts provided under this 
        paragraph, $500,000 shall be for a competitive demonstration 
        grant program to support emergency planning among State, local, 
        and Tribal juvenile justice residential facilities;
            (2) $104,000,000 for youth mentoring grants;
            (3) $55,000,000 for delinquency prevention, of which, 
        pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of the 1974 Act--
                    (A) $4,000,000 shall be for grants to prevent 
                trafficking of girls;
                    (B) $16,000,000 shall be for the Tribal Youth 
                Program;
                    (C) $4,500,000 shall be for competitive grants 
                focusing on girls in the juvenile justice system;
                    (D) $10,500,000 shall be for an initiative relating 
                to youth affected by opioids, stimulants, and substance 
                use disorder; and
                    (E) $9,000,000 shall be for an initiative relating 
                to children exposed to violence;
            (4) $41,000,000 for programs authorized by the Victims of 
        Child Abuse Act of 1990;
            (5) $103,000,000 for missing and exploited children 
        programs, including as authorized by sections 404(b) and 405(a) 
        of the 1974 Act (except that section 102(b)(4)(B) of the 
        PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-401) shall not 
        apply for purposes of this Act);
            (6) $4,500,000 for child abuse training programs for 
        judicial personnel and practitioners, as authorized by section 
        222 of the 1990 Act; and
            (7) $2,500,000 for a program to improve juvenile indigent 
        defense:
  Provided, That not more than 10 percent of each amount may be used 
for research, evaluation, and statistics activities designed to benefit 
the programs or activities authorized:  Provided further, That not more 
than 2 percent of the amounts designated under paragraphs (1) through 
(3) and (6) may be used for training and technical assistance:  
Provided further, That the two preceding provisos shall not apply to 
grants and projects administered pursuant to sections 261 and 262 of 
the 1974 Act and to missing and exploited children programs.

                     public safety officer benefits

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For payments and expenses authorized under section 1001(a)(4) of 
title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, such 
sums as are necessary (including amounts for administrative costs), to 
remain available until expended; and $34,800,000 for payments 
authorized by section 1201(b) of such Act and for educational 
assistance authorized by section 1218 of such Act, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 205 of this 
Act, upon a determination by the Attorney General that emergent 
circumstances require additional funding for such disability and 
education payments, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to 
``Public Safety Officer Benefits'' from available appropriations for 
the Department of Justice as may be necessary to respond to such 
circumstances:  Provided further, That any transfer pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

             community oriented policing services programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities authorized by the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-322); the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (``the 1968 Act''); the Violence Against 
Women and Department of Justice Reauthorization Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-162) (``the 2005 Act''); the American Law Enforcement Heroes Act of 
2017 (Public Law 115-37); the Law Enforcement Mental Health and 
Wellness Act (Public Law 115-113) (``the LEMHW Act''); the SUPPORT for 
Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271); the Supporting and 
Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-32) (``the 
STOIC Act''); and the Law Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 
2022 (Public Law 117-325), $664,516,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That any balances made available through prior 
year deobligations shall only be available in accordance with section 
505 of this Act:  Provided further, That of the amount provided under 
this heading--
            (1) $256,168,839 is for grants under section 1701 of title 
        I of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for the hiring and rehiring 
        of additional career law enforcement officers under part Q of 
        such title notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section:  
        Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704(c) of such title 
        (34 U.S.C. 10384(c)), funding for hiring or rehiring a career 
        law enforcement officer may not exceed $125,000 unless the 
        Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services 
        grants a waiver from this limitation:  Provided further, That 
        of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, $34,000,000 
        is for improving Tribal law enforcement, including hiring, 
        equipment, training, anti-methamphetamine activities, and anti-
        opioid activities:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
        appropriated under this paragraph, $44,000,000 is for regional 
        information sharing activities, as authorized by part M of 
        title I of the 1968 Act, which shall be transferred to and 
        merged with ``Research, Evaluation, and Statistics'' for 
        administration by the Office of Justice Programs:  Provided 
        further, That of the amounts appropriated under this paragraph, 
        no less than $4,000,000 is to support the Tribal Access 
        Program:  Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated 
        under this paragraph, $10,000,000 is for training, peer 
        mentoring, mental health program activities, and other support 
        services as authorized under the LEMHW Act and the STOIC Act:  
        Provided further, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
        paragraph, $7,500,000 is for the collaborative reform model of 
        technical assistance in furtherance of section 1701 of title I 
        of the 1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
            (2) $12,000,000 is for activities authorized by the POLICE 
        Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-199);
            (3) $16,000,000 is for competitive grants to State law 
        enforcement agencies in States with high seizures of precursor 
        chemicals, finished methamphetamine, laboratories, and 
        laboratory dump seizures:  Provided, That funds appropriated 
        under this paragraph shall be utilized for investigative 
        purposes to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
        precursor diversion, laboratories, or methamphetamine 
        traffickers;
            (4) $35,000,000 is for competitive grants to statewide law 
        enforcement agencies in States with high rates of primary 
        treatment admissions for heroin and other opioids:  Provided, 
        That these funds shall be utilized for investigative purposes 
        to locate or investigate illicit activities, including 
        activities related to the distribution of heroin or unlawful 
        distribution of prescription opioids, or unlawful heroin and 
        prescription opioid traffickers through statewide 
        collaboration;
            (5) $53,000,000 is for competitive grants to be 
        administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services Office 
        for purposes authorized under the STOP School Violence Act 
        (title V of division S of Public Law 115-141);
            (6) $25,000,000 is for community policing development 
        activities in furtherance of section 1701 of title I of the 
        1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10381);
            (7) $247,347,161 is for a law enforcement technologies and 
        interoperable communications program, and related law 
        enforcement and public safety equipment, which shall be made 
        available for the COPS Tech projects, and in the amounts, 
        specified in the table titled ``Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending'' included for this division 
        in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
        matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
        Provided, That such amounts may not be transferred for any 
        other purpose:   Provided further, That grants funded by such 
        amounts shall not be subject to section 1703 of title I of the 
        1968 Act (34 U.S.C. 10383); and
            (8) $20,000,000 is for activities authorized by the Law 
        Enforcement De-Escalation Training Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-
        325).

               General Provisions--Department of Justice

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 201.  In addition to amounts otherwise made available in this 
title for official reception and representation expenses, a total of 
not to exceed $50,000 from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Justice in this title shall be available to the Attorney General for 
official reception and representation expenses.
    Sec. 202.  None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, except where the life of the mother 
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case 
of rape or incest:  Provided, That should this prohibition be declared 
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this section 
shall be null and void.
    Sec. 203.  None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be 
used to require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the 
performance of, any abortion.
    Sec. 204.  Nothing in the preceding section shall remove the 
obligation of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide escort 
services necessary for a female inmate to receive such service outside 
the Federal facility:  Provided, That nothing in this section in any 
way diminishes the effect of section 203 intended to address the 
philosophical beliefs of individual employees of the Bureau of Prisons.
    Sec. 205.  Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice in 
this Act may be transferred between such appropriations, but no such 
appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be 
increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers:  Provided, 
That any transfer pursuant to this section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section:  Provided further, That this section shall not 
apply to the following--
            (1) paragraph 1(R) under the heading ``State and Local Law 
        Enforcement Assistance''; and
            (2) paragraph (7) under the heading ``Community Oriented 
        Policing Services Programs''.
    Sec. 206.  None of the funds made available under this title may be 
used by the Federal Bureau of Prisons or the United States Marshals 
Service for the purpose of transporting an individual who is a prisoner 
pursuant to conviction for crime under State or Federal law and is 
classified as a maximum or high security prisoner, other than to a 
prison or other facility certified by the Federal Bureau of Prisons as 
appropriately secure for housing such a prisoner.
    Sec. 207. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used by Federal prisons to purchase cable television services, or to 
rent or purchase audiovisual or electronic media or equipment used 
primarily for recreational purposes.
    (b) Subsection (a) does not preclude the rental, maintenance, or 
purchase of audiovisual or electronic media or equipment for inmate 
training, religious, or educational programs.
    Sec. 208.  None of the funds made available under this title shall 
be obligated or expended for any new or enhanced information technology 
program having total estimated development costs in excess of 
$100,000,000, unless the Deputy Attorney General and the investment 
review board certify to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate that the information technology 
program has appropriate program management controls and contractor 
oversight mechanisms in place, and that the program is compatible with 
the enterprise architecture of the Department of Justice.
    Sec. 209.  The notification thresholds and procedures set forth in 
section 505 of this Act shall apply to deviations from the amounts 
designated for specific activities in this Act and in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), and to any use of deobligated balances of funds 
provided under this title in previous years.
    Sec. 210.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to plan for, begin, continue, finish, process, or approve a public-
private competition under the Office of Management and Budget Circular 
A-76 or any successor administrative regulation, directive, or policy 
for work performed by employees of the Bureau of Prisons or of Federal 
Prison Industries, Incorporated.
    Sec. 211.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 
shall be available for the salary, benefits, or expenses of any United 
States Attorney assigned dual or additional responsibilities by the 
Attorney General or his designee that exempt that United States 
Attorney from the residency requirements of section 545 of title 28, 
United States Code.
    Sec. 212.  At the discretion of the Attorney General, and in 
addition to any amounts that otherwise may be available (or authorized 
to be made available) by law, with respect to funds appropriated by 
this title under the headings ``Research, Evaluation and Statistics'', 
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'', and ``Juvenile Justice 
Programs''--
            (1) up to 2 percent of funds made available to the Office 
        of Justice Programs for grant or reimbursement programs may be 
        used by such Office to provide training and technical 
        assistance; and
            (2) up to 2 percent of funds made available for grant or 
        reimbursement programs under such headings, except for amounts 
        appropriated specifically for research, evaluation, or 
        statistical programs administered by the National Institute of 
        Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, shall be 
        transferred to and merged with funds provided to the National 
        Institute of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, to 
        be used by them for research, evaluation, or statistical 
        purposes, without regard to the authorizations for such grant 
        or reimbursement programs.
    This section shall not apply to paragraph 1(R) under the heading 
``State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance''.
    Sec. 213.  Upon request by a grantee for whom the Attorney General 
has determined there is a fiscal hardship, the Attorney General may, 
with respect to funds appropriated in this or any other Act making 
appropriations for fiscal years 2021 through 2024 for the following 
programs, waive the following requirements:
            (1) For the adult and juvenile offender State and local 
        reentry demonstration projects under part FF of title I of the 
        Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 
        10631 et seq.), the requirements under section 2976(g)(1) of 
        such part (34 U.S.C. 10631(g)(1)).
            (2) For grants to protect inmates and safeguard communities 
        as authorized by section 6 of the Prison Rape Elimination Act 
        of 2003 (34 U.S.C. 30305(c)(3)), the requirements of section 
        6(c)(3) of such Act.
    Sec. 214.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
20109(a) of subtitle A of title II of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12109(a)) shall not apply to amounts 
made available by this or any other Act.
    Sec. 215.  None of the funds made available under this Act, other 
than for the national instant criminal background check system 
established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention 
Act (34 U.S.C. 40901), may be used by a Federal law enforcement officer 
to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if 
the Federal law enforcement officer knows or suspects that the 
individual is an agent of a drug cartel, unless law enforcement 
personnel of the United States continuously monitor or control the 
firearm at all times.
    Sec. 216. (a) None of the income retained in the Department of 
Justice Working Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 
(105 Stat. 784; 28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2024, except up to $12,000,000 may be obligated for 
implementation of a unified Department of Justice financial management 
system.
    (b) Not to exceed $30,000,000 of the unobligated balances 
transferred to the capital account of the Department of Justice Working 
Capital Fund pursuant to title I of Public Law 102-140 (105 Stat. 784; 
28 U.S.C. 527 note) shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 
2024, and any use, obligation, transfer, or allocation of such funds 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this 
Act.
    (c) Not to exceed $10,000,000 of the excess unobligated balances 
available under section 524(c)(8)(E) of title 28, United States Code, 
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2024, and any use, 
obligation, transfer or allocation of such funds shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act.
    Sec. 217.  Discretionary funds that are made available in this Act 
for the Office of Justice Programs may be used to participate in 
Performance Partnership Pilots authorized under such authorities as 
have been enacted for Performance Partnership Pilots in appropriations 
acts in prior fiscal years and the current fiscal year.
    Sec. 218.  The Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate quarterly 
reports on the Crime Victims Fund, the Working Capital Fund, the Three 
Percent Fund, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund. Such quarterly reports 
shall contain at least the same level of information and detail for 
each Fund as was provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate in fiscal year 2023.
    Sec. 219.  None of the funds made available under this Act may be 
used to conduct, contract for, or otherwise support, live tissue 
training, unless the Attorney General issues a written, non-delegable 
determination that such training is medically necessary and cannot be 
replicated by alternatives.
    Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Justice to target or investigate parents who 
peacefully protest at school board meetings and are not suspected of 
engaging in unlawful activity.
    Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to investigate or prosecute religious institutions on the basis of 
their religious beliefs.
    Sec. 222.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts in the fund 
established by section 9006(a) of title 26, United States Code, 
$25,000,000 shall be paid to the ``Office of Justice Programs--State 
and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' appropriation, to remain 
available until expended, for an additional amount for grants for law 
enforcement activities associated with the presidential nominating 
conventions, under the same authorities and conditions as amounts made 
available in paragraph (1)(Q) under the heading ``Office of Justice 
Programs--State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance'' in this Act.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Justice 
Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                               TITLE III

                                SCIENCE

                Office of Science and Technology Policy

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, in carrying out the purposes of the National Science and 
Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 
6601 et seq.), hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to 
exceed $2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, and 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, $7,965,000.

                         National Space Council

    For necessary expenses of the National Space Council, in carrying 
out the purposes of title V of Public Law 100-685 and Executive Order 
No. 13803, hire of passenger motor vehicles, and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, not to exceed $2,250 
for official reception and representation expenses, $1,965,000:  
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National 
Space Council may accept personnel support from Federal agencies, 
departments, and offices, and such Federal agencies, departments, and 
offices may detail staff without reimbursement to the National Space 
Council for purposes provided herein.

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                science

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science research and development activities, including 
research, development, operations, support, and services; maintenance 
and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, spacecraft 
control, and communications activities; program management; personnel 
and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $7,334,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                              aeronautics

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of aeronautics research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $935,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                            space technology

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of space technology research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $1,100,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                              exploration

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of exploration research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $7,666,200,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $450,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided 
further, That the National Aeronautics and Space Administration shall 
provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, concurrent with the annual budget 
submission, a 5-year budget profile for an integrated system that 
includes the Space Launch System, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, 
and associated ground systems that will ensure a crewed launch as early 
as possible.

                            space operations

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of space operations research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support and services; 
space flight, spacecraft control, and communications activities, 
including operations, production, and services; maintenance and repair, 
facility planning and design; program management; personnel and related 
costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; 
purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, 
charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative 
aircraft, $4,220,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

      science, technology, engineering, and mathematics engagement

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of aerospace and aeronautical education research and 
development activities, including research, development, operations, 
support, and services; program management; personnel and related costs, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; travel expenses; purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and purchase, lease, charter, 
maintenance, and operation of mission and administrative aircraft, 
$143,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which 
$26,000,000 shall be for the Established Program to Stimulate 
Competitive Research and $58,000,000 shall be for the National Space 
Grant College and Fellowship Program.

                 safety, security and mission services

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, in the conduct 
and support of science, aeronautics, space technology, exploration, 
space operations and education research and development activities, 
including research, development, operations, support, and services; 
maintenance and repair, facility planning and design; space flight, 
spacecraft control, and communications activities; program management; 
personnel and related costs, including uniforms or allowances therefor, 
as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; 
travel expenses; purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to 
exceed $63,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
purchase, lease, charter, maintenance, and operation of mission and 
administrative aircraft, $3,129,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That if available balances in the 
``Science, Space, and Technology Education Trust Fund'' are not 
sufficient to provide for the grant disbursements required under the 
third and fourth provisos under such heading in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1989 (Public Law 100-404) as amended by the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-327), up to $1,000,000 shall 
be available from amounts made available under this heading to make 
such grant disbursements:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, $56,673,000 shall be made available 
for the SSMS projects, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act):  Provided further, That the amounts made available for the 
projects referenced in the preceding proviso may not be transferred for 
any other purpose.

       construction and environmental compliance and restoration

    For necessary expenses for construction of facilities including 
repair, rehabilitation, revitalization, and modification of facilities, 
construction of new facilities and additions to existing facilities, 
facility planning and design, and restoration, and acquisition or 
condemnation of real property, as authorized by law, and environmental 
compliance and restoration, $300,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2029:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $250,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided 
further, That proceeds from leases deposited into this account shall be 
available for a period of 5 years to the extent and in amounts as 
provided in annual appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That such 
proceeds referred to in the preceding proviso shall be available for 
obligation for fiscal year 2024 in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000: 
 Provided further, That each annual budget request shall include an 
annual estimate of gross receipts and collections and proposed use of 
all funds collected pursuant to section 20145 of title 51, United 
States Code.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $47,600,000, of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds for any announced prize otherwise authorized shall remain 
available, without fiscal year limitation, until a prize is claimed or 
the offer is withdrawn.
    Not to exceed 10 percent of any appropriation made available for 
the current fiscal year for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 20 percent by 
any such transfers. Any funds transferred to ``Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration'' for construction activities 
shall not increase that account by more than 20 percent. Balances so 
transferred shall be merged with and available for the same purposes 
and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred. 
Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation provided for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration under previous 
appropriations Acts that remains available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2024 may be transferred between such 
appropriations, but no such appropriation, except as otherwise 
specifically provided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by 
any such transfers. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall 
retain its original availability and shall be treated as a 
reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be 
available for obligation except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section.
    The spending plan required by this Act shall be provided by the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the theme, program, 
project, and activity level. The spending plan, as well as any 
subsequent change of an amount established in that spending plan that 
meets the notification requirements of section 505 of this Act, shall 
be treated as a reprogramming under section 505 of this Act and shall 
not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance 
with the procedures set forth in that section.
    Not more than 20 percent or $50,000,000, whichever is less, of the 
amounts made available in the current-year Construction and 
Environmental Compliance and Restoration (CECR) appropriation may be 
applied to CECR projects funded under previous years' CECR 
appropriations. Use of current-year funds under this provision shall be 
treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act and 
shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading 
``Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement'' 
(``STEM Engagement''), up to $5,000,000 shall be available to jointly 
fund, with an additional amount of up to $1,000,000 each from amounts 
made available in this Act under the headings ``Science'', 
``Aeronautics'', ``Space Technology'', ``Exploration'', and ``Space 
Operations'', projects and activities for engaging students in STEM and 
increasing STEM research capacities of universities, including Minority 
Serving Institutions.
    Not to exceed $32,600,000 made available for the current fiscal 
year in this Act within ``Safety, Security and Mission Services'' may 
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration. Balances so transferred shall be available 
until expended only for activities described in section 30102(b)(3) of 
title 51, United States Code, as amended by this Act, and shall remain 
available until expended. Any transfer pursuant to this provision shall 
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 of this Act 
and shall not be available for obligation except in compliance with the 
procedures set forth in that section.
    Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) under the heading ``National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration--Space Operations'' that were available for 
obligation through fiscal year 2018 are to remain available through 
fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
    Funds previously made available in the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) under the heading ``National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration--Space Operations'' that were available for 
obligation through fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through 
fiscal year 2027 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in 
fiscal years 2018 and 2019.

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

    For necessary expenses in carrying out the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), and Public Law 86-209 
(42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.); services as authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code; maintenance and operation of aircraft and 
purchase of flight services for research support; acquisition of 
aircraft; and authorized travel; $7,176,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $680,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended for polar research and operations support, and for 
reimbursement to other Federal agencies for operational and science 
support and logistical and other related activities for the United 
States Antarctic program:  Provided further, That of the amounts in the 
preceding proviso, not less than $109,310,000 shall be for U.S. 
Antarctic Logistical Support:  Provided further, That receipts for 
scientific support services and materials furnished by the National 
Research Centers and other National Science Foundation supported 
research facilities may be credited to this appropriation.

          major research equipment and facilities construction

    For necessary expenses for the acquisition, construction, 
commissioning, and upgrading of major research equipment, facilities, 
and other such capital assets pursuant to the National Science 
Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.), including authorized 
travel, $234,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, $234,000,000 is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                             stem education

    For necessary expenses in carrying out science, mathematics, and 
engineering education and human resources programs and activities 
pursuant to the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 
et seq.), including services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, authorized travel, and rental of conference rooms 
in the District of Columbia, $1,172,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                 agency operations and award management

    For agency operations and award management necessary in carrying 
out the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 (42 U.S.C. 1861 et 
seq.); services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United 
States Code; rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia; 
and reimbursement of the Department of Homeland Security for security 
guard services; $448,000,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $8,280 is 
for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided further, 
That contracts may be entered into under this heading in fiscal year 
2024 for maintenance and operation of facilities and for other services 
to be provided during the next fiscal year.

                  office of the national science board

    For necessary expenses (including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms in the District of Columbia, and the employment of experts and 
consultants under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code) involved 
in carrying out section 4 of the National Science Foundation Act of 
1950 (42 U.S.C. 1863) and Public Law 86-209 (42 U.S.C. 1880 et seq.), 
$5,090,000:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                      office of inspector general

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, $24,410,000, of which 
$1,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2025.

                       administrative provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made available for the 
current fiscal year for the National Science Foundation in this Act may 
be transferred between such appropriations, but no such appropriation 
shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any such transfers. Any 
transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a reprogramming 
of funds under section 505 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that 
section.
    The Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate at least 30 days in advance of any planned divestment 
through transfer, decommissioning, termination, or deconstruction of 
any NSF-owned facilities or any NSF capital assets (including land, 
structures, and equipment) valued greater than $2,500,000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Science Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

                                TITLE IV

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Commission on Civil Rights

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Civil Rights, including 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $14,350,000:  Provided, That none of 
the funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to employ any 
individuals under Schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations exclusive of one special assistant for each 
Commissioner:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be used to reimburse Commissioners for more than 
75 billable days, with the exception of the chairperson, who is 
permitted 125 billable days:  Provided further, That the Chair may 
accept and use any gift or donation to carry out the work of the 
Commission:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in 
this paragraph shall be used for any activity or expense that is not 
explicitly authorized by section 3 of the Civil Rights Commission Act 
of 1983 (42 U.S.C. 1975a):  Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
preceding proviso, $2,000,000 shall be used to separately fund the 
Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys.

                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission as authorized by title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Equal Pay Act of 
1963, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, section 501 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Genetic 
Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2008 (Public Law 110-233), 
the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-325), and the Lilly 
Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-2), including services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of title 31, 
United States Code; nonmonetary awards to private citizens; and up to 
$31,500,000 for payments to State and local enforcement agencies for 
authorized services to the Commission, $455,000,000:  Provided, That 
the Commission is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $2,250 from available funds:  
Provided further, That the Commission may take no action to implement 
any workforce repositioning, restructuring, or reorganization until 
such time as the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate have been notified of such proposals, in 
accordance with the reprogramming requirements of section 505 of this 
Act:  Provided further, That the Chair may accept and use any gift or 
donation to carry out the work of the Commission.

                     International Trade Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the International Trade Commission, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not to exceed 
$2,250 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$122,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

    For payment to the Legal Services Corporation to carry out the 
purposes of the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974, $560,000,000, 
of which $516,100,000 is for basic field programs and required 
independent audits; $5,700,000 is for the Office of Inspector General, 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be used to conduct 
additional audits of recipients; $26,200,000 is for management and 
grants oversight; $5,000,000 is for client self-help and information 
technology; $5,000,000 is for a Pro Bono Innovation Fund; and 
$2,000,000 is for loan repayment assistance:  Provided, That the Legal 
Services Corporation may continue to provide locality pay to officers 
and employees at a rate no greater than that provided by the Federal 
Government to Washington, DC-based employees as authorized by section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding section 1005(d) of 
the Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996d(d)):  Provided 
further, That the authorities provided in section 205 of this Act shall 
be applicable to the Legal Services Corporation:  Provided further, 
That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United States 
Government.

          administrative provision--legal services corporation

    None of the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, 
or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 
505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and all funds appropriated in this 
Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall be subject to the same 
terms and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all 
references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to 
refer instead to 2023 and 2024, respectively:  Provided, That for the 
purposes of applications of such sections 501 and 502, any requirement 
relating to the proportion of attorneys serving on the governing body 
of an entity providing legal assistance shall be deemed to be satisfied 
if at least 33 percent of such governing body is composed of attorneys 
otherwise meeting the criteria established by section 1007(c) of the 
Legal Services Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996f(c)), and section 
502(2)(b)(ii) of Public Law 104-134 shall not apply.

                        Marine Mammal Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Marine Mammal Commission as 
authorized by title II of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), $4,500,000.

            Office of the United States Trade Representative

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles and the 
employment of experts and consultants as authorized by section 3109 of 
title 5, United States Code, $59,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the total amount 
made available under this heading, not to exceed $124,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.

                      trade enforcement trust fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For activities of the United States Trade Representative authorized 
by section 611 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 
2015 (19 U.S.C. 4405), including transfers, $15,000,000, to be derived 
from the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund:  Provided, That any transfer 
pursuant to subsection (d)(1) of such section shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 505 of this Act.

                        State Justice Institute

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the State Justice Institute, as 
authorized by the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10701 
et seq.) $7,640,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $2,250 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided 
further, That, for the purposes of section 505 of this Act, the State 
Justice Institute shall be considered an agency of the United States 
Government.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 501.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 502.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 503.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
    Sec. 504.  If any provision of this Act or the application of such 
provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the 
remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons 
or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall 
not be affected thereby.
    Sec. 505.  None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided 
under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2024, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that: (1) creates or initiates a new 
program, project, or activity; (2) eliminates a program, project, or 
activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project 
or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) 
relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes or renames offices, 
programs, or activities; (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; (7) augments 
existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $500,000 or 10 
percent, whichever is less, or reduces by 10 percent funding for any 
program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent; 
or (8) results from any general savings, including savings from a 
reduction in personnel, which would result in a change in existing 
programs, projects, or activities as approved by Congress; unless the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 506. (a) If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    (b)(1) To the extent practicable, with respect to authorized 
purchases of promotional items, funds made available by this Act shall 
be used to purchase items that are manufactured, produced, or assembled 
in the United States, its territories or possessions.
    (2) The term ``promotional items'' has the meaning given the term 
in OMB Circular A-87, Attachment B, Item (1)(f)(3).
    Sec. 507. (a) The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a quarterly report on the 
status of balances of appropriations at the account level. For 
unobligated, uncommitted balances and unobligated, committed balances 
the quarterly reports shall separately identify the amounts 
attributable to each source year of appropriation from which the 
balances were derived. For balances that are obligated, but unexpended, 
the quarterly reports shall separately identify amounts by the year of 
obligation.
    (b) The report described in subsection (a) shall be submitted 
within 30 days of the end of each quarter.
    (c) If a department or agency is unable to fulfill any aspect of a 
reporting requirement described in subsection (a) due to a limitation 
of a current accounting system, the department or agency shall fulfill 
such aspect to the maximum extent practicable under such accounting 
system and shall identify and describe in each quarterly report the 
extent to which such aspect is not fulfilled.
    Sec. 508.  Any costs incurred by a department or agency funded 
under this Act resulting from, or to prevent, personnel actions taken 
in response to funding reductions included in this Act shall be 
absorbed within the total budgetary resources available to such 
department or agency:  Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 
between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this 
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere in 
this Act:  Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this 
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 505 
of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure 
except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section:  
Provided further, That for the Department of Commerce, this section 
shall also apply to actions taken for the care and protection of loan 
collateral or grant property.
    Sec. 509.  None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, 
or to seek the reduction or removal by any foreign country of 
restrictions on the marketing of tobacco or tobacco products, except 
for restrictions which are not applied equally to all tobacco or 
tobacco products of the same type.
    Sec. 510.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts 
deposited or available in the Fund established by section 1402 of 
chapter XIV of title II of Public Law 98-473 (34 U.S.C. 20101) in any 
fiscal year in excess of $1,353,000,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until the following fiscal year:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 1402(d) of such Act, of the amounts available 
from the Fund for obligation: (1) $10,000,000 shall be transferred to 
the Department of Justice Office of Inspector General and remain 
available until expended for oversight and auditing purposes associated 
with this section; and (2) 5 percent shall be available to the Office 
for Victims of Crime for grants, consistent with the requirements of 
the Victims of Crime Act, to Indian Tribes to improve services for 
victims of crime.
    Sec. 511.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Justice in this Act may be used to discriminate against or denigrate 
the religious or moral beliefs of students who participate in programs 
for which financial assistance is provided from those funds, or of the 
parents or legal guardians of such students.
    Sec. 512.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 513. (a) The Inspectors General of the Department of Commerce, 
the Department of Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Legal Services 
Corporation shall conduct audits, pursuant to the Inspector General Act 
(5 U.S.C. App.), of grants or contracts for which funds are 
appropriated by this Act, and shall submit reports to Congress on the 
progress of such audits, which may include preliminary findings and a 
description of areas of particular interest, within 180 days after 
initiating such an audit and every 180 days thereafter until any such 
audit is completed.
    (b) Within 60 days after the date on which an audit described in 
subsection (a) by an Inspector General is completed, the Secretary, 
Attorney General, Administrator, Director, or President, as 
appropriate, shall make the results of the audit available to the 
public on the Internet website maintained by the Department, 
Administration, Foundation, or Corporation, respectively. The results 
shall be made available in redacted form to exclude--
            (1) any matter described in section 552(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code; and
            (2) sensitive personal information for any individual, the 
        public access to which could be used to commit identity theft 
        or for other inappropriate or unlawful purposes.
    (c) Any person awarded a grant or contract funded by amounts 
appropriated by this Act shall submit a statement to the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Attorney General, the Administrator, Director, or 
President, as appropriate, certifying that no funds derived from the 
grant or contract will be made available through a subcontract or in 
any other manner to another person who has a financial interest in the 
person awarded the grant or contract.
    (d) The provisions of the preceding subsections of this section 
shall take effect 30 days after the date on which the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Government Ethics, determines that a uniform set of rules 
and requirements, substantially similar to the requirements in such 
subsections, consistently apply under the executive branch ethics 
program to all Federal departments, agencies, and entities.
    Sec. 514. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the 
National Science Foundation to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system, as defined for security categorization in the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal 
Information Processing Standard Publication 199, ``Standards for 
Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information 
Systems'' unless the agency has--
            (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
        systems against criteria developed by NIST and the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to inform acquisition decisions 
        for high-impact and moderate-impact information systems within 
        the Federal Government;
            (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
        awardee against available and relevant threat information 
        provided by the FBI and other appropriate agencies; and
            (3) in consultation with the FBI or other appropriate 
        Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-
        espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such 
        system, including any risk associated with such system being 
        produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities 
        identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber 
        threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned, 
        directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of China, the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
        Korea, or the Russian Federation.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate-impact 
information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless 
the head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has--
            (1) developed, in consultation with NIST, the FBI, and 
        supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for 
        any identified risks;
            (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the FBI, that 
        the acquisition of such system is in the national interest of 
        the United States; and
            (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        and the agency Inspector General.
    Sec. 515.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used in any way whatsoever to support or justify the use of torture by 
any official or contract employee of the United States Government.
    Sec. 516.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to include in any new bilateral or multilateral trade agreement the 
text of--
            (1) paragraph 2 of article 16.7 of the United States-
        Singapore Free Trade Agreement;
            (2) paragraph 4 of article 17.9 of the United States-
        Australia Free Trade Agreement; or
            (3) paragraph 4 of article 15.9 of the United States-
        Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
    Sec. 517.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to authorize or issue a national security letter in contravention of 
any of the following laws authorizing the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation to issue national security letters: The Right to 
Financial Privacy Act of 1978; The Electronic Communications Privacy 
Act of 1986; The Fair Credit Reporting Act; The National Security Act 
of 1947; USA PATRIOT Act; USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; and the laws amended 
by these Acts.
    Sec. 518.  If at any time during any quarter, the program manager 
of a project within the jurisdiction of the Departments of Commerce or 
Justice, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or the 
National Science Foundation totaling more than $75,000,000 has 
reasonable cause to believe that the total program cost has increased 
by 10 percent or more, the program manager shall immediately inform the 
respective Secretary, Administrator, or Director. The Secretary, 
Administrator, or Director shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations within 30 days in writing of such increase, and shall 
include in such notice: the date on which such determination was made; 
a statement of the reasons for such increases; the action taken and 
proposed to be taken to control future cost growth of the project; 
changes made in the performance or schedule milestones and the degree 
to which such changes have contributed to the increase in total program 
costs or procurement costs; new estimates of the total project or 
procurement costs; and a statement validating that the project's 
management structure is adequate to control total project or 
procurement costs.
    Sec. 519.  Funds appropriated by this Act, or made available by the 
transfer of funds in this Act, for intelligence or intelligence related 
activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the Congress for 
purposes of section 504 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3094) during fiscal year 2024 until the enactment of the Intelligence 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 520.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount 
greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount 
unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to 
the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of its 
knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal 
tax returns required during the three years preceding the 
certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to 
certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for 
which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the 
subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has 
been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or 
the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or 
judicial proceeding.

                             (rescissions)

    Sec. 521. (a) Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Commerce, the following funds are hereby permanently 
rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024, from the following 
accounts in the specified amounts--
            (1) ``Economic Development Administration--Economic 
        Development Assistance Programs'', $35,000,000, only from prior 
        year appropriations;
            (2) ``Census Working Capital Fund'', $10,000,000;
            (3) ``National Institute of Standards and Technology--
        Working Capital Fund'', $10,000,000;
            (4) ``Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'', $12,440,000,000, only 
        from amounts appropriated by section 101(e) of the Fiscal 
        Responsibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-5); and
            (5) ``Departmental Management--Working Capital Fund'', 
        $10,000,000.
    (b) Of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available to the Department of Justice, the following funds are hereby 
permanently rescinded, not later than September 30, 2024, from the 
following accounts in the specified amounts--
            (1) ``Federal Bureau of Investigation--Salaries and 
        Expenses'', $367,700,000;
            (2) ``Federal Prison System--Buildings and Facilities'', 
        $19,000,000;
            (3) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office on 
        Violence Against Women--Violence Against Women Prevention and 
        Prosecution Programs'', $5,000,000;
            (4) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Office of 
        Justice Programs'', $120,000,000; and
            (5) ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community 
        Oriented Policing Services'', $15,000,000.
    (c) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department of 
Justice, the following funds are hereby permanently rescinded, not 
later than September 30, 2024, from the following accounts in the 
specified amounts--
            (1) ``Working Capital Fund'', $131,572,000; and
            (2) ``Legal Activities--Assets Forfeiture Fund'', 
        $500,000,000.
    (d) The Departments of Commerce and Justice shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a report no later than September 1, 2024, specifying the amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to subsections (a), (b), and (c).
    (e) The amounts rescinded in subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall 
not be from amounts that were designated by the Congress as an 
emergency or disaster relief requirement pursuant to the concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    (f) The amounts rescinded pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall 
not be from--
            (1) amounts provided under subparagraph (Q) of paragraph 
        (1) under the heading ``State and Local Law Enforcement 
        Activities--Office of Justice Programs--State and Local Law 
        Enforcement Assistance'' in title II of division B of Public 
        Law 117-103 or Public Law 117-328; or
            (2) amounts provided under paragraph (7) under the heading 
        ``State and Local Law Enforcement Activities--Community 
        Oriented Policing Services--Community Oriented Policing 
        Services Programs'' in title II of division B of Public Law 
        117-103 or Public Law 117-328.
    Sec. 522.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to purchase first class or premium airline travel in contravention of 
sections 301-10.122 through 301-10.124 of title 41 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 523.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
from a Federal department or agency, who are stationed in the United 
States, at any single conference occurring outside the United States 
unless--
            (1) such conference is a law enforcement training or 
        operational conference for law enforcement personnel and the 
        majority of Federal employees in attendance are law enforcement 
        personnel stationed outside the United States; or
            (2) such conference is a scientific conference and the 
        department or agency head determines that such attendance is in 
        the national interest and notifies the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        within at least 15 days of that determination and the basis for 
        that determination.
    Sec. 524.  The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall instruct any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving funds appropriated under this Act to track undisbursed 
balances in expired grant accounts and include in its annual 
performance plan and performance and accountability reports the 
following:
            (1) Details on future action the department, agency, or 
        instrumentality will take to resolve undisbursed balances in 
        expired grant accounts.
            (2) The method that the department, agency, or 
        instrumentality uses to track undisbursed balances in expired 
        grant accounts.
            (3) Identification of undisbursed balances in expired grant 
        accounts that may be returned to the Treasury of the United 
        States.
            (4) In the preceding 3 fiscal years, details on the total 
        number of expired grant accounts with undisbursed balances (on 
        the first day of each fiscal year) for the department, agency, 
        or instrumentality and the total finances that have not been 
        obligated to a specific project remaining in the accounts.
    Sec. 525.  To the extent practicable, funds made available in this 
Act should be used to purchase light bulbs that are ``Energy Star'' 
qualified or have the ``Federal Energy Management Program'' 
designation.
    Sec. 526. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the 
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), or the National Space 
Council (NSC) to develop, design, plan, promulgate, implement, or 
execute a bilateral policy, program, order, or contract of any kind to 
participate, collaborate, or coordinate bilaterally in any way with 
China or any Chinese-owned company unless such activities are 
specifically authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
effectuate the hosting of official Chinese visitors at facilities 
belonging to or utilized by NASA.
    (c) The limitations described in subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
apply to activities which NASA, OSTP, or NSC, after consultation with 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have certified--
            (1) pose no risk of resulting in the transfer of 
        technology, data, or other information with national security 
        or economic security implications to China or a Chinese-owned 
        company; and
            (2) will not involve knowing interactions with officials 
        who have been determined by the United States to have direct 
        involvement with violations of human rights.
    (d) Any certification made under subsection (c) shall be submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, no later than 30 
days prior to the activity in question and shall include a description 
of the purpose of the activity, its agenda, its major participants, and 
its location and timing.
    Sec. 527. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, adjudication, or other law enforcement- or victim 
assistance-related activity.
    Sec. 528.  The Departments of Commerce and Justice, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, 
the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the International Trade Commission, the Legal Services 
Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Offices of Science and 
Technology Policy and the United States Trade Representative, the 
National Space Council, and the State Justice Institute shall submit 
spending plans, signed by the respective department or agency head, to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
    Sec. 529.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
used to pay award or incentive fees for contractor performance that has 
been judged to be below satisfactory performance or for performance 
that does not meet the basic requirements of a contract.
    Sec. 530.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of section 7606 (``Legitimacy of Industrial Hemp 
Research'') of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-79) by the 
Department of Justice or the Drug Enforcement Administration.
    Sec. 531.  None of the funds made available under this Act to the 
Department of Justice may be used, with respect to any of the States of 
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New 
Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, 
and Wyoming, or with respect to the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin 
Islands, Guam, or Puerto Rico, to prevent any of them from implementing 
their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or 
cultivation of medical marijuana.
    Sec. 532.  The Department of Commerce, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, and the National Science Foundation shall provide 
a quarterly report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate on any official travel to China by any 
employee of such Department or agency, including the purpose of such 
travel.
    Sec. 533.  Of the amounts made available by this Act, not less than 
10 percent of each total amount provided, respectively, for Public 
Works grants authorized by the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 and grants authorized by section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler 
Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3722) shall be allocated 
for assistance in persistent poverty counties:  Provided, That for 
purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty counties'' 
means any county that has had 20 percent or more of its population 
living in poverty over the past 30 years, as measured by the 1993 Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the 2000 decennial census, and the 
most recent Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, or any Territory 
or possession of the United States.
    Sec. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or treaty, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this 
Act or any other Act may be expended or obligated by a department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States to pay administrative 
expenses or to compensate an officer or employee of the United States 
in connection with requiring an export license for the export to Canada 
of components, parts, accessories or attachments for firearms listed in 
Category I, section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations 
(International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR), part 121, as it 
existed on April 1, 2005) with a total value not exceeding $500 
wholesale in any transaction, provided that the conditions of 
subsection (b) of this section are met by the exporting party for such 
articles.
    (b) The foregoing exemption from obtaining an export license--
            (1) does not exempt an exporter from filing any Shipper's 
        Export Declaration or notification letter required by law, or 
        from being otherwise eligible under the laws of the United 
        States to possess, ship, transport, or export the articles 
        enumerated in subsection (a); and
            (2) does not permit the export without a license of--
                    (A) fully automatic firearms and components and 
                parts for such firearms, other than for end use by the 
                Federal Government, or a Provincial or Municipal 
                Government of Canada;
                    (B) barrels, cylinders, receivers (frames) or 
                complete breech mechanisms for any firearm listed in 
                Category I, other than for end use by the Federal 
                Government, or a Provincial or Municipal Government of 
                Canada; or
                    (C) articles for export from Canada to another 
                foreign destination.
    (c) In accordance with this section, the District Directors of 
Customs and postmasters shall permit the permanent or temporary export 
without a license of any unclassified articles specified in subsection 
(a) to Canada for end use in Canada or return to the United States, or 
temporary import of Canadian-origin items from Canada for end use in 
the United States or return to Canada for a Canadian citizen.
    (d) The President may require export licenses under this section on 
a temporary basis if the President determines, upon publication first 
in the Federal Register, that the Government of Canada has implemented 
or maintained inadequate import controls for the articles specified in 
subsection (a), such that a significant diversion of such articles has 
and continues to take place for use in international terrorism or in 
the escalation of a conflict in another nation. The President shall 
terminate the requirements of a license when reasons for the temporary 
requirements have ceased.
    Sec. 535.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receiving 
appropriated funds under this Act or any other Act shall obligate or 
expend in any way such funds to pay administrative expenses or the 
compensation of any officer or employee of the United States to deny 
any application submitted pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2778(b)(1)(B) and 
qualified pursuant to 27 CFR section 478.112 or .113, for a permit to 
import United States origin ``curios or relics'' firearms, parts, or 
ammunition.
    Sec. 536.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act 
on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if--
            (1) all other requirements of law with respect to the 
        proposed importation are met; and
            (2) no application for the importation of such model of 
        shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the 
        Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that 
        the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily 
        adaptable to sporting purposes.
    Sec. 537.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty until the 
Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty.
    Sec. 538.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to transfer, release, or 
assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its 
territories, or possessions Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other 
detainee who--
            (1) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
        Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the United 
        States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
        of Defense.
    Sec. 539. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this or any other Act may be used to construct, acquire, 
or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or 
possessions to house any individual described in subsection (c) for the 
purposes of detention or imprisonment in the custody or under the 
effective control of the Department of Defense.
    (b) The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
modification of facilities at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
Bay, Cuba.
    (c) An individual described in this subsection is any individual 
who, as of June 24, 2009, is located at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and who--
            (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member of 
        the Armed Forces of the United States; and
            (2) is--
                    (A) in the custody or under the effective control 
                of the Department of Defense; or
                    (B) otherwise under detention at United States 
                Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Sec. 540. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of 
September 30, 2024, from amounts made available to ``Office of the 
United States Trade Representative--Salaries and Expenses'' in section 
540(a) of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117-328) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to 
this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an 
additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, and shall be available for the same purposes, in 
addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and 
under the same authorities for which the funds were provided in Public 
Law 116-113, except that all references to ``2023'' under such heading 
in Public Law 116-113 shall be deemed to refer instead to ``2026''.
    (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of September 30, 
2024, from amounts made available to ``Office of the United States 
Trade Representative--Trade Enforcement Trust Fund'' in section 540(b) 
of division B of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117-328) are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget 
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this 
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, for an 
additional amount for fiscal year 2024, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, and shall be available for the same purposes, in 
addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and 
under the same authorities for which the funds were provided in Public 
Law 116-113, except that the reference to ``2023'' under such heading 
in Public Law 116-113 shall be deemed to refer instead to ``2026''.
    (c) The amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and section 
1(e) of H. Res. 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of 
Representatives on June 8, 2022, are designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    (d) Each amount provided by this section is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985.
    Sec. 541.  Funds made available to the Department of Commerce and 
the Department of Justice in this Act and any remaining unobligated 
balances of funds made available to the Department of Commerce and the 
Department of Justice in prior year Acts, other than amounts designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or from amounts made available 
under the heading ``Department of Justice--Legal Activities--Fees and 
Expenses of Witnesses'', shall be available to provide payments 
pursuant to section 901(i)(2) of title IX of division J of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)(2)):  
Provided, That payments made pursuant to the matter preceding this 
proviso may not exceed $5,000,000 for the Department of Commerce and 
$10,000,000 for the Department of Justice.
    Sec. 542.  Notwithstanding title II of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), up to 0.7 
percent of amounts made available to the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration by such Act shall be available for 
salaries and expenses, administration, and oversight of programs 
administered by such Administration that received appropriations by 
such Act, in addition to amounts previously made available for such 
purpose:  Provided, That all such amounts shall be available across 
such programs and shall be available for salaries and expenses, 
administration, and oversight of the Connecting Minority Communities 
Pilot Program (as authorized by section 902 of division N of Public Law 
116-260) and of the Broadband Connectivity Infrastructure Program (as 
authorized by section 905(d) of division N of Public Law 116-260), 
regardless of the heading under which such amounts were appropriated:  
Provided further, That such amounts may be transferred between the 
appropriate accounts to carry out this section, in addition to 
authorities included elsewhere in such Act:  Provided further, That 
this section shall not reduce the total allocation for any State under 
Program Notices of Available Amounts dated June 30, 2023:  Provided 
further, That amounts transferred pursuant to this section may be 
obligated only after the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 
of the planned use of funds:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed 
or transferred pursuant to this section that were previously designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to 
legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the 
House of Representatives.
    Sec. 543.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to move the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) 
Canine Training Center or the ATF National Canine Division from Front 
Royal, Virginia, to another location.
    Sec. 544. (a) Section 507(d) of title 11, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``excluding subparagraph (F)'' after ``(a)(8)''.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (2) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not apply with 
respect to cases commenced under title 11 of the United States Code 
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 545.  Section 107(b)(2)(C) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7105(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 
``total costs of the projects described in the application submitted'' 
and inserting in its place ``total project cost. In general, this 
project match requirement may be satisfied by contributions or 
expenditures committed to improve victim support services that promote 
victim recovery and reintegration into society, provided that these 
contributions and expenditures are consistent with applicable grant 
requirements and approved project scope''.
    Sec. 546. (a)(1)(A) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Commerce shall allocate amounts made available from the 
Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for 
America Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 117-
167), including the transfer authority in such paragraphs of that 
section of that Act, to the accounts specified, in the amounts 
specified, and for the projects and activities specified, in the table 
titled ``Department of Commerce Allocation of National Institute of 
Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024'' in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), and pursuant to the direction 
included in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
    (B) Not later than October 15, 2024, and notwithstanding subsection 
(b) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate from the 
amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2025 pursuant 
to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
(division A of Public Law 117-167), including the transfer authority in 
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the account specified, 
in the amount specified, and for the project and activity specified, in 
the table titled ``Department of Commerce Allocation of National 
Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 
2025'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), and pursuant to 
the direction included in the classified annex accompanying this Act.
    (C) Not later than October 15, 2025, and notwithstanding subsection 
(b) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall allocate from the 
amounts made available from the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce 
Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Fund for fiscal year 2026 pursuant 
to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 102(a) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
(division A of Public Law 117-167), including the transfer authority in 
such paragraphs of that section of that Act, to the accounts specified, 
in the amounts not to exceed that specified, and for the projects and 
activities specified, in the table titled ``Department of Commerce 
Allocation of National Institute of Standards and Technology Funds: 
CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2026'' in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), and pursuant to the direction included in the classified annex 
accompanying this Act.
    (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
National Science Foundation shall allocate amounts made available from 
the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for 
America Workforce and Education Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to 
section 102(d)(1) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 (division A of Public Law 
117-167), to the account specified, in the amounts specified, and for 
the projects and activities specified in the table titled ``National 
Science Foundation Allocation of Funds: CHIPS Act Fiscal Year 2024'' in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (b) Neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts 
that are made available for any fiscal year under section 102(a)(2)(A) 
of the CHIPS Act of 2022 or under section 102(d)(2) of such Act if 
there is in effect an Act making or continuing appropriations for part 
of a fiscal year for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies:  Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter 
preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation, 
apportionment, or allotment of amounts for continuing administration of 
programs allocated funds from the CHIPS for America Fund, which may be 
allocated only in amounts that are no more than the allocation for such 
purposes in subsection (a) of this section.
    (c) Subject to prior consultation with, and the regular 
notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and subject to the terms and 
conditions in section 505 of this Act--
            (1) the Secretary of Commerce may reallocate funds 
        allocated to Industrial Technology Services for section 9906 of 
        Public Law 116-283 by subsection (a)(1) of this section; and
            (2) the Director of the National Science Foundation may 
        reallocate funds allocated to the CHIPS for America Workforce 
        and Education Fund by subsection (a)(2) of this section.
    (d) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President 
for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the 
National Science Foundation, as appropriate, shall each submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate proposed allocations by account and by program, project, or 
activity, with detailed justifications, for amounts made available 
under section 102(a)(2) and section 102(d)(2) of the CHIPS Act of 2022 
for fiscal year 2025.
    (e) The Department of Commerce and the National Science Foundation, 
as appropriate, shall each provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status 
of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America 
Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this 
section, and section 543(a)(1) of division B of Public Law 117-328, the 
status of balances of projects and activities funded by the Public 
Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
section 543 (a)(2) of division B of Public Law 117-328, and the status 
of balances of projects and activities funded by the CHIPS for America 
Workforce and Education Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
subsection (a)(2) of this section and section 543(a)(3) of division B 
of Public Law 117-328, including all uncommitted, committed, and 
unobligated funds.
    This division may be cited as the ``Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

     DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                TITLE I

                       CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

    The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction 
of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of 
Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army 
pertaining to river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.

                             investigations

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary where authorized by law for the collection 
and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem 
restoration, and related needs; for surveys and detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications of proposed river and harbor, flood and storm 
damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration 
projects, and related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of 
authorized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations, and, when 
authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and plans and 
specifications of projects prior to construction, $142,990,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:  Provided 
further, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $11,413,000 is rescinded:  
Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                              construction

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, 
flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem 
restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for conducting 
detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects 
(including those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law 
(but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not 
constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); 
$1,854,688,000, to remain available until expended; of which 
$114,775,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, 
shall be to cover the Federal share of construction costs for 
facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program; and 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover 35 percent of the costs of 
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of inland 
waterways projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 
Fund, except as otherwise specifically provided for in law:  Provided, 
That of the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available under this heading, $9,678,000 is rescinded:  Provided 
further, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That of the 
unobligated balances from amounts made available under this heading in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58) for which spend plan allocations have not been announced as of 
the date of enactment of this Act, $1,434,500,000 shall be used, 
regardless of project purpose and in addition to amounts otherwise made 
available for such purposes, for projects specified in the table titled 
``Corps of Engineers--Construction'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), and, when combined with the amounts made available 
in the matter preceding the first proviso under this heading, shall not 
in total exceed the amount for any project as specified in such table:  
Provided further, That projects receiving funds pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be subject to the terms and conditions of 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58):  Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit directly to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a work plan 
that includes the amount that each project specified in the table 
titled ``Corps of Engineers--Construction'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act) will receive from amounts made available in the 
matter preceding the first proviso under this heading and from amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the third proviso under this heading:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once 
the plan has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed under 
this heading that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.

                   mississippi river and tributaries

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction projects and 
related efforts in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape 
Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $368,037,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $6,057,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of 
eligible operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors:  Provided, 
That the Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress:  Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading, $1,110,000 is 
rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                       operation and maintenance

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of 
existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; 
providing security for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, 
including administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining harbor 
channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that 
serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized 
by law; surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes and 
connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing 
obstructions to navigation, $5,552,816,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $2,650,168,000, to be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, shall be to cover the Federal share of eligible 
operations and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and 
for inland harbors; of which such sums as become available from the 
special account for the Corps of Engineers established by the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account 
for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance 
activities related to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor 
recreation is available; of which such sums as become available from 
fees collected under section 217 of Public Law 104-303 shall be used to 
cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 
disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected; and of 
which $58,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the Treasury, 
shall be to carry out subsection (c) of section 2106 of the Water 
Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) and 
shall be designated as being for such purpose pursuant to paragraph (2) 
of section 14003 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136):  Provided, That 1 percent 
of the total amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not be 
allocated to a field operating activity prior to the beginning of the 
fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the 
Chief of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the Chief of 
Engineers determines to be necessary and appropriate, and that the 
Chief of Engineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any 
remaining funds which have not been used for emergency activities 
proportionally in accordance with the amounts provided for the 
programs, projects, or activities:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall not deviate from the work plan, once the plan has been 
submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress:  Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from 
prior year appropriations available under this heading, $30,000 is 
rescinded:  Provided further, That no amounts may be rescinded from 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                           regulatory program

    For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to 
regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $221,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

            formerly utilized sites remedial action program

    For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the 
United States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation's 
early atomic energy program, $300,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

    For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other 
natural disasters and support emergency operations, repairs, and other 
activities in response to such disasters as authorized by law, 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                                expenses

    For expenses necessary for the supervision and general 
administration of the civil works program in the headquarters of the 
Corps of Engineers and the offices of the Division Engineers; and for 
costs of management and operation of the Humphreys Engineer Center 
Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center allocable to the civil works 
program, $216,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of 
which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation purposes and only during the current fiscal year:  
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation provided in this 
title shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the 
Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction 
and management activities of the division offices:  Provided further, 
That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation may be 
used to fund the supervision and general administration of emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to any flood, 
hurricane, or other natural disaster.

     office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works

    For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 7016(b)(3), $5,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not more than 75 
percent of such amount may be obligated or expended until the Assistant 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress the report required under section 101(d) of this Act and a 
work plan that allocates at least 95 percent of the additional funding 
provided under each heading in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), to specific programs, projects, or activities:  Provided further, 
That not more than 90 percent of such amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for obligation until the Assistant Secretary 
provides in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress recommendations for the appropriate level of design during 
feasibility studies, the appropriate level of preconstruction 
engineering and design required before a construction new start, and 
how cost estimate classifications may best be adjusted for changing 
environments.

      water infrastructure finance and innovation program account

    For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014, $2,200,000, to remain available until expended, for safety 
projects to maintain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the 
National Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of state, local 
government, public utility, or private:  Provided, That no project may 
be funded with amounts provided under this heading for a dam that is 
identified as jointly owned in the National Inventory of Dams and where 
one of those joint owners is the Federal Government:  Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall also 
be available for projects to construct, maintain, upgrade, and repair 
levees and ancillary features with a primary owner type of state, 
municipal, county, private, or other non-Federal entity:  Provided 
further, That no project may be funded with amounts provided under this 
heading for a levee unless the Secretary has certified in advance, in 
writing, that the levee is not owned, in whole or in part, by the 
Federal Government:  Provided further, That such costs, including the 
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds 
are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount 
of direct loans, including capitalized interest, and total loan 
principal, including capitalized interest, any part of which is to be 
guaranteed, not to exceed $440,000,000:  Provided further, That the use 
of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this heading for 
direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any project shall be 
in accordance with the criteria published in the Federal Register on 
June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso under the 
heading ``Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account'' 
in division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116-94):  Provided further, That none of the direct loans 
or loan guarantee authority made available under this heading shall be 
available for any project unless the Secretary and the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget have certified in advance in writing 
that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as applicable, and the project 
comply with the criteria referenced in the previous proviso:  Provided 
further, That any references to the Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) or the Administrator in the criteria referenced in the previous 
two provisos shall be deemed to be references to the Army Corps of 
Engineers or the Secretary of the Army, respectively, for purposes of 
the direct loans or loan guarantee authority made available under this 
heading:  Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office may request, and the Secretary shall promptly provide, 
documentation and information relating to a project identified in a 
Letter of Interest submitted to the Secretary pursuant to a Notice of 
Funding Availability for applications for credit assistance under the 
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Program, including with 
respect to a project that was initiated or completed before the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until 
expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in title I of this Act, or 
provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities 
funded in title I of this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2024, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that:
            (1) creates or initiates a new program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
        this Act, unless prior approval is received from the Committees 
        on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        for a different purpose, unless prior approval is received from 
        the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (5) augments or reduces existing programs, projects, or 
        activities in excess of the amounts contained in paragraphs (6) 
        through (10), unless prior approval is received from the 
        Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (6) Investigations.--For a base level over $100,000, 
        reprogramming of 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
        $150,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  Provided, 
        That for a base level less than $100,000, the reprogramming 
        limit is $25,000:  Provided further, That up to $25,000 may be 
        reprogrammed into any continuing study or activity that did not 
        receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
        concomitant administrative expenses;
            (7) Construction.--For a base level over $2,000,000, 
        reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up to a limit of 
        $3,000,000 per project, study or activity is allowed:  
        Provided, That for a base level less than $2,000,000, the 
        reprogramming limit is $300,000:  Provided further, That up to 
        $3,000,000 may be reprogrammed for settled contractor claims, 
        changed conditions, or real estate deficiency judgments:  
        Provided further, That up to $300,000 may be reprogrammed into 
        any continuing study or activity that did not receive an 
        appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant 
        administrative expenses;
            (8) Operation and maintenance.--Unlimited reprogramming 
        authority is granted for the Corps to be able to respond to 
        emergencies:  Provided, That the Chief of Engineers shall 
        notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
        Congress of these emergency actions as soon thereafter as 
        practicable:  Provided further, That for a base level over 
        $1,000,000, reprogramming of 15 percent of the base amount up 
        to a limit of $5,000,000 per project, study, or activity is 
        allowed:  Provided further, That for a base level less than 
        $1,000,000, the reprogramming limit is $150,000:  Provided 
        further, That $150,000 may be reprogrammed into any continuing 
        study or activity that did not receive an appropriation;
            (9) Mississippi river and tributaries.--The reprogramming 
        guidelines in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) shall apply to the 
        Investigations, Construction, and Operation and Maintenance 
        portions of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Account, 
        respectively; and
            (10) Formerly utilized sites remedial action program.--
        Reprogramming of up to 15 percent of the base of the receiving 
        project is permitted.
    (b) De Minimus Reprogrammings.--In no case should a reprogramming 
for less than $50,000 be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress.
    (c) Continuing Authorities Program.--Subsection (a)(1) shall not 
apply to any project or activity funded under the continuing 
authorities program.
    (d) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year 
which shall include:
            (1) A table for each appropriation with a separate column 
        to display the President's budget request, adjustments made by 
        Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
        applicable, and the fiscal year enacted level;
            (2) A delineation in the table for each appropriation both 
        by object class and program, project and activity as detailed 
        in the budget appendix for the respective appropriations; and
            (3) An identification of items of special congressional 
        interest.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall allocate funds made available in 
this Act solely in accordance with the provisions of this Act and in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    Sec. 103.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to award or modify any contract that commits funds beyond the 
amounts appropriated for that program, project, or activity that remain 
unobligated, except that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to section 101.
    Sec. 104.  The Secretary of the Army may transfer to the Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife Service may accept and 
expend, up to $8,200,000 of funds provided in this title under the 
heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' to mitigate for fisheries lost 
due to Corps of Engineers projects.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for an open 
lake placement alternative for dredged material, after evaluating the 
least costly, environmentally acceptable manner for the disposal or 
management of dredged material originating from Lake Erie or 
tributaries thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341):  Provided, That until an open lake 
placement alternative for dredged material is approved under a State 
water quality certification, the Corps of Engineers shall continue 
upland placement of such dredged material consistent with the 
requirements of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211).
    Sec. 106.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to carry out any water supply reallocation study under the Wolf Creek 
Dam, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, project authorized under the Act of 
July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, ch. 595).
    Sec. 107.  Additional funding provided in this Act shall be 
allocated only to projects determined to be eligible by the Chief of 
Engineers.
    Sec. 108.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
prior Act may be used to alter the eligibility requirements for 
assistance under section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 
701n) in effect on November 14, 2022, without express authorization by 
Congress.
    Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other requirement, the remaining 
unobligated balances from amounts made available under the heading 
``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Construction'' in division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) for which 
spend plan allocations have not been announced as of the date of 
enactment of this Act (other than such balances otherwise repurposed by 
the third proviso under such heading in this title) may be made 
available for projects, in addition to amounts otherwise made available 
for such purposes and regardless of project purpose, that have 
previously received funds under the heading ``Construction'' in title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
123) subject to the terms and conditions of such title IV of division B 
as applicable and as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act, 
or in chapter 4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 
2013 (division A of Public Law 113-2) subject to the terms and 
conditions of such chapter 4 of title X as applicable and as 
specifically modified by section 111 of this Act, and for which non-
Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with the 
Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided, That 
amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 110.  The remaining unobligated balances from amounts provided 
under the heading ``Construction'' in title IV of the Disaster Relief 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of Public Law 117-43) 
for which spend plan allocations were announced prior to the date of 
enactment of this Act shall be reallocated to the same project, 
including modifications thereto, and in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purpose, that has previously received funds 
under such heading in title IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), subject to the terms and conditions 
of such title IV of division B of Public Law 115-123 as applicable and 
as specifically modified by section 111 of this Act:  Provided, That 
amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget are designated by the Congress as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 111.  Studies or projects receiving funds under the following 
headings in the following Acts as of the date of enactment of this Act 
are not required to be completed with such funds and may receive funds 
from this Act or future Acts, and any additional funds for such studies 
and projects shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
applicable to the following headings in the following Acts--
            (1) ``Investigations'' or ``Construction'' in title IV of 
        division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 
        115-123);
            (2) ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Construction'' in chapter 
        4 of title X of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 
        (division A of Public Law 113-2); and
            (3) ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--Investigations'' in title 
        III of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
        (Public Law 117-58).
    Sec. 112.  Of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations made available to ``Corps of Engineers--Civil'', the 
following funds shall be transferred from the following accounts and 
programs in the specified amounts to ``Corps of Engineers--Civil--
Investigations'' and, in addition to amounts otherwise made available 
for such purposes, shall be used for studies that have previously 
received funds provided under the heading ``Investigations'' in title 
IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
123) or under such heading in title III of division J of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) and for 
which non-Federal interests have entered into feasibility cost sharing 
agreements with the Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) $371,293.38 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title I of division B 
        of Public Law 109-148;
            (2) $562,613.89 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 3 of title I 
        of division B of Public Law 109-148 that were provided for the 
        Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet channel;
            (3) $38,873.32 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title II of Public Law 
        109-234 that were provided for the Lake Pontchartrain and 
        Vicinity project, the North Padre Island, Texas project, the 
        Sacramento, California, Area project, and the Hawaii Water 
        Systems Technical Assistance Program;
            (4) $95.55 from the combined unobligated balances under the 
        ``Construction'' headings in chapter 3 of title IV and chapter 
        3 of title V of Public Law 110-28;
            (5) $83,734.13 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title III of Public 
        Law 110-252, including amounts that were provided for the Lake 
        Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the West Bank and Vicinity 
        project, and the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project;
            (6) $2,122.56 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 3 of title III 
        of Public Law 110-252;
            (7) $10.72 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Mississippi River and Tributaries'' in chapter 3 of title III 
        of Public Law 110-252;
            (8) $274,678.03 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Construction'' in chapter 3 of title I of division B 
        of Public Law 110-329 that were provided for the Lake 
        Pontchartrain and Vicinity project, the West Bank and Vicinity 
        project, and the Southeast Louisiana Urban Drainage project;
            (9) $267,434.81 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 3 of title I 
        of division B of Public Law 110-329;
            (10) $0.02 from the unobligated balances under the heading 
        ``Operation and Maintenance'' in title IV of Public Law 111-32;
            (11) $246,869.24 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' in chapter 4 of title I 
        of Public Law 111-212; and
            (12) $2,643,142.04 from the unobligated balances under the 
        heading ``Operation and Maintenance'' in title I of Public Law 
        112-77:
  Provided, That studies receiving funding pursuant to this section 
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the heading 
``Investigations'' in title IV of division B of the Bipartisan Budget 
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) or such heading in title III of 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58), as applicable and as specifically modified by section 111 of 
this Act:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or as being for disaster relief pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 
designated by the Congress as being an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.

                                TITLE II

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project

                central utah project completion account

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Central Utah Project 
Completion Act, $23,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $4,650,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation 
Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation 
Mitigation and Conservation Commission:  Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $1,750,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for expenses necessary in carrying out related 
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior:  Provided further, 
That for fiscal year 2024, of the amount made available to the 
Commission under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may use an 
amount not to exceed $1,990,000 for administrative expenses.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

    The following appropriations shall be expended to execute 
authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclamation:

                      water and related resources

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For management, development, and restoration of water and related 
natural resources and for related activities, including the operation, 
maintenance, and rehabilitation of reclamation and other facilities, 
participation in fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native 
Americans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other agreements 
with, State and local governments, federally recognized Indian Tribes, 
and others, $1,751,698,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $1,051,000 shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado 
River Basin Fund and $7,584,000 shall be available for transfer to the 
Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; of which such amounts as 
may be necessary may be advanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund:  
Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for transfer into the Aging 
Infrastructure Account established by section 9603(d)(1) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009, as amended (43 U.S.C. 510b(d)(1)):  
Provided further, That such transfers, except for the transfer 
authorized by the preceding proviso, may be increased or decreased 
within the overall appropriation under this heading:  Provided further, 
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program activities that 
can be financed by the Reclamation Fund, the Water Storage Enhancement 
Receipts account established by section 4011(e) of Public Law 114-322, 
or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account established by 16 
U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund or account:  Provided 
further, That funds contributed under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until 
expended for the purposes for which the funds were contributed:  
Provided further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall be 
credited to this account and are available until expended for the same 
purposes as the sums appropriated under this heading:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,500,000 shall be deposited in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund 
established by section 110 of title I of division B of appendix D of 
Public Law 106-554:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
herein, funds may be used for high-priority projects which shall be 
carried out by the Youth Conservation Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
1706:  Provided further, That within available funds, $250,000 shall be 
for grants and financial assistance for educational activities:  
Provided further, That in accordance with section 4007 of Public Law 
114-322 and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated July 25, 
2023, funding provided for such purpose in fiscal year 2023 and prior 
fiscal years shall be made available to the Sites Reservoir Project.

                central valley project restoration fund

    For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habitat 
restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of the Central 
Valley Project Improvement Act, such sums as may be collected in fiscal 
year 2024 in the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to 
sections 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 102-575, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Bureau of 
Reclamation is directed to assess and collect the full amount of the 
additional mitigation and restoration payments authorized by section 
3407(d) of Public Law 102-575:  Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for the acquisition 
or leasing of water for in-stream purposes if the water is already 
committed to in-stream purposes by a court adopted decree or order.

                    california bay-delta restoration

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For carrying out activities authorized by the Water Supply, 
Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, consistent with plans 
to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $33,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate accounts of 
other participating Federal agencies to carry out authorized purposes:  
Provided, That funds appropriated herein may be used for the Federal 
share of the costs of CALFED Program management:  Provided further, 
That CALFED implementation shall be carried out in a balanced manner 
with clear performance measures demonstrating concurrent progress in 
achieving the goals and objectives of the Program.

                       policy and administration

    For expenses necessary for policy, administration, and related 
functions in the Office of the Commissioner, the Denver office, and 
offices in the six regions of the Bureau of Reclamation, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, $66,794,000, to be derived from the 
Reclamation Fund and be nonreimbursable as provided in 43 U.S.C. 377, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided, That no part of any other 
appropriation in this Act shall be available for activities or 
functions budgeted as policy and administration expenses.

                        administrative provision

    Appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation shall be available for 
purchase and replacement of not to exceed 30 motor vehicles, which are 
for replacement only.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    Sec. 201. (a) None of the funds provided in title II of this Act 
for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous or subsequent 
appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II of 
this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) initiates or creates a new program, project, or 
        activity;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity 
        for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of both Houses of Congress;
            (4) restarts or resumes any program, project or activity 
        for which funds are not provided in this Act, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        both Houses of Congress;
            (5) transfers funds in excess of the following limits, 
        unless prior approval is received from the Committees on 
        Appropriations of both Houses of Congress:
                    (A) 15 percent for any program, project or activity 
                for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the 
                beginning of the fiscal year; or
                    (B) $400,000 for any program, project or activity 
                for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the 
                beginning of the fiscal year;
            (6) transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities 
        Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the 
        Resources Management and Development category to any program, 
        project, or activity in the other category, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        both Houses of Congress; or
            (7) transfers, where necessary to discharge legal 
        obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 
        to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims, 
        increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of 
        operations, and real estate deficiency judgments, unless prior 
        approval is received from the Committees on Appropriations of 
        both Houses of Congress.
    (b) Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds 
within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation 
category.
    (c) For purposes of this section, the term ``transfer'' means any 
movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.
    (d) Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the amounts made 
available in this title under the heading ``Bureau of Reclamation--
Water and Related Resources'' shall be expended for the programs, 
projects, and activities specified in the ``Final Bill'' columns in the 
``Water and Related Resources'' table included under the heading 
``Title II--Department of the Interior'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).
    (e) The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly 
basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, 
activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall 
be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
    Sec. 202. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of 
discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until 
development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of 
California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality 
standards of the State of California as approved by the Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental 
effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
    (b) The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the 
costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by 
the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and 
collected until fully repaid pursuant to the ``Cleanup Program--
Alternative Repayment Plan'' and the ``SJVDP--Alternative Repayment 
Plan'' described in the report entitled ``Repayment Report, Kesterson 
Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, 
February 1995'', prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States 
relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for 
the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit 
beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal 
reclamation law.
    Sec. 203.  Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking 
``$820,000,000'' and inserting ``$920,000,000''.
    Sec. 204. (a) Title I of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta 
Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 204 of 
division D of Public Law 117-103, shall be applied by substituting 
``2024'' for ``2022'' each place it appears.
    (b) Section 103(f)(4)(A) of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-
Delta Authorization Act) is amended by striking ``$25,000,000'' and 
inserting ``$30,000,000''.
    Sec. 205.  Section 9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111-11 (Omnibus Public 
Land Management Act of 2009) shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' 
for ``2022''.
    Sec. 206. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency 
Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) shall be applied by 
substituting ``2024'' for ``2022''.
    (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief 
Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by substituting ``2024'' 
for ``2022'' and by substituting ``$130,000,000'' for ``$120,000,000''.
    Sec. 207.  Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10363(f)) shall be applied by substituting 
``2024'' for ``2023''.

                               TITLE III

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            ENERGY PROGRAMS

                 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for energy efficiency and renewable energy 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $3,460,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$223,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

         Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for energy sector cybersecurity, energy security, 
and emergency response activities in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $28,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2025, for program direction.

                              Electricity

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for electricity activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $280,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $19,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That funds under this heading allocated for the purposes of 
section 9 of the Small Business Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), 
including for Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business 
Technology Transfer activities, or for the purposes of section 1001 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, as amended (42 U.S.C. 16391(a)), for 
Technology Commercialization Fund activities, may be reprogrammed 
without being subject to the restrictions in section 301 of this Act.

                            Grid Deployment

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for grid deployment in carrying out the purposes of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7191 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $60,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $6,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2025, for program direction.

                             Nuclear Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for nuclear energy activities in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $1,685,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $90,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025, for program direction:  Provided 
further, That for the purpose of section 954(a)(6) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005, as amended, the only amount available shall be from the 
amount specified as including that purpose in the ``Final Bill'' column 
in the ``Department of Energy'' table included under the heading 
``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).

                  Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out fossil 
energy and carbon management research and development activities, under 
the authority of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), including the acquisition of interest, including 
defeasible and equitable interests in any real property or any facility 
or for plant or facility acquisition or expansion, and for conducting 
inquiries, technological investigations and research concerning the 
extraction, processing, use, and disposal of mineral substances without 
objectionable social and environmental costs (30 U.S.C. 3, 1602, and 
1603), $865,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount $70,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2025, for program direction.

                            Energy Projects

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out 
community project funding activities, under the authority of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
$83,724,000, to remain available until expended, for projects specified 
in the table that appears under the heading ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending for Energy Projects'' in the explanatory statement described 
in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).

                 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary to carry out naval 
petroleum and oil shale reserve activities, $13,010,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, unobligated funds remaining from prior years shall be 
available for all naval petroleum and oil shale reserve activities.

                      Strategic Petroleum Reserve

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve facility development and operations and program management 
activities pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6201 et seq.), $213,390,000, to remain available until expended.

                         SPR Petroleum Account

    For the acquisition, transportation, and injection of petroleum 
products, and for other necessary expenses pursuant to the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), sections 403 and 404 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (42 
U.S.C. 6241, 6239 note), section 32204 of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), and section 30204 of the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 6241 note), $100,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                   Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for Northeast Home 
Heating Oil Reserve storage, operation, and management activities 
pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6201 et 
seq.), $7,150,000, to remain available until expended.

                   Energy Information Administration

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities of the Energy Information Administration, $135,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                   Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses necessary for non-defense environmental cleanup activities in 
carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of 
any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $342,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That in addition, fees collected pursuant to 
subsection (b)(1) of section 6939f of title 42, United States Code, and 
deposited under this heading in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to section 
309 of title III of division C of Public Law 116-94 are appropriated, 
to remain available until expended, for mercury storage costs.

      Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out uranium 
enrichment facility decontamination and decommissioning, remedial 
actions, and other activities of title II of the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, and title X, subtitle A, of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, 
$855,000,000, to be derived from the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
and Decommissioning Fund, to remain available until expended, of which 
$0 shall be available in accordance with title X, subtitle A, of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992.

                                Science

    For Department of Energy expenses including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment, and other 
expenses necessary for science activities in carrying out the purposes 
of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, and purchase of not more than 35 passenger motor vehicles, 
$8,240,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
such amount, $226,831,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, 
for program direction.

                         Nuclear Waste Disposal

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for nuclear waste 
disposal activities to carry out the purposes of the Nuclear Waste 
Policy Act of 1982, Public Law 97-425, as amended, $12,040,000, to 
remain available until expended, which shall be derived from the 
Nuclear Waste Fund.

                         Technology Transitions

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for carrying out the 
activities of technology transitions, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $11,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025, for program direction.

                      Clean Energy Demonstrations

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses necessary for clean energy demonstrations in carrying out the 
purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 
et seq.), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real 
property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, 
construction, or expansion, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $27,500,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2025, for program direction.

               Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary in carrying out the 
activities authorized by section 5012 of the America COMPETES Act 
(Public Law 110-69), $460,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $40,000,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction.

         Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

    Such sums as are derived from amounts received from borrowers 
pursuant to section 1702(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 under this 
heading in prior Acts, shall be collected in accordance with section 
502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided, That for 
necessary administrative expenses of the Title 17 Innovative Technology 
Loan Guarantee Program, as authorized, $70,000,000 is appropriated, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That up 
to $70,000,000 of fees collected in fiscal year 2024 pursuant to 
section 1702(h) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 shall be credited as 
offsetting collections under this heading and used for necessary 
administrative expenses in this appropriation and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That to the 
extent that fees collected in fiscal year 2024 exceed $70,000,000, 
those excess amounts shall be credited as offsetting collections under 
this heading and available in future fiscal years only to the extent 
provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the 
sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced (1) as 
such fees are received during fiscal year 2024 (estimated at 
$70,000,000) and (2) to the extent that any remaining general fund 
appropriations can be derived from fees collected in previous fiscal 
years that are not otherwise appropriated, so as to result in a final 
fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at $0:  
Provided further, That the Department of Energy shall not subordinate 
any loan obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 or subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation 
to any loan or other debt obligations in violation of section 609.8 of 
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations.

        Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in 
carrying out the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan 
Program, $13,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                  Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

    For Department of Energy administrative expenses necessary in 
carrying out the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program, $6,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

                   Indian Energy Policy and Programs

    For necessary expenses for Indian Energy activities in carrying out 
the purposes of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7101 et seq.), $70,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this heading, 
$14,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

                      Departmental Administration

    For salaries and expenses of the Department of Energy necessary for 
departmental administration in carrying out the purposes of the 
Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
$387,078,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, including 
the hire of passenger motor vehicles and official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $30,000, plus such additional 
amounts as necessary to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost 
of work for others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-
Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.):  Provided, That such increases 
in cost of work are offset by revenue increases of the same or greater 
amount:  Provided further, That moneys received by the Department for 
miscellaneous revenues estimated to total $100,578,000 in fiscal year 
2024 may be retained and used for operating expenses within this 
account, as authorized by section 201 of Public Law 95-238, 
notwithstanding the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3302:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than 
$286,500,000.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For expenses necessary for the Office of the Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$86,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                    ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                           Weapons Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
incidental expenses necessary for atomic energy defense weapons 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $19,108,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$118,056,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

                    Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
incidental expenses necessary for defense nuclear nonproliferation 
activities, in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,581,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                             Naval Reactors

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For Department of Energy expenses necessary for naval reactors 
activities to carry out the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition (by purchase, 
condemnation, construction, or otherwise) of real property, plant, and 
capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,946,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which, $92,800,000 shall be 
transferred to ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear 
Energy'', for the Advanced Test Reactor:  Provided, That of such amount 
made available under this heading, $61,540,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction.

                     Federal Salaries and Expenses

    For expenses necessary for Federal Salaries and Expenses in the 
National Nuclear Security Administration, $500,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, including official reception and 
representation expenses not to exceed $17,000.

               ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                     Defense Environmental Cleanup

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses necessary for atomic energy defense environmental cleanup 
activities in carrying out the purposes of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including the acquisition or 
condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or 
facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $7,285,000,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That of such amount, 
$326,893,000 shall be available until September 30, 2025, for program 
direction.

     Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for atomic energy defense environmental 
cleanup activities for Department of Energy contributions for uranium 
enrichment decontamination and decommissioning activities, 
$285,000,000, to be deposited into the Defense Environmental Cleanup 
account, which shall be transferred to the ``Uranium Enrichment 
Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund''.

                        Other Defense Activities

    For Department of Energy expenses, including the purchase, 
construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment and other 
expenses, necessary for atomic energy defense, other defense 
activities, and classified activities, in carrying out the purposes of 
the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), 
including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any 
facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or 
expansion, $1,080,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of such amount, $381,593,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for program direction.

                    POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                  Bonneville Power Administration Fund

    Expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund, 
established pursuant to Public Law 93-454, are approved for official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$5,000:  Provided, That during fiscal year 2024, no new direct loan 
obligations may be made.

      Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

    For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, 
including transmission wheeling and ancillary services, pursuant to 
section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied 
to the southeastern power area, $8,449,000, including official 
reception and representation expenses in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944, up to $8,449,000 collected by the Southeastern Power 
Administration from the sale of power and related services shall be 
credited to this account as discretionary offsetting collections, to 
remain available until expended for the sole purpose of funding the 
annual expenses of the Southeastern Power Administration:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated for annual expenses shall be 
reduced as collections are received during the fiscal year so as to 
result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more 
than $0:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to 
$71,850,000 collected by the Southeastern Power Administration pursuant 
to the Flood Control Act of 1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making 
purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  Provided further, That for 
purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).

      Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

    For expenses necessary for operation and maintenance of power 
transmission facilities and for marketing electric power and energy, 
for construction and acquisition of transmission lines, substations and 
appurtenant facilities, and for administrative expenses, including 
official reception and representation expenses in an amount not to 
exceed $1,500 in carrying out section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), as applied to the Southwestern Power 
Administration, $52,326,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302 and section 5 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), up to $40,886,000 collected 
by the Southwestern Power Administration from the sale of power and 
related services shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the 
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Southwestern Power 
Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for 
annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $11,440,000:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $80,000,000 collected by the 
Southwestern Power Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 
1944 to recover purchase power and wheeling expenses shall be credited 
to this account as offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of making purchase power and wheeling 
expenditures:  Provided further, That for purposes of this 
appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that are generally 
recovered in the same year that they are incurred (excluding purchase 
power and wheeling expenses).

 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area 
                          Power Administration

    For carrying out the functions authorized by title III, section 
302(a)(1)(E) of the Act of August 4, 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7152), and other 
related activities including conservation and renewable resources 
programs as authorized, $313,289,000, including official reception and 
representation expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,500, to remain 
available until expended, of which $313,289,000 shall be derived from 
the Department of the Interior Reclamation Fund:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s), and section 1 of the Interior Department 
Appropriation Act, 1939 (43 U.S.C. 392a), up to $213,417,000 collected 
by the Western Area Power Administration from the sale of power and 
related services shall be credited to this account as discretionary 
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended, for the 
sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the Western Area Power 
Administration:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated for 
annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are received during the 
fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation 
estimated at not more than $99,872,000, of which $99,872,000 is derived 
from the Reclamation Fund:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, up to $475,000,000 collected by the Western Area Power 
Administration pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 and the 
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to recover purchase power and wheeling 
expenses shall be credited to this account as offsetting collections, 
to remain available until expended for the sole purpose of making 
purchase power and wheeling expenditures:  Provided further, That for 
purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means expenditures that 
are generally recovered in the same year that they are incurred 
(excluding purchase power and wheeling expenses).

           Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

    For operation, maintenance, and emergency costs for the 
hydroelectric facilities at the Falcon and Amistad Dams, $3,425,000, to 
remain available until expended, and to be derived from the Falcon and 
Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund of the Western Area Power 
Administration, as provided in section 2 of the Act of June 18, 1954 
(68 Stat. 255):  Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of that 
Act and of 31 U.S.C. 3302, up to $3,197,000 collected by the Western 
Area Power Administration from the sale of power and related services 
from the Falcon and Amistad Dams shall be credited to this account as 
discretionary offsetting collections, to remain available until 
expended for the sole purpose of funding the annual expenses of the 
hydroelectric facilities of these Dams and associated Western Area 
Power Administration activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated for annual expenses shall be reduced as collections are 
received during the fiscal year so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2024 appropriation estimated at not more than $228,000:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of this appropriation, annual expenses means 
expenditures that are generally recovered in the same year that they 
are incurred:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, the 
Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration may accept up to 
$1,872,000 in funds contributed by United States power customers of the 
Falcon and Amistad Dams for deposit into the Falcon and Amistad 
Operating and Maintenance Fund, and such funds shall be available for 
the purpose for which contributed in like manner as if said sums had 
been specifically appropriated for such purpose:  Provided further, 
That any such funds shall be available without further appropriation 
and without fiscal year limitation for use by the Commissioner of the 
United States Section of the International Boundary and Water 
Commission for the sole purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, 
rehabilitating, replacing, or upgrading the hydroelectric facilities at 
these Dams in accordance with agreements reached between the 
Administrator, Commissioner, and the power customers.

                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
to carry out the provisions of the Department of Energy Organization 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), including services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, official reception and representation expenses not to 
exceed $3,000, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $520,000,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $520,000,000 of revenues from 
fees and annual charges, and other services and collections in fiscal 
year 2024 shall be retained and used for expenses necessary in this 
account, and shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as revenues are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund estimated at 
not more than $0.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Sec. 301. (a) No appropriation, funds, or authority made available 
by this title for the Department of Energy shall be used to initiate or 
resume any program, project, or activity or to prepare or initiate 
Requests For Proposals or similar arrangements (including Requests for 
Quotations, Requests for Information, and Funding Opportunity 
Announcements) for a program, project, or activity if the program, 
project, or activity has not been funded by Congress.
    (b)(1) Unless the Secretary of Energy notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 3 full business days 
in advance, none of the funds made available in this title may be used 
to--
            (A) make a grant allocation or discretionary grant award 
        totaling $1,000,000 or more;
            (B) make a discretionary contract award or Other 
        Transaction Agreement totaling $1,000,000 or more, including a 
        contract covered by the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
            (C) provide nonoperational funding through a competition 
        restricted only to Department of Energy National Laboratories 
        totaling $1,000,000 or more;
            (D) provide nonoperational funding directly to a Department 
        of Energy National Laboratory totaling $25,000,000 or more;
            (E) issue a letter of intent to make an allocation, award, 
        or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph (A), (B), 
        (C), or (D); or
            (F) announce publicly the intention to make an allocation, 
        award, or Agreement in excess of the limits in subparagraph 
        (A), (B), (C), or (D).
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress within 15 days of the 
conclusion of each quarter a report detailing each grant allocation or 
discretionary grant award totaling less than $1,000,000 provided during 
the previous quarter.
    (3) The notification required by paragraph (1) and the report 
required by paragraph (2) shall include the recipient of the award, the 
amount of the award, the fiscal year for which the funds for the award 
were appropriated, the account and program, project, or activity from 
which the funds are being drawn, the title of the award, and a brief 
description of the activity for which the award is made.
    (c) The Department of Energy may not, with respect to any program, 
project, or activity that uses budget authority made available in this 
title under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs'', 
enter into a multiyear contract, award a multiyear grant, or enter into 
a multiyear cooperative agreement unless--
            (1) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement is funded 
        for the full period of performance as anticipated at the time 
        of award; or
            (2) the contract, grant, or cooperative agreement includes 
        a clause conditioning the Federal Government's obligation on 
        the availability of future year budget authority and the 
        Secretary notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both 
        Houses of Congress at least 3 days in advance.
    (d) Except as provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), the 
amounts made available by this title shall be expended as authorized by 
law for the programs, projects, and activities specified in the ``Final 
Bill'' column in the ``Department of Energy'' table included under the 
heading ``Title III--Department of Energy'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).
    (e) The amounts made available by this title may be reprogrammed 
for any program, project, or activity, and the Department shall notify, 
and obtain the prior approval of, the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the use of any 
proposed reprogramming that would cause any program, project, or 
activity funding level to increase or decrease by more than $5,000,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, during the time period covered by 
this Act.
    (f) None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates, initiates, or eliminates a program, project, 
        or activity;
            (2) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds are denied or restricted by this 
        Act; or
            (3) reduces funds that are directed to be used for a 
        specific program, project, or activity by this Act.
    (g)(1) The Secretary of Energy may waive any requirement or 
restriction in this section that applies to the use of funds made 
available for the Department of Energy if compliance with such 
requirement or restriction would pose a substantial risk to human 
health, the environment, welfare, or national security.
    (2) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under paragraph 
(1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after the date of 
the activity to which a requirement or restriction would otherwise have 
applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of the substantial 
risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver.
    (h) The unexpended balances of prior appropriations provided for 
activities in this Act may be available to the same appropriation 
accounts for such activities established pursuant to this title. 
Available balances may be merged with funds in the applicable 
established accounts and thereafter may be accounted for as one fund 
for the same time period as originally enacted.
    Sec. 302.  None of the funds made available in this title shall be 
used for the construction of facilities classified as high-hazard 
nuclear facilities under 10 CFR Part 830 unless independent oversight 
is conducted by the Office of Enterprise Assessments to ensure the 
project is in compliance with nuclear safety requirements.
    Sec. 303.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to approve critical decision-2 or critical decision-3 under 
Department of Energy Order 413.3B, or any successive departmental 
guidance, for construction projects where the total project cost 
exceeds $100,000,000, until a separate independent cost estimate has 
been developed for the project for that critical decision.
    Sec. 304.  None of the funds made available in this title may be 
used to support a grant allocation award, discretionary grant award, or 
cooperative agreement that exceeds $100,000,000 in Federal funding 
unless the project is carried out through internal independent project 
management procedures.
    Sec. 305.  No funds shall be transferred directly from ``Department 
of Energy--Power Marketing Administration--Colorado River Basins Power 
Marketing Fund, Western Area Power Administration'' to the general fund 
of the Treasury in the current fiscal year.
    Sec. 306.  Only $35,000,000 of the amounts made available in this 
Act under the heading ``Weapons Activities'' for W80-4 Alteration-SLCM, 
as specified in the ``Final Bill'' column in the ``Department of 
Energy'' table included under the heading ``Title III--Department of 
Energy'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), shall be 
available for obligation until 15 days after the date on which the 
Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration certifies 
in writing to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress that the Administrator is in compliance with the requirements 
of subsection (c) and subsection (d) of section 1642 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263).
    Sec. 307. (a) Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available 
to the Department of Energy under each heading in title III of division 
J of Public Law 117-58, an amount equal to the amount transferred from 
each such heading as of September 30, 2023, pursuant to section 303 of 
Public Law 117-58 shall be transferred not later than 15 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act to the Office of the Inspector General of 
the Department of Energy to oversee the funds made available to the 
Department of Energy in Public Law 117-58:  Provided, That any amounts 
so transferred that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) As of the date of enactment of this Act, of the amounts made 
available to the Department of Energy under each of sections 50121, 
50141, 50142, 50143, 50144, 50145, 50151, 50152, 50153, and 50161 of 
Public Law 117-169, two-tenths of one percent of such amounts shall be 
transferred to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Energy to oversee the funds made available to the Department of Energy 
in Public Law 117-169:  Provided, That amounts so transferred shall be 
derived from the unobligated balances of amounts under each such 
section.
    (c) Section 303 of Public Law 117-58 is amended by striking 
``through 2026'' and inserting ``and 2023, and two-tenths of such 
amounts made available in each of fiscal years 2024 through 2026'':  
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendments made by 
this subsection that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 308. (a) Notwithstanding sections 161 and 167 of the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241, 6247), the Secretary of 
Energy shall draw down and sell one million barrels of refined 
petroleum product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal 
year 2024.
    (b) All proceeds from such sale shall be deposited into the general 
fund of the Treasury during fiscal year 2024.
    (c) Upon the completion of such sale, the Secretary shall carry out 
the closure of the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve.
    (d)(1) The Secretary of Energy may not establish any new regional 
petroleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed regional 
petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an 
annual budget submitted by the President pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code, and approved by the Congress in an 
appropriations Act.
    (2) The budget request or notification shall include--
            (A) the justification for the new reserve;
            (B) a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and 
        maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;
            (C) a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including 
        the conditions upon which the products may be released;
            (D) the location of the reserve; and
            (E) the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.
    Sec. 309.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to draw down and sell petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve (1) to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or 
influence of the Chinese Communist Party; or (2) except on condition 
that such petroleum products will not be exported to the People's 
Republic of China.
    Sec. 310. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used by the Secretary of Energy to award any grant, contract, 
cooperative agreement, or loan of $10,000,000 or greater to an entity 
of concern as defined in section 10114 of division B of Public Law 117-
167.
    (b) The Secretary shall implement the requirements under subsection 
(a) using a risk-based approach and analytical tools to aggregate, 
link, analyze, and maintain information reported by an entity seeking 
or receiving such funds made available by this Act.
    (c) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with the 
obligations of the United States under applicable international 
agreements.
    (d) The Secretary shall have the authority to require the 
submission to the agency, by an entity seeking or receiving such funds 
made available by this Act, documentation necessary to implement the 
requirements under subsection (a).
    (e) Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''), shall not apply to the implementation 
of the requirements under this section.
    (f) The Secretary and other Federal agencies shall coordinate to 
share relevant information necessary to implement the requirements 
under subsection (a).
    Sec. 311. (a) Of the unobligated amounts available under the 
heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Nuclear Energy'' in 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58) for fiscal years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 the following shall 
be available, in addition to amounts otherwise made available for these 
purposes:
            (1)(A) $500,000,000 for not more than two competitive 
        awards for commercial utility deployment projects for a grid 
        scale Generation 3+ small modular reactor design pursuant to 
        section 959A of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, of which 
        $200,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2024 and 
        $300,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2025; and
            (B) up to $300,000,000 for the not more than two awards 
        made under subparagraph (A) shall be available in fiscal year 
        2026.
            (2) $100,000,000 for one or more competitive awards to 
        support design, licensing, supplier development, and site 
        preparation of a grid-scale Generation 3+ reactor design under 
        the Advanced Small Modular Reactor RD&D program.
            (3)(A) $50,000,000 for university and college-based nuclear 
        reactor safety training as authorized by law, including section 
        31 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, section 4 of the Nuclear 
        Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980, 
        and section 10745 of the Research and Development, Competition, 
        and Innovation Act (division B of Public Law 117-167); and
            (B) up to $50,000,000 for the training under subparagraph 
        (A) shall be available in fiscal year 2025.
    (b)  Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) 
of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal 
year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 312. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts previously 
appropriated under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy 
Programs--Nuclear Energy'' in division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) that were made available 
for fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024, up to $2,720,000,000 shall be 
available, in addition to amounts otherwise available, for necessary 
expenses to carry out the Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (section 
3131 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
(Public Law 118-31)):  Provided, That if insufficient unobligated 
balances are available from such fiscal year 2022, 2023, and 2024 
amounts to fund a total amount for such purpose of up to 
$2,720,000,000, then up to $800,000,000 from amounts previously 
appropriated under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy 
Programs--Nuclear Energy'' in division J of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) that are made available for 
fiscal year 2025 may be made available, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available, for such purpose to meet such total amount:  
Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section may 
be transferred to ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--American 
Energy Independence Fund'' in either fiscal year 2024 or fiscal year 
2025:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Energy may use the 
amounts repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made available pursuant 
to this section to enter into and perform such contracts, leases, 
cooperative agreements, or other similar transactions with public 
agencies and private organizations and persons, as authorized by 
section 646(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 
7256(a)), for such periods of time and subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, without regard to 
section 161(u) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2201(u)):  
Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, receipts from 
the sale or transfer of LEU and HALEU or from any other transaction in 
connection with the amounts repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this section shall hereafter be credited to the 
``American Energy Independence Fund'' as discretionary offsetting 
collections and shall be available, for the same purposes as funds 
repurposed or transferred pursuant to this section, to the extent and 
in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided 
further, That receipts may hereafter be collected from transactions 
entered into pursuant to section 2001(a)(2)(F)(iii) of the Energy Act 
of 2020 (42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(iii)) and, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, receipts from any transaction entered into pursuant to section 
2001(a)(2)(F)(ii) and (iii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 16281(a)(2)(F)(ii) 
and (iii)) shall hereafter be credited to the ``American Energy 
Independence Fund'' as discretionary offsetting collections and shall 
be available, for the same purposes as funds repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section, to the extent and in the amounts provided in 
advance in appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Energy may use funds repurposed, transferred, or otherwise made 
available pursuant to this section for a commitment only if the full 
extent of the anticipated costs stemming from that commitment is 
recorded as an obligation at the time that the commitment is made and 
only to the extent that up-front obligation is recorded in full at that 
time:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed or transferred 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget are designated as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to 
legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the 
House of Representatives.
    (b) Amounts may not be repurposed or transferred pursuant to this 
section until a law is enacted or administrative action is taken to 
prohibit or limit importation of LEU and HALEU from the Russian 
Federation or by a Russian entity into the United States.
    (c) The Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (section 3131 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 
118-31)) is amended--
            (1) in subsections (f)(1)(B)(i) and (h)(4)(B)(i) to read as 
        follows--
                            ``(i) may not make commitments under this 
                        subsection (including cooperative agreements 
                        (used in accordance with section 6305 of title 
                        31, United States Code), purchase agreements, 
                        guarantees, leases, service contracts, or any 
                        other type of commitment) for the purchase or 
                        other acquisition of HALEU or LEU unless funds 
                        are specifically provided for those purposes in 
                        advance in appropriations Acts enacted after 
                        the date of enactment of this Act; and''.
            (2) in subjection (j) to read as follows--
    ``(j) Reasonable Compensation.--In carrying out activities under 
this section, the Secretary shall ensure that any LEU and HALEU made 
available by the Secretary under 1 or more of the Programs is subject 
to reasonable compensation, taking into account the fair market value 
of the LEU or HALEU and the purposes of this section.''.
    Sec. 313. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the funds made 
available to the Department of Energy in this or any other Act, 
including prior Acts and Acts other than appropriations Acts, may be 
used to pay the salaries and expenses of any contractor detailed to a 
Congressional Committee or Member Office or to the Executive Branch for 
longer than a 24-month period, to perform a scope of work, or 
participate in any matter, with the intent to influence decisions or 
determinations regarding a Department of Energy National Laboratory, or 
participate in any matter that may have a direct and predictable effect 
on the contractor's employer or personal financial interest:  Provided, 
That with respect to contractors detailed to a Congressional Committee 
or Member Office or to the Executive Branch as of the date of enactment 
of this Act, the initial 24-month period described in this subsection 
shall be deemed to have begun on the later of the date on which such 
contractor was detailed or the date that is 12 months before the date 
of enactment of this Act.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, the term ``contractor'' is 
defined to mean any contracted employee of a Department of Energy 
National Laboratory, as defined by section 2 (3) of the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
    Sec. 314. (a) The fifty-first proviso under the heading ``Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy'' in title III of division J of Public 
Law 117-58 is amended by striking ``three percent'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``five percent''.
    (b) The eighth proviso under the heading ``Cybersecurity, Energy 
Security, and Emergency Response'' in title III of division J of Public 
Law 117-58 is amended by striking ``three percent'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``five percent''.
    (c) The tenth proviso under the heading ``Electricity'' in title 
III of division J of Public Law 117-58 is amended by striking ``three 
percent'' each place it appears and inserting ``five percent''.
    (d) The twenty-second proviso under the heading ``Fossil Energy and 
Carbon Management'' in title III of division J of Public Law 117-58 is 
amended by striking ``three percent'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``five percent''.
    (e) The twenty-sixth proviso under the heading ``Office of Clean 
Energy Demonstrations'' in title III of division J of Public Law 117-58 
is amended by striking ``three percent'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``five percent''.
    (f) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the Budget are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.

                                TITLE IV

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                    Appalachian Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary to carry out the programs authorized by the 
Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, as amended, and for 
expenses necessary for the Federal Co-Chairman and the Alternate on the 
Appalachian Regional Commission, for payment of the Federal share of 
the administrative expenses of the Commission, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board in carrying out activities authorized by the Atomic Energy Act of 
1954, as amended by Public Law 100-456, section 1441, $42,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 
$1,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                        Delta Regional Authority

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Delta Regional Authority and to 
carry out its activities, as authorized by the Delta Regional Authority 
Act of 2000, notwithstanding sections 382F(d), 382M, and 382N of said 
Act, $31,100,000, to remain available until expended.

                           Denali Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Denali Commission including the 
purchase, construction, and acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
as necessary and other expenses, $17,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, notwithstanding the limitations contained in section 306(g) 
of the Denali Commission Act of 1998:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
the limitations contained in section 307(c) of the Denali Commission 
Act of 1998, as amended, funds shall be available for construction 
projects for which the Denali Commission is the sole or primary funding 
source in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of total project cost for 
distressed communities, as defined by such section and by section 701 
of appendix D, title VII, Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-280), and 
for Indian Tribes, as defined by section 5304(e) of title 25, United 
States Code, and in an amount not to exceed 50 percent for non-
distressed communities:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law regarding payment of a non-Federal share in 
connection with a grant-in-aid program, amounts under this heading 
shall be available for the payment of such a non-Federal share for any 
project for which the Denali Commission is not the sole or primary 
funding source, provided that such project is consistent with the 
purposes of the Commission.

                  Northern Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Northern Border Regional Commission 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $41,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That such amounts shall be available for administrative 
expenses, notwithstanding section 15751(b) of title 40, United States 
Code.

                 Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Southeast Crescent Regional 
Commission in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 
40, United States Code, $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  Southwest Border Regional Commission

    For expenses necessary for the Southwest Border Regional Commission 
in carrying out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United 
States Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                         Great Lakes Authority

    For expenses necessary for the Great Lakes Authority in carrying 
out activities authorized by subtitle V of title 40, United States 
Code, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Commission in carrying out the 
purposes of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, $928,317,580, including official representation expenses 
not to exceed $30,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated herein, not more than $10,350,720 may 
be made available for salaries, travel, and other support costs for the 
Office of the Commission, to remain available until September 30, 2025: 
 Provided further, That revenues from licensing fees, inspection 
services, and other services and collections estimated at $794,341,580 
in fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries 
and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, and shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues received during 
fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $133,976,000.

                      office of inspector general

    For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$15,769,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That revenues from licensing fees, inspection services, and other 
services and collections estimated at $12,655,000 in fiscal year 2024 
shall be retained and be available until September 30, 2025, for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced by the amount of revenues 
received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result in a final fiscal year 
2024 appropriation estimated at not more than $3,114,000:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
$1,520,000 shall be for Inspector General services for the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

                  Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Nuclear Waste Technical Review 
Board, as authorized by Public Law 100-203, section 5051, $4,064,000, 
to be derived from the Nuclear Waste Fund, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

    Sec. 401.  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall comply with the 
July 5, 2011, version of Chapter VI of its Internal Commission 
Procedures when responding to Congressional requests for information, 
consistent with Department of Justice guidance for all Federal 
agencies.
    Sec. 402. (a) The amounts made available by this title for the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission may be reprogrammed for any program, 
project, or activity, and the Commission shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 days prior to the 
use of any proposed reprogramming that would cause any program funding 
level to increase or decrease by more than $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, during the time period covered by this Act.
    (b)(1) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission may waive the notification 
requirement in subsection (a) if compliance with such requirement would 
pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or 
national security.
    (2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any waiver under 
paragraph (1) as soon as practicable, but not later than 3 days after 
the date of the activity to which a requirement or restriction would 
otherwise have applied. Such notice shall include an explanation of the 
substantial risk under paragraph (1) that permitted such waiver and 
shall provide a detailed report to the Committees of such waiver and 
changes to funding levels to programs, projects, or activities.
    (c) Except as provided in subsections (a), (b), and (d), the 
amounts made available by this title for ``Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission--Salaries and Expenses'' shall be expended as directed in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (d) None of the funds provided for the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that increases funds or personnel for any 
program, project, or activity for which funds are denied or restricted 
by this Act.
    (e) The Commission shall provide a monthly report to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, which includes the 
following for each program, project, or activity, including any prior 
year appropriations--
            (1) total budget authority;
            (2) total unobligated balances; and
            (3) total unliquidated obligations.

                                TITLE V

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 501.  None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
in any way, directly or indirectly, to influence congressional action 
on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, 
other than to communicate to Members of Congress as described in 18 
U.S.C. 1913.
    Sec. 502. (a) None of the funds made available in title III of this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by or 
transfer authority provided in this Act or any other appropriations Act 
for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act), or any authority whereby a department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government may provide goods or 
services to another department, agency, or instrumentality.
    (b) None of the funds made available for any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government may be transferred to 
accounts funded in title III of this Act, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by or transfer authority provided in this Act or any other 
appropriations Act for any fiscal year, transfer authority referenced 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), or any authority 
whereby a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 
Government may provide goods or services to another department, agency, 
or instrumentality.
    (c) The head of any relevant department or agency funded in this 
Act utilizing any transfer authority shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a semiannual report detailing 
the transfer authorities, except for any authority whereby a 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may provide goods or services to another department, agency, or 
instrumentality, used in the previous 6 months and in the year-to-date. 
This report shall include the amounts transferred and the purposes for 
which they were transferred, and shall not replace or modify existing 
notification requirements for each authority.
    Sec. 503. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, Tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 504.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to admit any non-US citizen from 
Russia or China to any nuclear weapons production facility, as such 
term is defined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act, other 
than areas accessible to the general public, unless 30 days prior to 
facility admittance, the Department of Energy provides notification to 
the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of both Houses of 
Congress.
    This division may be cited as the ``Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

   DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

    For necessary expenses for protection, use, improvement, 
development, disposal, cadastral surveying, classification, acquisition 
of easements and other interests in lands, and performance of other 
functions, including maintenance of facilities, as authorized by law, 
in the management of lands and their resources under the jurisdiction 
of the Bureau of Land Management, including the general administration 
of the Bureau, and assessment of mineral potential of public lands 
pursuant to section 1010(a) of Public Law 96-487 (16 U.S.C. 3150(a)), 
$1,294,916,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025; of which 
$55,000,000 for annual maintenance and deferred maintenance programs 
and $141,972,000 for the wild horse and burro program, as authorized by 
Public Law 92-195 (16 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That amounts in the fee account of the BLM 
Permit Processing Improvement Fund may be used for any bureau-related 
expenses associated with the processing of oil and gas applications for 
permits to drill and related use of authorizations:  Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading, up to $1,000,000 
may be made available for the purposes described in section 
122(e)(1)(A) of division G of Public Law 115-31 (43 U.S.C. 
1748c(e)(1)(A)):  Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception 
and representation expenses:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading, $150,000 is for projects specified 
for Land Management Priorities in the table titled ``Interior and 
Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    In addition, $39,696,000 is for Mining Law Administration program 
operations, including the cost of administering the mining claim fee 
program, to remain available until expended, to be reduced by amounts 
collected by the Bureau and credited to this appropriation from mining 
claim maintenance fees and location fees that are hereby authorized for 
fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final appropriation estimated at 
not more than $1,294,916,000, and $2,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, from communication site rental fees established by the Bureau 
for the cost of administering communication site activities.

                   oregon and california grant lands

    For expenses necessary for management, protection, and development 
of resources and for construction, operation, and maintenance of access 
roads, reforestation, and other improvements on the revested Oregon and 
California Railroad grant lands, on other Federal lands in the Oregon 
and California land-grant counties of Oregon, and on adjacent rights-
of-way; and acquisition of lands or interests therein, including 
existing connecting roads on or adjacent to such grant lands; 
$115,521,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 25 
percent of the aggregate of all receipts during the current fiscal year 
from the revested Oregon and California Railroad grant lands is hereby 
made a charge against the Oregon and California land-grant fund and 
shall be transferred to the General Fund in the Treasury in accordance 
with the second paragraph of subsection (b) of title II of the Act of 
August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 2605).

                           range improvements

    For rehabilitation, protection, and acquisition of lands and 
interests therein, and improvement of Federal rangelands pursuant to 
section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1751), notwithstanding any other Act, sums equal to 50 percent 
of all moneys received during the prior fiscal year under sections 3 
and 15 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315b, 315m) and the amount 
designated for range improvements from grazing fees and mineral leasing 
receipts from Bankhead-Jones lands transferred to the Department of the 
Interior pursuant to law, but not less than $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That not to exceed $600,000 shall 
be available for administrative expenses.

               service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

    For administrative expenses and other costs related to processing 
application documents and other authorizations for use and disposal of 
public lands and resources, for costs of providing copies of official 
public land documents, for monitoring construction, operation, and 
termination of facilities in conjunction with use authorizations, and 
for rehabilitation of damaged property, such amounts as may be 
collected under Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), and under 
section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 185), to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any provision 
to the contrary of section 305(a) of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 
1735(a)), any moneys that have been or will be received pursuant to 
that section, whether as a result of forfeiture, compromise, or 
settlement, if not appropriate for refund pursuant to section 305(c) of 
that Act (43 U.S.C. 1735(c)), shall be available and may be expended 
under the authority of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior to 
improve, protect, or rehabilitate any public lands administered through 
the Bureau of Land Management which have been damaged by the action of 
a resource developer, purchaser, permittee, or any unauthorized person, 
without regard to whether all moneys collected from each such action 
are used on the exact lands damaged which led to the action:  Provided 
further, That any such moneys that are in excess of amounts needed to 
repair damage to the exact land for which funds were collected may be 
used to repair other damaged public lands.

                       miscellaneous trust funds

    In addition to amounts authorized to be expended under existing 
laws, there is hereby appropriated such amounts as may be contributed 
under section 307 of Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. 1737), and such 
amounts as may be advanced for administrative costs, surveys, 
appraisals, and costs of making conveyances of omitted lands under 
section 211(b) of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1721(b)), to remain available 
until expended.

                       administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Land Management may carry out the operations funded 
under this Act by direct expenditure, contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements, and reimbursable agreements with public and private 
entities, including with States. Appropriations for the Bureau shall be 
available for purchase, erection, and dismantlement of temporary 
structures, and alteration and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities to which the United States has title; up to 
$100,000 for payments, at the discretion of the Secretary, for 
information or evidence concerning violations of laws administered by 
the Bureau; miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities authorized or approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $10,000:  
Provided, That notwithstanding Public Law 90-620 (44 U.S.C. 501), the 
Bureau may, under cooperative cost-sharing and partnership arrangements 
authorized by law, procure printing services from cooperators in 
connection with jointly produced publications for which the cooperators 
share the cost of printing either in cash or in services, and the 
Bureau determines the cooperator is capable of meeting accepted quality 
standards:  Provided further, That projects to be funded pursuant to a 
written commitment by a State government to provide an identified 
amount of money in support of the project may be carried out by the 
Bureau on a reimbursable basis.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, as authorized by law, and for scientific and economic studies, 
general administration, and for the performance of other authorized 
functions related to such resources, $1,520,273,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed $15,000 may 
be for official reception and representation expenses:  Provided, That 
not to exceed $22,000,000 shall be used for implementing subsections 
(a), (b), (c), and (e) of section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) (except for processing petitions, developing and 
issuing proposed and final regulations, and taking any other steps to 
implement actions described in subsection (c)(2)(A), (c)(2)(B)(i), or 
(c)(2)(B)(ii) of such section):  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $44,920,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, shall be for projects specified for Stewardship 
Priorities in the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation 
of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending 
Items'' included for this division in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act):  Provided further, That amounts in the preceding 
proviso may be transferred to the appropriate program, project, or 
activity under this heading and shall continue to only be available for 
the purposes and in such amounts as such funds were originally 
appropriated.

                              construction

    For construction, improvement, acquisition, or removal of buildings 
and other facilities required in the conservation, management, 
investigation, protection, and utilization of fish and wildlife 
resources, and the acquisition of lands and interests therein; 
$19,280,000, to remain available until expended.

            cooperative endangered species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 6 of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1535), $23,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, to be derived from the Cooperative Endangered Species 
Conservation Fund.

                     national wildlife refuge fund

    For expenses necessary to implement the Act of October 17, 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 715s), $13,228,000.

               north american wetlands conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), 
$49,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                neotropical migratory bird conservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                multinational species conservation fund

    For expenses necessary to carry out the African Elephant 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4201 et seq.), the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 4261 et seq.), the Rhinoceros and 
Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 (16 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Great Ape 
Conservation Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Marine 
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.), $20,500,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                    state and tribal wildlife grants

    For wildlife conservation grants to States and to the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Indian tribes under the 
provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act, for the development and implementation of 
programs for the benefit of wildlife and their habitat, including 
species that are not hunted or fished, $72,384,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That of the amount provided herein, 
$6,100,000 is for a competitive grant program for Indian tribes not 
subject to the remaining provisions of this appropriation:  Provided 
further, That $7,284,000 is for a competitive grant program to 
implement approved plans for States, territories, and other 
jurisdictions and at the discretion of affected States, the regional 
Associations of fish and wildlife agencies, not subject to the 
remaining provisions of this appropriation:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall, after deducting $13,384,000 and administrative 
expenses, apportion the amount provided herein in the following manner: 
(1) to the District of Columbia and to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
each a sum equal to not more than one-half of 1 percent thereof; and 
(2) to Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, each a sum equal to not 
more than one-fourth of 1 percent thereof:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary of the Interior shall apportion the remaining amount in the 
following manner: (1) one-third of which is based on the ratio to which 
the land area of such State bears to the total land area of all such 
States; and (2) two-thirds of which is based on the ratio to which the 
population of such State bears to the total population of all such 
States:  Provided further, That the amounts apportioned under this 
paragraph shall be adjusted equitably so that no State shall be 
apportioned a sum which is less than 1 percent of the amount available 
for apportionment under this paragraph for any fiscal year or more than 
5 percent of such amount:  Provided further, That the Federal share of 
planning grants shall not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such 
projects and the Federal share of implementation grants shall not 
exceed 65 percent of the total costs of such projects:  Provided 
further, That the non-Federal share of such projects may not be derived 
from Federal grant programs:  Provided further, That any amount 
apportioned in 2024 to any State, territory, or other jurisdiction that 
remains unobligated as of September 30, 2025, shall be reapportioned, 
together with funds appropriated in 2026, in the manner provided 
herein.

                       administrative provisions

    The United States Fish and Wildlife Service may carry out the 
operations of Service programs by direct expenditure, contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements and reimbursable agreements with public 
and private entities. Appropriations and funds available to the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be available for repair of 
damage to public roads within and adjacent to reservation areas caused 
by operations of the Service; options for the purchase of land at not 
to exceed one dollar for each option; facilities incident to such 
public recreational uses on conservation areas as are consistent with 
their primary purpose; and the maintenance and improvement of aquaria, 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Service 
and to which the United States has title, and which are used pursuant 
to law in connection with management, and investigation of fish and 
wildlife resources:  Provided, That notwithstanding 44 U.S.C. 501, the 
Service may, under cooperative cost sharing and partnership 
arrangements authorized by law, procure printing services from 
cooperators in connection with jointly produced publications for which 
the cooperators share at least one-half the cost of printing either in 
cash or services and the Service determines the cooperator is capable 
of meeting accepted quality standards:  Provided further, That the 
Service may accept donated aircraft as replacements for existing 
aircraft:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, all 
fees collected for non-toxic shot review and approval shall be 
deposited under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--
Resource Management'' and shall be available to the Secretary, without 
further appropriation, to be used for expenses of processing of such 
non-toxic shot type or coating applications and revising regulations as 
necessary, and shall remain available until expended.

                         National Park Service

                 operation of the national park system

    For expenses necessary for the management, operation, and 
maintenance of areas and facilities administered by the National Park 
Service and for the general administration of the National Park 
Service, $2,888,424,000, of which $11,661,000 for planning and 
interagency coordination in support of Everglades restoration and 
$110,980,000 for maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation projects for 
constructed assets and $188,184,000 for cyclic maintenance projects for 
constructed assets and cultural resources and $10,000,000 for uses 
authorized by section 101122 of title 54, United States Code shall 
remain available until September 30, 2025, and not to exceed $15,000 
may be for official reception and representative expenses:  Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act are available 
for the purposes of section 5 of Public Law 95-348:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 9 of the 400 Years of African-American 
History Commission Act (36 U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 115-102), 
$3,300,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be made 
available for the purposes specified by that Act:  Provided further, 
That sections 7(b) and 8 of that Act shall be amended by striking 
``July 1, 2024'' and inserting ``July 1, 2025''.
    In addition, for purposes described in section 2404 of Public Law 
116-9, an amount equal to the amount deposited in this fiscal year into 
the National Park Medical Services Fund established pursuant to such 
section of such Act, to remain available until expended, shall be 
derived from such Fund.

                  national recreation and preservation

    For expenses necessary to carry out recreation programs, natural 
programs, cultural programs, heritage partnership programs, 
environmental compliance and review, international park affairs, and 
grant administration, not otherwise provided for, $91,233,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, of which $1,640,000 shall be 
for projects specified for Statutory and Contractual Aid in the table 
titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                       historic preservation fund

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the National Historic 
Preservation Act (division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
Code), $188,666,000, to be derived from the Historic Preservation Fund 
and to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which $25,500,000 
shall be for Save America's Treasures grants for preservation of 
nationally significant sites, structures and artifacts as authorized by 
section 7303 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (54 
U.S.C. 3089):  Provided, That an individual Save America's Treasures 
grant shall be matched by non-Federal funds:  Provided further, That 
individual projects shall only be eligible for one grant:  Provided 
further, That all projects to be funded shall be approved by the 
Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That of the funds 
provided for the Historic Preservation Fund, $1,250,000 is for 
competitive grants for the survey and nomination of properties to the 
National Register of Historic Places and as National Historic Landmarks 
associated with communities currently under-represented, as determined 
by the Secretary; $24,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve the 
sites and stories of the African American Civil Rights movement; 
$5,000,000 is for competitive grants to preserve sites related to the 
struggle of all people to achieve equal rights in America; $11,000,000 
is for grants to Historically Black Colleges and Universities; 
$12,500,000 is for competitive grants for the restoration of historic 
properties of national, State, and local significance listed on or 
eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, to 
be made without imposing the usage or direct grant restrictions of 
section 101(e)(3) (54 U.S.C. 302904) of the National Historic 
Preservation Act; $7,000,000 is for a competitive grant program to 
honor the semiquincentennial anniversary of the United States by 
restoring and preserving sites and structures listed on the National 
Register of Historic Places that commemorate the founding of the 
nation; and $19,766,000 is for projects specified for the Historic 
Preservation Fund in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That such competitive grants 
shall be made without imposing the matching requirements in section 
302902(b)(3) of title 54, United States Code to States and Indian 
tribes as defined in chapter 3003 of such title, Native Hawaiian 
organizations, local governments, including Certified Local 
Governments, and non-profit organizations.

                              construction

    For construction, improvements, repair, or replacement of physical 
facilities, and related equipment, and compliance and planning for 
programs and areas administered by the National Park Service, 
$172,255,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project initially 
funded in fiscal year 2024 with a future phase indicated in the 
National Park Service 5-Year Line Item Construction Plan, a single 
procurement may be issued which includes the full scope of the project: 
 Provided further, That the solicitation and contract shall contain the 
clause availability of funds found at 48 CFR 52.232-18:  Provided 
further, That National Park Service Donations, Park Concessions 
Franchise Fees, and Recreation Fees may be made available for the cost 
of adjustments and changes within the original scope of effort for 
projects funded by the National Park Service Construction 
appropriation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior 
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with 
current reprogramming thresholds, prior to making any charges 
authorized by this section.

                          centennial challenge

    For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of section 
101701 of title 54, United States Code, relating to challenge cost 
share agreements, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
Centennial Challenge projects and programs:  Provided, That not less 
than 50 percent of the total cost of each project or program shall be 
derived from non-Federal sources in the form of donated cash, assets, 
or a pledge of donation guaranteed by an irrevocable letter of credit.

                       administrative provisions

             (including transfer and rescissions of funds)

    In addition to other uses set forth in section 101917(c)(2) of 
title 54, United States Code, franchise fees credited to a sub-account 
shall be available for expenditure by the Secretary, without further 
appropriation, for use at any unit within the National Park System to 
extinguish or reduce liability for Possessory Interest or leasehold 
surrender interest. Such funds may only be used for this purpose to the 
extent that the benefitting unit anticipated franchise fee receipts 
over the term of the contract at that unit exceed the amount of funds 
used to extinguish or reduce liability. Franchise fees at the 
benefitting unit shall be credited to the sub-account of the 
originating unit over a period not to exceed the term of a single 
contract at the benefitting unit, in the amount of funds so expended to 
extinguish or reduce liability.
    For the costs of administration of the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund grants authorized by section 105(a)(2)(B) of the Gulf of Mexico 
Energy Security Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-432), the National Park 
Service may retain up to 3 percent of the amounts which are authorized 
to be disbursed under such section, such retained amounts to remain 
available until expended.
    National Park Service funds may be transferred to the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation, for 
purposes authorized under 23 U.S.C. 203. Transfers may include a 
reasonable amount for FHWA administrative support costs.
    Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for fiscal 
year 2021 or prior fiscal years under the heading ``National Park 
Service--Construction'', $18,500,000 is permanently rescinded:  
Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ``National Park Service--Construction'' in division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $9,000,000 
is permanently rescinded from amounts made available for equipment 
replacement under such heading, as specified in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 of the matter preceding division A of 
such Act.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the United States Geological Survey to 
perform surveys, investigations, and research covering topography, 
geology, hydrology, biology, and the mineral and water resources of the 
United States, its territories and possessions, and other areas as 
authorized by 43 U.S.C. 31, 1332, and 1340; classify lands as to their 
mineral and water resources; give engineering supervision to power 
permittees and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission licensees; 
administer the minerals exploration program (30 U.S.C. 641); conduct 
inquiries into the economic conditions affecting mining and materials 
processing industries (30 U.S.C. 3, 21a, and 1603; 50 U.S.C. 98g(a)(1)) 
and related purposes as authorized by law; and to publish and 
disseminate data relative to the foregoing activities; $1,455,434,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025; of which $95,334,000 
shall remain available until expended for satellite operations; and of 
which $74,840,000 shall be available until expended for deferred 
maintenance and capital improvement projects that exceed $100,000 in 
cost:  Provided, That none of the funds provided for the ecosystem 
research activity shall be used to conduct new surveys on private 
property, unless specifically authorized in writing by the property 
owner:  Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay more than one-half the cost of topographic mapping or water 
resources data collection and investigations carried on in cooperation 
with States and municipalities:  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, $5,237,000 shall be for projects 
specified for Special Initiatives in the table titled ``Interior and 
Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That 
amounts in the preceding proviso may be transferred to the appropriate 
program, project, or activity under this heading and shall continue to 
only be available for the purposes and in such amounts as such funds 
were originally appropriated:  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $15,000 may be for 
official reception and representation expenses.

                       administrative provisions

    From within the amount appropriated for activities of the United 
States Geological Survey such sums as are necessary shall be available 
for contracting for the furnishing of topographic maps and for the 
making of geophysical or other specialized surveys when it is 
administratively determined that such procedures are in the public 
interest; construction and maintenance of necessary buildings and 
appurtenant facilities; acquisition of lands for gauging stations, 
observation wells, and seismic equipment; expenses of the United States 
National Committee for Geological Sciences; and payment of compensation 
and expenses of persons employed by the Survey duly appointed to 
represent the United States in the negotiation and administration of 
interstate compacts:  Provided, That activities funded by 
appropriations herein made may be accomplished through the use of 
contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements (including noncompetitive 
cooperative agreements with tribes) as defined in section 6302 of title 
31, United States Code:  Provided further, That the United States 
Geological Survey may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements 
directly with individuals or indirectly with institutions or nonprofit 
organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 6101, for the temporary or 
intermittent services of students or recent graduates, who shall be 
considered employees for the purpose of chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, 
United States Code, relating to compensation for travel and work 
injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
tort claims, but shall not be considered to be Federal employees for 
any other purposes.

                   Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

                        ocean energy management

    For expenses necessary for granting and administering leases, 
easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and gas, other 
minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer Continental 
Shelf and approving operations related thereto, as authorized by law; 
for environmental studies, as authorized by law; for implementing other 
laws and to the extent provided by Presidential or Secretarial 
delegation; and for matching grants or cooperative agreements, 
$211,162,000, of which $155,162,000 is to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and of which $56,000,000 is to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That this total appropriation shall be 
reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of the Interior and 
credited to this appropriation from additions to receipts resulting 
from increases to lease rental rates in effect on August 5, 1993, and 
from cost recovery fees from activities conducted by the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act, including studies, assessments, analysis, and miscellaneous 
administrative activities:  Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated shall be reduced as such collections are received during 
the fiscal year, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation estimated at not more than $155,162,000:  Provided 
further, That not to exceed $3,000 shall be available for reasonable 
expenses related to promoting volunteer beach and marine cleanup 
activities:  Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses.

             Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

             offshore safety and environmental enforcement

    For expenses necessary for the regulation of operations related to 
leases, easements, rights-of-way, and agreements for use for oil and 
gas, other minerals, energy, and marine-related purposes on the Outer 
Continental Shelf, as authorized by law; for enforcing and implementing 
laws and regulations as authorized by law and to the extent provided by 
Presidential or Secretarial delegation; and for matching grants or 
cooperative agreements, $167,330,000, of which $136,450,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, is to remain available until September 30, 2025, and of which 
$30,880,000 is to remain available until expended, including $2,880,000 
for offshore decommissioning activities:  Provided, That this total 
appropriation shall be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary of 
the Interior and credited to this appropriation from additions to 
receipts resulting from increases to lease rental rates in effect on 
August 5, 1993, and from cost recovery fees from activities conducted 
by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, including studies, assessments, 
analysis, and miscellaneous administrative activities:  Provided 
further, That the sum herein appropriated shall be reduced as such 
collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in a 
final fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$139,330,000.
    For an additional amount, $38,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be reduced by amounts collected by the Secretary and 
credited to this appropriation, which shall be derived from non-
refundable inspection fees collected in fiscal year 2024, as provided 
in this Act:  Provided, That for fiscal year 2024, not less than 50 
percent of the inspection fees expended by the Bureau of Safety and 
Environmental Enforcement will be used to fund personnel and mission-
related costs to expand capacity and expedite the orderly development, 
subject to environmental safeguards, of the Outer Continental Shelf 
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.), including the review of applications for permits to drill.

                           oil spill research

    For necessary expenses to carry out title I, section 1016; title 
IV, sections 4202 and 4303; title VII; and title VIII, section 8201 of 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, $15,099,000, which shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to remain available until expended.

          Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                       regulation and technology

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, 
$116,186,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which 
$62,400,000 shall be available for State and tribal regulatory grants, 
and of which not to exceed $5,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided, That appropriations for the Office 
of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement may provide for the 
travel and per diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored 
training.
    In addition, for costs to review, administer, and enforce permits 
issued by the Office pursuant to section 507 of Public Law 95-87 (30 
U.S.C. 1257), $40,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That fees assessed and collected by the Office pursuant to such section 
507 shall be credited to this account as discretionary offsetting 
collections, to remain available until expended:  Provided further, 
That the sum herein appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced 
as collections are received during the fiscal year, so as to result in 
a fiscal year 2024 appropriation estimated at not more than 
$116,186,000.

                    abandoned mine reclamation fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out title IV of the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, Public Law 95-87, $32,546,000, to 
be derived from receipts of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund and to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That pursuant to Public Law 
97-365, the Department of the Interior is authorized to use up to 20 
percent from the recovery of the delinquent debt owed to the United 
States Government to pay for contracts to collect these debts:  
Provided further, That funds made available under title IV of Public 
Law 95-87 may be used for any required non-Federal share of the cost of 
projects funded by the Federal Government for the purpose of 
environmental restoration related to treatment or abatement of acid 
mine drainage from abandoned mines:  Provided further, That such 
projects must be consistent with the purposes and priorities of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act:  Provided further, That 
amounts provided under this heading may be used for the travel and per 
diem expenses of State and tribal personnel attending Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement sponsored training:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, not to exceed 
$5,000 shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.
    In addition, $130,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
payments to States and federally recognized Indian tribes for 
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in 
accordance with the terms and conditions described in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act):  Provided, That such additional amount shall be 
used for economic and community development in conjunction with the 
priorities described in section 403(a) of the Surface Mining Control 
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)):  Provided further, 
That of such additional amount, $86,000,000 shall be distributed in 
equal amounts to the three Appalachian States with the greatest amount 
of unfunded needs to meet the priorities described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of such section, $33,000,000 shall be distributed in equal 
amounts to the three Appalachian States with the subsequent greatest 
amount of unfunded needs to meet such priorities, and $11,000,000 shall 
be for grants to federally recognized Indian tribes, without regard to 
their status as certified or uncertified under the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1233(a)), for 
reclamation of abandoned mine lands and other related activities in 
accordance with the terms and conditions described in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act) and shall be used for economic and community 
development in conjunction with the priorities in section 403(a) of the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977:  Provided further, 
That such payments shall be made to States and federally recognized 
Indian tribes not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act:  Provided further, That if payments have not been made by the 
date specified in the preceding proviso, the amount appropriated for 
salaries and expenses under the heading ``Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement'' shall be reduced by $100,000 per day 
until such payments have been made.

                             Indian Affairs

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian programs, as 
authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 1921 (25 
U.S.C. 13) and the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), $1,898,550,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided 
herein; of which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception 
and representation expenses; of which not to exceed $78,494,000 shall 
be for welfare assistance payments:  Provided, That in cases of 
designated Federal disasters, the Secretary of the Interior may exceed 
such cap for welfare payments from the amounts provided herein, to 
provide for disaster relief to Indian communities affected by the 
disaster:  Provided further, That federally recognized Indian tribes 
and tribal organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use 
their tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $69,995,000 shall remain available 
until expended for housing improvement, road maintenance, land 
acquisition, attorney fees, litigation support, land records 
improvement, hearings and appeals, and the Navajo-Hopi Settlement 
Program:  Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this 
heading, $841,000 shall be for projects specified for Special 
Initiatives (CDS) in the table titled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That any forestry funds 
allocated to a federally recognized tribe which remain unobligated as 
of September 30, 2025, may be transferred during fiscal year 2026 to an 
Indian forest land assistance account established for the benefit of 
the holder of the funds within the holder's trust fund account:  
Provided further, That any such unobligated balances not so transferred 
shall expire on September 30, 2026:  Provided further, That in order to 
enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may use funds 
to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of clothing for 
personnel:  Provided further, That not to exceed $7,096,000 of funds 
made available under this heading may, as needed, be transferred to 
``Office of the Secretary--Departmental Operations'' for trust, 
probate, and administrative functions:  Provided further, That the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs may accept transfers of funds from United 
States Customs and Border Protection to supplement any other funding 
available for reconstruction or repair of roads owned by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs as identified on the National Tribal Transportation 
Facility Inventory, 23 U.S.C. 202(b)(1).

                       indian land consolidation

    For the acquisition of fractional interests to further land 
consolidation as authorized under the Indian Land Consolidation Act 
Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-462), and the American Indian 
Probate Reform Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-374), $4,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That any provision of the Indian 
Land Consolidation Act Amendments of 2000 (Public Law 106-462) that 
requires or otherwise relates to application of a lien shall not apply 
to the acquisitions funded herein.

                         contract support costs

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act agreements with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 
Bureau of Indian Education for fiscal year 2024, such sums as may be 
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
transfer to another budget account.

                       payments for tribal leases

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases pursuant 
to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2024, such sums as 
may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
for transfer to another budget account.

                              construction

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
irrigation and power systems, buildings, utilities, and other 
facilities, including architectural and engineering services by 
contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; and preparation 
of lands for farming, and for construction of the Navajo Indian 
Irrigation Project pursuant to Public Law 87-483; $133,780,000, to 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That such amounts as may be 
available for the construction of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project 
may be transferred to the Bureau of Reclamation:  Provided further, 
That any funds provided for the Safety of Dams program pursuant to the 
Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), shall be made available on a 
nonreimbursable basis:  Provided further, That this appropriation may 
be reimbursed from the Bureau of Trust Funds Administration 
appropriation for the appropriate share of construction costs for space 
expansion needed in agency offices to meet trust reform implementation: 
 Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, 
$10,000,000 shall be derived from the Indian Irrigation Fund 
established by section 3211 of the WIIN Act (Public Law 114-322; 130 
Stat. 1749):  Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
heading are made available for the modernization of Federal field 
communication capabilities, in addition to amounts otherwise made 
available for such purpose.

 indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to 
                                indians

    For payments and necessary administrative expenses for 
implementation of Indian land and water claim settlements pursuant to 
Public Laws 99-264, and 101-618, and for implementation of other land 
and water rights settlements, $976,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                 indian guaranteed loan program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans and insured loans, $13,329,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, of which $2,125,000 is for 
administrative expenses, as authorized by the Indian Financing Act of 
1974:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974:  Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed 
or insured, not to exceed $185,707,188.

                       Bureau of Indian Education

                 operation of indian education programs

    For expenses necessary for the operation of Indian education 
programs, as authorized by law, including the Snyder Act of November 2, 
1921 (25 U.S.C. 13), the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2001-2019), and the Tribally Controlled 
Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $1,131,617,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, except as otherwise provided 
herein:  Provided, That federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal 
organizations of federally recognized Indian tribes may use their 
tribal priority allocations for unmet welfare assistance costs:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $833,592,000 for school operations 
costs of Bureau-funded schools and other education programs shall 
become available on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including but not limited to the Indian Self-
Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and section 1128 of 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2008), not to exceed 
$95,822,000 within and only from such amounts made available for school 
operations shall be available for administrative cost grants associated 
with grants approved prior to July 1, 2024:  Provided further, That in 
order to enhance the safety of Bureau field employees, the Bureau may 
use funds to purchase uniforms or other identifying articles of 
clothing for personnel.

                         education construction

    For construction, repair, improvement, and maintenance of 
buildings, utilities, and other facilities necessary for the operation 
of Indian education programs, including architectural and engineering 
services by contract; acquisition of lands, and interests in lands; 
$234,725,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That in 
order to ensure timely completion of construction projects, the 
Secretary of the Interior may assume control of a project and all funds 
related to the project, if, not later than 18 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, any Public Law 100-297 (25 U.S.C. 2501, et 
seq.) grantee receiving funds appropriated in this Act or in any prior 
Act, has not completed the planning and design phase of the project and 
commenced construction.

                       administrative provisions

    The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Education may 
carry out the operation of Indian programs by direct expenditure, 
contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, either 
directly or in cooperation with States and other organizations.
    Notwithstanding Public Law 87-279 (25 U.S.C. 15), the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs may contract for services in support of the management, 
operation, and maintenance of the Power Division of the San Carlos 
Irrigation Project.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education for 
central office oversight and Executive Direction and Administrative 
Services (except Executive Direction and Administrative Services 
funding for Tribal Priority Allocations, regional offices, and 
facilities operations and maintenance) shall be available for 
contracts, grants, compacts, or cooperative agreements with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian Education under the 
provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act or the Tribal Self-
Governance Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-413).
    In the event any tribe returns appropriations made available by 
this Act to the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Bureau of Indian 
Education, this action shall not diminish the Federal Government's 
trust responsibility to that tribe, or the government-to-government 
relationship between the United States and that tribe, or that tribe's 
ability to access future appropriations.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to 
the Bureau of Indian Education, other than the amounts provided herein 
for assistance to public schools under 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq., shall be 
available to support the operation of any elementary or secondary 
school in the State of Alaska.
    No funds available to the Bureau of Indian Education shall be used 
to support expanded grades for any school or dormitory beyond the grade 
structure in place or approved by the Secretary of the Interior at each 
school in the Bureau of Indian Education school system as of October 1, 
1995, except that the Secretary of the Interior may waive this 
prohibition to support expansion of up to one additional grade when the 
Secretary determines such waiver is needed to support accomplishment of 
the mission of the Bureau of Indian Education, or more than one grade 
to expand the elementary grade structure for Bureau-funded schools with 
a K-2 grade structure on October 1, 1996. Appropriations made available 
in this or any prior Act for schools funded by the Bureau shall be 
available, in accordance with the Bureau's funding formula, only to the 
schools in the Bureau school system as of September 1, 1996, and to any 
school or school program that was reinstated in fiscal year 2012. Funds 
made available under this Act may not be used to establish a charter 
school at a Bureau-funded school (as that term is defined in section 
1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)), except that 
a charter school that is in existence on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and that has operated at a Bureau-funded school before 
September 1, 1999, may continue to operate during that period, but only 
if the charter school pays to the Bureau a pro rata share of funds to 
reimburse the Bureau for the use of the real and personal property 
(including buses and vans), the funds of the charter school are kept 
separate and apart from Bureau funds, and the Bureau does not assume 
any obligation for charter school programs of the State in which the 
school is located if the charter school loses such funding. Employees 
of Bureau-funded schools sharing a campus with a charter school and 
performing functions related to the charter school's operation and 
employees of a charter school shall not be treated as Federal employees 
for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 113 
of title I of appendix C of Public Law 106-113, if in fiscal year 2003 
or 2004 a grantee received indirect and administrative costs pursuant 
to a distribution formula based on section 5(f) of Public Law 101-301, 
the Secretary shall continue to distribute indirect and administrative 
cost funds to such grantee using the section 5(f) distribution formula.
    Funds available under this Act may not be used to establish 
satellite locations of schools in the Bureau school system as of 
September 1, 1996, except that the Secretary may waive this prohibition 
in order for an Indian tribe to provide language and cultural immersion 
educational programs for non-public schools located within the 
jurisdictional area of the tribal government which exclusively serve 
tribal members, do not include grades beyond those currently served at 
the existing Bureau-funded school, provide an educational environment 
with educator presence and academic facilities comparable to the 
Bureau-funded school, comply with all applicable Tribal, Federal, or 
State health and safety standards, and the Americans with Disabilities 
Act, and demonstrate the benefits of establishing operations at a 
satellite location in lieu of incurring extraordinary costs, such as 
for transportation or other impacts to students such as those caused by 
busing students extended distances:  Provided, That no funds available 
under this Act may be used to fund operations, maintenance, 
rehabilitation, construction, or other facilities-related costs for 
such assets that are not owned by the Bureau:  Provided further, That 
the term ``satellite school'' means a school location physically 
separated from the existing Bureau school by more than 50 miles but 
that forms part of the existing school in all other respects.
    Funds made available for Tribal Priority Allocations within 
Operation of Indian Programs and Operation of Indian Education Programs 
may be used to execute requested adjustments in tribal priority 
allocations initiated by an Indian tribe.

                  Bureau of Trust Funds Administration

                         federal trust programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the operation of trust programs for Indians by direct 
expenditure, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, and grants, 
$100,009,000, to remain available until expended, of which not to 
exceed $17,152,000 from this or any other Act, may be available for 
settlement support:  Provided, That funds for trust management 
improvements and litigation support may, as needed, be transferred to 
or merged with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ``Operation of Indian 
Programs'' and Bureau of Indian Education, ``Operation of Indian 
Education Programs'' accounts; the Office of the Solicitor, ``Salaries 
and Expenses'' account; and the Office of the Secretary, ``Departmental 
Operations'' account:  Provided further, That funds made available 
through contracts or grants obligated during fiscal year 2024, as 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 
et seq.), shall remain available until expended by the contractor or 
grantee:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall not be required to provide a quarterly 
statement of performance for any Indian trust account that has not had 
activity for at least 15 months and has a balance of $15 or less:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue an annual account 
statement and maintain a record of any such accounts and shall permit 
the balance in each such account to be withdrawn upon the express 
written request of the account holder:  Provided further, That not to 
exceed $100,000 is available for the Secretary to make payments to 
correct administrative errors of either disbursements from or deposits 
to Individual Indian Money or Tribal accounts after September 30, 2002: 
 Provided further, That erroneous payments that are recovered shall be 
credited to and remain available in this account for this purpose:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not be required to reconcile 
Special Deposit Accounts with a balance of less than $500 unless the 
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration receives proof of ownership from a 
Special Deposit Accounts claimant:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 102 of the American Indian Trust Fund 
Management Reform Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-412) or any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may aggregate the trust accounts of 
individuals whose whereabouts are unknown for a continuous period of at 
least 5 years and shall not be required to generate periodic statements 
of performance for the individual accounts:  Provided further, That 
with respect to the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall continue to 
maintain sufficient records to determine the balance of the individual 
accounts, including any accrued interest and income, and such funds 
shall remain available to the individual account holders.

                          Departmental Offices

                        Office of the Secretary

                        departmental operations

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for management of the Department of the 
Interior and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by 
law, $147,418,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025; of 
which not to exceed $15,000 may be for official reception and 
representation expenses; of which up to $1,000,000 shall be available 
for workers compensation payments and unemployment compensation 
payments associated with the orderly closure of the United States 
Bureau of Mines; and of which $14,295,000 for Indian land, mineral, and 
resource valuation activities shall remain available until expended:  
Provided, That funds for Indian land, mineral, and resource valuation 
activities may, as needed, be transferred to and merged with the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs ``Operation of Indian Programs'' and Bureau of Indian 
Education ``Operation of Indian Education Programs'' accounts and the 
Bureau of Trust Funds Administration ``Federal Trust Programs'' 
account:  Provided further, That funds made available through contracts 
or grants obligated during fiscal year 2024, as authorized by the 
Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), shall 
remain available until expended by the contractor or grantee:  Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading in this Act may be 
transferred to and merged with ``United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service--Resource Management'' only to implement the functional 
transfer of the Office of Subsistence Management to the Office of the 
Secretary and maintain uninterrupted execution of ongoing subsistence 
management activities.

                       administrative provisions

    For fiscal year 2024, up to $400,000 of the payments authorized by 
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, may be retained for 
administrative expenses of the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program:  
Provided, That the amounts provided under this Act specifically for the 
Payments in Lieu of Taxes program are the only amounts available for 
payments authorized under chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code:  
Provided further, That in the event the sums appropriated for any 
fiscal year for payments pursuant to this chapter are insufficient to 
make the full payments authorized by that chapter to all units of local 
government, then the payment to each local government shall be made 
proportionally:  Provided further, That the Secretary may make 
adjustments to payment to individual units of local government to 
correct for prior overpayments or underpayments:  Provided further, 
That no payment shall be made pursuant to that chapter to otherwise 
eligible units of local government if the computed amount of the 
payment is less than $100.

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

    For expenses necessary for assistance to territories under the 
jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior and other jurisdictions 
identified in section 104(e) of Public Law 108-188, $120,107,000, of 
which: (1) $109,890,000 shall remain available until expended for 
territorial assistance, including general technical assistance, 
maintenance assistance, disaster assistance, coral reef initiative and 
natural resources activities, and brown tree snake control and 
research; grants to the judiciary in American Samoa for compensation 
and expenses, as authorized by law (48 U.S.C. 1661(c)); grants to the 
Government of American Samoa, in addition to current local revenues, 
for construction and support of governmental functions; grants to the 
Government of the Virgin Islands, as authorized by law; grants to the 
Government of Guam, as authorized by law; and grants to the Government 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, as authorized by law (Public Law 94-
241; 90 Stat. 272); and (2) $10,217,000 shall be available until 
September 30, 2025, for salaries and expenses of the Office of Insular 
Affairs:  Provided, That all financial transactions of the territorial 
and local governments herein provided for, including such transactions 
of all agencies or instrumentalities established or used by such 
governments, may be audited by the Government Accountability Office, at 
its discretion, in accordance with chapter 35 of title 31, United 
States Code:  Provided further, That Northern Mariana Islands Covenant 
grant funding shall be provided according to those terms of the 
Agreement of the Special Representatives on Future United States 
Financial Assistance for the Northern Mariana Islands approved by 
Public Law 104-134:  Provided further, That the funds for the program 
of operations and maintenance improvement are appropriated to 
institutionalize routine operations and maintenance improvement of 
capital infrastructure with territorial participation and cost sharing 
to be determined by the Secretary based on the grantee's commitment to 
timely maintenance of its capital assets:  Provided further, That any 
appropriation for disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 
previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds 
for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to 
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c).

                      compact of free association

    For grants and necessary expenses, $3,463,000, to remain available 
until expended, as provided for in sections 221(a)(2) and 233 of the 
Compact of Free Association for the Republic of Palau; and section 
221(a)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association for the Government of the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
Micronesia, as authorized by Public Law 99-658 and Public Law 108-188.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    At the request of the Governor of Guam, the Secretary may transfer 
discretionary funds or mandatory funds provided under section 104(e) of 
Public Law 108-188 and Public Law 104-134, that are allocated for Guam, 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for the subsidy cost of direct or 
guaranteed loans, plus not to exceed three percent of the amount of the 
subsidy transferred for the cost of loan administration, for the 
purposes authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and 
section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
for construction and repair projects in Guam, and such funds shall 
remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That such 
loans or loan guarantees may be made without regard to the population 
of the area, credit elsewhere requirements, and restrictions on the 
types of eligible entities under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
and section 306(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act:  Provided further, That any funds transferred to the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall be in addition to funds otherwise made available to 
make or guarantee loans under such authorities.

                        Office of the Solicitor

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Solicitor, $97,950,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$67,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                        Department-Wide Programs

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for fire preparedness, fire suppression 
operations, fire science and research, emergency rehabilitation, fuels 
management activities, and rural fire assistance by the Department of 
the Interior, $1,113,471,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which not to exceed $10,000,000 shall be for the renovation or 
construction of fire facilities:  Provided, That such funds are also 
available for repayment of advances to other appropriation accounts 
from which funds were previously transferred for such purposes:  
Provided further, That of the funds provided $214,450,000 is for fuels 
management activities:  Provided further, That of the funds provided 
$10,000,000 is for burned area rehabilitation:  Provided further, That 
persons hired pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1469 may be furnished subsistence 
and lodging without cost from funds available from this appropriation:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 1856d, sums received 
by a bureau or office of the Department of the Interior for fire 
protection rendered pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1856 et seq., protection of 
United States property, may be credited to the appropriation from which 
funds were expended to provide that protection, and are available 
without fiscal year limitation:  Provided further, That using the 
amounts designated under this title of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior may enter into procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative 
agreements, for fuels management activities, and for training and 
monitoring associated with such fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on adjacent non-Federal land for activities that benefit 
resources on Federal land:  Provided further, That the costs of 
implementing any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government 
and any non-Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the 
affected parties:  Provided further, That notwithstanding requirements 
of the Competition in Contracting Act, the Secretary, for purposes of 
fuels management activities, may obtain maximum practicable competition 
among: (1) local private, nonprofit, or cooperative entities; (2) Youth 
Conservation Corps crews, Public Lands Corps (Public Law 109-154), or 
related partnerships with State, local, or nonprofit youth groups; (3) 
small or micro-businesses; or (4) other entities that will hire or 
train locally a significant percentage, defined as 50 percent or more, 
of the project workforce to complete such contracts:  Provided further, 
That in implementing this section, the Secretary shall develop written 
guidance to field units to ensure accountability and consistent 
application of the authorities provided herein:  Provided further, That 
funds appropriated under this heading may be used to reimburse the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for the costs of carrying out their responsibilities 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to 
consult and conference, as required by section 7 of such Act, in 
connection with wildland fire management activities:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior may use wildland fire appropriations 
to enter into leases of real property with local governments, at or 
below fair market value, to construct capitalized improvements for fire 
facilities on such leased properties, including but not limited to fire 
guard stations, retardant stations, and other initial attack and fire 
support facilities, and to make advance payments for any such lease or 
for construction activity associated with the lease:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may 
authorize the transfer of funds appropriated for wildland fire 
management, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 between 
the Departments when such transfers would facilitate and expedite 
wildland fire management programs and projects:  Provided further, That 
funds provided for wildfire suppression shall be available for support 
of Federal emergency response actions:  Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for assistance to or 
through the Department of State in connection with forest and rangeland 
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries, 
and, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall be available 
to support forestry, wildland fire management, and related natural 
resource activities outside the United States and its territories and 
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, 
and cooperation with United States and international organizations:  
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading in this 
Act and unobligated balances made available under this heading in prior 
Acts, other than amounts designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, shall 
be available, in addition to any other funds made available for such 
purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal wildland firefighter 
base salary increases provided under section 40803(d)(4)(B) of Public 
Law 117-58:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, $383,657,000 shall be available for wildfire suppression 
operations, and is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.

              wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ``Department 
of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--Wildland Fire Management'' 
for wildfire suppression operations, $350,000,000, to remain available 
until transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 
purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided, That such amounts may be 
transferred to and merged with amounts made available under the 
headings ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire 
Management'' and ``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide 
Programs--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression 
operations in the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred:  
Provided further, That amounts may be transferred to the ``Wildland 
Fire Management'' accounts in the Department of Agriculture or the 
Department of the Interior only upon the notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression 
operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be 
transferred will be obligated within 30 days:  Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by law:  Provided further, That, 
in determining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' in this and 
prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agriculture or 
the Department of the Interior will be obligated within 30 days 
pursuant to the preceding proviso, any funds transferred or permitted 
to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by 
law shall be excluded.

                    central hazardous materials fund

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior and any of 
its component offices and bureaus for the response action, including 
associated activities, performed pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), $9,661,000, to remain available until expended.

                energy community revitalization program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of the Interior to 
inventory, assess, decommission, reclaim, respond to hazardous 
substance releases, remediate lands pursuant to section 40704 of Public 
Law 117-58 (30 U.S.C. 1245), and carry out the purposes of section 349 
of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15907), as amended, 
$4,800,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That such 
amount shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes:  Provided further, That amounts appropriated under this 
heading are available for program management and oversight of these 
activities:  Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act to any other account in 
the Department to carry out such purposes, and may expend such funds 
directly, or through grants:  Provided further, That these amounts are 
not available to fulfill Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) obligations 
agreed to in settlement or imposed by a court, whether for payment of 
funds or for work to be performed.

           natural resource damage assessment and restoration

                natural resource damage assessment fund

    To conduct natural resource damage assessment, restoration 
activities, and onshore oil spill preparedness by the Department of the 
Interior necessary to carry out the provisions of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 
et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and 54 
U.S.C. 100721 et seq., $7,715,000, to remain available until expended.

                          working capital fund

    For the operation and maintenance of a departmental financial and 
business management system, data management, information technology 
improvements of general benefit to the Department, cybersecurity, and 
the consolidation of facilities and operations throughout the 
Department, $107,710,000, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to establish reserves in the Working Capital Fund 
account other than for accrued annual leave and depreciation of 
equipment without prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Interior may assess reasonable charges to State, 
local, and tribal government employees for training services provided 
by the National Indian Program Training Center, other than training 
related to Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
lease or otherwise provide space and related facilities, equipment, or 
professional services of the National Indian Program Training Center to 
State, local and tribal government employees or persons or 
organizations engaged in cultural, educational, or recreational 
activities (as defined in section 3306(a) of title 40, United States 
Code) at the prevailing rate for similar space, facilities, equipment, 
or services in the vicinity of the National Indian Program Training 
Center:  Provided further, That all funds received pursuant to the two 
preceding provisos shall be credited to this account, shall be 
available until expended, and shall be used by the Secretary for 
necessary expenses of the National Indian Program Training Center:  
Provided further, That the Secretary may enter into grants and 
cooperative agreements to support the Office of Natural Resource 
Revenue's collection and disbursement of royalties, fees, and other 
mineral revenue proceeds, as authorized by law.

                        administrative provision

    There is hereby authorized for acquisition from available resources 
within the Working Capital Fund, aircraft which may be obtained by 
donation, purchase, or through available excess surplus property:  
Provided, That existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with 
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price 
for the replacement aircraft.

                  office of natural resources revenue

    For necessary expenses for management of the collection and 
disbursement of royalties, fees, and other mineral revenue proceeds, 
and for grants and cooperative agreements, as authorized by law, 
$167,937,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025; of which 
$69,751,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of 
mineral revenue management activities:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, $15,000 shall be available for refunds of 
overpayments in connection with certain Indian leases in which the 
Secretary of the Interior concurred with the claimed refund due, to pay 
amounts owed to Indian allottees or tribes, or to correct prior 
unrecoverable erroneous payments.

             General Provisions, Department of the Interior

                     (including transfers of funds)

               emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau

    Sec. 101.  Appropriations made in this title shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer (within each bureau or office), with the 
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, for the emergency 
reconstruction, replacement, or repair of aircraft, buildings, 
utilities, or other facilities or equipment damaged or destroyed by 
fire, flood, storm, or other unavoidable causes:  Provided, That no 
funds shall be made available under this authority until funds 
specifically made available to the Department of the Interior for 
emergencies shall have been exhausted:  Provided further, That all 
funds used pursuant to this section must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as promptly as 
possible.

             emergency transfer authority--department-wide

    Sec. 102.  The Secretary of the Interior may authorize the 
expenditure or transfer of any no year appropriation in this title, in 
addition to the amounts included in the budget programs of the several 
agencies, for the suppression or emergency prevention of wildland fires 
on or threatening lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of the 
Interior; for the emergency rehabilitation of burned-over lands under 
its jurisdiction; for emergency actions related to potential or actual 
earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, storms, or other unavoidable causes; 
for contingency planning subsequent to actual oil spills; for response 
and natural resource damage assessment activities related to actual oil 
spills or releases of hazardous substances into the environment; for 
the prevention, suppression, and control of actual or potential 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket outbreaks on lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, pursuant to the authority in section 
417(b) of Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7717(b)); for emergency 
reclamation projects under section 410 of Public Law 95-87; and shall 
transfer, from any no year funds available to the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, such funds as may be necessary to 
permit assumption of regulatory authority in the event a primacy State 
is not carrying out the regulatory provisions of the Surface Mining 
Act:  Provided, That appropriations made in this title for wildland 
fire operations shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred during the preceding fiscal year, and for reimbursement to 
other Federal agencies for destruction of vehicles, aircraft, or other 
equipment in connection with their use for wildland fire operations, 
with such reimbursement to be credited to appropriations currently 
available at the time of receipt thereof:  Provided further, That for 
wildland fire operations, no funds shall be made available under this 
authority until the Secretary determines that funds appropriated for 
``wildland fire suppression'' shall be exhausted within 30 days:  
Provided further, That all funds used pursuant to this section must be 
replenished by a supplemental appropriation, which must be requested as 
promptly as possible:  Provided further, That such replenishment funds 
shall be used to reimburse, on a pro rata basis, accounts from which 
emergency funds were transferred.

                        authorized use of funds

    Sec. 103.  Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in 
this title shall be available for services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, when authorized by the Secretary 
of the Interior, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and 
replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law 
enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for 
telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized 
under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, 
when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies 
or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price 
to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.

            authorized use of funds, indian trust management

    Sec. 104.  Appropriations made in this Act under the headings 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, and Bureau of 
Trust Funds Administration and any unobligated balances from prior 
appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform 
activities. Total funding for settlement support activities shall not 
exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose. 
The Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations within 60 days of the expenditure or transfer of any 
funds under this section, including the amount expended or transferred 
and how the funds will be used.

           redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs

    Sec. 105.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to redistribute any Tribal 
Priority Allocation funds, including tribal base funds, to alleviate 
tribal funding inequities by transferring funds to address identified, 
unmet needs, dual enrollment, overlapping service areas or inaccurate 
distribution methodologies. No tribe shall receive a reduction in 
Tribal Priority Allocation funds of more than 10 percent in fiscal year 
2024. Under circumstances of dual enrollment, overlapping service areas 
or inaccurate distribution methodologies, the 10 percent limitation 
does not apply.

                 Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands

    Sec. 106.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire lands, waters, or 
interests therein, including the use of all or part of any pier, dock, 
or landing within the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, 
for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support 
of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, 
and Liberty Islands, and of other program and administrative 
activities, by donation or with appropriated funds, including franchise 
fees (and other monetary consideration), or by exchange; and the 
Secretary is authorized to negotiate and enter into leases, subleases, 
concession contracts, or other agreements for the use of such 
facilities on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine 
reasonable.

                outer continental shelf inspection fees

    Sec. 107. (a) In fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall collect a nonrefundable inspection fee, which shall be deposited 
in the ``Offshore Safety and Environmental Enforcement'' account, from 
the designated operator for facilities subject to inspection under 43 
U.S.C. 1348(c).
    (b) Annual fees shall be collected for facilities that are above 
the waterline, excluding drilling rigs, and are in place at the start 
of the fiscal year. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be--
            (1) $10,500 for facilities with no wells, but with 
        processing equipment or gathering lines;
            (2) $17,000 for facilities with 1 to 10 wells, with any 
        combination of active or inactive wells; and
            (3) $31,500 for facilities with more than 10 wells, with 
        any combination of active or inactive wells.
    (c) Fees for drilling rigs shall be assessed for all inspections 
completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for fiscal year 2024 shall be--
            (1) $30,500 per inspection for rigs operating in water 
        depths of 500 feet or more; and
            (2) $16,700 per inspection for rigs operating in water 
        depths of less than 500 feet.
    (d) Fees for inspection of well operations conducted via non-rig 
units as outlined in title 30 CFR 250 subparts D, E, F, and Q shall be 
assessed for all inspections completed in fiscal year 2024. Fees for 
fiscal year 2024 shall be--
            (1) $13,260 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 
        water depths of 2,500 feet or more;
            (2) $11,530 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 
        water depths between 500 and 2,499 feet; and
            (3) $4,470 per inspection for non-rig units operating in 
        water depths of less than 500 feet.
    (e) The Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection 
(b) quarterly, with payment required within 30 days of billing. The 
Secretary shall bill designated operators under subsection (c) within 
30 days of the end of the month in which the inspection occurred, with 
payment required within 30 days of billing. The Secretary shall bill 
designated operators under subsection (d) with payment required by the 
end of the following quarter.

  contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities

    Sec. 108.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior may enter into multiyear cooperative 
agreements with nonprofit organizations and other appropriate entities, 
and may enter into multiyear contracts in accordance with the 
provisions of section 3903 of title 41, United States Code (except that 
the 5-year term restriction in subsection (a) shall not apply), for the 
long-term care and maintenance of excess wild free roaming horses and 
burros by such organizations or entities on private land. Such 
cooperative agreements and contracts may not exceed 10 years, subject 
to renewal at the discretion of the Secretary.

                       mass marking of salmonids

    Sec. 109.  The United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall, in 
carrying out its responsibilities to protect threatened and endangered 
species of salmon, implement a system of mass marking of salmonid 
stocks, intended for harvest, that are released from federally operated 
or federally financed hatcheries including but not limited to fish 
releases of coho, chinook, and steelhead species. Marked fish must have 
a visible mark that can be readily identified by commercial and 
recreational fishers.

              contracts and agreements with indian affairs

    Sec. 110.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during 
fiscal year 2024, in carrying out work involving cooperation with 
State, local, and tribal governments or any political subdivision 
thereof, Indian Affairs may record obligations against accounts 
receivable from any such entities, except that total obligations at the 
end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary resources 
available at the end of the fiscal year.

        department of the interior experienced services program

    Sec. 111. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating 
to Federal grants and cooperative agreements, the Secretary of the 
Interior is authorized to make grants to, or enter into cooperative 
agreements with, private nonprofit organizations designated by the 
Secretary of Labor under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
utilize the talents of older Americans in programs authorized by other 
provisions of law administered by the Secretary and consistent with 
such provisions of law.
    (b) Prior to awarding any grant or agreement under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall ensure that the agreement would not--
            (1) result in the displacement of individuals currently 
        employed by the Department, including partial displacement 
        through reduction of non-overtime hours, wages, or employment 
        benefits;
            (2) result in the use of an individual under the Department 
        of the Interior Experienced Services Program for a job or 
        function in a case in which a Federal employee is in a layoff 
        status from the same or substantially equivalent job within the 
        Department; or
            (3) affect existing contracts for services.

                          obligation of funds

    Sec. 112.  Amounts appropriated by this Act to the Department of 
the Interior shall be available for obligation and expenditure not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                         separation of accounts

    Sec. 113.  The Secretary of the Interior, in order to implement an 
orderly transition to separate accounts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
and the Bureau of Indian Education, may transfer funds among and 
between the successor offices and bureaus affected by the 
reorganization only in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines 
described in this Act.

                    payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)

    Sec. 114.  Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

        disclosure of departure or alternate procedure approval

    Sec. 115. (a) Subject to subsection (b), in any case in which the 
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement or the Bureau of Ocean 
Energy Management prescribes or approves any departure or use of 
alternate procedure or equipment, in regards to a plan or permit, under 
30 CFR 585.103; 30 CFR 550.141; 30 CFR 550.142; 30 CFR 250.141; or 30 
CFR 250.142, the head of such bureau shall post a description of such 
departure or alternate procedure or equipment use approval on such 
bureau's publicly available website not more than 15 business days 
after such issuance.
    (b) The head of each bureau may exclude confidential business 
information.

                          long bridge project

    Sec. 116. (a) Authorization of Conveyance.--On request by the State 
of Virginia or the District of Columbia for the purpose of the 
construction of rail and other infrastructure relating to the Long 
Bridge Project, the Secretary of the Interior may convey to the State 
or the District of Columbia, as applicable, all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to any portion of the 
approximately 4.4 acres of National Park Service land depicted as 
``Permanent Impact to NPS Land'' on the Map dated May 15, 2020, that is 
identified by the State or the District of Columbia.
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--Such conveyance of the National Park 
Service land under subsection (a) shall be subject to any terms and 
conditions that the Secretary may require. If such conveyed land is no 
longer being used for the purposes specified in this section, the lands 
or interests therein shall revert to the National Park Service after 
they have been restored or remediated to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary.
    (c) Corrections.--The Secretary and the State or the District of 
Columbia, as applicable, by mutual agreement, may--
            (1) make minor boundary adjustments to the National Park 
        Service land to be conveyed to the State or the District of 
        Columbia under subsection (a); and
            (2) correct any minor errors in the Map referred to in 
        subsection (a).
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Long bridge project.--The term ``Long Bridge Project'' 
        means the rail project, as identified by the Federal Railroad 
        Administration, from Rosslyn (RO) Interlocking in Arlington, 
        Virginia, to L'Enfant (LE) Interlocking in Washington, DC, 
        which includes a bicycle and pedestrian bridge.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
        Park Service.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of Virginia.

                         interagency motor pool

    Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Federal 
regulation, federally recognized Indian tribes or authorized tribal 
organizations that receive Tribally-Controlled School Grants pursuant 
to Public Law 100-297 may obtain interagency motor vehicles and related 
services for performance of any activities carried out under such 
grants to the same extent as if they were contracting under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

                        appraiser pay authority

    Sec. 118.  For fiscal year 2024, funds made available in this or 
any other Act or otherwise made available to the Department of the 
Interior for the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office may be used by 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish higher minimum rates of 
basic pay for employees of the Department of the Interior in the 
Appraiser (GS-1171) job series at grades 11 through 15 carrying out 
appraisals of real property and appraisal reviews conducted in support 
of the Department's realty programs at rates no greater than 15 percent 
above the minimum rates of basic pay normally scheduled, and such 
higher rates shall be consistent with subsections (e) through (h) of 
section 5305 of title 5, United States Code.

                              sage-grouse

    Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior to write or issue 
pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533)--
            (1) a proposed rule for greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus 
        urophasianus);
            (2) a proposed rule for the Columbia basin distinct 
        population segment of greater sage-grouse.

                       state conservation grants

    Sec. 120.  For expenses necessary to carry out section 200305 of 
title 54, United States Code, the National Park Service may retain up 
to 7 percent of the State Conservation Grants program to provide to 
States, the District of Columbia, and insular areas, as matching grants 
to support state program administrative costs.

                 retention of concession franchise fees

    Sec. 121.  Section 101917(c) of title 54, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Reduction.--The Secretary may reduce the percentage 
        allocation otherwise applicable under paragraph (2) to a unit 
        or area of the National Park Service for a fiscal year if the 
        Secretary determines that the revenues collected at the unit or 
        area exceed the reasonable needs of the unit or area for which 
        expenditures may be made for that fiscal year. In no event may 
        a percentage allocation be reduced below 60 percent.''.

                  historic preservation fund deposits

    Sec. 122.  Section 303102 of title 54, United States Code, shall be 
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2023''.

                        decommissioning account

    Sec. 123.  The matter under the amended heading ``Royalty and 
Offshore Minerals Management'' for the Minerals Management Service in 
Public Law 101-512 (104 Stat. 1926, as amended) (43 U.S.C. 1338a) is 
further amended by striking the fifth and sixth provisos in their 
entirety and inserting the following: ``Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, any 
moneys hereafter received as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or 
other security by an Outer Continental Shelf permittee, lessee, or 
right-of-way holder that does not fulfill the requirements of its 
permit, lease, or right-of-way or does not comply with the regulations 
of the Secretary, or as a bankruptcy distribution or settlement 
associated with such failure or noncompliance, shall be credited to a 
separate account established in the Treasury for decommissioning 
activities and shall be available to the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation to 
cover the cost to the United States of any improvement, protection, 
rehabilitation, or decommissioning work rendered necessary by the 
action or inaction that led to the forfeiture or bankruptcy 
distribution or settlement, to remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That amounts deposited into the decommissioning 
account may be allocated to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 
Enforcement for such costs: Provided further, That any moneys received 
for such costs currently held in the Ocean Energy Management account 
shall be transferred to the decommissioning account: Provided further, 
That any portion of the moneys so credited shall be returned to the 
bankruptcy estate, permittee, lessee, or right-of-way holder to the 
extent that the money is in excess of the amount expended in performing 
the work necessitated by the action or inaction which led to their 
receipt or, if the bond or security was forfeited for failure to pay 
the civil penalty, in excess of the civil penalty imposed.''.

                       nonrecurring expenses fund

    Sec. 124.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ``Department of the Interior 
Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' (the Fund):  Provided, That unobligated 
balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated for this or any 
succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the 
Department of the Interior by this or any other Act may be transferred 
(not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 
year for which such funds are available for the purposes for which 
appropriated) into the Fund:  Provided further, That amounts deposited 
in the Fund shall be available until expended, and in addition to such 
other funds as may be available for such purposes, for information and 
business technology system modernization and facilities infrastructure 
improvements and associated administrative expenses, including 
nonrecurring maintenance, necessary for the operation of the Department 
or its bureaus, subject to approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may not be 
obligated without written notification to and the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described in 
this Act.

                ebey's landing national historic reserve

    Sec. 125.  Section 508(f) of Public Law 95-625 (92 stat. 3509) is 
amended by striking ``not to exceed $5,000,000'' and inserting 
``$18,000,000''.

             interior authority for operating efficiencies

    Sec. 126. (a) In fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary of the 
Interior may authorize and execute agreements to achieve operating 
efficiencies among and between two or more component bureaus and 
offices through the following activities:
            (1) co-locating in offices and facilities leased or owned 
        by any such component and sharing related utilities and 
        equipment;
            (2) detailing or assigning staff on a non-reimbursable 
        basis for up to 5 business days; and
            (3) sharing staff and equipment necessary to meet mission 
        requirements.
    (b) The authority provided by subsection (a) is to support areas of 
mission alignment between and among component bureaus and offices or 
where geographic proximity allows for efficiencies.
    (c) Bureaus and offices entering into agreements authorized under 
subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall bear costs for such agreements in a 
manner that reflects their approximate benefit and share of total 
costs, which may or may not include indirect costs.
    (d) In furtherance of the requirement in subsection (c), the 
Secretary of the Interior may make transfers of funds in advance or on 
a reimbursable basis.

                                TITLE II

                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                         Science and Technology

    For science and technology, including research and development 
activities, which shall include research and development activities 
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980; necessary expenses for personnel and related 
costs and travel expenses; procurement of laboratory equipment and 
supplies; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; and other 
operating expenses in support of research and development, 
$758,103,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That of the funds included under this heading, $19,530,000 shall be for 
Research: National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), of which $2,030,000 shall be for projects specified 
for Science and Technology in the table titled ``Interior and 
Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this division in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                 Environmental Programs and Management

    For environmental programs and management, including necessary 
expenses not otherwise provided for, for personnel and related costs 
and travel expenses; hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire, 
maintenance, and operation of aircraft; purchase of reprints; library 
memberships in societies or associations which issue publications to 
members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are 
not members; administrative costs of the brownfields program under the 
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 
2002; implementation of a coal combustion residual permit program under 
section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016; and not to exceed 
$40,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
$3,178,028,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided 
further, That of the funds included under this heading--
            (1) $30,700,000 shall be for Environmental Protection: 
        National Priorities as specified in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act);
            (2) $681,726,000 shall be for Geographic Programs as 
        specified in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act); 
        and
            (3) $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
        be for grants, including grants that may be awarded on a non-
        competitive basis, interagency agreements, and associated 
        program support costs to establish and implement a program to 
        assist Alaska Native Regional Corporations, Alaskan Native 
        Village Corporations, federally-recognized tribes in Alaska, 
        Alaska Native Non-Profit Organizations and Alaska Native 
        Nonprofit Associations, and intertribal consortia comprised of 
        Alaskan tribal entities to address contamination on lands 
        conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are 
        contaminated at the time of conveyance and are on an inventory 
        of such lands developed and maintained by the Environmental 
        Protection Agency:  Provided, That grants awarded using funds 
        made available in this paragraph may be used by a recipient to 
        supplement other funds provided by the Environmental Protection 
        Agency through individual media or multi-media grants or 
        cooperative agreements:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
        made available in this paragraph, in addition to amounts 
        otherwise available for such purposes, the Environmental 
        Protection Agency may reserve up to $2,000,000 for salaries, 
        expenses, and administration of the program and for grants 
        related to such program that address contamination on lands 
        conveyed under or pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
        Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) that were or are 
        contaminated at the time of conveyance and are on the EPA 
        inventory of such lands.
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses of activities described in section 26(b)(1) of the 
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2625(b)(1)):  Provided, That 
fees collected pursuant to that section of that Act and deposited in 
the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary offsetting receipts in 
fiscal year 2024 shall be retained and used for necessary salaries and 
expenses in this appropriation and shall remain available until 
expended:  Provided further, That the sum herein appropriated in this 
paragraph from the general fund for fiscal year 2024 shall be reduced 
by the amount of discretionary offsetting receipts received during 
fiscal year 2024, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation from the general fund estimated at not more than $0:  
Provided further, That to the extent that amounts realized from such 
receipts exceed $9,000,000, those amounts in excess of $9,000,000 shall 
be deposited in the ``TSCA Service Fee Fund'' as discretionary 
offsetting receipts in fiscal year 2024, shall be retained and used for 
necessary salaries and expenses in this account, and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided further, That of the funds included 
in the first paragraph under this heading, the Chemical Risk Review and 
Reduction program project shall be allocated for this fiscal year, 
excluding the amount of any fees appropriated, not less than the amount 
of appropriations for that program project for fiscal year 2014.

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$43,250,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That the Office of Inspector General shall be subject to the terms, 
conditions, and requirements specified under this heading in Senate 
Report 118-83.

                        Buildings and Facilities

    For construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the 
Environmental Protection Agency, $40,676,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                     Hazardous Substance Superfund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including 
sections 111(c)(3), (c)(5), (c)(6), and (e)(4) (42 U.S.C. 9611), and 
hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $537,700,000, to remain 
available until expended, consisting of such sums as are available in 
the Trust Fund on September 30, 2023, and not otherwise appropriated 
from the Trust Fund, as authorized by section 517(a) of the Superfund 
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA) and up to 
$537,700,000 as a payment from general revenues to the Hazardous 
Substance Superfund for purposes as authorized by section 517(b) of 
SARA:  Provided, That funds appropriated under this heading may be 
allocated to other Federal agencies in accordance with section 111(a) 
of CERCLA:  Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading, $11,328,000 shall be paid to the ``Office of Inspector 
General'' appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
and $30,343,000 shall be paid to the ``Science and Technology'' 
appropriation to remain available until September 30, 2025.

          Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

    For necessary expenses to carry out leaking underground storage 
tank cleanup activities authorized by subtitle I of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act, $89,214,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$64,723,000 shall be for carrying out leaking underground storage tank 
cleanup activities authorized by section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
Disposal Act; and $24,491,000 shall be for carrying out the other 
provisions of the Solid Waste Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) 
of the Internal Revenue Code:  Provided, That the Administrator is 
authorized to use appropriations made available under this heading to 
implement section 9013 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide 
financial assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes for the 
development and implementation of programs to manage underground 
storage tanks.

                       Inland Oil Spill Programs

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Environmental Protection 
Agency's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
including hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft, $20,711,000, to 
be derived from the Oil Spill Liability trust fund, to remain available 
until expended.

                   State and Tribal Assistance Grants

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For environmental programs and infrastructure assistance, including 
capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance 
partnership grants, $4,418,938,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which--
            (1) $1,638,861,000 shall be for making capitalization 
        grants for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds under title VI 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; and of which 
        $1,126,101,000 shall be for making capitalization grants for 
        the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds under section 1452 of 
        the Safe Drinking Water Act:  Provided, That $787,652,267 of 
        the funds made available for capitalization grants for the 
        Clean Water State Revolving Funds and $631,659,905 of the funds 
        made available for capitalization grants for the Drinking Water 
        State Revolving Funds shall be for the construction of drinking 
        water, wastewater, and storm water infrastructure and for water 
        quality protection in accordance with the terms and conditions 
        specified for such grants in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act) for projects specified for ``STAG--
        Drinking Water State Revolving Fund'' and ``STAG--Clean Water 
        State Revolving Fund'' in the table titled ``Interior and 
        Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/
        Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this 
        division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
        and, for purposes of these grants, each grantee shall 
        contribute not less than 20 percent of the cost of the project 
        unless the grantee is approved for a waiver by the Agency:  
        Provided further, That $13,300,000 of the funds appropriated 
        under this heading for capitalization grants for the Clean 
        Water State Revolving Funds and for capitalization grants for 
        the Drinking Water State Revolving Funds, in addition to 
        amounts otherwise available for such purposes, may be used by 
        the Administrator for salaries, expenses, and administration 
        for Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed 
        Spending Items:  Provided further, That the amounts in the 
        preceding proviso under this heading shall not be available for 
        obligation until the report, as specified under this heading in 
        the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act) is received by 
        the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate:  Provided further, That for 
        fiscal year 2024, to the extent there are sufficient eligible 
        project applications and projects are consistent with State 
        Intended Use Plans, not less than 10 percent of the funds made 
        available under this title to each State for Clean Water State 
        Revolving Fund capitalization grants shall be used by the State 
        for projects to address green infrastructure, water or energy 
        efficiency improvements, or other environmentally innovative 
        activities:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, funds 
        made available under this title to each State for Drinking 
        Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants may, at the 
        discretion of each State, be used for projects to address green 
        infrastructure, water or energy efficiency improvements, or 
        other environmentally innovative activities:  Provided further, 
        That the Administrator is authorized to use up to $1,500,000 of 
        funds made available for the Clean Water State Revolving Funds 
        under this heading under title VI of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1381) to conduct the Clean 
        Watersheds Needs Survey:  Provided further, That 
        notwithstanding section 603(d)(7) of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act, the limitation on the amounts in a State 
        water pollution control revolving fund that may be used by a 
        State to administer the fund shall not apply to amounts 
        included as principal in loans made by such fund in fiscal year 
        2024 and prior years where such amounts represent costs of 
        administering the fund to the extent that such amounts are or 
        were deemed reasonable by the Administrator, accounted for 
        separately from other assets in the fund, and used for eligible 
        purposes of the fund, including administration:  Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding the 
        provisions of subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, grants made under 
        title II of such Act for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth 
        of the Northern Marianas, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
        the District of Columbia may also be made for the purpose of 
        providing assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design 
        activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any 
        proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and 
        (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately 
        owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences 
        or small commercial establishments:  Provided further, That for 
        fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding the provisions of such 
        subsections (g)(1), (h), and (l) of section 201 and section 
        518(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, funds 
        reserved by the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act may also be used to 
        provide assistance: (1) solely for facility plans, design 
        activities, or plans, specifications, and estimates for any 
        proposed project for the construction of treatment works; and 
        (2) for the construction, repair, or replacement of privately 
        owned treatment works serving one or more principal residences 
        or small commercial establishments:  Provided further, That for 
        fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding any provision of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act and regulations issued pursuant 
        thereof, up to a total of $2,000,000 of the funds reserved by 
        the Administrator for grants under section 518(c) of such Act 
        may also be used for grants for training, technical assistance, 
        and educational programs relating to the operation and 
        management of the treatment works specified in section 518(c) 
        of such Act:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, 
        funds reserved under section 518(c) of such Act shall be 
        available for grants only to Indian tribes, as defined in 
        section 518(h) of such Act and former Indian reservations in 
        Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the Interior) and 
        Native Villages as defined in Public Law 92-203:  Provided 
        further, That for fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding the 
        limitation on amounts in section 518(c) of the Federal Water 
        Pollution Control Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the funds 
        appropriated, or $30,000,000, whichever is greater, and 
        notwithstanding the limitation on amounts in section 1452(i) of 
        the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to a total of 2 percent of the 
        funds appropriated, or $20,000,000, whichever is greater, for 
        State Revolving Funds under such Acts may be reserved by the 
        Administrator for grants under section 518(c) and section 
        1452(i) of such Acts:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 
        2024, notwithstanding the amounts specified in section 205(c) 
        of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, up to 1.5 percent 
        of the aggregate funds appropriated for the Clean Water State 
        Revolving Fund program under the Act less any sums reserved 
        under section 518(c) of the Act, may be reserved by the 
        Administrator for grants made under title II of the Federal 
        Water Pollution Control Act for American Samoa, Guam, the 
        Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and United States Virgin 
        Islands:  Provided further, That for fiscal year 2024, 
        notwithstanding the limitations on amounts specified in section 
        1452(j) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, up to 1.5 percent of 
        the funds appropriated for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
        Fund programs under the Safe Drinking Water Act may be reserved 
        by the Administrator for grants made under section 1452(j) of 
        the Safe Drinking Water Act:  Provided further, That 10 percent 
        of the funds made available under this title to each State for 
        Clean Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants and 14 
        percent of the funds made available under this title to each 
        State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization 
        grants shall be used by the State to provide additional subsidy 
        to eligible recipients in the form of forgiveness of principal, 
        negative interest loans, or grants (or any combination of 
        these), and shall be so used by the State only where such funds 
        are provided as initial financing for an eligible recipient or 
        to buy, refinance, or restructure the debt obligations of 
        eligible recipients only where such debt was incurred on or 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, or where such debt was 
        incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act if the 
        State, with concurrence from the Administrator, determines that 
        such funds could be used to help address a threat to public 
        health from heightened exposure to lead in drinking water or if 
        a Federal or State emergency declaration has been issued due to 
        a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a 
        municipal drinking water supply before the date of enactment of 
        this Act:  Provided further, That in a State in which such an 
        emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more 
        than 14 percent of the funds made available under this title to 
        the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 
        capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible 
        recipients:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
        1452(o) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12(o)), 
        the Administrator shall reserve up to $12,000,000 of the 
        amounts made available for fiscal year 2024 for making 
        capitalization grants for the Drinking Water State Revolving 
        Funds to pay the costs of monitoring for unregulated 
        contaminants under section 1445(a)(2)(C) of such Act:  Provided 
        further, That of the unobligated balances available in the 
        ``State and Tribal Assistance Grants'' account appropriated 
        prior to fiscal year 2012 for ``special project grants'' or 
        ``special needs infrastructure grants,'' or for the 
        administration, management, and oversight of such grants, 
        $1,500,000 are permanently rescinded:  Provided further, That 
        no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated 
        by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
        concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided further, That 
        the funds made available under this heading for Community 
        Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending grants in 
        this or prior appropriations Acts are not subject to compliance 
        with Federal procurement requirements for competition and 
        methods of procurement applicable to Federal financial 
        assistance, if a Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending recipient has procured services or products 
        through contracts entered into prior to the date of enactment 
        of this legislation that complied with state and/or local laws 
        governing competition;
            (2) $35,000,000 shall be for architectural, engineering, 
        planning, design, construction and related activities in 
        connection with the construction of high priority water and 
        wastewater facilities in the area of the United States-Mexico 
        Border, after consultation with the appropriate border 
        commission:  Provided, That no funds provided by this 
        appropriations Act to address the water, wastewater and other 
        critical infrastructure needs of the colonias in the United 
        States along the United States-Mexico border shall be made 
        available to a county or municipal government unless that 
        government has established an enforceable local ordinance, or 
        other zoning rule, which prevents in that jurisdiction the 
        development or construction of any additional colonia areas, or 
        the development within an existing colonia the construction of 
        any new home, business, or other structure which lacks water, 
        wastewater, or other necessary infrastructure;
            (3) $39,000,000 shall be for grants to the State of Alaska 
        to address drinking water and wastewater infrastructure needs 
        of rural and Alaska Native Villages:  Provided, That of these 
        funds: (A) the State of Alaska shall provide a match of 25 
        percent; (B) no more than 5 percent of the funds may be used 
        for administrative and overhead expenses; and (C) the State of 
        Alaska shall make awards consistent with the Statewide priority 
        list established in conjunction with the Agency and the U.S. 
        Department of Agriculture for all water, sewer, waste disposal, 
        and similar projects carried out by the State of Alaska that 
        are funded under section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution 
        Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301) or the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
        Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) which shall allocate 
        not less than 25 percent of the funds provided for projects in 
        regional hub communities;
            (4) $98,000,000 shall be to carry out section 104(k) of the 
        Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
        Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), including grants, interagency 
        agreements, and associated program support costs:  Provided, 
        That at least 10 percent shall be allocated for assistance in 
        persistent poverty counties:  Provided further, That for 
        purposes of this section, the term ``persistent poverty 
        counties'' means any county that has had 20 percent or more of 
        its population living in poverty over the past 30 years, as 
        measured by the 1993 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 
        the 2000 decennial census, and the most recent Small Area 
        Income and Poverty Estimates, or any territory or possession of 
        the United States;
            (5) $90,000,000 shall be for grants under title VII, 
        subtitle G of the Energy Policy Act of 2005;
            (6) $67,800,000 shall be for targeted airshed grants in 
        accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
        division A of this consolidated Act);
            (7) $28,500,000 shall be for grants under subsections (a) 
        through (j) of section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 
        U.S.C. 300j-19a):  Provided, That for fiscal year 2024, funds 
        provided under subsections (a) through (j) of such section of 
        such Act may be used--
                    (A) by a State to provide assistance to benefit one 
                or more owners of drinking water wells that are not 
                public water systems or connected to a public water 
                system for necessary and appropriate activities related 
                to a contaminant pursuant to subsection (j) of such 
                section of such Act; and
                    (B) to support a community described in subsection 
                (c)(2) of such section of such Act;
            (8) $28,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1464(d) 
        of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-24(d));
            (9) $22,000,000 shall be for grants under section 1459B of 
        the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19b);
            (10) $6,500,000 shall be for grants under section 1459A(l) 
        of the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19a(l));
            (11) $25,500,000 shall be for grants under section 
        104(b)(8) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
        1254(b)(8));
            (12) $41,000,000 shall be for grants under section 221 of 
        the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301);
            (13) $5,400,000 shall be for grants under section 4304(b) 
        of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 
        115-270);
            (14) $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 302(a) of 
        the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (33 U.S.C. 4282(a)), of which not 
        more than 2 percent shall be for administrative costs to carry 
        out such section:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
        302(a) of such Act, the Administrator may also provide grants 
        pursuant to such authority to intertribal consortia consistent 
        with the requirements in 40 CFR 35.504(a), to former Indian 
        reservations in Oklahoma (as determined by the Secretary of the 
        Interior), and Alaska Native Villages as defined in Public Law 
        92-203;
            (15) $7,000,000 shall be for grants under section 103(b)(3) 
        of the Clean Air Act for wildfire smoke preparedness grants in 
        accordance with the terms and conditions in the explanatory 
        statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
        division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided, That not more 
        than 3 percent shall be for administrative costs to carry out 
        such section;
            (16) $38,693,000 shall be for State and Tribal Assistance 
        Grants to be allocated in the amounts specified for those 
        projects and for the purposes delineated in the table titled 
        ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
        Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' 
        included for this division in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act) for remediation, construction, and 
        related environmental management activities in accordance with 
        the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the 
        explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
        preceding division A of this consolidated Act);
            (17) $2,250,000 shall be for grants under section 1459F of 
        the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-19g);
            (18) $4,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 2001 of 
        the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
        270, 42 U.S.C. 300j-3c note):  Provided, That the Administrator 
        may award grants to and enter into contracts with tribes, 
        intertribal consortia, public or private agencies, 
        institutions, organizations, and individuals, without regard to 
        section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 
        41, United States Code, and enter into interagency agreements 
        as appropriate;
            (19) $2,000,000 shall be for grants under section 50217(b) 
        of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (33 U.S.C. 
        1302f(b); Public Law 117-58);
            (20) $3,500,000 shall be for grants under section 124 of 
        the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1276); and
            (21) $1,106,333,000 shall be for grants, including 
        associated program support costs, to States, federally 
        recognized tribes, interstate agencies, tribal consortia, and 
        air pollution control agencies for multi-media or single media 
        pollution prevention, control and abatement, and related 
        activities, including activities pursuant to the provisions set 
        forth under this heading in Public Law 104-134, and for making 
        grants under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for particulate 
        matter monitoring and data collection activities subject to 
        terms and conditions specified by the Administrator, and under 
        section 2301 of the Water and Waste Act of 2016 to assist 
        States in developing and implementing programs for control of 
        coal combustion residuals, of which: $46,250,000 shall be for 
        carrying out section 128 of CERCLA; $9,500,000 shall be for 
        Environmental Information Exchange Network grants, including 
        associated program support costs; $1,475,000 shall be for 
        grants to States under section 2007(f)(2) of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act, which shall be in addition to funds appropriated 
        under the heading ``Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 
        Program'' to carry out the provisions of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act specified in section 9508(c) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code other than section 9003(h) of the Solid Waste 
        Disposal Act; $18,512,000 of the funds available for grants 
        under section 106 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
        shall be for State participation in national- and State-level 
        statistical surveys of water resources and enhancements to 
        State monitoring programs.

      Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account

    For the cost of direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans, 
as authorized by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014, $64,634,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, including 
capitalized interest, and total loan principal, including capitalized 
interest, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$12,500,000,000:  Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be used solely for the cost of 
direct loans and for the cost of guaranteed loans for projects 
described in section 5026(9) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act of 2014 to State infrastructure financing authorities, 
as authorized by section 5033(e) of such Act:  Provided further, That 
the use of direct loans or loan guarantee authority under this heading 
for direct loans or commitments to guarantee loans for any project 
shall be in accordance with the criteria published in the Federal 
Register on June 30, 2020 (85 FR 39189) pursuant to the fourth proviso 
under the heading ``Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program 
Account'' in division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided further, That none of the direct 
loans or loan guarantee authority made available under this heading 
shall be available for any project unless the Administrator and the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget have certified in 
advance in writing that the direct loan or loan guarantee, as 
applicable, and the project comply with the criteria referenced in the 
previous proviso:  Provided further, That, for the purposes of carrying 
out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office may request, and the Administrator shall 
promptly provide, documentation and information relating to a project 
identified in a Letter of Interest submitted to the Administrator 
pursuant to a Notice of Funding Availability for applications for 
credit assistance under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 
Act Program, including with respect to a project that was initiated or 
completed before the date of enactment of this Act.
    In addition, fees authorized to be collected pursuant to sections 
5029 and 5030 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 
2014 shall be deposited in this account, to remain available until 
expended.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, notwithstanding section 5033 of the Water 
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, $7,640,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025.

       Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 6303(1) and 
6305(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in 
carrying out the Agency's function to implement directly Federal 
environmental programs required or authorized by law in the absence of 
an acceptable tribal program, may award cooperative agreements to 
federally recognized Indian tribes or Intertribal consortia, if 
authorized by their member tribes, to assist the Administrator in 
implementing Federal environmental programs for Indian tribes required 
or authorized by law, except that no such cooperative agreements may be 
awarded from funds designated for State financial assistance 
agreements.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate pesticide registration service fees 
in accordance with section 33 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-8), to remain available until 
expended.
    Notwithstanding section 33(d)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, 
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(d)(2)), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency may assess fees 
under section 33 of FIFRA (7 U.S.C. 136w-8) for fiscal year 2024.
    The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is 
authorized to collect and obligate fees in accordance with section 3024 
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6939g) for fiscal year 2024, 
to remain available until expended.
    The Administrator is authorized to transfer up to $368,000,000 of 
the funds appropriated for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative under 
the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' to the head of 
any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of such head, to 
carry out activities that would support the Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative and Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement programs, projects, 
or activities; to enter into an interagency agreement with the head of 
such Federal department or agency to carry out these activities; and to 
make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, 
institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, 
outreach, and implementation in furtherance of the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
    The Science and Technology, Environmental Programs and Management, 
Office of Inspector General, Hazardous Substance Superfund, and Leaking 
Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program Accounts, are available for 
the construction, alteration, repair, rehabilitation, and renovation of 
facilities, provided that the cost does not exceed $300,000 per 
project.
    For fiscal year 2024, and notwithstanding section 518(f) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377(f)), the 
Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated for any 
fiscal year under section 319 of the Act to make grants to Indian 
tribes pursuant to sections 319(h) and 518(e) of that Act.
    The Administrator is authorized to use the amounts appropriated 
under the heading ``Environmental Programs and Management'' for fiscal 
year 2024 to provide grants to implement the Southeast New England 
Watershed Restoration Program.
    Notwithstanding the limitations on amounts in section 320(i)(2)(B) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not less than $2,500,000 of 
the funds made available under this title for the National Estuary 
Program shall be for making competitive awards described in section 
320(g)(4).
    For fiscal year 2024, the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention and the Office of Water may, using funds appropriated under 
the headings ``Environmental Programs and Management'' and ``Science 
and Technology'', contract directly with individuals or indirectly with 
institutions or nonprofit organizations, without regard to 41 U.S.C. 5, 
for the temporary or intermittent personal services of students or 
recent graduates, who shall be considered employees for the purposes of 
chapters 57 and 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
compensation for travel and work injuries, and chapter 171 of title 28, 
United States Code, relating to tort claims, but shall not be 
considered to be Federal employees for any other purpose:  Provided, 
That amounts used for this purpose by the Office of Chemical Safety and 
Pollution Prevention and the Office of Water collectively may not 
exceed $2,000,000.
    The Environmental Protection agency shall provide the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate with copies 
of any available Department of Treasury quarterly certification of 
trust fund receipts collected from section 13601 of Public Law 117-169 
and section 80201 of Public Law 117-58, an annual operating plan for 
such receipts showing amounts allocated by program area and program 
project, and quarterly reports for such receipts of obligated balances 
by program area and program project.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

  office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Natural Resources and Environment, $1,000,000:  Provided, That funds 
made available by this Act to any agency in the Natural Resources and 
Environment mission area for salaries and expenses are available to 
fund up to one administrative support staff for the office.

                             Forest Service

                       forest service operations

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $1,150,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2027:  Provided, That a portion of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be for the base salary and expenses of employees in the 
Chief's Office, the Work Environment and Performance Office, the 
Business Operations Deputy Area, and the Chief Financial Officer's 
Office to carry out administrative and general management support 
functions:  Provided further, That funds provided under this heading 
shall be available for the costs of facility maintenance, repairs, and 
leases for buildings and sites where these administrative, general 
management and other Forest Service support functions take place; the 
costs of all utility and telecommunication expenses of the Forest 
Service, as well as business services; and, for information technology, 
including cybersecurity requirements:  Provided further, That funds 
provided under this heading may be used for necessary expenses to carry 
out administrative and general management support functions of the 
Forest Service not otherwise provided for and necessary for its 
operation.

                     forest and rangeland research

    For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as 
authorized by law, $300,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2027:  Provided, That of the funds provided, $31,500,000 is for the 
forest inventory and analysis program:  Provided further, That all 
authorities for the use of funds, including the use of contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements, available to execute the Forest and 
Rangeland Research appropriation, are also available in the utilization 
of these funds for Fire Science Research.

                  state, private, and tribal forestry

    For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical 
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, tribes, 
and others, and for forest health management, including for invasive 
plants, and conducting an international program and trade compliance 
activities as authorized, $303,306,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027, as authorized by law, of which $19,806,000 shall be 
for projects specified for Forest Resource Information and Analysis in 
the table titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community 
Project Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' 
included for this division in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act).

                         national forest system

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization 
of the National Forest System, and for hazardous fuels management on or 
adjacent to such lands, $1,863,557,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the funds provided, $31,000,000 
shall be deposited in the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration 
Fund for ecological restoration treatments as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
7303(f):  Provided further, That for the funds provided in the 
preceding proviso, section 4003(d)(3)(A) of the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(A)) shall be applied by 
substituting ``20'' for ``10'' and section 4003(d)(3)(B) of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 U.S.C. 7303(d)(3)(B)) shall be 
applied by substituting ``4'' for ``2'':  Provided further, That of the 
funds provided, $39,000,000 shall be for forest products:  Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $175,450,000 shall be for 
hazardous fuels management activities, of which not to exceed 
$30,000,000 may be used to make grants, using any authorities available 
to the Forest Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal Forestry'' 
appropriation, for the purpose of creating incentives for increased use 
of biomass from National Forest System lands:  Provided further, That 
$20,000,000 may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 
procurement contracts or cooperative agreements or to issue grants for 
hazardous fuels management activities, and for training or monitoring 
associated with such hazardous fuels management activities on Federal 
land, or on non-Federal land if the Secretary determines such 
activities benefit resources on Federal land:  Provided further, That 
funds made available to implement the Community Forest Restoration Act, 
Public Law 106-393, title VI, shall be available for use on non-Federal 
lands in accordance with authorities made available to the Forest 
Service under the ``State, Private, and Tribal Forestry'' 
appropriation:  Provided further, That notwithstanding section 33 of 
the Bankhead Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1012), the Secretary of 
Agriculture, in calculating a fee for grazing on a National Grassland, 
may provide a credit of up to 50 percent of the calculated fee to a 
Grazing Association or direct permittee for a conservation practice 
approved by the Secretary in advance of the fiscal year in which the 
cost of the conservation practice is incurred, and that the amount 
credited shall remain available to the Grazing Association or the 
direct permittee, as appropriate, in the fiscal year in which the 
credit is made and each fiscal year thereafter for use on the project 
for conservation practices approved by the Secretary:  Provided 
further, That funds appropriated to this account shall be available for 
the base salary and expenses of employees that carry out the functions 
funded by the ``Capital Improvement and Maintenance'' account, the 
``Range Betterment Fund'' account, and the ``Management of National 
Forest Lands for Subsistence Uses'' account.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise 
provided for, $156,130,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2027, for construction, capital improvement, maintenance, and 
acquisition of buildings and other facilities and infrastructure; for 
construction, reconstruction, and decommissioning of roads that are no 
longer needed, including unauthorized roads that are not part of the 
transportation system; and for maintenance of forest roads and trails 
by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-538 and 23 U.S.C. 
101 and 205:  Provided, That $6,000,000 shall be for activities 
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 538(a):  Provided further, That $5,130,000 
shall be for projects specified for Construction Projects in the table 
titled ``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project 
Funding Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for 
this division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That funds becoming available in fiscal year 2024 under the 
Act of March 4, 1913 (16 U.S.C. 501) shall be transferred to the 
General Fund of the Treasury and shall not be available for transfer or 
obligation for any other purpose unless the funds are appropriated.

         acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

    For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the 
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National 
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland 
National Forests, California; and the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita 
National Forests, Arkansas; as authorized by law, $664,000, to be 
derived from forest receipts.

            acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

    For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds 
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school 
districts, or other public school authorities, and for authorized 
expenditures from funds deposited by non-Federal parties pursuant to 
Land Sale and Exchange Acts, pursuant to the Act of December 4, 1967 
(16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available through September 30, 2027, (16 
U.S.C. 516-617a, 555a; Public Law 96-586; Public Law 76-589, Public Law 
76-591; and Public Law 78-310).

                         range betterment fund

    For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and 
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal 
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National 
Forests in the 16 Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of 
Public Law 94-579, to remain available through September 30, 2027, of 
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative 
expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, 
protection, and improvements.

    gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

    For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $45,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2027, to be derived from the fund 
established pursuant to the above Act.

        management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

    For necessary expenses of the Forest Service to manage Federal 
lands in Alaska for subsistence uses under title VIII of the Alaska 
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 3111 et seq.), 
$1,099,000, to remain available through September 30, 2027.

                        wildland fire management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on 
National Forest System lands, for emergency wildland fire suppression 
on or adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection 
agreement, and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National 
Forest System lands and water, $2,312,654,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That such funds, including unobligated 
balances under this heading, are available for repayment of advances 
from other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such 
purposes:  Provided further, That any unobligated funds appropriated in 
a previous fiscal year for hazardous fuels management may be 
transferred to the ``National Forest System'' account:  Provided 
further, That such funds shall be available to reimburse State and 
other cooperating entities for services provided in response to 
wildfire and other emergencies or disasters to the extent such 
reimbursements by the Forest Service for non-fire emergencies are fully 
repaid by the responsible emergency management agency:  Provided 
further, That funds provided shall be available for support to Federal 
emergency response:  Provided further, That the costs of implementing 
any cooperative agreement between the Federal Government and any non-
Federal entity may be shared, as mutually agreed on by the affected 
parties:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading in this Act and unobligated balances made available under this 
heading in prior Acts, other than amounts designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution 
on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, shall be available, in addition to any other funds made 
available for such purpose, to continue uninterrupted the Federal 
wildland firefighter base salary increases provided under section 
40803(d)(4)(B) of Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, $1,011,000,000 shall be available 
for wildfire suppression operations, and is provided to meet the terms 
of section 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.

              wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

    In addition to the amounts provided under the heading ``Department 
of Agriculture--Forest Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire 
suppression operations, $2,300,000,000, to remain available until 
transferred, is additional new budget authority as specified for 
purposes of section 251(b)(2)(F) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985:  Provided, That such amounts may be 
transferred to and merged with amounts made available under the 
headings ``Department of the Interior--Department-Wide Programs--
Wildland Fire Management'' and ``Department of Agriculture--Forest 
Service--Wildland Fire Management'' for wildfire suppression operations 
in the fiscal year in which such amounts are transferred:  Provided 
further, That amounts may be transferred to the ``Wildland Fire 
Management'' accounts in the Department of the Interior or the 
Department of Agriculture only upon the notification of the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations that all wildfire suppression 
operations funds appropriated under that heading in this and prior 
appropriations Acts to the agency to which the funds will be 
transferred will be obligated within 30 days:  Provided further, That 
the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to 
any other transfer authority provided by law:  Provided further, That, 
in determining whether all wildfire suppression operations funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire Management'' in this and 
prior appropriations Acts to either the Department of Agriculture or 
the Department of the Interior will be obligated within 30 days 
pursuant to the preceding proviso, any funds transferred or permitted 
to be transferred pursuant to any other transfer authority provided by 
law shall be excluded.

                   communications site administration

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Amounts collected in this fiscal year pursuant to section 
8705(f)(2) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-
334), shall be deposited in the special account established by section 
8705(f)(1) of such Act, shall be available to cover the costs described 
in subsection (c)(3) of such section of such Act, and shall remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That such amounts shall be 
transferred to the ``National Forest System'' account.

               administrative provisions--forest service

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year 
shall be available for: (1) purchase of passenger motor vehicles; 
acquisition of passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire 
of such vehicles; purchase, lease, operation, maintenance, and 
acquisition of aircraft to maintain the operable fleet for use in 
Forest Service wildland fire programs and other Forest Service 
programs; notwithstanding other provisions of law, existing aircraft 
being replaced may be sold, with proceeds derived or trade-in value 
used to offset the purchase price for the replacement aircraft; (2) 
services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and not to exceed $100,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase, erection, and alteration 
of buildings and other public improvements (7 U.S.C. 2250); (4) 
acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers in the National 
Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a note); (6) the cost 
of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and (7) for debt 
collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
    Funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act may be 
transferred between accounts affected by the Forest Service budget 
restructure outlined in section 435 of division D of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94):  Provided, 
That any transfer of funds pursuant to this paragraph shall not 
increase or decrease the funds appropriated to any account in this 
fiscal year by more than ten percent:  Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law.
    Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be 
transferred to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation for forest 
firefighting, emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands 
or waters under its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe 
burning conditions upon the Secretary of Agriculture's notification of 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that all fire 
suppression funds appropriated under the heading ``Wildland Fire 
Management'' will be obligated within 30 days:  Provided, That all 
funds used pursuant to this paragraph must be replenished by a 
supplemental appropriation which must be requested as promptly as 
possible.
    Not more than $50,000,000 of funds appropriated to the Forest 
Service shall be available for expenditure or transfer to the 
Department of the Interior for wildland fire management, hazardous 
fuels management, and State fire assistance when such transfers would 
facilitate and expedite wildland fire management programs and projects.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Forest Service 
may transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
to the Forest Service by this Act to or within the National Forest 
System Account, or reprogram funds to be used for the purposes of 
hazardous fuels management and urgent rehabilitation of burned-over 
National Forest System lands and water:  Provided, That such 
transferred funds shall remain available through September 30, 2027:  
Provided further, That none of the funds transferred pursuant to this 
paragraph shall be available for obligation without written 
notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development in 
connection with forest and rangeland research, technical information, 
and assistance in foreign countries, and shall be available to support 
forestry and related natural resource activities outside the United 
States and its territories and possessions, including technical 
assistance, education and training, and cooperation with United States 
government, private sector, and international organizations:  Provided, 
That the Forest Service, acting for the International Program, may sign 
direct funding agreements with foreign governments and institutions as 
well as other domestic agencies (including the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, the Department of State, and the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation), United States private sector firms, 
institutions and organizations to provide technical assistance and 
training programs on forestry and rangeland management:  Provided 
further, That to maximize effectiveness of domestic and international 
research and cooperation, the International Program may utilize all 
authorities related to forestry, research, and cooperative assistance 
regardless of program designations.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the section 509(a)(3) 
Supporting Organization, ``Forest Service International Foundation'' to 
assist the Foundation in meeting administrative, project, and other 
expenses, and may provide for the Foundation's use of Forest Service 
personnel and facilities.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
expenditure or transfer to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Land Management, for removal, preparation, and adoption of excess wild 
horses and burros from National Forest System lands, and for the 
performance of cadastral surveys to designate the boundaries of such 
lands.
    None of the funds made available to the Forest Service in this Act 
or any other Act with respect to any fiscal year shall be subject to 
transfer under the provisions of section 702(b) of the Department of 
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257), section 442 of Public 
Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7772), or section 10417(b) of Public Law 107-171 
(7 U.S.C. 8316(b)).
    Not more than $82,000,000 of funds available to the Forest Service 
shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund of the Department of 
Agriculture and not more than $14,500,000 of funds available to the 
Forest Service shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture 
for Department Reimbursable Programs, commonly referred to as Greenbook 
charges:  Provided, That nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit or 
limit the use of reimbursable agreements requested by the Forest 
Service in order to obtain information technology services, including 
telecommunications and system modifications or enhancements, from the 
Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture.
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $5,000,000 
shall be available for priority projects within the scope of the 
approved budget, which shall be carried out by the Youth Conservation 
Corps and shall be carried out under the authority of the Public Lands 
Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.).
    Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $4,000 is available 
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and 
representation expenses.
    Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of 
the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $3,000,000 may be 
advanced in a lump sum to the National Forest Foundation to aid 
conservation partnership projects in support of the Forest Service 
mission, without regard to when the Foundation incurs expenses, for 
projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to 
Forest Service programs:  Provided, That of the Federal funds made 
available to the Foundation, no more than $300,000 shall be available 
for administrative expenses:  Provided further, That the Foundation 
shall obtain, by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance, 
private contributions to match funds made available by the Forest 
Service on at least a one-for-one basis:  Provided further, That the 
Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a Federal or a non-Federal 
recipient for a project at the same rate that the recipient has 
obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $3,000,000 
of the funds available to the Forest Service may be advanced to the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in a lump sum to aid cost-share 
conservation projects, without regard to when expenses are incurred, on 
or benefitting National Forest System lands or related to Forest 
Service programs:  Provided, That such funds shall be matched on at 
least a one-for-one basis by the Foundation or its sub-recipients:  
Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a 
Federal or non-Federal recipient for a project at the same rate that 
the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching funds.
    Any amounts made available to the Forest Service in this fiscal 
year, including available collections, may be used by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to enter 
into Federal financial assistance grants and cooperative agreements to 
support forest or grassland collaboratives in the accomplishment of 
activities benefitting both the public and the National Forest System, 
Federal lands and adjacent non-Federal lands. Eligible activities are 
those that will improve or enhance Federal investments, resources, or 
lands, including for collaborative and collaboration-based activities, 
including but not limited to facilitation, planning, and implementing 
projects, technical assistance, administrative functions, operational 
support, participant costs, and other capacity support needs, as 
identified by the Forest Service. Eligible recipients are Indian tribal 
entities (defined at 25 U.S.C. 5304(e)), state government, local 
governments, private and nonprofit entities, for-profit organizations, 
and educational institutions. The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 
through the Chief of the Forest Service, may enter into such 
cooperative agreements notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31 when the 
Secretary determines that the public interest will be benefited and 
that there exists a mutual interest other than monetary considerations. 
Transactions subject to Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations 
shall be publicly advertised and require competition when required by 
such Title 2. For those transactions not subject to Title 2 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, the agency may require public advertising and 
competition when deemed appropriate. The term ``forest and grassland 
collaboratives'' means groups of individuals or entities with diverse 
interests participating in a cooperative process to share knowledge, 
ideas, and resources about the protection, restoration, or enhancement 
of natural and other resources on Federal and adjacent non-Federal 
lands, the improvement or maintenance of public access to Federal 
lands, or the reduction of risk to such lands caused by natural 
disasters.
    The 19th unnumbered paragraph under the heading ``Administrative 
Provisions, Forest Service'' in title III of Public Law 109-54, as 
amended, shall be further amended by striking ``For each fiscal year 
through 2009'' and inserting ``For this fiscal year and each fiscal 
year thereafter'' and adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``Congress hereby ratifies and approves payments by the Forest Service 
made in accordance with this paragraph to agency employees stationed in 
Puerto Rico after August 2, 2005.''.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural 
communities and natural resource-based businesses for sustainable rural 
development purposes.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for 
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 
Area, pursuant to section 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of 
Public Law 99-663.
    Any funds appropriated to the Forest Service may be used to meet 
the non-Federal share requirement in section 502(c) of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(2)).
    The Forest Service shall not assess funds for the purpose of 
performing fire, administrative, and other facilities maintenance and 
decommissioning.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of any appropriations 
or funds available to the Forest Service, not to exceed $500,000 may be 
used to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), Department 
of Agriculture, for travel and related expenses incurred as a result of 
OGC assistance or participation requested by the Forest Service at 
meetings, training sessions, management reviews, land purchase 
negotiations, and similar matters unrelated to civil litigation:  
Provided, That future budget justifications for both the Forest Service 
and the Department of Agriculture should clearly display the sums 
previously transferred and the sums requested for transfer.
    An eligible individual who is employed in any project funded under 
title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) and 
administered by the Forest Service shall be considered to be a Federal 
employee for purposes of chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code.
    The Forest Service may employ or contract with an individual who is 
enrolled in a training program at a longstanding Civilian Conservation 
Center (as defined in section 147(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(d))) at regular rates of pay for 
necessary hours of work on National Forest System lands.
    Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available to pay, 
from a single account, the base salary and expenses of employees who 
carry out functions funded by other accounts for Enterprise Program, 
Geospatial Technology and Applications Center, remnant Natural Resource 
Manager, Job Corps, and National Technology and Development Program.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Act of August 5, 1954 (68 
Stat. 674), the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, 
$56,061,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, except as 
otherwise provided herein, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became available on 
October 1, 2023; in addition, $264,702,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for the Electronic Health Record System and the 
Indian Healthcare Improvement Fund, of which $74,138,000 is for the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Fund and may be used, as needed, to 
carry out activities typically funded under the Indian Health 
Facilities account; and, in addition, $4,684,029,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2024, and remain available through 
September 30, 2026, except as otherwise provided herein; together with 
payments received during the fiscal year pursuant to sections 231(b) 
and 233 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 238(b) and 238b), 
for services furnished by the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That 
funds made available to tribes and tribal organizations through 
contracts, grant agreements, or any other agreements or compacts 
authorized by the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450), shall be deemed to be obligated at the 
time of the grant or contract award and thereafter shall remain 
available to the tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year 
limitation:  Provided further, That from the amounts that become 
available on October 1, 2024, $2,500,000 shall be available for grants 
or contracts with public or private institutions to provide alcohol or 
drug treatment services to Indians, including alcohol detoxification 
services:  Provided further, That from the amounts that become 
available on October 1, 2024, $996,755,000 shall remain available until 
expended for Purchased/Referred Care:  Provided further, That of the 
total amount specified in the preceding proviso for Purchased/Referred 
Care, $54,000,000 shall be for the Indian Catastrophic Health Emergency 
Fund:  Provided further, That from the amounts that become available on 
October 1, 2024, up to $51,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for implementation of the loan repayment program under section 
108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act:  Provided further, That 
from the amounts that become available on October 1, 2024, $58,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for costs related to or 
resulting from accreditation emergencies, including supplementing 
activities funded under the heading ``Indian Health Facilities'', of 
which up to $4,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts otherwise 
available for Purchased/Referred Care:  Provided further, That the 
amounts collected by the Federal Government as authorized by sections 
104 and 108 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613a 
and 1616a) during the preceding fiscal year for breach of contracts 
shall be deposited in the Fund authorized by section 108A of that Act 
(25 U.S.C. 1616a-1) and shall remain available until expended and, 
notwithstanding section 108A(c) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 1616a-1(c)), 
funds shall be available to make new awards under the loan repayment 
and scholarship programs under sections 104 and 108 of that Act (25 
U.S.C. 1613a and 1616a):  Provided further, That the amounts made 
available within this account for the Substance Abuse and Suicide 
Prevention Program, for Opioid Prevention, Treatment and Recovery 
Services, for the Domestic Violence Prevention Program, for the Zero 
Suicide Initiative, for the housing subsidy authority for civilian 
employees, for Aftercare Pilot Programs at Youth Regional Treatment 
Centers, for transformation and modernization costs of the Indian 
Health Service Electronic Health Record system, for national quality 
and oversight activities, to improve collections from public and 
private insurance at Indian Health Service and tribally operated 
facilities, for an initiative to treat or reduce the transmission of 
HIV and HCV, for a maternal health initiative, for the Telebehaviorial 
Health Center of Excellence, for Alzheimer's activities, for Village 
Built Clinics, for a produce prescription pilot, and for accreditation 
emergencies shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director of the 
Indian Health Service and shall remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act may be used for 
annual contracts and grants that fall within 2 fiscal years, provided 
the total obligation is recorded in the year the funds are 
appropriated:  Provided further, That the amounts collected by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under the authority of title IV 
of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of achieving compliance with 
the applicable conditions and requirements of titles XVIII and XIX of 
the Social Security Act, except for those related to the planning, 
design, or construction of new facilities:  Provided further, That 
funding contained herein for scholarship programs under the Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1613) shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That amounts received by tribes and 
tribal organizations under title IV of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act shall be reported and accounted for and available to 
the receiving tribes and tribal organizations until expended:  Provided 
further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs may collect from the Indian 
Health Service, and from tribes and tribal organizations operating 
health facilities pursuant to Public Law 93-638, such individually 
identifiable health information relating to disabled children as may be 
necessary for the purpose of carrying out its functions under the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.):  
Provided further, That none of the funds provided that become available 
on October 1, 2024, may be used for implementation of the Electronic 
Health Record System or the Indian Health Care Improvement Fund:  
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this Act, or 
any other Act, to the Indian Health Service for the Electronic Health 
Record system shall be available for obligation or expenditure for the 
selection or implementation of a new Information Technology 
infrastructure system, unless the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 90 days in 
advance of such obligation.

                         contract support costs

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for contract 
support costs associated with Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act agreements with the Indian Health Service for fiscal 
year 2024, such sums as may be necessary:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for transfer to another budget 
account:  Provided further, That amounts obligated but not expended by 
a tribe or tribal organization for contract support costs for such 
agreements for the current fiscal year shall be applied to contract 
support costs due for such agreements for subsequent fiscal years.

                       payments for tribal leases

    For payments to tribes and tribal organizations for leases pursuant 
to section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)) for fiscal year 2024, such sums as 
may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, no amounts made available under this heading shall be available 
for transfer to another budget account.

                        indian health facilities

    For construction, repair, maintenance, demolition, improvement, and 
equipment of health and related auxiliary facilities, including 
quarters for personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and 
drawings; acquisition of sites, purchase and erection of modular 
buildings, and purchases of trailers; and for provision of domestic and 
community sanitation facilities for Indians, as authorized by section 7 
of the Act of August 5, 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2004a), the Indian Self-
Determination Act, and the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and for 
expenses necessary to carry out such Acts and titles II and III of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to environmental health and 
facilities support activities of the Indian Health Service, $5,364,000, 
to remain available until expended, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became available on 
October 1, 2023; in addition, $306,329,000, to remain available until 
expended, for Sanitation Facilities Construction and Health Care 
Facilities Construction; and, in addition, $506,854,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2024, and remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds appropriated for the planning, design, construction, renovation, 
or expansion of health facilities for the benefit of an Indian tribe or 
tribes may be used to purchase land on which such facilities will be 
located:  Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 may be used for 
fiscal year 2025 by the Indian Health Service to purchase TRANSAM 
equipment from the Department of Defense for distribution to the Indian 
Health Service and tribal facilities:  Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided that become available on October 1, 2024, may be 
used for Health Care Facilities Construction or for Sanitation 
Facilities Construction:  Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 2024 for Sanitation 
Facilities Construction, $17,023,000 shall be for projects specified 
for Sanitation Facilities Construction (CDS) in the table titled 
``Interior and Environment Incorporation of Community Project Funding 
Items/Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' included for this 
division in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated to the Indian Health 
Service may be used for sanitation facilities construction for new 
homes funded with grants by the housing programs of the United States 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

            administrative provisions--indian health service

    Appropriations provided in this Act to the Indian Health Service 
shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at rates 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the maximum rate payable 
for senior-level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of medical equipment; purchase of 
reprints; purchase, renovation, and erection of modular buildings and 
renovation of existing facilities; payments for telephone service in 
private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations 
approved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; uniforms, or 
allowances therefor as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and for 
expenses of attendance at meetings that relate to the functions or 
activities of the Indian Health Service:  Provided, That in accordance 
with the provisions of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, non-
Indian patients may be extended health care at all tribally 
administered or Indian Health Service facilities, subject to charges, 
and the proceeds along with funds recovered under the Federal Medical 
Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651-2653) shall be credited to the 
account of the facility providing the service and shall be available 
without fiscal year limitation:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
any other law or regulation, funds transferred from the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to the Indian Health Service shall be 
administered under Public Law 86-121, the Indian Sanitation Facilities 
Act and Public Law 93-638:  Provided further, That funds appropriated 
to the Indian Health Service in this Act, except those used for 
administrative and program direction purposes, shall not be subject to 
limitations directed at curtailing Federal travel and transportation:  
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian 
Health Service in this Act shall be used for any assessments or charges 
by the Department of Health and Human Services unless such assessments 
or charges are identified in the budget justification and provided in 
this Act, or approved by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations through the reprogramming process:  Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds previously or 
herein made available to a tribe or tribal organization through a 
contract, grant, or agreement authorized by title I or title V of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), may be deobligated and reobligated to a self-
determination contract under title I, or a self-governance agreement 
under title V of such Act and thereafter shall remain available to the 
tribe or tribal organization without fiscal year limitation:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available to the Indian Health 
Service in this Act shall be used to implement the final rule published 
in the Federal Register on September 16, 1987, by the Department of 
Health and Human Services, relating to the eligibility for the health 
care services of the Indian Health Service until the Indian Health 
Service has submitted a budget request reflecting the increased costs 
associated with the proposed final rule, and such request has been 
included in an appropriations Act and enacted into law:  Provided 
further, That with respect to functions transferred by the Indian 
Health Service to tribes or tribal organizations, the Indian Health 
Service is authorized to provide goods and services to those entities 
on a reimbursable basis, including payments in advance with subsequent 
adjustment, and the reimbursements received therefrom, along with the 
funds received from those entities pursuant to the Indian Self-
Determination Act, may be credited to the same or subsequent 
appropriation account from which the funds were originally derived, 
with such amounts to remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That reimbursements for training, technical assistance, or 
services provided by the Indian Health Service will contain total 
costs, including direct, administrative, and overhead costs associated 
with the provision of goods, services, or technical assistance:  
Provided further, That the Indian Health Service may provide to 
civilian medical personnel serving in hospitals operated by the Indian 
Health Service housing allowances equivalent to those that would be 
provided to members of the Commissioned Corps of the United States 
Public Health Service serving in similar positions at such hospitals:  
Provided further, That the appropriation structure for the Indian 
Health Service may not be altered without advance notification to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                     National Institutes of Health

          national institute of environmental health sciences

    For necessary expenses for the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences in carrying out activities set forth in section 311(a) 
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9660(a)) and section 126(g) of the 
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, $79,714,000.

            Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

            toxic substances and environmental public health

    For necessary expenses for the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
Disease Registry (ATSDR) in carrying out activities set forth in 
sections 104(i) and 111(c)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and section 
3019 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, $81,619,000:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, in lieu of performing a 
health assessment under section 104(i)(6) of CERCLA, the Administrator 
of ATSDR may conduct other appropriate health studies, evaluations, or 
activities, including, without limitation, biomedical testing, clinical 
evaluations, medical monitoring, and referral to accredited healthcare 
providers:  Provided further, That in performing any such health 
assessment or health study, evaluation, or activity, the Administrator 
of ATSDR shall not be bound by the deadlines in section 104(i)(6)(A) of 
CERCLA:  Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for ATSDR to issue in excess of 40 
toxicological profiles pursuant to section 104(i) of CERCLA during 
fiscal year 2024, and existing profiles may be updated as necessary.

                         OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                   Executive Office of the President

  council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

    For necessary expenses to continue functions assigned to the 
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970, and Reorganization Plan 
No. 1 of 1977, and not to exceed $750 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $4,629,000:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 202 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1970, the 
Council shall consist of one member, appointed by the President, by and 
with the advice and consent of the Senate, serving as chairman and 
exercising all powers, functions, and duties of the Council.

             Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses in carrying out activities pursuant to 
section 112(r)(6) of the Clean Air Act, including hire of passenger 
vehicles, uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902, and for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent to the maximum 
rate payable for senior level positions under 5 U.S.C. 5376, 
$14,400,000:  Provided, That the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board (Board) shall have not more than three career 
Senior Executive Service positions:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the individual appointed to 
the position of Inspector General of the Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) shall, by virtue of such appointment, also hold the 
position of Inspector General of the Board:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of 
the Board shall utilize personnel of the Office of Inspector General of 
EPA in performing the duties of the Inspector General of the Board, and 
shall not appoint any individuals to positions within the Board.

              Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian 
Relocation as authorized by Public Law 93-531, $5,024,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from unobligated 
balances from prior year appropriations available under this heading:  
Provided, That funds provided in this or any other appropriations Act 
are to be used to relocate eligible individuals and groups including 
evictees from District 6, Hopi-partitioned lands residents, those in 
significantly substandard housing, and all others certified as eligible 
and not included in the preceding categories:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds contained in this or any other Act may be used by the 
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to evict any single Navajo 
or Navajo family who, as of November 30, 1985, was physically domiciled 
on the lands partitioned to the Hopi Tribe unless a new or replacement 
home is provided for such household:  Provided further, That no 
relocatee will be provided with more than one new or replacement home:  
Provided further, That the Office shall relocate any certified eligible 
relocatees who have selected and received an approved homesite on the 
Navajo reservation or selected a replacement residence off the Navajo 
reservation or on the land acquired pursuant to section 11 of Public 
Law 93-531 (88 Stat. 1716).

    Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
                              Development

                        payment to the institute

    For payment to the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native 
Culture and Arts Development, as authorized by part A of title XV of 
Public Law 99-498 (20 U.S.C. 4411 et seq.), $13,482,000, which shall 
become available on July 1, 2024, and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                        Smithsonian Institution

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Smithsonian Institution, as 
authorized by law, including research in the fields of art, science, 
and history; development, preservation, and documentation of the 
National Collections; presentation of public exhibits and performances; 
collection, preparation, dissemination, and exchange of information and 
publications; conduct of education, training, and museum assistance 
programs; maintenance, alteration, operation, lease agreements of no 
more than 30 years, and protection of buildings, facilities, and 
approaches; not to exceed $100,000 for services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109; and purchase, rental, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for 
employees, $892,855,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
except as otherwise provided herein; of which not to exceed $28,000,000 
for the instrumentation program, collections acquisition, exhibition 
reinstallation, Smithsonian American Women's History Museum, National 
Museum of the American Latino, and the repatriation of skeletal remains 
program shall remain available until expended; and including such funds 
as may be necessary to support American overseas research centers:  
Provided, That funds appropriated herein are available for advance 
payments to independent contractors performing research services or 
participating in official Smithsonian presentations:  Provided further, 
That the Smithsonian Institution may expend Federal appropriations 
designated in this Act for lease or rent payments, as rent payable to 
the Smithsonian Institution, and such rent payments may be deposited 
into the general trust funds of the Institution to be available as 
trust funds for expenses associated with the purchase of a portion of 
the building at 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, to the extent 
that federally supported activities will be housed there:  Provided 
further, That the use of such amounts in the general trust funds of the 
Institution for such purpose shall not be construed as Federal debt 
service for, a Federal guarantee of, a transfer of risk to, or an 
obligation of the Federal Government:  Provided further, That no 
appropriated funds may be used directly to service debt which is 
incurred to finance the costs of acquiring a portion of the building at 
600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, or of planning, designing, and 
constructing improvements to such building:  Provided further, That any 
agreement entered into by the Smithsonian Institution for the sale of 
its ownership interest, or any portion thereof, in such building so 
acquired may not take effect until the expiration of a 30 day period 
which begins on the date on which the Secretary of the Smithsonian 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate, the Committees on House Administration and 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate a report, as 
outlined in the explanatory statement described in section 4 of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94; 133 
Stat. 2536) on the intended sale.

                           facilities capital

    For necessary expenses of repair, revitalization, and alteration of 
facilities owned or occupied by the Smithsonian Institution, by 
contract or otherwise, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of August 
22, 1949 (63 Stat. 623), and for construction, including necessary 
personnel, $197,645,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
not to exceed $10,000 shall be for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 
3109.

                        National Gallery of Art

                         salaries and expenses

    For the upkeep and operations of the National Gallery of Art, the 
protection and care of the works of art therein, and administrative 
expenses incident thereto, as authorized by the Act of March 24, 1937 
(50 Stat. 51), as amended by the public resolution of April 13, 1939 
(Public Resolution 9, 76th Congress), including services as authorized 
by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment in advance when authorized by the treasurer 
of the Gallery for membership in library, museum, and art associations 
or societies whose publications or services are available to members 
only, or to members at a price lower than to the general public; 
purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards, and uniforms, or 
allowances therefor, for other employees as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 
5901-5902); purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting 
buildings and contents thereof, and maintenance, alteration, 
improvement, and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and 
purchase of services for restoration and repair of works of art for the 
National Gallery of Art by contracts made, without advertising, with 
individuals, firms, or organizations at such rates or prices and under 
such terms and conditions as the Gallery may deem proper, $174,760,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025, of which not to exceed 
$3,875,000 for the special exhibition program shall remain available 
until expended.

            repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses of repair, restoration, and renovation of 
buildings, grounds and facilities owned or occupied by the National 
Gallery of Art, by contract or otherwise, for operating lease 
agreements of no more than 10 years, that address space needs created 
by the ongoing renovations in the Master Facilities Plan, as 
authorized, $34,480,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of this amount, $24,574,000 shall be available for design and 
construction of an off-site art storage facility in partnership with 
the Smithsonian Institution and may be transferred to the Smithsonian 
Institution for such purposes:  Provided further, That contracts 
awarded for environmental systems, protection systems, and exterior 
repair or renovation of buildings of the National Gallery of Art may be 
negotiated with selected contractors and awarded on the basis of 
contractor qualifications as well as price.

             John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                       operations and maintenance

    For necessary expenses for the operation, maintenance, and security 
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, including rent 
of temporary office space in the District of Columbia during 
renovations of such Center, $32,293,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025.

                     capital repair and restoration

    For necessary expenses for capital repair and restoration of the 
existing features of the building and site of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts, $12,633,000, to remain available until 
expended.

            Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the 
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 1356) including hire of 
passenger vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

           National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $207,000,000 shall be available to 
the National Endowment for the Arts for the support of projects and 
productions in the arts, including arts education and public outreach 
activities, through assistance to organizations and individuals 
pursuant to section 5 of the Act, for program support, and for 
administering the functions of the Act, to remain available until 
expended.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, $207,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $192,000,000 shall be available for support of 
activities in the humanities, pursuant to section 7(c) of the Act and 
for administering the functions of the Act; and $15,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out the matching grants program pursuant to section 
10(a)(2) of the Act, including $13,000,000 for the purposes of section 
7(h):  Provided, That appropriations for carrying out section 10(a)(2) 
shall be available for obligation only in such amounts as may be equal 
to the total amounts of gifts, bequests, devises of money, and other 
property accepted by the chairman or by grantees of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities under the provisions of sections 
11(a)(2)(B) and 11(a)(3)(B) during the current and preceding fiscal 
years for which equal amounts have not previously been appropriated.

                       Administrative Provisions

    None of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used to process any grant or contract 
documents which do not include the text of 18 U.S.C. 1913:  Provided, 
That none of the funds appropriated to the National Foundation on the 
Arts and the Humanities may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided further, That funds from 
nonappropriated sources may be used as necessary for official reception 
and representation expenses:  Provided further, That the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts may approve grants of up to 
$10,000, if in the aggregate the amount of such grants does not exceed 
5 percent of the sums appropriated for grantmaking purposes per year:  
Provided further, That such small grant actions are taken pursuant to 
the terms of an expressed and direct delegation of authority from the 
National Council on the Arts to the Chairperson.

                        Commission of Fine Arts

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Commission of Fine Arts under chapter 91 of 
title 40, United States Code, $3,661,000:  Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to charge fees to cover the full costs of its 
publications, and such fees shall be credited to this account as an 
offsetting collection, to remain available until expended without 
further appropriation:  Provided further, That the Commission is 
authorized to accept gifts, including objects, papers, artwork, 
drawings and artifacts, that pertain to the history and design of the 
Nation's Capital or the history and activities of the Commission of 
Fine Arts, for the purpose of artistic display, study, or education:  
Provided further, That one-tenth of one percent of the funds provided 
under this heading may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses.

               national capital arts and cultural affairs

    For necessary expenses as authorized by Public Law 99-190 (20 
U.S.C. 956a), $5,000,000:  Provided, That the item relating to 
``National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs'' in the Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986, as enacted into 
law by section 101(d) of Public Law 99-190 (20 U.S.C. 956a), shall be 
applied in fiscal year 2024 in the second paragraph by inserting ``, 
calendar year 2020 excluded'' before the first period:  Provided 
further, That in determining an eligible organization's annual income 
for calendar years 2021, 2022, and 2023, funds or grants received by 
the eligible organization from any supplemental appropriations made 
available in 2020 and 2021 in connection with the public health 
emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on 
January 31, 2020 (including renewals thereof) shall be counted as part 
of the eligible organization's annual income.

               Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation (Public Law 89-665), $8,585,000.

                  National Capital Planning Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Capital Planning Commission 
under chapter 87 of title 40, United States Code, including services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,750,000:  Provided, That one-quarter of 
1 percent of the funds provided under this heading may be used for 
official reception and representational expenses associated with 
hosting international visitors engaged in the planning and physical 
development of world capitals.

                United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                       holocaust memorial museum

    For expenses of the Holocaust Memorial Museum, as authorized by 
Public Law 106-292 (36 U.S.C. 2301-2310), $65,231,000, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, for the 
Museum's equipment replacement program; and of which $4,000,000 for the 
Museum's repair and rehabilitation program and $1,264,000 for the 
Museum's outreach initiatives program shall remain available until 
expended.

                             Presidio Trust

    The Presidio Trust is authorized to issue obligations to the 
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 104(d)(3) of the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-333), in 
an amount not to exceed $90,000,000.

              United States Semiquincentennial Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the United States Semiquincentennial 
Commission to plan and coordinate observances and activities associated 
with the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, as 
authorized by Public Law 116-282, the technical amendments to Public 
Law 114-196, $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025.

                                TITLE IV

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

             (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

                      restriction on use of funds

    Sec. 401.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available for any activity or the publication or distribution of 
literature that in any way tends to promote public support or 
opposition to any legislative proposal on which Congressional action is 
not complete other than to communicate to Members of Congress as 
described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.

                      obligation of appropriations

    Sec. 402.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.

                 disclosure of administrative expenses

    Sec. 403.  The amount and basis of estimated overhead charges, 
deductions, reserves, or holdbacks, including working capital fund 
charges, from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to 
support government-wide, departmental, agency, or bureau administrative 
functions or headquarters, regional, or central operations shall be 
presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate. Changes to such estimates shall be presented to the 
Committees on Appropriations for approval.

                          mining applications

    Sec. 404. (a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or 
expended to accept or process applications for a patent for any mining 
or mill site claim located under the general mining laws.
    (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if the Secretary of 
the Interior determines that, for the claim concerned: (1) a patent 
application was filed with the Secretary on or before September 30, 
1994; and (2) all requirements established under sections 2325 and 2326 
of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 29 and 30) for vein or lode claims, 
sections 2329, 2330, 2331, and 2333 of the Revised Statutes (30 U.S.C. 
35, 36, and 37) for placer claims, and section 2337 of the Revised 
Statutes (30 U.S.C. 42) for mill site claims, as the case may be, were 
fully complied with by the applicant by that date.
    (c) Report.--On September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Interior 
shall file with the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the House and the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report on actions taken by 
the Department under the plan submitted pursuant to section 314(c) of 
the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997 (Public Law 104-208).
    (d) Mineral Examinations.--In order to process patent applications 
in a timely and responsible manner, upon the request of a patent 
applicant, the Secretary of the Interior shall allow the applicant to 
fund a qualified third-party contractor to be selected by the Director 
of the Bureau of Land Management to conduct a mineral examination of 
the mining claims or mill sites contained in a patent application as 
set forth in subsection (b). The Bureau of Land Management shall have 
the sole responsibility to choose and pay the third-party contractor in 
accordance with the standard procedures employed by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the retention of third-party contractors.

             contract support costs, prior year limitation

    Sec. 405.  Sections 405 and 406 of division F of the Consolidated 
and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235) 
shall continue in effect in fiscal year 2024.

          contract support costs, fiscal year 2024 limitation

    Sec. 406.  Amounts provided by this Act for fiscal year 2024 under 
the headings ``Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health 
Service, Contract Support Costs'' and ``Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education, Contract 
Support Costs'' are the only amounts available for contract support 
costs arising out of self-determination or self-governance contracts, 
grants, compacts, or annual funding agreements for fiscal year 2024 
with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education, and the 
Indian Health Service:  Provided, That such amounts provided by this 
Act are not available for payment of claims for contract support costs 
for prior years, or for repayments of payments for settlements or 
judgments awarding contract support costs for prior years.

                        forest management plans

    Sec. 407.  The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be considered to 
be in violation of section 6(f)(5)(A) of the Forest and Rangeland 
Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604(f)(5)(A)) 
solely because more than 15 years have passed without revision of the 
plan for a unit of the National Forest System. Nothing in this section 
exempts the Secretary from any other requirement of the Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.) or 
any other law:  Provided, That if the Secretary is not acting 
expeditiously and in good faith, within the funding available, to 
revise a plan for a unit of the National Forest System, this section 
shall be void with respect to such plan and a court of proper 
jurisdiction may order completion of the plan on an accelerated basis.

                 prohibition within national monuments

    Sec. 408.  No funds provided in this Act may be expended to conduct 
preleasing, leasing and related activities under either the Mineral 
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) within the boundaries of a National 
Monument established pursuant to the Act of June 8, 1906 (16 U.S.C. 431 
et seq.) as such boundary existed on January 20, 2001, except where 
such activities are allowed under the Presidential proclamation 
establishing such monument.

                         limitation on takings

    Sec. 409.  Unless otherwise provided herein, no funds appropriated 
in this Act for the acquisition of lands or interests in lands may be 
expended for the filing of declarations of taking or complaints in 
condemnation without the approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations:  Provided, That this provision shall not apply to funds 
appropriated to implement the Everglades National Park Protection and 
Expansion Act of 1989, or to funds appropriated for Federal assistance 
to the State of Florida to acquire lands for Everglades restoration 
purposes.

                    prohibition on no-bid contracts

    Sec. 410.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to executive branch agencies may be used to enter 
into any Federal contract unless such contract is entered into in 
accordance with the requirements of Chapter 33 of title 41, United 
States Code, or Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, and the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless--
            (1) Federal law specifically authorizes a contract to be 
        entered into without regard for these requirements, including 
        formula grants for States, or federally recognized Indian 
        tribes;
            (2) such contract is authorized by the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, 
        25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) or by any other Federal laws that 
        specifically authorize a contract within an Indian tribe as 
        defined in section 4(e) of that Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)); or
            (3) such contract was awarded prior to the date of 
        enactment of this Act.

                           posting of reports

    Sec. 411. (a) Any agency receiving funds made available in this 
Act, shall, subject to subsections (b) and (c), post on the public 
website of that agency any report required to be submitted by the 
Congress in this or any other Act, upon the determination by the head 
of the agency that it shall serve the national interest.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a report if--
            (1) the public posting of the report compromises national 
        security; or
            (2) the report contains proprietary information.
    (c) The head of the agency posting such report shall do so only 
after such report has been made available to the requesting Committee 
or Committees of Congress for no less than 45 days.

            national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

    Sec. 412.  Of the funds provided to the National Endowment for the 
Arts--
            (1) The Chairperson shall only award a grant to an 
        individual if such grant is awarded to such individual for a 
        literature fellowship, National Heritage Fellowship, or 
        American Jazz Masters Fellowship.
            (2) The Chairperson shall establish procedures to ensure 
        that no funding provided through a grant, except a grant made 
        to a State or local arts agency, or regional group, may be used 
        to make a grant to any other organization or individual to 
        conduct activity independent of the direct grant recipient. 
        Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit payments made in 
        exchange for goods and services.
            (3) No grant shall be used for seasonal support to a group, 
        unless the application is specific to the contents of the 
        season, including identified programs or projects.

           national endowment for the arts program priorities

    Sec. 413. (a) In providing services or awarding financial 
assistance under the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
Act of 1965 from funds appropriated under this Act, the Chairperson of 
the National Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given 
to providing services or awarding financial assistance for projects, 
productions, workshops, or programs that serve underserved populations.
    (b) In this section:
            (1) The term ``underserved population'' means a population 
        of individuals, including urban minorities, who have 
        historically been outside the purview of arts and humanities 
        programs due to factors such as a high incidence of income 
        below the poverty line or to geographic isolation.
            (2) The term ``poverty line'' means the poverty line (as 
        defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised 
        annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community 
        Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2))) applicable to a 
        family of the size involved.
    (c) In providing services and awarding financial assistance under 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 with 
funds appropriated by this Act, the Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts shall ensure that priority is given to providing 
services or awarding financial assistance for projects, productions, 
workshops, or programs that will encourage public knowledge, education, 
understanding, and appreciation of the arts.
    (d) With funds appropriated by this Act to carry out section 5 of 
the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965--
            (1) the Chairperson shall establish a grant category for 
        projects, productions, workshops, or programs that are of 
        national impact or availability or are able to tour several 
        States;
            (2) the Chairperson shall not make grants exceeding 15 
        percent, in the aggregate, of such funds to any single State, 
        excluding grants made under the authority of paragraph (1);
            (3) the Chairperson shall report to the Congress annually 
        and by State, on grants awarded by the Chairperson in each 
        grant category under section 5 of such Act; and
            (4) the Chairperson shall encourage the use of grants to 
        improve and support community-based music performance and 
        education.

                  status of balances of appropriations

    Sec. 414.  The Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Indian Health Service 
shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of balances 
of appropriations including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated 
funds in each program and activity within 60 days of enactment of this 
Act.

                      extension of grazing permits

    Sec. 415.  The terms and conditions of section 325 of Public Law 
108-108 (117 Stat. 1307), regarding grazing permits issued by the 
Forest Service on any lands not subject to administration under section 
402 of the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1752), 
shall remain in effect for fiscal year 2024.

                          funding prohibition

    Sec. 416. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network is 
designed to block access to pornography websites.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.

                humane transfer and treatment of animals

    Sec. 417. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Interior, with respect to land administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management, or the Secretary of Agriculture, with 
respect to land administered by the Forest Service (referred to in this 
section as the ``Secretary concerned''), may transfer excess wild 
horses and burros that have been removed from land administered by the 
Secretary concerned to other Federal, State, and local government 
agencies for use as work animals.
    (b) The Secretary concerned may make a transfer under subsection 
(a) immediately on the request of a Federal, State, or local government 
agency.
    (c) An excess wild horse or burro transferred under subsection (a) 
shall lose status as a wild free-roaming horse or burro (as defined in 
section 2 of Public Law 92-195 (commonly known as the ``Wild Free-
Roaming Horses and Burros Act'') (16 U.S.C. 1332)).
    (d) A Federal, State, or local government agency receiving an 
excess wild horse or burro pursuant to subsection (a) shall not--
            (1) destroy the horse or burro in a manner that results in 
        the destruction of the horse or burro into a commercial 
        product;
            (2) sell or otherwise transfer the horse or burro in a 
        manner that results in the destruction of the horse or burro 
        for processing into a commercial product; or
            (3) euthanize the horse or burro, except on the 
        recommendation of a licensed veterinarian in a case of severe 
        injury, illness, or advanced age.
    (e) Amounts appropriated by this Act shall not be available for--
            (1) the destruction of any healthy, unadopted, and wild 
        horse or burro under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
        concerned (including a contractor); or
            (2) the sale of a wild horse or burro that results in the 
        destruction of the wild horse or burro for processing into a 
        commercial product.

   forest service facility realignment and enhancement authorization 
                               extension

    Sec. 418.  Section 503(f) of Public Law 109-54 (16 U.S.C. 580d 
note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 2024'' for 
``September 30, 2019''.

                     use of american iron and steel

    Sec. 419. (a)(1) None of the funds made available by a State water 
pollution control revolving fund as authorized by section 1452 of the 
Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j-12) shall be used for a project 
for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public 
water system or treatment works unless all of the iron and steel 
products used in the project are produced in the United States.
    (2) In this section, the term ``iron and steel'' products means the 
following products made primarily of iron or steel: lined or unlined 
pipes and fittings, manhole covers and other municipal castings, 
hydrants, tanks, flanges, pipe clamps and restraints, valves, 
structural steel, reinforced precast concrete, and construction 
materials.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply in any case or category of cases 
in which the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (in 
this section referred to as the ``Administrator'') finds that--
            (1) applying subsection (a) would be inconsistent with the 
        public interest;
            (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United 
        States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of 
        a satisfactory quality; or
            (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the 
        United States will increase the cost of the overall project by 
        more than 25 percent.
    (c) If the Administrator receives a request for a waiver under this 
section, the Administrator shall make available to the public on an 
informal basis a copy of the request and information available to the 
Administrator concerning the request, and shall allow for informal 
public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a 
finding based on the request. The Administrator shall make the request 
and accompanying information available by electronic means, including 
on the official public Internet Web site of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
    (d) This section shall be applied in a manner consistent with 
United States obligations under international agreements.
    (e) The Administrator may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated in this Act for the Clean and Drinking Water State 
Revolving Funds for carrying out the provisions described in subsection 
(a)(1) for management and oversight of the requirements of this 
section.

local cooperator training agreements and transfers of excess equipment 
                       and supplies for wildfires

    Sec. 420.  The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter 
into grants and cooperative agreements with volunteer fire departments, 
rural fire departments, rangeland fire protection associations, and 
similar organizations to provide for wildland fire training and 
equipment, including supplies and communication devices. 
Notwithstanding section 121(c) of title 40, United States Code, or 
section 521 of title 40, United States Code, the Secretary is further 
authorized to transfer title to excess Department of the Interior 
firefighting equipment no longer needed to carry out the functions of 
the Department's wildland fire management program to such 
organizations.

                            recreation fees

    Sec. 421.  Section 810 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
Act (16 U.S.C. 6809) shall be applied by substituting ``October 1, 
2025'' for ``September 30, 2019''.

                        reprogramming guidelines

    Sec. 422.  None of the funds made available in this Act, in this 
and prior fiscal years, may be reprogrammed without the advance 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in 
accordance with the reprogramming procedures contained in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act).

                           local contractors

    Sec. 423.  Section 412 of division E of Public Law 112-74 shall be 
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

      shasta-trinity marina fee authority authorization extension

    Sec. 424.  Section 422 of division F of Public Law 110-161 (121 
Stat 1844), as amended, shall be applied by substituting ``fiscal year 
2024'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

            interpretive association authorization extension

    Sec. 425.  Section 426 of division G of Public Law 113-76 (16 
U.S.C. 565a-1 note) shall be applied by substituting ``September 30, 
2024'' for ``September 30, 2019''.

    forest botanical products fee collection authorization extension

    Sec. 426.  Section 339 of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by 
Public Law 106-113; 16 U.S.C. 528 note), as amended by section 335(6) 
of Public Law 108-108 and section 432 of Public Law 113-76, shall be 
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2019''.

                              chaco canyon

    Sec. 427.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to accept a nomination for oil and gas leasing under 43 CFR 3120.3 et 
seq., or to offer for oil and gas leasing, any Federal lands within the 
withdrawal area identified on the map of the Chaco Culture National 
Historical Park prepared by the Bureau of Land Management and dated 
April 2, 2019, prior to the completion of the cultural resources 
investigation identified in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).

                             tribal leases

    Sec. 428. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
case of any lease under section 105(l) of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5324(l)), the initial lease 
term shall commence no earlier than the date of receipt of the lease 
proposal.
    (b) The Secretaries of the Interior and Health and Human Services 
shall, jointly or separately, during fiscal year 2024 consult with 
tribes and tribal organizations through public solicitation and other 
means regarding the requirements for leases under section 105(l) of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5324(l)) on how to implement a consistent and transparent process for 
the payment of such leases.

               forest ecosystem health and recovery fund

    Sec. 429.  The authority provided under the heading ``Forest 
Ecosystem Health and Recovery Fund'' in title I of Public Law 111-88, 
as amended by section 117 of division F of Public Law 113-235, shall be 
applied by substituting ``fiscal year 2024'' for ``fiscal year 2020'' 
each place it appears.

     allocation of projects, national parks and public land legacy 
         restoration fund and land and water conservation fund

    Sec. 430. (a)(1) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall allocate amounts made available from 
the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for fiscal 
year 2024 pursuant to subsection (c) of section 200402 of title 54, 
United States Code, and as provided in subsection (e) of such section 
of such title, to the agencies of the Department of the Interior and 
the Department of Agriculture specified, in the amounts specified, for 
the stations and unit names specified, and for the projects and 
activities specified in the table titled ``Allocation of Funds: 
National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 
2024'' in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).
    (2) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, shall 
allocate amounts made available for expenditure from the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2024 pursuant to subsection (a) of 
section 200303 of title 54, United States Code, to the agencies and 
accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the projects and 
activities specified in the table titled ``Allocation of Funds: Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).
    (b) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (c) of this section, 
neither the President nor his designee may allocate any amounts that 
are made available for any fiscal year under subsection (c) of section 
200402 of title 54, United States Code, or subsection (a) of section 
200303 of title 54, United States Code, other than in amounts and for 
projects and activities that are allocated by subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section:  Provided, That in any fiscal year, the matter 
preceding this proviso shall not apply to the allocation of amounts for 
continuing administration of programs allocated funds from the National 
Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund or the Land and Water 
Conservation Fund, which may be allocated only in amounts that are no 
more than the allocation for such purposes in subsections (a)(1) and 
(a)(2) of this section.
    (c) The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
may reallocate amounts from each agency's ``Contingency Fund'' line in 
the table titled ``Allocation of Funds: National Parks and Public Land 
Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' to any project funded by the 
National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund within the same 
agency, from any fiscal year, that experienced a funding deficiency due 
to unforeseen cost overruns, in accordance with the following 
requirements:
            (1) ``Contingency Fund'' amounts may only be reallocated if 
        there is a risk to project completion resulting from unforeseen 
        cost overruns;
            (2) ``Contingency Fund'' amounts may only be reallocated 
        for cost of adjustments and changes within the original scope 
        of effort for projects funded by the National Parks and Public 
        Land Legacy Restoration Fund; and
            (3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
        Agriculture must provide written notification to the Committees 
        on Appropriations 30 days before taking any actions authorized 
        by this subsection if the amount reallocated from the 
        ``Contingency Fund'' line for a project is projected to be 10 
        percent or greater than the following, as applicable:
                    (A) The amount allocated to that project in the 
                table titled ``Allocation of Funds: National Parks and 
                Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund Fiscal Year 2024'' 
                in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
                the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
                Act); or
                    (B) The initial estimate in the most recent report 
                submitted, prior to enactment of this Act, to the 
                Committees on Appropriations pursuant to section 431(e) 
                of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
                2023 (Public Law 117-328).
    (d)(1) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate project 
data sheets for the projects in the ``Submission of Annual List of 
Projects to Congress'' required by section 200402(h) of title 54, 
United States Code:  Provided, That the ``Submission of Annual List of 
Projects to Congress'' must include a ``Contingency Fund'' line for 
each agency within the allocations defined in subsection (e) of section 
200402 of title 54, United States Code:  Provided further, That in the 
event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act for the National 
Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund are no longer needed to 
complete a specified project, such amounts may be reallocated in such 
submission to that agency's ``Contingency Fund'' line:  Provided 
further, That any proposals to change the scope of or terminate a 
previously approved project must be clearly identified in such 
submission.
    (2)(A) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the 
President for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a list of 
supplementary allocations for Federal land acquisition and Forest 
Legacy Projects at the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest 
Service that are in addition to the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' 
required by section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, that 
are prioritized and detailed by account, program, and project, and that 
total no less than half the full amount allocated to each account for 
that land management Agency under the allocations submitted under 
section 200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code:  Provided, That 
in the event amounts allocated by this Act or any prior Act pursuant to 
subsection (a) of section 200303 of title 54, United States Code are no 
longer needed because a project has been completed or can no longer be 
executed, such amounts must be clearly identified if proposed for 
reallocation in the annual budget submission.
    (B) The Federal land acquisition and Forest Legacy projects in the 
``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section 200303(c)(1) of 
title 54, United States Code, and on the list of supplementary 
allocations required by subparagraph (A) shall be comprised only of 
projects for which a willing seller has been identified and for which 
an appraisal or market research has been initiated.
    (C) Concurrent with the annual budget submission of the President 
for fiscal year 2025, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall each submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate project data sheets in the 
same format and containing the same level of detailed information that 
is found on such sheets in the Budget Justifications annually submitted 
by the Department of the Interior with the President's Budget for the 
projects in the ``Submission of Cost Estimates'' required by section 
200303(c)(1) of title 54, United States Code, and in the same format 
and containing the same level of detailed information that is found on 
such sheets submitted to the Committees pursuant to section 427 of 
division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116-94) for the list of supplementary allocations required by 
subparagraph (A).
    (e) The Department of the Interior and the Department of 
Agriculture shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate quarterly reports on the status of 
balances of projects and activities funded by the National Parks and 
Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund for amounts allocated pursuant to 
subsection (a)(1) of this section and the status of balances of 
projects and activities funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
for amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, 
including all uncommitted, committed, and unobligated funds, and, for 
amounts allocated pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of this section, 
National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund amounts 
reallocated pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

                  policies relating to biomass energy

    Sec. 431.  To support the key role that forests in the United 
States can play in addressing the energy needs of the United States, 
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, consistent 
with their missions, jointly--
            (1) ensure that Federal policy relating to forest 
        bioenergy--
                    (A) is consistent across all Federal departments 
                and agencies; and
                    (B) recognizes the full benefits of the use of 
                forest biomass for energy, conservation, and 
                responsible forest management; and
            (2) establish clear and simple policies for the use of 
        forest biomass as an energy solution, including policies that--
                    (A) reflect the carbon neutrality of forest 
                bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy 
                source, provided the use of forest biomass for energy 
                production does not cause conversion of forests to non-
                forest use;
                    (B) encourage private investment throughout the 
                forest biomass supply chain, including in--
                            (i) working forests;
                            (ii) harvesting operations;
                            (iii) forest improvement operations;
                            (iv) forest bioenergy production;
                            (v) wood products manufacturing; or
                            (vi) paper manufacturing;
                    (C) encourage forest management to improve forest 
                health; and
                    (D) recognize State initiatives to produce and use 
                forest biomass.

                       small remote incinerators

    Sec. 432.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to implement or enforce the regulation issued on March 21, 2011 at 40 
CFR part 60 subparts CCCC and DDDD with respect to units in the State 
of Alaska that are defined as ``small, remote incinerator'' units in 
those regulations and, until a subsequent regulation is issued, the 
Administrator shall implement the law and regulations in effect prior 
to such date.

                        timber sale requirements

    Sec. 433.  No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised 
if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is 
not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a 
normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal 
process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal. The western 
red cedar timber from those sales which is surplus to the needs of the 
domestic processors in Alaska, shall be made available to domestic 
processors in the contiguous 48 United States at prevailing domestic 
prices. All additional western red cedar volume not sold to Alaska or 
contiguous 48 United States domestic processors may be exported to 
foreign markets at the election of the timber sale holder. All Alaska 
yellow cedar may be sold at prevailing export prices at the election of 
the timber sale holder.

 transfer authority to federal highway administration for the national 
             parks and public land legacy restoration fund

    Sec. 434.  Funds made available or allocated in this Act to the 
Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture that are 
subject to the allocations and limitations in 54 U.S.C. 200402(e) and 
prohibitions in 54 U.S.C. 200402(f) may be further allocated or 
reallocated to the Federal Highway Administration for transportation 
projects of the covered agencies defined in 54 U.S.C. 200401(2).

                      prohibition on use of funds

    Sec. 435.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to 
promulgate or implement any regulation requiring the issuance of 
permits under title V of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661 et seq.) for 
carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, water vapor, or methane emissions 
resulting from biological processes associated with livestock 
production.

                 greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

    Sec. 436.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available in this or any other Act may be used to implement 
any provision in a rule, if that provision requires mandatory reporting 
of greenhouse gas emissions from manure management systems.

                          funding prohibition

    Sec. 437.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to regulate the lead content of ammunition, ammunition 
components, or fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act 
(15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) or any other law.

                          firefighter pay cap

    Sec. 438.  Section 1701 of division B of the Extending Government 
Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547 note), 
as amended by Public Law 117-103, is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last sentence and 
        inserting ``Any Services during a given calendar year that 
        generate payments payable in the subsequent calendar year shall 
        be disregarded in applying this subsection''; and
            (2) in subsections (a), (b), and (c) by inserting ``or 
        2024'' after ``or 2023'' each place it appears.

                          technical correction

    Sec. 439.  In the table entitled ``Interior and Environment 
Incorporation of Community Project Funding Items/Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items'' in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 in the matter preceding division A of Public Law 117-328 and 
in the table under the heading ``Disclosure of Earmarks and 
Congressionally Directed Spending Items'' in such explanatory 
statement, the project relating to ``Historic Campbell Chapel 
Restoration Committee for the Restoration of Historic Campbell Chapel'' 
is deemed to be amended by striking ``Historic Preservation Fund--Save 
America's Treasures Grants'' and inserting ``Historic Preservation 
Fund--Historic Preservation Fund Grants''.

     alaska native regional health entities authorization extension

    Sec. 440.  Section 424(a) of title IV of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76) shall be 
applied by substituting ``October 1, 2024'' for ``December 24, 2022''.

                        lava ridge wind project

    Sec. 441. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended for the purpose of granting, issuing, or renewing 
a right-of-way under section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind 
Project, unless or until the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Land Management, has analyzed, in consultation with local 
elected officials and stakeholders, action alternatives designed to 
reduce impacts to wildlife, cultural resources, transportation, 
hunting, wetlands and the connected surface and ground waters. The 
Secretary shall complete such consultations, and seek feedback 
regarding action alternatives, not later than September 30, 2024, and 
no funds made available in this Act shall be used for granting, 
issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under section 501 of the Federal 
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava 
Ridge Wind Project while such consultations and efforts are ongoing.
    (b) Prior to granting, issuing, or renewing a right-of-way under 
section 501 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1761) for the Lava Ridge Wind Project, the Secretary shall 
periodically report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations on the status of consultations required under subsection 
(a) and, once such consultations are complete, provide a briefing to 
the Committees on the action alternatives and the feedback of local 
elected officials and stakeholders.

                               limitation

    Sec. 442.  If requested by the claimant of any mining claim located 
within the area covered by Public Land Order 7921, the Bureau of Land 
Management shall prioritize completion of a validity determination for 
such claim. The Bureau of Land Management shall strive to complete any 
such validity determination not later than 3 years of receipt of the 
request.

                        good neighbor authority

    Sec. 443.  Section 8206 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 (16 U.S.C. 
2113a), as amended by section 8624 of the Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115-334) and the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 
2023 (Public Law 117-328), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A), by adding before the period: 
        ``; or''
                            ``(iii) National Park System land; or
                            ``(iv) National Wildlife Refuge Land'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by striking ``or'' after 
        ``National Forest System'' and inserting ``,'';
            (3) in subsection (a)(4)(B)(i), by inserting ``, National 
        Park Service, or National Wildlife Refuge'' after ``Bureau of 
        Land Management'';
            (4) in subsection (b)(2)(C)(ii), by striking ``2023'' and 
        inserting ``2024'';
            (5) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ``land or'' and 
        inserting ``,''; and
            (6) in subsection (b)(4) by inserting ``, National Park 
        System, or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service'' after ``Bureau of 
        Land Management''.

                forest service nonrecurring expense fund

    Sec. 444.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ``Forest Service Nonrecurring 
Expenses Fund'' (the Fund):  Provided, That unobligated balances of 
expired discretionary funds, and discretionary no-year funds at least 
four years old and deemed by the Chief of the Forest Service no longer 
needed for their intended purpose, appropriated for this or any 
succeeding fiscal year from the general fund of the Treasury to the 
Forest Service by this or any other Act may be transferred into the 
Fund:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be 
available until expended, and in addition to such other funds as may be 
available, for information technology; administrative expenses such as, 
but not limited to, utility and lease payments; facilities 
infrastructure maintenance, improvements, and construction; and roads 
infrastructure maintenance, subject to approval by the Office of 
Management and Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may 
not be obligated without written notification to and the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate in conformance with the reprogramming guidelines described 
in this Act.

                   world war i centennial commission

    Sec. 445.  In addition to the authority provided by section 6(g) of 
the World War I Centennial Commission Act, as authorized by the World 
War I Centennial Commission Act (Public Law 112-272) and the Carl Levin 
and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291), the World War I Commission may 
accept money, in-kind personnel services, contractual support, or any 
appropriate support from any executive branch agency for activities of 
the Commission.

                               rescission

    Sec. 446.  Of the unobligated balances from discretionary amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2020 or prior fiscal years and derived 
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the following are hereby 
permanently rescinded--
            (1) $89,000,000 from National Park Service grant programs 
        with unobligated carryover balances; and
            (2) $5,000,000 from the Bureau of Land Management:
  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a 
concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                               rescission

    Sec. 447.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
by section 11001 of Public Law 117-2, $350,000,000 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.

                               rescission

    Sec. 448.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
for fiscal year 2023 or prior fiscal years under the heading 
``Department of Health and Human Services--Indian Health Service--
Indian Health Services'' for costs related to or resulting from 
accreditation emergencies, $90,000,000 are hereby rescinded:  Provided, 
That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    This division may be cited as the ``Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

DIVISION F--TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED 
                   AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$191,295,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $3,770,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
        of the Secretary;
            (2) $1,370,000 shall be available for the immediate Office 
        of the Deputy Secretary;
            (3) $32,272,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        General Counsel;
            (4) $20,064,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, of which 
        $2,000,000 is for the Office for Multimodal Freight 
        Infrastructure and Policy:  Provided, That the Secretary must 
        obtain reprogramming approval from the House and Senate 
        Committees on Appropriations under section 405 of this Act 
        prior to executing the authorities of section 118(g)(2)-(3) of 
        title 49, United States Code;
            (5) $22,724,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs;
            (6) $7,138,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs;
            (7) $43,284,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Assistant Secretary for Administration;
            (8) $6,244,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
        Affairs and Public Engagement;
            (9) $2,515,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Executive Secretariat;
            (10) $16,506,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response;
            (11) $33,879,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Information Officer; and
            (12) $1,529,000 shall be available for the Office of Tribal 
        Government Affairs:
  Provided further, That the Secretary of Transportation (referred to 
in this title as the ``Secretary'') is authorized to transfer funds 
appropriated for any office of the Office of the Secretary to any other 
office of the Office of the Secretary:  Provided further, That no 
appropriation for any office shall be increased or decreased by more 
than 7 percent by all such transfers:  Provided further, That notice of 
any change in funding greater than 7 percent shall be submitted for 
approval to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $70,000 shall be for allocation 
within the Department for official reception and representation 
expenses as the Secretary may determine:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, there may be credited to 
this appropriation up to $2,500,000 in funds received in user fees.

                        research and technology

    For necessary expenses related to the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, $49,040,000, of which 
$22,500,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
such amounts that are available until expended, $10,000,000 shall be 
for necessary expenses of the Advanced Research Projects Agency--
Infrastructure (ARPA-I) as authorized by section 119 of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That within the funds made 
available under the preceding proviso, not less than $8,000,000 shall 
be available for research on durability, resiliency, and sustainability 
of bridges and other infrastructure and shall be directed to an 
accredited university of higher education in the northeast United 
States that has experience leading a regional university transportation 
center and a proven record of developing, patenting, deploying, and 
commercializing innovative composite materials and technologies for 
bridge and other transportation applications, as well as conducting 
research and developing prototypes using very large-scale polymer-based 
additive manufacturing:  Provided further, That there may be credited 
to this appropriation, to be available until expended, funds received 
from States, counties, municipalities, other public authorities, and 
private sources for expenses incurred for training:  Provided further, 
That any reference in law, regulation, judicial proceedings, or 
elsewhere to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration 
shall continue to be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology of the Department of 
Transportation.

                  national infrastructure investments

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out a local and regional project 
assistance grant program under section 6702 of title 49, United States 
Code, $345,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
section 6702(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, not less than 5 percent shall be awarded to projects in 
historically disadvantaged communities or areas of persistent poverty 
as defined under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  
Provided further, That grants awarded under this heading in this Act 
for eligible projects for planning, preparation, or design shall not be 
subject to a minimum grant size:  Provided further, That in 
distributing amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 
Secretary shall take such measures so as to ensure an equitable 
geographic distribution of funds, an appropriate balance in addressing 
the needs of urban and rural areas, including Tribal areas, and the 
investment in a variety of transportation modes:  Provided further, 
That for amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 
Secretary shall give priority to projects that require a contribution 
of Federal funds in order to complete an overall financing package:  
Provided further, That section 6702(f)(1) of title 49, United States 
Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts awarded under this 
heading in this Act, not more than 50 percent shall be allocated for 
eligible projects located in rural areas and not more than 50 percent 
shall be allocated for eligible projects located in urbanized areas:  
Provided further, That for the purpose of determining if an award for 
planning, preparation, or design under this heading in this Act is an 
urban award, the project location is the location of the project being 
planned, prepared, or designed:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
may retain up to 2 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, and may transfer portions of such amounts to the 
Administrators of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Federal 
Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Federal 
Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration to fund the 
award and oversight of grants and credit assistance made under the 
program authorized under section 6702 of title 49, United States Code:  
Provided further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, the Secretary shall consider and award projects based solely 
on the selection criteria as identified under section 6702(d)(3) and 
(d)(4) of title 49, United States Code.

     national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

    For necessary expenses of the National Surface Transportation and 
Innovative Finance Bureau as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 116, $9,558,000, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may 
collect and spend fees, as authorized by title 23, United States Code, 
to cover the costs of services of expert firms, including counsel, in 
the field of municipal and project finance to assist in the 
underwriting and servicing of Federal credit instruments and all or a 
portion of the costs to the Federal Government of servicing such credit 
instruments:  Provided further, That such fees are available until 
expended to pay for such costs:  Provided further, That such amounts 
are in addition to other amounts made available for such purposes and 
are not subject to any obligation limitation or the limitation on 
administrative expenses under section 608 of title 23, United States 
Code.

              rural and tribal infrastructure advancement

    For necessary expenses to carry out rural and Tribal infrastructure 
advancement as authorized in section 21205 of Public Law 117-58, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 
That the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal 
agencies, State or local governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, 
or other technical assistance providers, to provide such technical 
assistance, planning, and capacity building to State, local, or Tribal 
governments, United States territories, metropolitan planning 
organizations, transit agencies, or other political subdivisions of 
State or local governments.

       railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

    The Secretary is authorized to issue direct loans and loan 
guarantees pursuant to chapter 224 of title 49, United States Code, and 
such authority shall exist as long as any such direct loan or loan 
guarantee is outstanding.

                      financial management capital

    For necessary expenses for upgrading and enhancing the Department 
of Transportation's financial systems and re-engineering business 
processes, $5,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025.

                       cyber security initiatives

    For necessary expenses for cyber security initiatives, including 
necessary upgrades to network and information technology 
infrastructure, improvement of identity management and authentication 
capabilities, securing and protecting data, implementation of Federal 
cyber security initiatives, and implementation of enhanced security 
controls on agency computers and mobile devices, $49,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                         office of civil rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $18,228,000.

           transportation planning, research, and development

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning, 
research, systems development, development activities, and making 
grants, $24,369,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That of such amount, $5,436,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the 
Interagency Infrastructure Permitting Improvement Center (IIPIC):  
Provided further, That there may be transferred to this appropriation, 
to remain available until expended, amounts transferred from other 
Federal agencies for expenses incurred under this heading for IIPIC 
activities not related to transportation infrastructure:  Provided 
further, That the tools and analysis developed by the IIPIC shall be 
available to other Federal agencies for the permitting and review of 
major infrastructure projects not related to transportation only to the 
extent that other Federal agencies provide funding to the Department in 
accordance with the preceding proviso:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $3,443,000 shall be made 
available for the purposes, and in amounts, specified for 
Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act).

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of 
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $522,165,000, shall be paid 
from appropriations made available to the Department of Transportation: 
 Provided, That such services shall be provided on a competitive basis 
to entities within the Department of Transportation:  Provided further, 
That the limitation in the preceding proviso on operating expenses 
shall not apply to entities external to the Department of 
Transportation or for funds provided in Public Law 117-58:  Provided 
further, That no funds made available by this Act to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without 
majority approval of the Working Capital Fund Steering Committee and 
approval of the Secretary:  Provided further, That no assessments may 
be levied against any program, budget activity, subactivity, or project 
funded by this Act unless notice of such assessments and the basis 
therefor are presented to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and are approved by such Committees.

       small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

    For necessary expenses for small and disadvantaged business 
utilization and outreach activities, $5,330,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 332 
of title 49, United States Code, such amounts may be used for business 
opportunities related to any mode of transportation:  Provided further, 
That appropriations made available under this heading shall be 
available for any purpose consistent with prior year appropriations 
that were made available under the heading ``Office of the Secretary--
Minority Business Resource Center Program''.

                        payments to air carriers

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    In addition to funds made available from any other source to carry 
out the essential air service program under sections 41731 through 
41742 of title 49, United States Code, $348,554,000, to be derived from 
the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That in determining between or among carriers competing to 
provide service to a community, the Secretary may consider the relative 
subsidy requirements of the carriers:  Provided further, That basic 
essential air service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-
passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3) of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That amounts authorized to be 
distributed for the essential air service program under section 
41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made available 
immediately from amounts otherwise provided to the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration:  Provided further, That the 
Administrator may reimburse such amounts from fees credited to the 
account established under section 45303 of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 41733 of title 
49, United States Code, for fiscal year 2024, the requirements 
established under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 41731(a)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code, and the subsidy cap established by 
section 332 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000, shall not apply to maintain eligibility under 
section 41731 of title 49, United States Code.

  administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 101.  None of the funds made available by this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be obligated for the Office of the 
Secretary of Transportation to approve assessments or reimbursable 
agreements pertaining to funds appropriated to the operating 
administrations in this Act, except for activities underway on the date 
of enactment of this Act, unless such assessments or agreements have 
completed the normal reprogramming process for congressional 
notification.
    Sec. 102.  The Secretary shall post on the web site of the 
Department of Transportation a schedule of all meetings of the Council 
on Credit and Finance, including the agenda for each meeting, and 
require the Council on Credit and Finance to record the decisions and 
actions of each meeting.
    Sec. 103.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Working Capital Fund is 
authorized to provide partial or full payments in advance and accept 
subsequent reimbursements from all Federal agencies from available 
funds for transit benefit distribution services that are necessary to 
carry out the Federal transit pass transportation fringe benefit 
program under Executive Order No. 13150 and section 3049 of SAFETEA-LU 
(5 U.S.C. 7905 note):  Provided, That the Department shall maintain a 
reasonable operating reserve in the Working Capital Fund, to be 
expended in advance to provide uninterrupted transit benefits to 
Government employees:  Provided further, That such reserve shall not 
exceed 1 month of benefits payable and may be used only for the purpose 
of providing for the continuation of transit benefits:  Provided 
further, That the Working Capital Fund shall be fully reimbursed by 
each customer agency from available funds for the actual cost of the 
transit benefit.
    Sec. 104.  Receipts collected in the Department's Working Capital 
Fund, as authorized by section 327 of title 49, United States Code, for 
unused transit and van pool benefits, in an amount not to exceed 10 
percent of fiscal year 2024 collections, shall be available until 
expended in the Department's Working Capital Fund to provide 
contractual services in support of section 189 of this Act:  Provided, 
That obligations in fiscal year 2024 of such collections shall not 
exceed $1,000,000.
    Sec. 105.  None of the funds in this title may be obligated or 
expended for retention or senior executive bonuses for an employee of 
the Department of Transportation without the prior written approval of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration.
    Sec. 106.  In addition to authority provided by section 327 of 
title 49, United States Code, the Department's Administrative Working 
Capital Fund is hereby authorized to transfer information technology 
equipment, software, and systems from departmental sources or other 
entities and collect and maintain a reserve at rates which will return 
full cost of transferred assets.
    Sec. 107.  None of the funds provided in this Act to the Department 
of Transportation may be used to provide credit assistance unless not 
less than 3 days before any application approval to provide credit 
assistance under sections 603 and 604 of title 23, United States Code, 
the Secretary provides notification in writing to the following 
committees: the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Banking, 
Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives:  
Provided, That such notification shall include, but not be limited to, 
the name of the project sponsor; a description of the project; whether 
credit assistance will be provided as a direct loan, loan guarantee, or 
line of credit; and the amount of credit assistance.
    Sec. 108.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
for ``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program'' in 
section 109 of division L of Public Law 117-103, $8,948,237.30 is 
hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 109.  The Secretary of Transportation may transfer amounts 
awarded to a federally recognized Tribe under a funding agreement 
entered into under part 29 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, 
from the Department of Transportation's Operating Administrations to 
the Office of Tribal Government Affairs:  Provided, That any amounts 
retroceded or reassumed under such part may be transferred back to the 
appropriate Operating Administration.
    Sec. 109A. (a) Amounts made available to the Secretary of 
Transportation or the Department of Transportation's operating 
administrations in this Act for the costs of award, administration, or 
oversight of financial assistance under the programs identified in 
subsection (c) may be transferred to the account identified in section 
801 of division J of Public Law 117-58, to remain available until 
expended, for the necessary expenses of award, administration, or 
oversight of any financial assistance programs in the Department of 
Transportation.
    (b) Amounts transferred under the authority in this section are 
available in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose.
    (c) The program from which funds made available under this Act may 
be transferred under subsection (a) are--
            (1) the local and regional project assistance program under 
        section 6702 of title 49, United States Code; and
            (2) the university transportation centers program under 
        section 5505 of title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 109B.  Of the amounts made available under the heading 
``National Infrastructure Investments'', up to $35,000,000 shall be 
available--
            (1) First, to fully fund the projects at the amounts for 
        which they applied under section 109B of the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L of Public Law 117-328) and 
        were not fully funded; and
            (2) Second, to fund highway infrastructure projects for 
        which the initial grant agreement was executed between January 
        14, 2021 and February 14, 2021 for awards made from the 
        national infrastructure investments program under title I of 
        division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public 
        Law 116-6):  Provided, That sponsors of projects eligible for 
        funds made available under subsection shall provide sufficient 
        written justification describing, at a minimum, the current 
        project cost estimate, why the project cannot be completed with 
        the obligated grant amount, and any other relevant information, 
        as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That funds 
        made available under this subsection shall be allocated to 
        projects eligible to receive funding under this section in 
        order of the date the grant agreements were initially executed: 
         Provided further, That the allocation under the previous 
        proviso will be for the amounts necessary to cover increases to 
        eligible project costs since the grant was obligated, based on 
        the information provided:  Provided further, That section 
        200.204 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not 
        apply to amounts made available under this section:  Provided 
        further, That the amounts made available under this section 
        shall not be subject to limitations under section 6702(c) of 
        title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
        amounts made available under this section shall not be part of 
        the Federal share of total project costs under section 
        6702(e)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, 
        That section 6702(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
        apply to amounts made available under this section:  Provided 
        further, That the Office of the Secretary of Transportation 
        shall provide the amounts allocated to projects under this 
        section no later than 120 days after the date the sufficient 
        written justifications required under this section have been 
        submitted.
    Sec. 109C.  For amounts provided for this fiscal year and prior 
fiscal years, section 24112(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-58 shall be 
applied by substituting ``30 percent'' for ``40 percent''.
    Sec. 109D.  The remaining unobligated balances, as of September 30, 
2024, from amounts made available for the ``Department of 
Transportation--Office of the Secretary--National Infrastructure 
Investments'' in division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 
rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2024, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, and shall be available, without 
additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made 
pursuant to the fiscal year 2021 national infrastructure investments 
program, in addition to other funds as may be available for such 
purposes:  Provided, That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that 
were designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
a concurrent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 109E.  For amounts provided for fiscal year 2024 under the 
heading ``National Infrastructure Investments'' in title VIII of 
division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
117-58) to carry out section 6702 of title 49, United States Code, the 
set aside for historically disadvantaged communities or areas of 
persistent poverty under subsection (f)(2) of such section shall be 
applied by substituting ``5 percent'' for ``1 percent'' in this fiscal 
year:  Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget are designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 
(117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2022, and to legislation establishing fiscal year 2024 budget 
enforcement in the House of Representatives.

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Aviation Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, including operations and research activities 
related to commercial space transportation, administrative expenses for 
research and development, establishment of air navigation facilities, 
the operation (including leasing) and maintenance of aircraft, 
subsidizing the cost of aeronautical charts and maps sold to the 
public, the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only, $12,729,627,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, of which $12,093,150,000 to be derived from the Airport and 
Airway Trust Fund:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading--
            (1) not less than $1,745,532,000 shall be available for 
        aviation safety activities;
            (2) $9,439,068,000 shall be available for air traffic 
        organization activities;
            (3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial space 
        transportation activities;
            (4) $948,211,000 shall be available for finance and 
        management activities;
            (5) $67,818,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
        operations planning activities;
            (6) $162,155,000 shall be available for security and 
        hazardous materials safety activities; and
            (7) $324,825,000 shall be available for staff offices:
  Provided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of any budget 
activity, except for aviation safety budget activity, may be 
transferred to any budget activity under this heading:  Provided 
further, That no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation 
under this heading by more than 5 percent:  Provided further, That any 
transfer in excess of 5 percent shall be treated as a reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act and shall not be available for 
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set 
forth in that section:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days 
after the submission of the budget request, the Administrator of the 
Federal Aviation Administration shall transmit to Congress an annual 
update to the report submitted to Congress in December 2004 pursuant to 
section 221 of the Vision 100-Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act 
(49 U.S.C. 40101 note):  Provided further, That the amounts made 
available under this heading shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day 
after 60 days after the submission of the budget request that such 
report has not been transmitted to Congress:  Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after the submission of the budget request, the 
Administrator shall transmit to Congress a companion report that 
describes a comprehensive strategy for staffing, hiring, and training 
flight standards and aircraft certification staff in a format similar 
to the one utilized for the controller staffing plan, including stated 
attrition estimates and numerical hiring goals by fiscal year:  
Provided further, That the amounts made available under this heading 
shall be reduced by $100,000 for each day after the date that is 60 
days after the submission of the budget request that such report has 
not been submitted to Congress:  Provided further, That funds may be 
used to enter into a grant agreement with a nonprofit standard-setting 
organization to assist in the development of aviation safety standards: 
 Provided further, That none of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for new applicants for the second career training 
program:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available by 
this Act shall be available for the Federal Aviation Administration to 
finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new aviation 
user fees not specifically authorized by law after the date of the 
enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That there may be credited to 
this appropriation, as offsetting collections, funds received from 
States, counties, municipalities, foreign authorities, other public 
authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred in the provision 
of agency services, including receipts for the maintenance and 
operation of air navigation facilities, and for issuance, renewal or 
modification of certificates, including airman, aircraft, and repair 
station certificates, or for tests related thereto, or for processing 
major repair or alteration forms:  Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, not less than $205,376,000 
shall be used to fund direct operations of the current air traffic 
control towers in the contract tower program, including the contract 
tower cost share program, and any airport that is currently qualified 
or that will qualify for the program during the fiscal year:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act for 
aeronautical charting and cartography are available for activities 
conducted by, or coordinated through, the Working Capital Fund:  
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to eliminate the 
contract weather observers program at any airport.

                        facilities and equipment

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for 
acquisition, establishment, technical support services, improvement by 
contract or purchase, and hire of national airspace systems and 
experimental facilities and equipment, as authorized under part A of 
subtitle VII of title 49, United States Code, including initial 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; engineering and 
service testing, including construction of test facilities and 
acquisition of necessary sites by lease or grant; construction and 
furnishing of quarters and related accommodations for officers and 
employees of the Federal Aviation Administration stationed at remote 
localities where such accommodations are not available; and the 
purchase, lease, or transfer of aircraft from funds made available 
under this heading, including aircraft for aviation regulation and 
certification; to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 
$3,191,250,000, of which $634,739,370 is for personnel and related 
expenses and shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
$2,496,360,630 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and 
$60,150,000 is for terminal facilities and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028:  Provided, That there may be credited to this 
appropriation funds received from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources, for expenses incurred in 
the establishment, improvement, and modernization of national airspace 
systems:  Provided further, That not later than 60 days after 
submission of the budget request, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
transmit to the Congress an investment plan for the Federal Aviation 
Administration which includes funding for each budget line item for 
fiscal years 2025 through 2029, with total funding for each year of the 
plan constrained to the funding targets for those years as estimated 
and approved by the Office of Management and Budget:  Provided further, 
That section 405 of this Act shall apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in title VIII of the Infrastructure Investments and 
Jobs Appropriations Act (division J of Public Law 117-58):  Provided 
further, That the amounts in the table entitled ``Allocation of Funds 
for FAA Facilities and Equipment from the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act--Fiscal Year 2024'' in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) 
shall be the baseline for application of reprogramming and transfer 
authorities for the current fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (7) of 
such section 405 for amounts referred to in the preceding proviso:  
Provided further, That, notwithstanding paragraphs (5) and (6) of such 
section 405, unless prior approval is received from the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, not to exceed 10 percent of any 
funding level specified for projects and activities in the table 
referred to in the preceding proviso may be transferred to any other 
funding level specified for projects and activities in such table and 
no transfer of such funding levels may increase or decrease any funding 
level in such table by more than 10 percent:  Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading for terminal facilities, 
$15,000,000 shall be made available for the purposes, and in amounts, 
specified for Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending in the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).

                 research, engineering, and development

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for research, 
engineering, and development, as authorized under part A of subtitle 
VII of title 49, United States Code, including construction of 
experimental facilities and acquisition of necessary sites by lease or 
grant, $280,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway Trust 
Fund and to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, That 
there may be credited to this appropriation as offsetting collections, 
funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other public 
authorities, and private sources, which shall be available for expenses 
incurred for research, engineering, and development:  Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading shall be used in 
accordance with the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided 
further, That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified 
under this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act) may be 
transferred to any other funding level specified under this heading in 
the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That 
no transfer may increase or decrease any funding level by more than 10 
percent:  Provided further, That any transfer in excess of 10 percent 
shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 405 of this 
Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in 
compliance with the procedures set forth in that section.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                    (airport and airway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For liquidation of obligations incurred for grants-in-aid for 
airport planning and development, and noise compatibility planning and 
programs as authorized under subchapter I of chapter 471 and subchapter 
I of chapter 475 of title 49, United States Code, and under other law 
authorizing such obligations; for procurement, installation, and 
commissioning of runway incursion prevention devices and systems at 
airports of such title; for grants authorized under section 41743 of 
title 49, United States Code; and for inspection activities and 
administration of airport safety programs, including those related to 
airport operating certificates under section 44706 of title 49, United 
States Code, $3,350,000,000, to be derived from the Airport and Airway 
Trust Fund and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
the planning or execution of programs the obligations for which are in 
excess of $3,350,000,000, in fiscal year 2024, notwithstanding section 
47117(g) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That none 
of the amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
the replacement of baggage conveyor systems, reconfiguration of 
terminal baggage areas, or other airport improvements that are 
necessary to install bulk explosive detection systems:  Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 47109(a) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Government's share of allowable project costs under 
paragraph (2) of such section for subgrants or paragraph (3) of such 
section shall be 95 percent for a project at other than a large or 
medium hub airport that is a successive phase of a multi-phased 
construction project for which the project sponsor received a grant in 
fiscal year 2011 for the construction project:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, of amounts limited under 
this heading, not less than $152,148,000 shall be available for 
administration, $15,000,000 shall be available for the airport 
cooperative research program, $41,801,000 shall be available for 
airport technology research, and $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available and transferred to ``Office of the 
Secretary, Salaries and Expenses'' to carry out the small community air 
service development program:  Provided further, That in addition to 
airports eligible under section 41743 of title 49, United States Code, 
such program may include the participation of an airport that serves a 
community or consortium that is not larger than a small hub airport, 
according to FAA hub classifications effective at the time the Office 
of the Secretary issues a request for proposals:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may provide grants to any commercial service 
airport, notwithstanding the requirement for the airport to be located 
in an air quality nonattainment or maintenance area or to be able to 
receive emission credits in section 47102(3)(K) and 47102(3)(L) of 
title 49, United States Code, for work necessary to construct or modify 
airport facilities to provide low-emission fuel systems, gate 
electrification, other related air quality improvements, acquisition of 
airport-owned vehicles or ground support equipment with low-emission 
technology, provided such vehicles are used exclusively on airport 
property or to transport passengers and employees between the airport 
and the airport's consolidated rental facility or an intermodal surface 
transportation facility adjacent to the airport.

                       grants-in-aid for airports

    For an additional amount for ``Grants-In-Aid for Airports'', to 
enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants for projects as 
authorized by subchapter 1 of chapter 471 and subchapter 1 of chapter 
475 of title 49, United States Code, $532,392,074, to remain available 
through September 30, 2026:  Provided, That amounts made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, and such 
funds shall not be subject to apportionment formulas, special 
apportionment categories, or minimum percentages under chapter 471 of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $482,392,074 shall be made available for the purposes, 
        and in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
        ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
        included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
        Provided, That funds made available under this section shall 
        not be subject to or considered under section 47115(j)(3)(B) of 
        title 49, United States Code;
            (2) up to $50,000,000 shall be made available to the 
        Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports; 
        and
            (3) not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for 
        two remaining projects under section 190 of the FAA 
        Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254):  Provided, 
        That, notwithstanding subsection (j)(2) of section 190 of the 
        FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-254), such 
        grants shall be made available for conducting testing 
        activities in support of studying the effectiveness of existing 
        federally funded sound insulation in residential areas located 
        within the 65 DNL noise contour of a large-hub airport that 
        will facilitate future environmental mitigation projects in 
        these areas:  Provided further, That, with respect to a project 
        funded under the previous proviso, the allowable project cost 
        for such project shall be calculated without consideration of 
        any costs that were previously paid by the Government:
  Provided further, That the Secretary may make discretionary grants to 
primary airports for airport-owned infrastructure required for the on-
airport distribution or storage of sustainable aviation fuels that 
achieve at least a 50 percent reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas 
emissions, using a methodology determined by the Secretary, including, 
but not limited to, on-airport construction or expansion of pipelines, 
rail lines and spurs, loading and off-loading facilities, blending 
facilities, and storage tanks:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
may make discretionary grants with funds made available under this 
heading to primary or nonprimary airports for the acquisition or 
construction costs related to airport-owned, revenue-producing 
aeronautical fuel farms and fueling systems, including mobile systems, 
that the Secretary determines will promote the use of unleaded or 
sustainable aviation fuels on a non-exclusive basis:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary may make discretionary grants for airport 
development improvements of primary runways, taxiways, and aprons 
necessary at a nonhub, small hub, medium hub, or large hub airport to 
increase operational resilience for the purpose of resuming commercial 
service flight operations following flooding, high water, hurricane, 
storm surge, tidal wave, tornado, tsunami, wind driven water, or winter 
storms:  Provided further, That the amounts made available under this 
heading shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for the 
Grants-in-Aid for Airports program set forth in any Act:  Provided 
further, That the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
may retain up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants 
made under this heading.

       administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

                        (including rescissions)

    Sec. 110.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to compensate in excess of 600 technical staff-years under the 
federally funded research and development center contract between the 
Federal Aviation Administration and the Center for Advanced Aviation 
Systems Development during fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
used to pursue or adopt guidelines or regulations requiring airport 
sponsors to provide to the Federal Aviation Administration without cost 
building construction, maintenance, utilities and expenses, or space in 
airport sponsor-owned buildings for services relating to air traffic 
control, air navigation, or weather reporting:  Provided, That the 
prohibition on the use of funds in this section does not apply to 
negotiations between the agency and airport sponsors to achieve 
agreement on ``below-market'' rates for these items or to grant 
assurances that require airport sponsors to provide land without cost 
to the Federal Aviation Administration for air traffic control 
facilities.
    Sec. 112.  The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration 
may reimburse amounts made available to satisfy section 41742(a)(1) of 
title 49, United States Code, from fees credited under section 45303 of 
title 49, United States Code, and any amount remaining in such account 
at the close of any fiscal year may be made available to satisfy 
section 41742(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, for the subsequent 
fiscal year.
    Sec. 113.  Amounts collected under section 40113(e) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall be credited to the appropriation current at 
the time of collection, to be merged with and available for the same 
purposes as such appropriation.
    Sec. 114.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for paying premium pay under section 5546(a) of title 5, 
United States Code, to any Federal Aviation Administration employee 
unless such employee actually performed work during the time 
corresponding to such premium pay.
    Sec. 115.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
obligated or expended for an employee of the Federal Aviation 
Administration to purchase a store gift card or gift certificate 
through use of a Government-issued credit card.
    Sec. 116.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds made available under this Act or any prior Act may be used to 
implement or to continue to implement any limitation on the ability of 
any owner or operator of a private aircraft to obtain, upon a request 
to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, a blocking 
of that owner's or operator's aircraft registration number, Mode S 
transponder code, flight identification, call sign, or similar 
identifying information from any ground based display to the public 
that would allow the real-time or near real-time flight tracking of 
that aircraft's movements, except data made available to a Government 
agency, for the noncommercial flights of that owner or operator.
    Sec. 117.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of more than nine political and 
Presidential appointees in the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Sec. 118.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to increase fees pursuant to section 44721 of title 49, United States 
Code, until the Federal Aviation Administration provides to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations a report that justifies all 
fees related to aeronautical navigation products and explains how such 
fees are consistent with Executive Order No. 13642.
    Sec. 119.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to close a regional operations center of the Federal Aviation 
Administration or reduce its services unless the Administrator notifies 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 90 full 
business days in advance.
    Sec. 119A.  None of the funds made available by or limited by this 
Act may be used to change weight restrictions or prior permission rules 
at Teterboro airport in Teterboro, New Jersey.
    Sec. 119B.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to 
withhold from consideration and approval any new application for 
participation in the contract tower program, or for reevaluation of 
cost-share program participants so long as the Federal Aviation 
Administration has received an application from the airport, and so 
long as the Administrator determines such tower is eligible using the 
factors set forth in Federal Aviation Administration published 
establishment criteria.
    Sec. 119C.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to open, close, redesignate as a lesser office, or reorganize a 
regional office, the aeronautical center, or the technical center 
unless the Administrator submits a request for the reprogramming of 
funds under section 405 of this Act.
    Sec. 119D.  The Federal Aviation Administration Administrative 
Services Franchise Fund may be reimbursed after performance or paid in 
advance from funds available to the Federal Aviation Administration and 
other Federal agencies for which the Fund performs services.
    Sec. 119E.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the FAA may be used to carry out the FAA's obligations 
under section 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, unless the 
eligible air traffic system or equipment to be transferred to the FAA 
under section 44502(e) of title 49, United States Code, was purchased 
by the transferor airport--
            (1) during the period of time beginning on October 5, 2018 
        and ending on December 31, 2021; or
            (2) on or after January 1, 2022 for transferor airports 
        located in a non-contiguous States.
    Sec. 119F.  Of the funds provided under the heading ``Grants-in-aid 
for Airports'', up to $3,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses, 
including an independent verification regime, to provide reimbursement 
to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and 
providers of general aviation ground support services, or other 
aviation tenants, located at those airports closed during a temporary 
flight restriction (TFR) for any residence of the President that is 
designated or identified to be secured by the United States Secret 
Service, and for direct and incremental financial losses incurred while 
such airports are closed solely due to the actions of the Federal 
Government:  Provided, That no funds shall be obligated or distributed 
to airport sponsors that do not provide gateway operations and 
providers of general aviation ground support services until an 
independent audit is completed:  Provided further, That losses incurred 
as a result of violations of law, or through fault or negligence, of 
such operators and service providers or of third parties (including 
airports) are not eligible for reimbursements:  Provided further, That 
obligation and expenditure of funds are conditional upon full release 
of the United States Government for all claims for financial losses 
resulting from such actions.
    Sec. 119G.  Of the unobligated balances available to the Federal 
Aviation Administration, the following funds are hereby permanently 
rescinded:
            (1) $1,590,528.89 from funds made available for ``Federal 
        Aviation Administration--Facilities and Equipment'', which were 
        to remain available until expended, by title I of Public Law 
        104-50; and
            (2) $2,878.02 from funds made available for ``Federal 
        Aviation Administration--Facilities and Equipment'' by chapter 
        10, division B, of Public Law 108-324.
    Sec. 119H.  None of the funds made available in this or any other 
Act shall be used to facilitate the assignment of individuals from a 
private-sector organization to the FAA to serve on a temporary basis.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Not to exceed $483,551,671 together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Highway Administration, shall be 
obligated for necessary expenses for administration and operation of 
the Federal Highway Administration:  Provided, That in addition, 
$3,248,000 shall be transferred to the Appalachian Regional Commission 
in accordance with section 104(a) of title 23, United States Code.

                          federal-aid highways

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    Funds available for the implementation or execution of authorized 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs shall not 
exceed total obligations of $60,095,782,888 for fiscal year 2024:  
Provided, That the limitation on obligations under this heading shall 
only apply to contract authority authorized from the Highway Trust Fund 
(other than the Mass Transit Account), unless otherwise specified in 
law.

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For the payment of obligations incurred in carrying out authorized 
Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, 
$60,834,782,888 shall be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), to remain available until expended.

                    highway infrastructure programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

    There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary $2,224,676,687:  
Provided, That the funds made available under this heading shall be 
derived from the general fund, shall be in addition to any funds 
provided for fiscal year 2024 in this or any other Act for: (1) 
``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapter 1 of title 23, United States 
Code; (2) the Appalachian development highway system as authorized 
under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240; (3) activities eligible 
under the Tribal transportation program under section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code; (4) the Northern Border Regional Commission (40 
U.S.C. 15101 et seq.); or (5) the Denali Commission, and shall not 
affect the distribution or amount of funds provided in any other Act:  
Provided further, That, except for the funds made available under this 
heading for the Northern Border Regional Commission and the Denali 
Commission, section 11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 shall apply to funds 
made available under this heading:  Provided further, That unless 
otherwise specified, amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available until September 30, 2027, and shall not be subject to any 
limitation on obligations for Federal-aid highways or highway safety 
construction programs set forth in any Act making annual 
appropriations:  Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--
            (1) $1,884,176,687 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
        amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
        ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
        included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
        Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under this 
        heading, the funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
        United States Code:  Provided further, That funds made 
        available under this paragraph that are used for Tribal 
        projects shall be administered as if allocated under chapter 2 
        of title 23, United States Code, except that the set-asides 
        described in subparagraph (C) of section 202(b)(3) of title 23, 
        United States Code, and subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of 
        section 202 of such title, and section 1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as 
        amended by Public Law 117-58), shall not apply to such funds;
            (2) $100,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for 
        construction of the Appalachian development highway system, as 
        authorized under section 1069(y) of Public Law 102-240:  
        Provided, That for the purposes of funds made available under 
        this paragraph, the term ``Appalachian State'' means a State 
        that contains 1 or more counties (including any political 
        subdivision located within the area) in the Appalachian region 
        as defined in section 14102(a) of title 40, United States Code: 
         Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
        for construction of the Appalachian development highway system 
        shall remain available until expended:  Provided further, That, 
        except as provided in the following proviso, funds made 
        available under this heading for construction of the 
        Appalachian development highway system shall be administered as 
        if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code: 
         Provided further, That a project carried out with funds made 
        available under this heading for construction of the 
        Appalachian development highway system shall be carried out in 
        the same manner as a project under section 14501 of title 40, 
        United States Code:  Provided further, That subject to the 
        following proviso, funds made available under this heading for 
        construction of the Appalachian development highway system 
        shall be apportioned to Appalachian States according to the 
        percentages derived from the 2012 Appalachian development 
        highway system cost-to-complete estimate, adopted in 
        Appalachian Regional Commission Resolution Number 736, and 
        confirmed as each Appalachian State's relative share of the 
        estimated remaining need to complete the Appalachian 
        development highway system, adjusted to exclude those corridors 
        that such States have no current plans to complete, as reported 
        in the 2013 Appalachian Development Highway System Completion 
        Report, unless those States have modified and assigned a higher 
        priority for completion of an Appalachian development highway 
        system corridor, as reported in the 2020 Appalachian 
        Development Highway System Future Outlook:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary shall adjust apportionments made under the 
        preceding proviso so that no Appalachian State shall be 
        apportioned an amount in excess of 30 percent of the amount 
        made available for construction of the Appalachian development 
        highway system under this heading:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall consult with the Appalachian Regional 
        Commission in making adjustments under the preceding two 
        provisos:  Provided further, That the Federal share of the 
        costs for which an expenditure is made for construction of the 
        Appalachian development highway system under this heading shall 
        be up to 100 percent;
            (3) $150,000,000 shall be for activities eligible under the 
        Tribal transportation program, as described in section 202 of 
        title 23, United States Code:  Provided, That, except as 
        otherwise provided under this heading, the funds made available 
        under this paragraph shall be administered as if allocated 
        under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided 
        further, That the set-asides described in subparagraph (C) of 
        section 202(b)(3) of title 23, United States Code, and 
        subsections (a)(6), (c), and (e) of section 202 of such title 
        shall not apply to funds made available under this paragraph:  
        Provided further, That the set-aside described in section 
        1123(h)(1) of MAP-21 (as amended by Public Law 117-58), shall 
        not apply to such funds;
            (4) $5,000,000 shall be transferred to the Northern Border 
        Regional Commission (40 U.S.C. 15101 et seq.) to make grants, 
        in addition to amounts otherwise made available to the Northern 
        Border Regional Commission for such purpose, to carry out pilot 
        projects that demonstrate the capabilities of wood-based 
        infrastructure projects:  Provided, That a grant made with 
        funds made available under this paragraph shall be administered 
        in the same manner as a grant made under subtitle V of title 
        40, United States Code;
            (5) $4,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
        Commission for activities eligible under section 307(e) of the 
        Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note; Public Law 
        105-277):  Provided, That funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of such Act:  
        Provided further, That except as otherwise provided under 
        section 307(e) of such Act or this heading, funds made 
        available under this paragraph shall be administered as if 
        directly appropriated to the Denali Commission and subject to 
        applicable provisions of such Act, including the requirement in 
        section 307(e) of such Act that the local community provides a 
        10 percent non-Federal match in the form of any necessary land 
        or planning and design funds:  Provided further, That such 
        funds shall be available until expended:  Provided further, 
        That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 
        made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 
        90 percent;
            (6) $13,500,000 shall be transferred to the Denali 
        Commission to carry out the Denali access system program under 
        section 309 of the Denali Commission Act of 1998 (42 U.S.C. 
        3121 note; Public Law 105-277):  Provided, That a transfer 
        under this paragraph shall not be subject to section 311 of 
        such Act:  Provided further, That except as otherwise provided 
        under this heading, funds made available under this paragraph 
        shall be administered as if directly appropriated to the Denali 
        Commission and subject to applicable provisions of such Act:  
        Provided further, That funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall not be subject to section 309(j)(2) of such 
        Act:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall be available until expended:  Provided further, 
        That the Federal share of the costs for which an expenditure is 
        made with funds transferred under this paragraph shall be up to 
        100 percent;
            (7) $10,000,000 shall be for the regional infrastructure 
        accelerator demonstration program authorized under section 1441 
        of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 601 note):  Provided, That for funds 
        made available under this paragraph, the Federal share of the 
        costs shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 100 
        percent:  Provided further, That funds made available under 
        this paragraph may be transferred to the Office of the 
        Secretary;
            (8) $7,500,000 shall be for the national scenic byways 
        program under section 162 of title 23, United States Code:  
        Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under this 
        heading, the funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
        United States Code; and
            (9) $50,000,000, in addition to amounts made available in 
        section 126 of this Act, shall be for a competitive highway 
        bridge program for States that--
                    (A) have a population density of less than 115 
                individuals per square mile; and
                    (B) have--
                            (i) less than 26 percent of total bridges 
                        classified as in good condition; or
                            (ii) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent 
                        of total bridges classified as in poor 
                        condition:
          Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent of 
        total bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive not 
        less than $32,500,000 of the funds made available in this 
        paragraph or in section 126 of this Act for grant applications 
        for projects eligible under this paragraph:  Provided further, 
        That if the Secretary determines that eligible applications 
        from any such State meeting the criteria under the preceding 
        proviso are insufficient to make awards of at least 
        $32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to 
        provide other grants to States eligible under this paragraph:  
        Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall be used for highway bridge replacement or 
        rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost 
        savings by bundling multiple highway bridge projects and, 
        except as otherwise provided in this heading, shall be 
        administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
        United States Code:  Provided further, That the requirements of 
        section 144(j)(5) of title 23, United States Code, shall not 
        apply to funds made available under this paragraph:  Provided 
        further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 
        shall calculate population density figures based on the latest 
        available data from the decennial census conducted under 
        section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code:  Provided 
        further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary 
        shall calculate the percentages of bridge counts (including the 
        percentages of bridge counts classified as in poor and good 
        condition) based on the national bridge inventory as of June 
        2023.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

                        (including rescissions)

    Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Transportation 
shall--
            (1) not distribute from the obligation limitation for 
        Federal-aid highways--
                    (A) amounts authorized for administrative expenses 
                and programs by section 104(a) of title 23, United 
                States Code; and
                    (B) amounts authorized for the Bureau of 
                Transportation Statistics;
            (2) not distribute an amount from the obligation limitation 
        for Federal-aid highways that is equal to the unobligated 
        balance of amounts--
                    (A) made available from the Highway Trust Fund 
                (other than the Mass Transit Account) for Federal-aid 
                highway and highway safety construction programs for 
                previous fiscal years the funds for which are allocated 
                by the Secretary (or apportioned by the Secretary under 
                section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code); 
                and
                    (B) for which obligation limitation was provided in 
                a previous fiscal year;
            (3) determine the proportion that--
                    (A) the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
                highways, less the aggregate of amounts not distributed 
                under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the sums authorized to be 
                appropriated for the Federal-aid highway and highway 
                safety construction programs (other than sums 
                authorized to be appropriated for provisions of law 
                described in paragraphs (1) through (11) of subsection 
                (b) and sums authorized to be appropriated for section 
                119 of title 23, United States Code, equal to the 
                amount referred to in subsection (b)(12) for such 
                fiscal year), less the aggregate of the amounts not 
                distributed under paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 
                subsection;
            (4) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), for each of the programs (other than 
        programs to which paragraph (1) applies) that are allocated by 
        the Secretary under authorized Federal-aid highway and highway 
        safety construction programs, or apportioned by the Secretary 
        under section 202 or 204 of title 23, United States Code, by 
        multiplying--
                    (A) the proportion determined under paragraph (3); 
                by
                    (B) the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
                each such program for such fiscal year; and
            (5) distribute the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highways, less the aggregate amounts not distributed under 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) and the amounts distributed under 
        paragraph (4), for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
        construction programs that are apportioned by the Secretary 
        under title 23, United States Code (other than the amounts 
        apportioned for the national highway performance program in 
        section 119 of title 23, United States Code, that are exempt 
        from the limitation under subsection (b)(12) and the amounts 
        apportioned under sections 202 and 204 of that title) in the 
        proportion that--
                    (A) amounts authorized to be appropriated for the 
                programs that are apportioned under title 23, United 
                States Code, to each State for such fiscal year; bears 
                to
                    (B) the total of the amounts authorized to be 
                appropriated for the programs that are apportioned 
                under title 23, United States Code, to all States for 
                such fiscal year.
    (b) Exceptions From Obligation Limitation.--The obligation 
limitation for Federal-aid highways shall not apply to obligations 
under or for--
            (1) section 125 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) section 147 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
        Act of 1978 (23 U.S.C. 144 note; 92 Stat. 2714);
            (3) section 9 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1981 (95 
        Stat. 1701);
            (4) subsections (b) and (j) of section 131 of the Surface 
        Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 (96 Stat. 2119);
            (5) subsections (b) and (c) of section 149 of the Surface 
        Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 
        (101 Stat. 198);
            (6) sections 1103 through 1108 of the Intermodal Surface 
        Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (105 Stat. 2027);
            (7) section 157 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect on June 8, 1998);
            (8) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 1998 through 2004, but only in an 
        amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (9) Federal-aid highway programs for which obligation 
        authority was made available under the Transportation Equity 
        Act for the 21st Century (112 Stat. 107) or subsequent Acts for 
        multiple years or to remain available until expended, but only 
        to the extent that the obligation authority has not lapsed or 
        been used;
            (10) section 105 of title 23, United States Code (as in 
        effect for fiscal years 2005 through 2012, but only in an 
        amount equal to $639,000,000 for each of those fiscal years);
            (11) section 1603 of SAFETEA-LU (23 U.S.C. 118 note; 119 
        Stat. 1248), to the extent that funds obligated in accordance 
        with that section were not subject to a limitation on 
        obligations at the time at which the funds were initially made 
        available for obligation; and
            (12) section 119 of title 23, United States Code (but, for 
        each of fiscal years 2013 through 2024, only in an amount equal 
        to $639,000,000).
    (c) Redistribution of Unused Obligation Authority.--Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall, after August 1 of such fiscal 
year--
            (1) revise a distribution of the obligation limitation made 
        available under subsection (a) if an amount distributed cannot 
        be obligated during that fiscal year; and
            (2) redistribute sufficient amounts to those States able to 
        obligate amounts in addition to those previously distributed 
        during that fiscal year, giving priority to those States having 
        large unobligated balances of funds apportioned under sections 
        144 (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
        Public Law 112-141) and 104 of title 23, United States Code.
    (d) Applicability of Obligation Limitations to Transportation 
Research Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        obligation limitation for Federal-aid highways shall apply to 
        contract authority for transportation research programs carried 
        out under--
                    (A) chapter 5 of title 23, United States Code;
                    (B) title VI of the Fixing America's Surface 
                Transportation Act; and
                    (C) title III of division A of the Infrastructure 
                Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).
            (2) Exception.--Obligation authority made available under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                    (A) remain available for a period of 4 fiscal 
                years; and
                    (B) be in addition to the amount of any limitation 
                imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and 
                highway safety construction programs for future fiscal 
                years.
    (e) Redistribution of Certain Authorized Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        distribution of obligation limitation under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall distribute to the States any funds (excluding 
        funds authorized for the program under section 202 of title 23, 
        United States Code) that--
                    (A) are authorized to be appropriated for such 
                fiscal year for Federal-aid highway programs; and
                    (B) the Secretary determines will not be allocated 
                to the States (or will not be apportioned to the States 
                under section 204 of title 23, United States Code), and 
                will not be available for obligation, for such fiscal 
                year because of the imposition of any obligation 
                limitation for such fiscal year.
            (2) Ratio.--Funds shall be distributed under paragraph (1) 
        in the same proportion as the distribution of obligation 
        authority under subsection (a)(5).
            (3) Availability.--Funds distributed to each State under 
        paragraph (1) shall be available for any purpose described in 
        section 133(b) of title 23, United States Code.
    Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received by the 
Bureau of Transportation Statistics from the sale of data products, for 
necessary expenses incurred pursuant to chapter 63 of title 49, United 
States Code, may be credited to the Federal-aid highways account for 
the purpose of reimbursing the Bureau for such expenses.
    Sec. 122.  Not less than 15 days prior to waiving, under his or her 
statutory authority, any Buy America requirement for Federal-aid 
highways projects, the Secretary of Transportation shall make an 
informal public notice and comment opportunity on the intent to issue 
such waiver and the reasons therefor:  Provided, That the Secretary 
shall post on a website any waivers granted under the Buy America 
requirements.
    Sec. 123.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to make a grant for a project under section 117 of title 23, United 
States Code, unless the Secretary, at least 60 days before making a 
grant under that section, provides written notification to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations of the proposed grant, 
including an evaluation and justification for the project and the 
amount of the proposed grant award.
    Sec. 124. (a) A State or territory, as defined in section 165 of 
title 23, United States Code, may use for any project eligible under 
section 133(b) of title 23 or section 165 of title 23 and located 
within the boundary of the State or territory any earmarked amount, and 
any associated obligation limitation:  Provided, That the Department of 
Transportation for the State or territory for which the earmarked 
amount was originally designated or directed notifies the Secretary of 
its intent to use its authority under this section and submits an 
annual report to the Secretary identifying the projects to which the 
funding would be applied. Notwithstanding the original period of 
availability of funds to be obligated under this section, such funds 
and associated obligation limitation shall remain available for 
obligation for a period of 3 fiscal years after the fiscal year in 
which the Secretary is notified. The Federal share of the cost of a 
project carried out with funds made available under this section shall 
be the same as associated with the earmark.
    (b) In this section, the term ``earmarked amount'' means--
            (1) congressionally directed spending, as defined in rule 
        XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, identified in a prior 
        law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
        authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
        fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 
        by the Federal Highway Administration; or
            (2) a congressional earmark, as defined in rule XXI of the 
        Rules of the House of Representatives, identified in a prior 
        law, report, or joint explanatory statement, which was 
        authorized to be appropriated or appropriated more than 10 
        fiscal years prior to the current fiscal year, and administered 
        by the Federal Highway Administration.
    (c) The authority under subsection (a) may be exercised only for 
those projects or activities that have obligated less than 10 percent 
of the amount made available for obligation as of October 1 of the 
current fiscal year, and shall be applied to projects within the same 
general geographic area within 25 miles for which the funding was 
designated, except that a State or territory may apply such authority 
to unexpended balances of funds from projects or activities the State 
or territory certifies have been closed and for which payments have 
been made under a final voucher.
    (d) The Secretary shall submit consolidated reports of the 
information provided by the States and territories annually to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 125. (a) Of the unallocated and unobligated balances available 
to the Federal Highway Administration, the following funds are hereby 
permanently rescinded, subject to subsections (b) and (c), from the 
following accounts and programs in the specified amounts:
            (1) $48,346,377.35 from funds available in the ``Surface 
        Transportation Priorities'' account (69 X 0538);
            (2) $1,839,129.40 from funds available in the ``Delta 
        Regional Transportation Development Program'' account (69 X 
        0551);
            (3) $11,064,579.57 from funds available in the 
        ``Appalachian Development Highway System'' account (69 X 0640);
            (4) $9,264.22 from funds available in the ``Highway 
        Beautification'' account (69 X 0540);
            (5) $1,375,400 from funds available in the ``State 
        Infrastructure Banks'' account (69 X 0549);
            (6) $90,435 from funds available in the ``Railroad-Highway 
        Crossings Demonstration Projects'' account (69 X 0557);
            (7) $5,211,248.53 from funds available in the ``Interstate 
        Transfer Grants--Highway'' account (69 X 0560);
            (8) $133,231.12 from funds available in the ``Kentucky 
        Bridge Project'' account (69 X 0572);
            (9) $2,887.56 from funds available in the ``Highway 
        Demonstration Project--Preliminary Engineering'' account (69 X 
        0583);
            (10) $149,083.06 from funds available in the ``Highway 
        Demonstration Projects'' account (69 X 0598); and
            (11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the ``Miscellaneous 
        Highway Projects'' account (69 X 0641).
    (b) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) from any funds 
for which a State exercised its authority under section 125 of division 
L of Public Law 114-113, section 422 of division K of Public Law 115-
31, section 126 of division L of Public Law 115-141, section 125 of 
division G of Public Law 116-6, section 125 of division H of Public Law 
116-94, section 124 of division L of Public Law 116-260, section 124 of 
division L of Public Law 117-103, or section 124 of division L of 
Public Law 117-328.
    (c) No amounts may be rescinded under subsection (a) from any 
amounts that were designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 126. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
$200,000,000 from the funds described in subsection (b), in addition to 
amounts made available in paragraph (9) under the heading ``Highway 
Infrastructure Programs'', shall be available for a competitive highway 
bridge program for States that--
            (1) have a population density of less than 115 individuals 
        per square mile; and
            (2) have--
                    (A) less than 26 percent of total bridges 
                classified as in good condition; or
                    (B) greater than or equal to 5.2 percent of total 
                bridges classified as in poor condition:
  Provided, That any such State with more than 14 percent of total 
bridges classified as in poor condition shall receive not less than 
$32,500,000 of the funds made available under this subsection or in 
paragraph (9) under the heading ``Highway Infrastructure Programs'' for 
grant applications for projects eligible under this subsection:  
Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that eligible 
applications from any such State meeting the criteria under the 
preceding proviso are insufficient to make awards of at least 
$32,500,000, the Secretary shall use the unutilized amounts to provide 
other grants to States eligible under this subsection:  Provided 
further, That the funds made available under this subsection shall be 
used for highway bridge replacement or rehabilitation projects on 
public roads that demonstrate cost savings by bundling multiple highway 
bridge projects and, except as otherwise provided in this section, 
shall be administered as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That the requirements of section 
144(j)(5) of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply to funds 
made available under this subsection:  Provided further, That for 
purposes of this subsection, the Secretary shall calculate population 
density figures based on the latest available data from the decennial 
census conducted under section 141(a) of title 13, United States Code:  
Provided further, That for purposes of this subsection, the Secretary 
shall calculate the percentages of bridge counts (including the 
percentages of bridge counts classified as in poor and good condition) 
based on the national bridge inventory as of June 2023:  Provided 
further, That section 11101(e) of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) shall apply to funds made available under 
this subsection.
    (b) Funds described in this subsection are any funds that--
            (1) are unobligated on the date of enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) were made available for credit assistance under--
                    (A) the transportation infrastructure finance and 
                innovation program under subchapter II of chapter 1 of 
                title 23, United States Code, as in effect prior to 
                August 10, 2005; or
                    (B) the transportation infrastructure finance and 
                innovation program under chapter 6 of title 23, United 
                States Code.
    (c) Funds made available under subsection (a) for a competitive 
highway bridge program for States shall--
            (1) be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highway and highway safety construction programs; and
            (2) unless otherwise specified in this section, remain 
        available until September 30, 2027.
    (d) The obligation limitation made available under section 
120(a)(2) that is associated with funds made available under subsection 
(a) shall--
            (1) remain available until September 30, 2027; and
            (2) be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed 
        on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
        construction programs for future fiscal years.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the implementation, 
execution and administration of motor carrier safety operations and 
programs pursuant to section 31110 of title 49, United States Code, as 
amended by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
58), $346,000,000, to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other 
than the Mass Transit Account), together with advances and 
reimbursements received by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, the sum of which shall remain available until expended: 
 Provided, That funds available for implementation, execution, or 
administration of motor carrier safety operations and programs 
authorized under title 49, United States Code, shall not exceed total 
obligations of $411,000,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'' for fiscal year 2024, of which $14,073,000, to remain 
available for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for the research 
and technology program, and of which not less than $99,098,000, to 
remain available for obligation until September 30, 2026, is for 
development, modernization, enhancement, and continued operation and 
maintenance of information technology and information management.

                      motor carrier safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out sections 31102, 
31103, 31104, and 31313 of title 49, United States Code, $516,300,000, 
to be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That funds 
available for the implementation or execution of motor carrier safety 
programs shall not exceed total obligations of $516,300,000 in fiscal 
year 2024 for ``Motor Carrier Safety Grants'':  Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available under this heading--
            (1) $406,500,000, to remain available for obligation until 
        September 30, 2025, shall be for the motor carrier safety 
        assistance program;
            (2) $43,500,000, to remain available for obligation until 
        September 30, 2025, shall be for the commercial driver's 
        license program implementation program;
            (3) $60,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
        September 30, 2025, shall be for the high priority program;
            (4) $1,300,000, to remain available for obligation until 
        September 30, 2025, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle 
        operators grant program; and
            (5) $5,000,000, to remain available for obligation until 
        September 30, 2025, shall be for the commercial motor vehicle 
        enforcement training and support grant program.

 administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

    Sec. 130.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration shall 
send notice of section 385.308 of title 49, Code of Federal 
Regulations, violations by certified mail, registered mail, or another 
manner of delivery, which records the receipt of the notice by the 
persons responsible for the violations.
    Sec. 131.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Transportation by this Act or any other 
Act may be obligated or expended to implement, administer, or enforce 
the requirements of section 31137 of title 49, United States Code, or 
any regulation issued by the Secretary pursuant to such section, with 
respect to the use of electronic logging devices by operators of 
commercial motor vehicles, as defined in section 31132(1) of such 
title, transporting livestock as defined in section 602 of the 
Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1471) or 
insects.

             National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                        operations and research

    For expenses necessary to discharge the functions of the Secretary, 
with respect to traffic and highway safety, authorized under chapter 
301 and part C of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, 
$223,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2025.

                        operations and research

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions 
of section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including behavioral 
research on automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance 
systems and improving consumer responses to safety recalls, section 
25024 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-
58), and chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code, $201,200,000, to 
be derived from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit 
Account) and to remain available until expended:  Provided, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for the planning or 
execution of programs the total obligations for which, in fiscal year 
2024, are in excess of $201,200,000:  Provided further, That of the 
sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $194,000,000 shall be for programs authorized under 
        section 403 of title 23, United States Code, including 
        behavioral research on automated driving systems and advanced 
        driver assistance systems and improving consumer responses to 
        safety recalls, and section 25024 of the Infrastructure 
        Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58); and
            (2) $7,200,000 shall be for the national driver register 
        authorized under chapter 303 of title 49, United States Code:
  Provided further, That within the $201,200,000 obligation limitation 
for operations and research, $57,500,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2025, and shall be in addition to the amount of any 
limitation imposed on obligations for future years:  Provided further, 
That amounts for behavioral research on automated driving systems and 
advanced driver assistance systems and improving consumer responses to 
safety recalls are in addition to any other funds provided for those 
purposes for fiscal year 2024 in this Act.

                     highway traffic safety grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in carrying out provisions of 
sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and grant 
administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United States 
Code, to remain available until expended, $813,300,800, to be derived 
from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account):  
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for the 
planning or execution of programs for which the total obligations in 
fiscal year 2024 are in excess of $813,300,800 for programs authorized 
under sections 402, 404, and 405 of title 23, United States Code, and 
grant administration expenses under chapter 4 of title 23, United 
States Code:  Provided further, That of the sums appropriated under 
this heading--
            (1) $378,400,000 shall be for highway safety programs under 
        section 402 of title 23, United States Code;
            (2) $353,500,000 shall be for national priority safety 
        programs under section 405 of title 23, United States Code;
            (3) $40,300,000 shall be for the high visibility 
        enforcement program under section 404 of title 23, United 
        States Code; and
            (4) $41,100,800 shall be for grant administrative expenses 
        under chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code:
  Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used for 
construction, rehabilitation, or remodeling costs, or for office 
furnishings and fixtures for State, local or private buildings or 
structures:  Provided further, That not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
made available for national priority safety programs under section 405 
of title 23, United States Code, for impaired driving countermeasures 
(as described in subsection (d) of that section) shall be available for 
technical assistance to the States:  Provided further, That with 
respect to the ``Transfers'' provision under section 405(a)(10) of 
title 23, United States Code, any amounts transferred to increase the 
amounts made available under section 402 shall include the obligation 
authority for such amounts:  Provided further, That the Administrator 
shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations of any 
exercise of the authority granted under the preceding proviso or under 
section 405(a)(10) of title 23, United States Code, within 5 days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

    Sec. 140.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration set in this Act shall 
not apply to obligations for which obligation authority was made 
available in previous public laws but only to the extent that the 
obligation authority has not lapsed or been used.
    Sec. 141.  An additional $130,000 shall be made available to the 
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, out of the amount 
limited for section 402 of title 23, United States Code, to pay for 
travel and related expenses for State management reviews and to pay for 
core competency development training and related expenses for highway 
safety staff.

                    Federal Railroad Administration

                         safety and operations

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Railroad Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, $267,799,000, of which $25,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                   railroad research and development

    For necessary expenses for railroad research and development, 
$54,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading, up to $3,000,000 shall be 
available pursuant to section 20108(d) of title 49, United States Code, 
for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and 
improvements at the Transportation Technology Center.

         federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail

    For necessary expenses related to Federal-state partnership for 
intercity passenger rail grants as authorized by section 24911 of title 
49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 percent of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this Act for the costs 
of award and project management oversight of grants carried out under 
title 49, United States Code.

        consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses related to consolidated rail infrastructure 
and safety improvements grants, as authorized by section 22907 of title 
49, United States Code, $198,957,997, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, $98,957,997 shall be made available for the 
purposes, and in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled ``Community 
Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act):  Provided further, That 
requirements under subsections (g) and (l) of section 22907 of title 
49, United States Code, shall not apply to the preceding proviso:  
Provided further, That any remaining funds available after the 
distribution of the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed 
Spending described in this paragraph shall be available to the 
Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants under this heading:  
Provided further, That for amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act, eligible projects under section 22907(c)(8) of title 49, 
United States Code, shall also include railroad systems planning 
(including the preparation of regional intercity passenger rail plans 
and state rail plans) and railroad project development activities 
(including railroad project planning, preliminary engineering, design, 
environmental analysis, feasibility studies, and the development and 
analysis of project alternatives):  Provided further, That section 
22905(f) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act for projects that 
implement or sustain positive train control systems otherwise eligible 
under section 22907(c)(1) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading in this Act for 
projects selected for commuter rail passenger transportation may be 
transferred by the Secretary, after selection, to the appropriate 
agencies to be administered in accordance with chapter 53 of title 49, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That for amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, eligible recipients under section 
22907(b)(7) of title 49, United States Code, shall include any holding 
company of a Class II railroad or Class III railroad (as those terms 
are defined in section 20102 of title 49, United States Code):  
Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act:  Provided further, That section 22907(e)(1)(A) of 
title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts made available 
under this heading in previous fiscal years if such funds are announced 
in a notice of funding opportunity that includes funds made available 
under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That the preceding 
proviso shall not apply to funds made available under this heading in 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division J of Public Law 
117-58):  Provided further, That unobligated balances remaining after 6 
years from the date of enactment of this Act may be used for any 
eligible project under section 22907(c) of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That the Secretary may withhold up to 2 
percent of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
for the costs of award and project management oversight of grants 
carried out under title 49, United States Code.

     northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger 
                              corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with 
the Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 22101(a) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58), 
$1,141,442,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary may retain up to one-half of 1 percent of the amounts made 
available under both this heading in this Act and the ``National 
Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' heading 
in this Act to fund the costs of project management and oversight of 
activities authorized by section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58):  Provided further, That in 
addition to the project management oversight funds authorized under 
section 22101(c) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117-58), the Secretary may retain up to an additional $5,000,000 of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this Act to fund 
expenses associated with the Northeast Corridor Commission established 
under section 24905 of title 49, United States Code.

 national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

    To enable the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation for activities associated with 
the National Network as authorized by section 22101(b) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (division B of Public Law 117-
58), $1,286,321,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
That the Secretary may retain up to an additional $3,000,000 of the 
funds provided under this heading in this Act to fund expenses 
associated with the State-Supported Route Committee established under 
section 24712 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be used 
by Amtrak to give notice under subsection (a) or (c) of section 24706 
of title 49, United States Code, with respect to long-distance routes 
(as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States Code) on which 
Amtrak is the sole operator on a host railroad's line and a positive 
train control system is not required by law or regulation, or, except 
in an emergency or during maintenance or construction outages impacting 
such routes, to otherwise discontinue, reduce the frequency of, 
suspend, or substantially alter the route of rail service on any 
portion of such route operated in fiscal year 2018, including 
implementation of service permitted by section 24305(a)(3)(A) of title 
49, United States Code, in lieu of rail service:  Provided further, 
That the National Railroad Passenger Corporation may use up to 
$66,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act for corridor development activities as authorized by section 
22101(h) of division B of Public Law 117-58:  Provided further, That 
$40,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act shall be for design and construction activities to improve the 
concourse and related infrastructure for the station at the major hub 
of Amtrak's National Network.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 150.  The amounts made available to the Secretary or to the 
Federal Railroad Administration for the costs of award, administration, 
and project management oversight of financial assistance which are 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in this and prior 
Acts, may be transferred to the Federal Railroad Administration's 
``Financial Assistance Oversight and Technical Assistance'' account for 
the necessary expenses to support the award, administration, project 
management oversight, and technical assistance of financial assistance 
administered by the Federal Railroad Administration, in the same manner 
as appropriated for in this and prior Acts:  Provided, That this 
section shall not apply to amounts that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent 
resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985.
    Sec. 151.  None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation may be used to fund any overtime costs 
in excess of $35,000 for any individual employee:  Provided, That the 
President of Amtrak may waive the cap set in the preceding proviso for 
specific employees when the President of Amtrak determines such a cap 
poses a risk to the safety and operational efficiency of the system:  
Provided further, That the President of Amtrak shall report to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, a summary of all overtime 
payments incurred by Amtrak for 2023 and the three prior calendar 
years:  Provided further, That such summary shall include the total 
number of employees that received waivers and the total overtime 
payments Amtrak paid to employees receiving waivers for each month for 
2023 and for the three prior calendar years.
    Sec. 152.  None of the funds made available to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation under the headings ``Northeast Corridor 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' and ``National 
Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation'' may be 
used to reduce the total number of Amtrak Police Department uniformed 
officers patrolling on board passenger trains or at stations, 
facilities or rights-of-way below the staffing level on May 1, 2019.
    Sec. 153.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in contravention of the 
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et 
seq.).
    Sec. 154.  Of the unobligated balances of funds remaining from--
            (1) ``Northeast Corridor Improvement Program'' account 
        totaling $126,348 appropriated by Public Law 114-113 is hereby 
        permanently rescinded;
            (2) ``Railroad Safety Grants'' account totaling $81,257.66 
        appropriated by Public Law 113-235 is hereby permanently 
        rescinded;
            (3) ``Capital Assistance for High Speed Rail Corridors and 
        Intercity Passenger Rail Service'' account totaling 
        $53,118,096.83 appropriated by Public Law 111-117 is hereby 
        permanently rescinded;
            (4) ``Next Generation High-Speed Rail'' account totaling 
        $94.94 appropriated by Public Law 108-447 is hereby permanently 
        rescinded; and
            (5) ``Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
        Corporation'' account totaling $678.16 appropriated by Public 
        Law 108-447 is hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 155.  It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) long-distance passenger rail routes provide much-needed 
        transportation access for 4,700,000 riders in 325 communities 
        in 40 States and are particularly important in rural areas; and
            (2) long-distance passenger rail routes and services should 
        be sustained to ensure connectivity throughout the National 
        Network (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United States 
        Code).

                     Federal Transit Administration

                         transit formula grants

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

    For payment of obligations incurred in the Federal public 
transportation assistance program in this account, and for payment of 
obligations incurred in carrying out the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5305, 
5307, 5310, 5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, 
and 5340, section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) 
of Public Law 114-94, $13,990,000,000, to be derived from the Mass 
Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund and to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That funds available for the implementation or 
execution of programs authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5305, 5307, 5310, 
5311, 5312, 5314, 5318, 5329(e)(6), 5334, 5335, 5337, 5339, and 5340, 
section 20005(b) of Public Law 112-141, and section 3006(b) of Public 
Law 114-94, shall not exceed total obligations of $13,990,000,000 in 
fiscal year 2024.

                     transit infrastructure grants

    For an additional amount for ferry boats grants under section 
5307(h) of title 49, United States Code, Tribal technical assistance 
under section 5311(b)(3)(C) of such title, bus testing facilities under 
section 5318 of such title, accelerating the adoption of zero emission 
buses under section 5312 of such title, Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending for projects and activities eligible 
under chapter 53 of such title, and ferry service for rural communities 
under section 71103 of division G of Public Law 117-58, $252,386,844, 
to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the sums 
provided under this heading in this Act--
            (1) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry boat grants as 
        authorized under section 5307(h) of such title:  Provided, That 
        of the amounts provided under this paragraph, no less than 
        $5,000,000 shall be available for low or zero emission ferries 
        or ferries using electric battery or fuel cell components and 
        the infrastructure to support such ferries;
            (2) $500,000 shall be available for technical assistance 
        and resources to Tribes through the national rural 
        transportation assistance program authorized under section 
        5311(b)(3)(C) of such title;
            (3) $1,500,000 shall be available for the operation and 
        maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under 
        section 5318 of such title;
            (4) $206,817,976 shall be available for the purposes, and 
        in amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
        ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
        included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
        Provided, That unless otherwise specified, applicable 
        requirements under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, 
        shall apply to amounts made available in this paragraph, except 
        that the Federal share of the costs for a project in this 
        paragraph shall be in an amount equal to 80 percent of the net 
        costs of the project, unless the Secretary approves a higher 
        maximum Federal share of the net costs of the project 
        consistent with administration of similar projects funded under 
        chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code;
            (5) $20,000,000 shall be available for ferry service for 
        rural communities under section 71103 of division G of Public 
        Law 117-58:  Provided, That for amounts made available in this 
        paragraph, notwithstanding section 71103(a)(2)(B), eligible 
        service shall include passenger ferry service that serves at 
        least two rural areas with a single segment over 15 miles 
        between the two rural areas and is not otherwise eligible under 
        section 5307(h) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided 
        further, That entities that provide eligible service pursuant 
        to the preceding proviso may use amounts made available in this 
        paragraph for public transportation capital projects to support 
        any ferry service between two rural areas; and
            (6) $3,568,868 shall be available to support technical 
        assistance, research, demonstration, or deployment activities 
        or projects to accelerate the adoption of zero emission buses 
        in public transit as authorized under section 5312 of title 49, 
        United States Code:
  Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act shall be derived from the general fund:  Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall not be 
subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth 
in this or any other Act.

                   technical assistance and training

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title 49, 
United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025:  Provided, That the assistance provided under this heading does 
not duplicate the activities of section 5311(b) or section 5312 of 
title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading are in addition to any other amounts made 
available for such purposes:  Provided further, That amounts made 
available under this heading shall not be subject to any limitation on 
obligations set forth in this or any other Act.

                       capital investment grants

    For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 
investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act 
(Public Law 114-94), $2,205,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act--
            (1) $2,130,950,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States 
        Code; and
            (2) up to $52,000,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's 
        Surface Transportation Act:
  Provided further, That the Secretary shall continue to administer the 
capital investment grants program in accordance with the procedural and 
substantive requirements of section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, and of section 3005(b) of the Fixing America's Surface 
Transportation Act:  Provided further, That projects that receive a 
grant agreement under the expedited project delivery for capital 
investment grants pilot program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for 
funding provided for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code, without further evaluation or rating under such section:  
Provided further, That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share 
under section 3005(b):  Provided further, That for funds made available 
under this heading in division J of Public Law 117-58 the second 
through sixth provisos shall be treated as inapplicable for fiscal year 
2024:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the 
preceding proviso that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget 
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and to legislation 
establishing fiscal year 2024 budget enforcement in the House of 
Representatives.

      grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

    For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority as 
authorized under section 601 of division B of the Passenger Rail 
Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-432), 
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That the 
Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants for capital and 
preventive maintenance expenditures for the Washington Metropolitan 
Area Transit Authority only after receiving and reviewing a request for 
each specific project:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
determine that the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has 
placed the highest priority on those investments that will improve the 
safety of the system before approving such grants.

       administrative provisions--federal transit administration

                         (including rescission)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 160.  The limitations on obligations for the programs of the 
Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority under 
49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, or to any 
other authority previously made available for obligation.
    Sec. 161.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ``Capital 
Investment Grants'' of the Federal Transit Administration for projects 
specified in this Act not obligated by September 30, 2027, and other 
recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use the funds for 
the purposes for which they were originally provided.
    Sec. 162.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
appropriated before October 1, 2023, under any section of chapter 53 of 
title 49, United States Code, that remain available for expenditure, 
may be transferred to and administered under the most recent 
appropriation heading for any such section.
    Sec. 163.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or withhold funds from 
apportionments pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)).
    Sec. 164.  None of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement or 
approval for any project seeking a Federal contribution from the 
capital investment grants program of greater than 40 percent of project 
costs as authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 165.  Of the unobligated balances made available before 
October 1, 2013 for ``Transit Research'' in Treasury Account 69-X-1137, 
$977,955 is hereby permanently rescinded.

        Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

    The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
set forth in the Corporation's budget for the current fiscal year.

                       operations and maintenance

                    (harbor maintenance trust fund)

    For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, and 
capital infrastructure activities on portions of the St. Lawrence 
Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Great Lakes St. Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation, $40,288,000, to be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 210 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238):  Provided, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading, not less than 
$16,300,000 shall be for the seaway infrastructure program.

                        Maritime Administration

                       maritime security program

                         (including rescission)

    For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet as authorized under chapter 531 of title 46, United 
States Code, to serve the national security needs of the United States, 
$318,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
the unobligated balances from prior year appropriations available under 
this heading, $17,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.

                          cable security fleet

    For the cable security fleet program, as authorized under chapter 
532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                        tanker security program

                         (including rescission)

    For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under section 
53406 of title 46, United States Code, $60,000,000, to remain available 
until expended:  Provided, That funds appropriated for the tanker 
security fleet program in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 
(Public Law 117-103) shall be available as authorized under section 
53406 of title 46, United States Code, and for the Secretary to timely 
reimburse each program participant up to $2,500,000 for each of its 
vessels covered by an operating agreement under section 53403 of title 
46, United States Code, for verifiable training and other costs 
incurred to ensure that mariners on such vessels are fully qualified to 
meet the specialized requirements to serve on product tank vessels:  
Provided further, That of the unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading, $21,000,000 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $267,775,000:  Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $92,729,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
        2025, for the operations of the United States Merchant Marine 
        Academy;
            (2) $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at the United 
        States Merchant Marine Academy;
            (3) $70,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        capital improvements at the United States Merchant Marine 
        Academy;
            (4) $7,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
        2025, for the maritime environmental and technical assistance 
        program authorized under section 50307 of title 46, United 
        States Code; and
            (5) $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for 
        the United States marine highway program to make grants for the 
        purposes authorized under section 55601 of title 46, United 
        States Code:
  Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime 
Administration shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 
harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as required 
pursuant to section 3510 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318):  Provided further, That available 
balances under this heading for the short sea transportation program or 
America's marine highway program (now known as the United States marine 
highway program) from prior year recoveries shall be available to carry 
out activities authorized under section 55601 of title 46, United 
States Code.

                   state maritime academy operations

    For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
activities for State Maritime Academies, $125,788,000:  Provided, That 
of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $22,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        maintenance, repair, and life extension of training ships at 
        the State Maritime Academies;
            (2) $86,588,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        the national security multi-mission vessel program, including 
        funds for construction, planning, administration, and design of 
        school ships and, as determined by the Secretary, necessary 
        expenses to design, plan, construct infrastructure, and 
        purchase equipment necessary to berth such ships, of which up 
        to $8,900,000 may be used for expenses related to the oversight 
        and management of school ships to include the purchase of 
        equipment and the repair and maintenance of training vessels:  
        Provided, That such funds may be used to reimburse State 
        Maritime Academies for costs incurred prior to the date of 
        enactment of this Act;
            (3) $2,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
        2028, for the student incentive program;
            (4) $8,800,000 shall remain available until expended for 
        training ship fuel assistance; and
            (5) $6,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
        2025, for direct payments for State Maritime Academies.

                     assistance to small shipyards

    To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under section 
54101 of title 46, United States Code, $8,750,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                             ship disposal

                         (including rescission)

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
unobligated balances from prior year appropriations made available 
under this heading, $3,664,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $53,586,000, of which $50,586,000 
shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That such costs, 
including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended:  
Provided further, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for 
administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriations for 
``Maritime Administration--Operations and Training''.

                port infrastructure development program

    To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under 
section 54301 of title 46, United States Code, and section 3501(a)(9) 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024 (Public 
Law 118-31), $120,460,124, to remain available until expended:  
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading in this 
Act--
            (1) $50,000,000 shall be for projects for coastal seaports, 
        inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports, of which not less 
        than $42,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports or Great Lakes 
        ports:  Provided, That for grants awarded under this paragraph 
        in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000; and
            (2) $70,460,124 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
        amounts, specified for Community Project Funding included in 
        the table entitled ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally 
        Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory statement 
        described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of 
        this consolidated Act).

           administrative provisions--maritime administration

    Sec. 170.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, in 
addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration is 
authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary repairs 
in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy involving 
Government property under control of the Maritime Administration:  
Provided, That payments received therefor shall be credited to the 
appropriation charged with the cost thereof and shall remain available 
until expended:  Provided further, That rental payments under any such 
lease, contract, or occupancy for items other than such utilities, 
services, or repairs shall be deposited into the Treasury as 
miscellaneous receipts.
    Sec. 171.  There is hereby appropriated $12,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for expenses necessary for the Secretary of 
Transportation to enter into a contract to complete the designs of ten 
sealift vessels for the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

         Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                          operational expenses

    For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, $31,681,000, of which $4,500,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2026.

                       hazardous materials safety

    For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials safety 
functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $74,556,000, of which $12,070,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2026, of which $1,000,000 shall be made 
available for carrying out section 5107(i) of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided, That up to $800,000 in fees collected under section 
5108(g) of title 49, United States Code, shall be deposited in the 
general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts:  Provided further, 
That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be available until 
expended, funds received from States, counties, municipalities, other 
public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training, for reports publication and dissemination, and for travel 
expenses incurred in performance of hazardous materials exemptions and 
approvals functions.

                            pipeline safety

                         (pipeline safety fund)

                    (oil spill liability trust fund)

    For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, as 
authorized by section 60107 of title 49, United States Code, and to 
discharge the pipeline program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution 
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380), $218,186,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $180,786,000 shall be 
derived from the Pipeline Safety Fund; of which $400,000 shall be 
derived from the fees collected under section 60303 of title 49, United 
States Code, and deposited in the Liquefied Natural Gas Siting Account 
for compliance reviews of liquefied natural gas facilities; and of 
which $7,000,000 shall be derived from fees collected under section 
60302 of title 49, United States Code, and deposited in the Underground 
Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose of carrying 
out section 60141 of title 49, United States Code:  Provided, That not 
less than $1,058,000 of the amounts made available under this heading 
shall be for the one-call state grant program:  Provided further, That 
any amounts made available under this heading in this Act or in prior 
Acts for research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or research 
other transactions agreements (OTAs) shall require written notification 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 
full business days before such research contracts, grants, cooperative 
agreements, or research OTAs are announced by the Department of 
Transportation:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall transmit to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations the report on 
pipeline safety testing enhancement as required pursuant to section 105 
of the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety 
Act of 2020 (division R of Public Law 116-260):  Provided further, That 
the Secretary may obligate amounts made available under this heading to 
engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make any other public 
improvements for research facilities at the Transportation Technology 
Center after the Secretary submits an updated research plan and the 
report in the preceding proviso to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations and after such plan and report in the preceding proviso 
are approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                     emergency preparedness grants

                      (limitation on obligations)

                     (emergency preparedness fund)

    For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Preparedness 
Grants program, not more than $46,825,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2026, from amounts made available by section 5116(h) and 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, United States 
Code:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, 
United States Code, not more than 4 percent of the amounts made 
available from this account shall be available to pay the 
administrative costs of carrying out sections 5116, 5107(e), and 
5108(g)(2) of title 49, United States Code:  Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 49, 
United States Code, and the limitation on obligations provided under 
this heading, prior year recoveries recognized in the current year 
shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials emergency 
response training for emergency responders, including response 
activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flammable 
liquids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent with 
National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make such 
training available through an electronic format:  Provided further, 
That the prior year recoveries made available under this heading shall 
also be available to carry out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 5116(h), 
5116(i), 5116(j), and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry 
out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$116,452,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all 
necessary authority, in carrying out the duties specified in the 
Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), to investigate 
allegations of fraud, including false statements to the government (18 
U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation by 
the Department of Transportation.

            General Provisions--Department of Transportation

    Sec. 180. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable 
appropriations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department 
business; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations to 
the Department and its operating administrations shall be available for 
the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment of unmanned 
aircraft systems that advance the missions of the Department of 
Transportation or an operating administration of the Department of 
Transportation.
    (c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or contracted 
for by the Department prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall 
be deemed authorized by Congress as if this provision was in effect 
when the system was purchased, procured, or contracted for.
    Sec. 181.  Appropriations contained in this Act for the Department 
of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized by 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for 
an Executive Level IV.
    Sec. 182. (a) No recipient of amounts made available by this Act 
shall disseminate personal information (as defined in section 2725(3) 
of title 18, United States Code) obtained by a State department of 
motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record as defined in 
section 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except as provided in 
section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for a use permitted under 
section 2721 of title 18, United States Code.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not 
withhold amounts made available by this Act for any grantee if a State 
is in noncompliance with this provision.
    Sec. 183.  None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 
available for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political and 
Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation:  Provided, 
That none of the personnel covered by this provision may be assigned on 
temporary detail outside the Department of Transportation.
    Sec. 184.  Funds received by the Federal Highway Administration and 
Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, municipalities, 
other public authorities, and private sources for expenses incurred for 
training may be credited respectively to the Federal Highway 
Administration's ``Federal-Aid Highways'' account and to the Federal 
Railroad Administration's ``Safety and Operations'' account, except for 
State rail safety inspectors participating in training pursuant to 
section 20105 of title 49, United States Code.
    Sec. 185.  None of the funds made available by this Act or in title 
VIII of division J of Public Law 117-58 to the Department of 
Transportation may be used to make a loan, loan guarantee, line of 
credit, letter of intent, federally funded cooperative agreement, full 
funding grant agreement, or discretionary grant unless the Secretary of 
Transportation notifies the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations not less than 3 full business days before any project 
competitively selected to receive any discretionary grant award, letter 
of intent, loan commitment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit 
commitment, federally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding 
grant agreement is announced by the Department or its operating 
administrations:  Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall 
provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with a 
comprehensive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, 
letters of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full 
funding grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the 
notification required under the preceding proviso:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations for any ``quick release'' of funds 
from the emergency relief program:  Provided further, That no 
notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation.
    Sec. 186.  Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, and 
other funds received by the Department of Transportation from travel 
management centers, charge card programs, the subleasing of building 
space, and miscellaneous sources are to be credited to appropriations 
of the Department of Transportation and allocated to organizational 
units of the Department of Transportation using fair and equitable 
criteria and such funds shall be available until expended.
    Sec. 187.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any funds 
provided by or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogramming 
action that requires notice to be provided to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations, transmission of such reprogramming notice 
shall be provided solely to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations, and such reprogramming action shall be approved or 
denied solely by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations:  
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation may provide notice to 
other congressional committees of the action of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 
30 days after the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 188.  Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary for 
the costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements only when 
such amounts are for the costs of goods and services that are purchased 
to provide a direct benefit to the applicable operating administration 
or administrations.
    Sec. 189.  The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to carry 
out a program that establishes uniform standards for developing and 
supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits authorized under 
section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, including distribution of 
transit benefits by various paper and electronic media.
    Sec. 190.  The Department of Transportation may use funds provided 
by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under title 49 or 
23 of the United States Code utilizing geographic, economic, or any 
other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, or to amend a 
rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids a recipient of a 
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration grant 
from imposing such hiring preference on a contract or construction 
project with which the Department of Transportation is assisting, only 
if the grant recipient certifies the following:
            (1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, a 
        pool of readily available but unemployed individuals possessing 
        the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work that the 
        contract requires resides in the jurisdiction;
            (2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate 
        provisions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor 
        does not displace any of its existing employees in order to 
        satisfy such hiring preference; and
            (3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
        delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
        not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
        applicable statewide transportation improvement program or 
        transportation improvement program.
    Sec. 191.  The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate with 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best practices for 
Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date and shall ensure 
that systems procured with funds provided under this title were 
procured using such practices.
    Sec. 192.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
in contravention of the American Security Drone Act of 2023 (subtitle B 
of title XVIII of division A of Public Law 118-31).
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                                TITLE II

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                     Management and Administration

                           executive offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, which 
shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, 
Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, 
Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, and the 
Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, $19,400,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That not to 
exceed $25,000 of the amount made available under this heading shall be 
available to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (referred 
to in this title as ``the Secretary'') for official reception and 
representation expenses as the Secretary may determine.

                     administrative support offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $686,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $91,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Financial Officer;
            (2) $129,700,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        General Counsel, of which not less than $21,700,000 shall be 
        for the Departmental Enforcement Center;
            (3) $239,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Administration;
            (4) $52,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Human Capital Officer;
            (5) $32,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Procurement Officer;
            (6) $68,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
        Policy and Management;
            (7) $4,700,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and
            (8) $70,000,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Information Officer:
  Provided further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
used for necessary administrative and non-administrative expenses of 
the Department, not otherwise provided for, including purchase of 
uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of passenger motor vehicles; 
and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code:  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated under this heading may be used for advertising 
and promotional activities that directly support program activities 
funded in this title.

                            program offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$1,097,164,130, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $286,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Public and Indian Housing;
            (2) $168,514,130 shall be available for the Office of 
        Community Planning and Development;
            (3) $487,550,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Housing;
            (4) $41,000,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
        Development and Research;
            (5) $102,900,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
        Housing and Equal Opportunity; and
            (6) $11,200,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead 
        Hazard Control and Healthy Homes.

                          working capital fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Fund''), 
pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts transferred, 
including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to the Fund under 
this heading shall be available only for Federal shared services used 
by offices and agencies of the Department, and for any such portion of 
any office or agency's printing, records management, space renovation, 
furniture, or supply services the Secretary has determined shall be 
provided through the Fund, and the operational expenses of the Fund:  
Provided, That amounts within the Fund shall not be available to 
provide services not specifically authorized under this heading:  
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Secretary that any 
other service (or portion thereof) authorized under this heading shall 
be provided through the Fund, amounts made available in this title for 
salaries and expenses under the headings ``Executive Offices'', 
``Administrative Support Offices'', ``Program Offices'', and 
``Government National Mortgage Association'', for such services shall 
be transferred to the Fund, to remain available until expended:  
Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers 
at least 15 days in advance of such transfers.

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 
1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this title ``the Act''), 
not otherwise provided for, $28,386,831,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2023 (in addition to 
the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that 
shall be available on October 1, 2023), of which $6,000,000,000 is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and $4,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2024:  
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $28,490,955,000 shall be available for renewals of 
        expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
        (including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision of 
        law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act) 
        and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
        vouchers:  Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
        carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2024 funding 
        cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
        agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
        leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
        applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
        by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making any 
        necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the first-
        time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including tenant 
        protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers:  Provided 
        further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 
        may be used to fund a total number of unit months under lease 
        which exceeds a public housing agency's authorized level of 
        units under contract, except for public housing agencies 
        participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which 
        are instead governed in accordance with the requirements of the 
        MTW demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the extent 
        necessary to stay within the amount specified under this 
        paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this paragraph), 
        prorate each public housing agency's allocation otherwise 
        established pursuant to this paragraph:  Provided further, That 
        except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
        specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
        under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public housing 
        agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method described 
        above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies 
        of their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after enactment 
        of this Act or March 1, 2024:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary may extend the notification period only after the 
        House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are notified at 
        least 10 business days in advance of the extension:  Provided 
        further, That public housing agencies participating in the MTW 
        demonstration shall be funded in accordance with the 
        requirements of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW 
        agreements, if any, and shall be subject to the same pro rata 
        adjustments under the preceding provisos:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary may offset public housing agencies' calendar 
        year 2024 allocations based on the excess amounts of public 
        housing agencies' net restricted assets accounts, including 
        HUD-held programmatic reserves (in accordance with VMS data in 
        calendar year 2023 that is verifiable and complete), as 
        determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That public 
        housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
        also be subject to the offset, as determined by the Secretary, 
        excluding amounts subject to the single fund budget authority 
        provisions of their MTW agreements, from the agencies' calendar 
        year 2024 MTW funding allocation:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall use any offset referred to in the preceding two 
        provisos throughout the calendar year to prevent the 
        termination of rental assistance for families as the result of 
        insufficient funding, as determined by the Secretary, and to 
        avoid or reduce the proration of renewal funding allocations:  
        Provided further, That up to $200,000,000 shall be available 
        only:
                    (A) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
                housing agencies, after application for an adjustment 
                by a public housing agency that experienced a 
                significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
                in renewal costs of vouchers resulting from unforeseen 
                circumstances or from portability under section 8(r) of 
                the Act;
                    (B) for vouchers that were not in use during the 
                previous 12-month period in order to be available to 
                meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the 
                Act, or an adjustment for a funding obligation not yet 
                expended in the previous calendar year for a MTW-
                eligible activity to develop affordable housing for an 
                agency added to the MTW demonstration under the 
                expansion authority provided in section 239 of the 
                Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
                Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L 
                of Public Law 114-113);
                    (C) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-
                Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) 
                vouchers;
                    (D) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
                reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
                Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate 
                rental assistance for families as a result of 
                insufficient funding;
                    (E) for adjustments in the allocations for public 
                housing agencies that--
                            (i) are leasing a lower-than-average 
                        percentage of their authorized vouchers,
                            (ii) have low amounts of budget authority 
                        in their net restricted assets accounts and 
                        HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative to 
                        other agencies, and
                            (iii) are not participating in the Moving 
                        to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies 
                        to lease more vouchers;
                    (F) for withheld payments in accordance with 
                section 8(o)(8)(A)(ii) of the Act for months in the 
                previous calendar year that were subsequently paid by 
                the public housing agency after the agency's actual 
                costs were validated; and
                    (G) for public housing agencies that have 
                experienced increased costs or loss of units in an area 
                for which the President declared a disaster under title 
                IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
                Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.):
          Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
        under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the 
        Secretary;
            (2) $337,000,000 shall be available for section 8 rental 
        assistance for relocation and replacement of housing units that 
        are demolished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the 
        Act, conversion of section 23 projects to assistance under 
        section 8, relocation of witnesses (including victims of 
        violent crimes) in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
        public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
        enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under any 
        provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) 
        of the Act, Choice Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and 
        voluntary conversions, and tenant protection assistance 
        including replacement and relocation assistance or for project-
        based assistance to prevent the displacement of unassisted 
        elderly tenants currently residing in section 202 properties 
        financed between 1959 and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to 
        Public Law 106-569, as amended, or under the authority as 
        provided under this Act:  Provided, That when a public housing 
        development is submitted for demolition or disposition under 
        section 18 of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 
        rental assistance when the units pose an imminent health and 
        safety risk to residents:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        may provide section 8 rental assistance from amounts made 
        available under this paragraph for units assisted under a 
        project-based subsidy contract funded under the ``Project-Based 
        Rental Assistance'' heading under this title where the owner 
        has received a Notice of Default and the units pose an imminent 
        health and safety risk to residents:  Provided further, That of 
        the amounts made available under this paragraph, no less than 
        $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protection 
        assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, to 
        residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have to pay 
        rents greater than 30 percent of household income, as the 
        result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD-held or 
        section 202 loan that requires the permission of the Secretary 
        prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a rental 
        assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible for 
        enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under existing 
        law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
        accompanying a mortgage or preservation program administered by 
        the Secretary:  Provided further, That such tenant protection 
        assistance made available under the preceding proviso may be 
        provided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
        8(o)(13) of the Act:  Provided further, That any tenant 
        protection voucher made available from amounts under this 
        paragraph shall not be reissued by any public housing agency, 
        except the replacement vouchers as defined by the Secretary by 
        notice, when the initial family that received any such voucher 
        no longer receives such voucher, and the authority for any 
        public housing agency to issue any such voucher shall cease to 
        exist:  Provided further, That the Secretary may only provide 
        replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within the 
        previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted 
        housing, subject only to the availability of funds;
            (3) $2,770,935,000 shall be available for administrative 
        and other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
        the section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which 
        up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to 
        allocate to public housing agencies that need additional funds 
        to administer their section 8 programs, including fees 
        associated with section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, 
        the administration of disaster related vouchers, HUD-VASH 
        vouchers, and other special purpose incremental vouchers:  
        Provided, That no less than $2,740,935,000 of the amount 
        provided in this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing 
        agencies for the calendar year 2024 funding cycle based on 
        section 8(q) of the Act (and related appropriation Act 
        provisions) as in effect immediately before the enactment of 
        the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public 
        Law 105-276):  Provided further, That if the amounts made 
        available under this paragraph are insufficient to pay the 
        amounts determined under the preceding proviso, the Secretary 
        may decrease the amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform 
        percentage applicable to all agencies receiving funding under 
        this paragraph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full 
        payment of amounts determined under the preceding proviso, 
        utilize unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
        carryover, remaining from funds appropriated under this heading 
        from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose vouchers, 
        notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
        appropriated:  Provided further, That all public housing 
        agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
        in accordance with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
        program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject 
        to the same uniform percentage decrease as under the preceding 
        proviso:  Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
        paragraph shall be only for activities related to the provision 
        of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under section 8, 
        including related development activities;
            (4) $742,941,000 shall be available for the renewal of 
        tenant-based assistance contracts under section 811 of the 
        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
        8013), including necessary administrative expenses:  Provided, 
        That administrative and other expenses of public housing 
        agencies in administering the special purpose vouchers in this 
        paragraph shall be funded under the same terms and be subject 
        to the same pro rata reduction as the percent decrease for 
        administrative and other expenses to public housing agencies 
        under paragraph (3) of this heading:  Provided further, That up 
        to $10,000,000 shall be available only--
                    (A) for adjustments in the allocation for public 
                housing agencies, after applications for an adjustment 
                by a public housing agency that experienced a 
                significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, 
                in Mainstream renewal costs resulting from unforeseen 
                circumstances; and
                    (B) for public housing agencies that despite taking 
                reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the 
                Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate the 
                rental assistance for Mainstream families as a result 
                of insufficient funding:
          Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate amounts 
        under the preceding proviso based on need, as determined by the 
        Secretary:  Provided further, That upon turnover, section 811 
        special purpose vouchers funded under this heading in this or 
        prior Acts, or under any other heading in prior Acts, shall be 
        provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities;
            (5) of the amounts provided under paragraph (1), up to 
        $7,500,000 shall be available for rental assistance and 
        associated administrative fees for Tribal HUD-VASH to serve 
        Native American veterans that are homeless or at-risk of 
        homelessness living on or near a reservation or other Indian 
        areas:  Provided, That such amount shall be made available for 
        renewal grants to recipients that received assistance under 
        prior Acts under the Tribal HUD-VASH program:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary shall be authorized to specify 
        criteria for renewal grants, including data on the utilization 
        of assistance reported by grant recipients:  Provided further, 
        That such assistance shall be administered in accordance with 
        program requirements under the Native American Housing 
        Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and modeled after 
        the HUD-VASH program:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        shall be authorized to waive, or specify alternative 
        requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation 
        that the Secretary administers in connection with the use of 
        funds made available under this paragraph (except for 
        requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
        standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 
        Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements are 
        necessary for the effective delivery and administration of such 
        assistance:  Provided further, That grant recipients shall 
        report to the Secretary on utilization of such rental 
        assistance and other program data, as prescribed by the 
        Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
        reallocate, as determined by the Secretary, amounts returned or 
        recaptured from awards under the Tribal HUD-VASH program under 
        prior Acts to existing recipients under the Tribal HUD-VASH 
        program;
            (6) $15,000,000 shall be available for incremental rental 
        voucher assistance for use through a supported housing program 
        administered in conjunction with the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs as authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937:  Provided, That the Secretary of 
        Housing and Urban Development shall make such funding 
        available, notwithstanding section 203 (competition provision) 
        of this title, to public housing agencies that partner with 
        eligible VA Medical Centers or other entities as designated by 
        the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on 
        geographical need for such assistance as identified by the 
        Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
        agency administrative performance, and other factors as 
        specified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 
        consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing and 
        Urban Development may waive, or specify alternative 
        requirements for (in consultation with the Secretary of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute 
        or regulation that the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development administers in connection with the use of funds 
        made available under this paragraph (except for requirements 
        related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 
        and the environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
        such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary for the 
        effective delivery and administration of such voucher 
        assistance:  Provided further, That assistance made available 
        under this paragraph shall continue to remain available for 
        homeless veterans upon turn-over:  Provided further, That of 
        the total amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
        $10,000,000 may be for additional fees established by and 
        allocated pursuant to a method determined by the Secretary for 
        administrative and other expenses (including those eligible 
        activities defined by notice to facilitate leasing, such as 
        security deposit assistance and costs related to the retention 
        and support of participating owners) of public housing agencies 
        in administering HUD-VASH vouchers;
            (7) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family 
        unification program as authorized under section 8(x) of the 
        Act:  Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
        paragraph are provided as follows:
                    (A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new 
                incremental voucher assistance, which shall continue to 
                remain available for family unification upon turnover; 
                and
                    (B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new 
                incremental voucher assistance to assist eligible youth 
                as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B) of the Act, which 
                shall continue to remain available for such eligible 
                youth upon turnover:  Provided, That such amounts shall 
                be available on a noncompetitive basis to public 
                housing agencies that partner with public child welfare 
                agencies to identify such eligible youth, that request 
                such assistance to timely assist such eligible youth, 
                and that meet any other criteria as specified by the 
                Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
                review utilization of such assistance and assistance 
                originating from appropriations made available for 
                youth under this heading in any prior Act that the 
                Secretary made available on a noncompetitive basis, at 
                an interval to be determined by the Secretary, and 
                unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer needed 
                based on such review shall be recaptured by the 
                Secretary and reallocated pursuant to the preceding 
                proviso:
          Provided further, That any public housing agency 
        administering new incremental voucher assistance originating 
        from appropriations made available for the family unification 
        program under this heading in this or any prior Act that the 
        Secretary made available on a competitive basis that determines 
        it no longer has an identified need for such assistance upon 
        turnover shall notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall 
        recapture such assistance from the agency and reallocate it to 
        any other public housing agency or agencies based on need for 
        voucher assistance in connection with such specified program or 
        eligible youth, as applicable; and
            (8) the Secretary shall separately track all special 
        purpose vouchers funded under this heading.

                        housing certificate fund

                        (including rescissions)

    Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for 
Assisted Housing'' and the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'', 
for fiscal year 2024 and prior years may be used for renewal of or 
amendments to section 8 project-based contracts and for performance-
based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated:  Provided, That any obligated balances of 
contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that 
have been terminated shall be rescinded:  Provided further, That 
amounts heretofore recaptured, or recaptured during the current fiscal 
year, from section 8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal 
year 1975 through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount 
of additional new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded 
is hereby appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the 
purposes set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available.

                          public housing fund

    For 2024 payments to public housing agencies for the operation and 
management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ``Act''), 
and to carry out capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d)), $8,810,784,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $5,475,784,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
        allocate pursuant to the Operating Fund formula at part 990 of 
        title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, for 2024 payments;
            (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
        allocate pursuant to a need-based application process 
        notwithstanding section 203 of this title and not subject to 
        such Operating Fund formula to public housing agencies that 
        experience, or are at risk of, financial shortfalls, as 
        determined by the Secretary:  Provided, That after all such 
        shortfall needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any 
        remaining funds to all public housing agencies on a pro-rata 
        basis pursuant to such Operating Fund formula;
            (3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
        allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund formula at section 
        905.400 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations:  Provided, 
        That for funds provided under this paragraph, the limitation in 
        section 9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in the 
        preceding proviso to allow public housing agencies to fund 
        activities authorized under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify public 
        housing agencies requesting waivers under the preceding proviso 
        if the request is approved or denied within 14 days of 
        submitting the request:  Provided further, That from the funds 
        made available under this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
        provide bonus awards in fiscal year 2024 to public housing 
        agencies that are designated high performers:  Provided 
        further, That the Department shall notify public housing 
        agencies of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
        enactment of this Act;
            (4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
        make grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, to 
        public housing agencies for emergency capital needs, including 
        safety and security measures necessary to address crime and 
        drug-related activity, as well as needs resulting from 
        unforeseen or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters 
        excluding Presidentially declared emergencies and natural 
        disasters under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 
        2024:  Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
        paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and 
        security measures:  Provided further, That in addition to the 
        amount in the preceding proviso for such safety and security 
        measures, any amounts that remain available, after all 
        applications received on or before September 30, 2025, for 
        emergency capital needs have been processed, shall be allocated 
        to public housing agencies for such safety and security 
        measures;
            (5) $65,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
        to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential 
        health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint 
        (by carrying out the activities of risk assessments, abatement, 
        and interim controls, as those terms are defined in section 
        1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 
        of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, radon, and 
        fire safety:  Provided, That not less than $25,000,000 of the 
        amounts provided under this paragraph shall be awarded for 
        evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, except that 
        if such amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be 
        awarded to qualified applicants for other purposes under this 
        paragraph:  Provided further, That for purposes of 
        environmental review, a grant under this paragraph shall be 
        considered funds for projects or activities under title I of 
        the Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) 
        and shall be subject to the regulations implementing such 
        section; and
            (6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of 
        administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive 
        grants to PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or 
        substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined by the 
        Secretary, for costs associated with public housing asset 
        improvement, in addition to other amounts for that purpose 
        provided under any heading under this title:
  Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or 
regulation, during fiscal year 2024, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may not delegate to any Department official other than the 
Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of section 9(j) of the Act 
regarding the extension of the time periods under such section:  
Provided further, That for purposes of such section 9(j), the term 
``obligate'' means, with respect to amounts, that the amounts are 
subject to a binding agreement that will result in outlays, immediately 
or in the future.

           assisted housing inspections and risk assessments

    For the Department's inspection and assessment programs, including 
travel, training, and program support contracts, $50,000,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' to support 
ongoing public housing financial and physical assessment activities 
shall be available for the purposes authorized under this heading in 
addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

                    choice neighborhoods initiative

    For competitive grants under the choice neighborhoods initiative 
(subject to section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437v) (the ``Act'') unless otherwise specified under this 
heading), for transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement housing 
needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to transform 
neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income 
neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation, and access to jobs, $75,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That grant funds may be used for 
resident and community services, community development, and affordable 
housing needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing:  Provided further, That 
the use of amounts made available under this heading shall not be 
deemed to be for public housing, notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of the 
Act:  Provided further, That grantees shall commit to an additional 
period of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years:  Provided further, That grantees shall provide a match in 
State, local, other Federal, or private funds:  Provided further, That 
grantees may include local governments, Tribal entities, public housing 
agencies, and nonprofit organizations:  Provided further, That for-
profit developers may apply jointly with a public entity:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be 
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437x), and grants made with amounts available under this 
heading shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Secretary to 
implement such section:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, not less than $37,500,000 shall be 
awarded to public housing agencies:  Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organizations, 
including assisted housing owners, service agencies, and resident 
organizations:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall consult with 
the Secretaries of Education, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human 
Services, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, and the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate and 
leverage other appropriate Federal resources:  Provided further, That 
not more than $10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive local 
planning with input from residents and the community:  Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may 
be obligated for main street housing grants under section 24(n) of the 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1437v(n)):  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
including recaptures, remaining from amounts made available under the 
heading ``Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE 
VI)'' in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such amounts were appropriated:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall make grant awards not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary determines:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding section 24(o) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, until September 30, 2024, obligate 
any available unobligated balances made available under this heading in 
this or any prior Act.

                       self-sufficiency programs

    For activities and assistance related to self-sufficiency programs, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, $195,500,000:  Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $140,500,000 shall be available for the family self-
        sufficiency program to support family self-sufficiency 
        coordinators under section 23 of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of local 
        strategies to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 
        and 9 of such Act with public and private resources, and enable 
        eligible families to achieve economic independence and self-
        sufficiency;
            (2) $40,000,000 shall be available for the resident 
        opportunity and self-sufficiency program to provide for 
        supportive services, service coordinators, and congregate 
        services as authorized by section 34 of the United States 
        Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z-6) and the Native American 
        Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 
        U.S.C. 4101 et seq.):  Provided, That amounts made available 
        under this paragraph may be used to renew resident opportunity 
        and self-sufficiency program grants to allow the public housing 
        agency, or a new owner, to continue to serve (or restart 
        service to) residents of a project with assistance converted 
        from public housing to project-based rental assistance under 
        section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
        1437f) or assistance under section 8(o)(13) of such Act under 
        the heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
        2012 (Public Law 112-55), as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); 
        and
            (3) $15,000,000 shall be available for a jobs-plus 
        initiative, modeled after the jobs-plus demonstration:  
        Provided, That funding provided under this paragraph shall be 
        available for competitive grants to partnerships between public 
        housing authorities, local workforce investment boards 
        established under section 107 of the Workforce Innovation and 
        Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies 
        and organizations that provide support to help public housing 
        residents obtain employment and increase earnings:  Provided 
        further, That applicants must demonstrate the ability to 
        provide services to residents, partner with workforce 
        investment boards, and leverage service dollars:  Provided 
        further, That the Secretary may allow public housing agencies 
        to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
        requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
        Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary to 
        implement the jobs-plus program, on such terms and conditions 
        as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the Secretary 
        that any such waivers or alternative requirements are necessary 
        for the effective implementation of the jobs-plus initiative as 
        a voluntary program for residents:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall publish by notice in the Federal Register any 
        waivers or alternative requirements pursuant to the preceding 
        proviso no later than 10 days before the effective date of such 
        notice.

                        native american programs

    For activities and assistance authorized under title I of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(in this heading ``NAHASDA'') (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
with respect to Indian tribes, and related training and technical 
assistance, $1,344,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $1,111,000,000 shall be available for the Native 
        American housing block grants program, as authorized under 
        title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, 
        to determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such 
        Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the 
        formula under section 302 of such Act with the need component 
        based on single-race census data and with the need component 
        based on multi-race census data, and the amount of the 
        allocation for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the 
        two resulting allocation amounts:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula allocation not 
        later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) $150,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
        under the Native American housing block grants program, as 
        authorized under title I of NAHASDA:  Provided, That the 
        Secretary shall obligate such amount for competitive grants to 
        eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that apply for 
        funds:  Provided further, That in awarding amounts made 
        available in this paragraph, the Secretary shall consider need 
        and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to 
        projects that will spur construction and rehabilitation of 
        housing:  Provided further, That any amounts transferred for 
        the necessary costs of administering and overseeing the 
        obligation and expenditure of such additional amounts in prior 
        Acts may also be used for the necessary costs of administering 
        and overseeing such additional amount;
            (3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of 
        guaranteed notes and other obligations, as authorized by title 
        VI of NAHASDA:  Provided, That such costs, including the cost 
        of modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as 
        defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
        (2 U.S.C. 661a):  Provided further, That amounts made available 
        in this and prior Acts for the cost of such guaranteed notes 
        and other obligations that are unobligated, including 
        recaptures and carryover, may be available to subsidize the 
        total principal amount of any notes and other obligations, any 
        part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $50,000,000, 
        to remain available until September 30, 2025;
            (4) $75,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian 
        tribes for carrying out the Indian community development block 
        grant program under title I of the Housing and Community 
        Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of 
        such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision of law 
        (including section 203 of this Act), not more than $5,000,000 
        may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats to 
        health and safety:  Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent of 
        any grant made with amounts made available in this paragraph 
        shall be expended for planning and management development and 
        administration; and
            (5) $7,000,000, in addition to amounts otherwise available 
        for such purpose, shall be available for providing training and 
        technical assistance to Indian tribes, Indian housing 
        authorities, and tribally designated housing entities, to 
        support the inspection of Indian housing units, for contract 
        expertise, and for training and technical assistance related to 
        amounts made available under this heading and other headings in 
        this Act for the needs of Native American families and Indian 
        country:  Provided, That of the amounts made available in this 
        paragraph, not less than $2,000,000 shall be for a national 
        organization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA (25 
        U.S.C. 4212):  Provided further, That amounts made available in 
        this paragraph may be used, contracted, or competed as 
        determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That 
        notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code 
        (commonly known as the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements 
        Act of 1977), the amounts made available in this paragraph may 
        be used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements 
        with public and private organizations, agencies, institutions, 
        and other technical assistance providers to support the 
        administration of negotiated rulemaking under section 106 of 
        NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4116), the administration of the allocation 
        formula under section 302 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4152), and the 
        administration of performance tracking and reporting under 
        section 407 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4167).

           indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 184 of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13a), $1,500,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a):  Provided further, That amounts made available in this 
and prior Acts for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by 
section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z-13a), that are unobligated, including recaptures and 
carryover, may be available to subsidize total loan principal, any part 
of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,800,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025.

                  native hawaiian housing block grant

    For the Native Hawaiian housing block grant program, as authorized 
under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221 et seq.), $22,300,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department of Hawaiian 
Home Lands may not invest grant amounts made available under this 
heading in investment securities and other obligations:  Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading in this and 
prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assistance to eligible 
Native Hawaiian families both on and off the Hawaiian Home Lands, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law:  Provided further, That up 
to $1,000,000 of the amounts made available under this heading may be 
for training and technical assistance related to amounts made available 
under this heading and other headings in this Act for the needs of 
Native Hawaiians and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

      native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

    New commitments to guarantee loans, as authorized by section 184A 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
13b), any part of which is to be guaranteed, shall not exceed 
$28,000,000 in total loan principal, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That the Secretary may enter into 
commitments to guarantee loans used for refinancing.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

    For carrying out the housing opportunities for persons with AIDS 
program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 
12901 et seq.), $505,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:  Provided, That the Secretary shall renew or replace all expiring 
contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially were funded 
under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made available under 
this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal years that meet all 
program requirements before awarding funds for new contracts under such 
section:  Provided further, That the process for submitting amendments 
and approving replacement contracts shall be established by the 
Secretary in a notice:  Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act.

                       community development fund

    For assistance to States and units of general local government, and 
other entities, for economic and community development activities, and 
other purposes, $6,720,054,336, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $3,300,000,000 shall be available for carrying out the 
        community development block grant program under title I of the 
        Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 
        U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) (in this heading ``the Act''):  Provided, 
        That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds made 
        available under this paragraph shall be expended for planning 
        and management development and administration:  Provided 
        further, That a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of 
        general local government, or insular area that directly or 
        indirectly receives funds under this paragraph may not sell, 
        trade, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of such funds 
        to another such entity in exchange for any other funds, 
        credits, or non-Federal considerations, but shall use such 
        funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act:  
        Provided further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the 
        Act, no funds made available under this paragraph may be 
        provided to a for-profit entity for an economic development 
        project under section 105(a)(17) unless such project has been 
        evaluated and selected in accordance with guidelines required 
        under subsection (e)(2) of section 105;
            (2) $100,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
        award grants on a competitive basis to State and local 
        governments, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
        multijurisdictional entities for additional activities under 
        title I of the Act for the identification and removal of 
        barriers to affordable housing production and preservation:  
        Provided, That eligible uses of such grants include activities 
        to further develop, evaluate, and implement housing policy 
        plans, improve housing strategies, and facilitate affordable 
        housing production and preservation:  Provided further, That 
        the Secretary shall prioritize applicants that are able to (A) 
        demonstrate progress and a commitment to overcoming local 
        barriers to facilitate the increase in affordable housing 
        production and preservation, primarily by having enacted 
        improved laws and regulations that the Secretary reasonably 
        expects to preserve or produce new housing units; and (B) 
        demonstrate an acute need for housing affordable to households 
        with incomes below 100 percent of the area median income:  
        Provided further, That grantees shall report to the Secretary 
        regularly on their activities and outcomes:  Provided further, 
        That the Secretary shall analyze observable housing production, 
        preservation, and cost trends in the participating 
        jurisdictions or geographic areas:  Provided further, That 
        funds allocated for such grants shall not adversely affect the 
        amount of any formula assistance received by a jurisdiction 
        under paragraph (1) of this heading:  Provided further, That in 
        administering such amounts the Secretary may waive or specify 
        alternative requirements for any provision of such title I 
        except for requirements related to fair housing, 
        nondiscrimination, labor standards, the environment, and 
        requirements that activities benefit persons of low- and 
        moderate-income, upon a finding that any such waivers or 
        alternative requirements are necessary to expedite or 
        facilitate the use of such amounts;
            (3) $30,000,000 shall be available for activities 
        authorized under section 8071 of the SUPPORT for Patients and 
        Communities Act (Public Law 115-271):  Provided, That funds 
        allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall not adversely affect 
        the amount of any formula assistance received by a State under 
        paragraph (1) of this heading:  Provided further, That the 
        Secretary shall allocate the funds for such activities based on 
        the notice establishing the funding formula published in 84 FR 
        16027 (April 17, 2019) except that the formula shall use age-
        adjusted rates of drug overdose deaths for 2021 based on data 
        from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and
            (4) $3,290,054,336 shall be available for grants for the 
        Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for the purposes, and in 
        amounts, specified for Community Project Funding/
        Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
        ``Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
        included in the explanatory statement described in section 4 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act):  
        Provided, That eligible expenses of such grants in this and 
        prior Acts may include administrative, planning, operations and 
        maintenance, and other costs:  Provided further, That such 
        grants for the EDI shall be available for reimbursement of 
        otherwise eligible expenses incurred on or after the date of 
        enactment of this Act and prior to the date of grant execution: 
         Provided further, That none of the amounts made available 
        under this paragraph for grants for the EDI shall be used for 
        reimbursement of expenses incurred prior to the date of 
        enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That grants for the 
        EDI authorized under this heading in the Department of Housing 
        and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-
        103) shall also be available hereafter for reimbursement of 
        otherwise eligible expenses (including those eligible expenses 
        identified in the first proviso of this paragraph) incurred on 
        or after the date of enactment of such Act and prior to the 
        date of grant execution, and shall hereafter not be subject to 
        the second proviso under such heading in such Act:
  Provided further, That for amounts made available under paragraphs 
(1) and (3), the Secretary shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocation within 60 days of enactment of this Act.

         community development loan guarantees program account

    Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a), during fiscal year 2024, commitments to guarantee loans 
under section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall not exceed a 
total principal amount of $400,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate 
limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in subsection (k) of 
such section 108:  Provided, That the Secretary shall collect fees from 
borrowers, notwithstanding subsection (m) of such section 108, to 
result in a credit subsidy cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, 
and any such fees shall be collected in accordance with section 502(7) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:  Provided further, That such 
commitment authority funded by fees may be used to guarantee, or make 
commitments to guarantee, notes or other obligations issued by any 
State on behalf of non-entitlement communities in the State in 
accordance with the requirements of such section 108:  Provided 
further, That any State receiving such a guarantee or commitment under 
the preceding proviso shall distribute all funds subject to such 
guarantee to the units of general local government in non-entitlement 
areas that received the commitment.

                  home investment partnerships program

    For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under 
title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), $1,250,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 
231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)), all unobligated balances 
remaining from amounts recaptured pursuant to such section that remain 
available until expended shall be combined with amounts made available 
under this heading and allocated in accordance with the formula under 
section 217(b)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(b)(1)(A)):  Provided 
further, That the Department shall notify grantees of their formula 
allocations within 60 days after enactment of this Act:  Provided 
further, That section 218(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12748(g)) shall not 
apply with respect to the right of a jurisdiction to draw funds from 
its HOME Investment Trust Fund that otherwise expired or would expire 
in any calendar year from 2018 through 2026 under that section:  
Provided further, That section 231(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 12771(b)) 
shall not apply to any uninvested funds that otherwise were deducted or 
would be deducted from the line of credit in the participating 
jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund in any calendar year from 
2018 through 2026 under that section.

   preservation and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement

    For competitive grants to preserve and revitalize manufactured 
housing and eligible manufactured housing communities (including pre-
1976 mobile homes) under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, 
That recipients of grants provided with amounts made available under 
this heading shall be States, units of general local government, 
resident-owned manufactured housing communities, cooperatives, 
nonprofit entities including consortia of nonprofit entities, community 
development financial institutions, Indian Tribes (as such term is 
defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4103)), or other 
entities approved by the Secretary:  Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall reserve an amount for Indian Tribes within such 
competition:  Provided further, That the Secretary may approve entities 
for selection that partner with one or several residents of such 
eligible communities or that propose to implement a grant program that 
would assist residents of such eligible communities:  Provided further, 
That eligible uses of such grants may include infrastructure, planning, 
resident and community services (including relocation assistance and 
eviction prevention), resiliency activities, and providing other 
assistance to residents or owners of manufactured homes, which may 
include providing assistance for manufactured housing land and site 
acquisition:  Provided further, That, except as determined by the 
Secretary, participation in this program shall not encumber the future 
transfer of title or use of property by the residents, owners, or 
communities:  Provided further, That when selecting recipients, the 
Secretary shall prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or 
moderately low-income residents and preserve long-term housing 
affordability for residents of manufactured housing or a manufactured 
housing community:  Provided further, That eligible manufactured 
housing communities may include those that are--
            (1) owned by the residents of the manufactured housing 
        community through a resident-controlled entity, as defined by 
        the Secretary; or
            (2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to binding 
        agreements that will preserve the community and maintain 
        affordability on a long-term basis:
  Provided further, That resiliency activities means the 
reconstruction, repair, or replacement of manufactured housing and 
manufactured housing communities to protect the health and safety of 
manufactured housing residents and to address weatherization and energy 
efficiency needs, except that for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made 
available under this heading may be used only for replacement:  
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive or specify alternative 
requirements for any provision of any statute or regulation that the 
Secretary administers in connection with the use of amounts made 
available under this heading (except for requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 
a finding that such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary to 
facilitate the use of such amounts.

        self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

    For the self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program, 
as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for related 
activities and assistance, $60,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading--
            (1) $12,000,000 shall be available for the self-help 
        homeownership opportunity program as authorized under such 
        section 11;
            (2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, third, 
        and fourth capacity building entities specified in section 4(a) 
        of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of 
        which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity 
        building activities:  Provided, That for purposes of awarding 
        grants from amounts made available in this paragraph, the 
        Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, 
        subject to the availability of annual appropriations; and
            (3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by 
        national rural housing organizations having experience 
        assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, 
        training, technical assistance, information, and research to 
        local nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian 
        Tribes serving high need rural communities.

                       homeless assistance grants

    For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for related activities 
and assistance, $4,051,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2026:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the emergency 
        solutions grants program authorized under subtitle B of such 
        title IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.):  Provided, That the 
        Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
        from amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final 
        amounts allocated) for the emergency solutions grant program 
        not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act;
            (2) $3,544,000,000 shall be available for the continuum of 
        care program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42 
        U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the rural housing stability 
        assistance programs authorized under subtitle D of such title 
        IV (42 U.S.C. 11408):  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
        prioritize funding under the continuum of care program to 
        continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to 
        reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher 
        performing projects:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
        make reasonable adjustments to renewal amounts to enable 
        renewal projects to operate at substantially the same levels, 
        including cost-of-living adjustments for supportive services 
        from the prior grant:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
        shall provide incentives to create projects that coordinate 
        with housing providers and healthcare organizations to provide 
        permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing services:  
        Provided further, That the Secretary may establish by notice an 
        alternative maximum amount for administrative costs related to 
        the requirements described in sections 402(f)(1) and 402(f)(2) 
        of subtitle A of such title IV of no more than 5 percent or 
        $50,000, whichever is greater, notwithstanding the 3 percent 
        limitation in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C:  Provided 
        further, That of the amounts made available for the continuum 
        of care program under this paragraph, $52,000,000 shall be for 
        grants for new rapid re-housing projects and supportive service 
        projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 
        activities that the Secretary determines to be critical in 
        order to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating 
        violence, sexual assault, or stalking, except that the 
        Secretary may make additional grants for such projects and 
        purposes from amounts made available for such continuum of care 
        program:  Provided further, That amounts made available for the 
        continuum of care program under this paragraph and any 
        remaining unobligated balances under this heading in prior Acts 
        may be used to competitively or non-competitively renew or 
        replace grants for youth homeless demonstration projects under 
        the continuum of care program, notwithstanding any conflict 
        with the requirements of the continuum of care program;
            (3) $10,000,000 shall be available for the national 
        homeless data analysis project:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
        the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements 
        Act of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301-6308), the amounts made available 
        under this paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 
        under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts may be used 
        by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with such 
        entities as may be determined by the Secretary, including 
        public and private organizations, agencies, and institutions;
            (4) $107,000,000 shall be available to implement projects 
        to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless 
        youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities with a 
        priority for communities with substantial rural populations in 
        up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth 
        homelessness:  Provided, That of the amount made available 
        under this paragraph, not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
        youth homelessness system improvement grants to support 
        communities, including but not limited to the communities 
        assisted under the matter preceding this proviso, in 
        establishing and implementing a response system for youth 
        homelessness, or for improving their existing system:  Provided 
        further, That of the amount made available under this 
        paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to provide technical 
        assistance to communities, including but not limited to the 
        communities assisted in the preceding proviso and the matter 
        preceding such proviso, on improving system responses to youth 
        homelessness, and collection, analysis, use, and reporting of 
        data and performance measures under the comprehensive 
        approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in 
        coordination with other technical assistance funds provided 
        under this title:  Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
        up to 10 percent of the amount made available under the 
        preceding proviso to build the capacity of current technical 
        assistance providers or to train new technical assistance 
        providers with verifiable prior experience with systems and 
        programs for youth experiencing homelessness; and
            (5) $100,000,000 shall be available for one-time awards 
        under the continuum of care program for new construction, 
        acquisition, or rehabilitation of new permanent supportive 
        housing, of which not more than 20 percent of such awards may 
        be used for other continuum of care eligible activities 
        associated with such projects and not more than 10 percent of 
        such awards may be used for project administration:  Provided, 
        That these amounts shall be awarded on a competitive basis, 
        based on need and other factors to be determined by the 
        Secretary, including incentives to establish projects that 
        coordinate with housing providers, healthcare organizations and 
        social service providers:  Provided further, That not less than 
        $35,000,000 shall be awarded to applicants for projects within 
        States with populations less than 2,500,000, except that if 
        such amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may be 
        awarded to qualified applicants for projects in any State:  
        Provided further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated 
        with such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the 
        continuum of care program subject to the same terms and 
        conditions as other renewal applicants:
  Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance 
under this heading shall not be required to provide third party 
documentation to establish their eligibility under subsection (a) or 
(b) of section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302) to receive services:  Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 
24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
youth-serving providers funded under this heading:  Provided further, 
That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act may be served by any project funded under this 
heading to provide both transitional housing and rapid re-housing:  
Provided further, That for all matching funds requirements applicable 
to funds made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior fiscal years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and other 
Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds:  Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available under this heading shall be available 
to provide funding for new projects, except for projects created 
through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the 
continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and 
ranked based on the degree to which they improve the continuum of 
care's system performance:  Provided further, That any unobligated 
amounts remaining from funds made available under this heading in 
fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance 
for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for which 
such funds were appropriated:  Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading in fiscal year 2019 
or prior years, except for rental assistance amounts that were 
recaptured and made available until expended, shall be available for 
the current purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the 
purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

    For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (``the Act''), not otherwise provided for, 
$15,610,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available 
on October 1, 2023 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2023), 
of which $2,000,000,000 is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and 
$400,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available on 
October 1, 2024:  Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading shall be available for expiring or terminating section 8 
project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate 
rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based 
subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation 
contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal 
of section 8 contracts for units in projects that are subject to 
approved plans of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing 
Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990, and for administrative and other 
expenses associated with project-based activities and assistance funded 
under this heading:  Provided further, That of the total amounts 
provided under this heading, not to exceed $468,000,000 shall be 
available for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 
project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f):  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may also use such amounts in the preceding 
proviso for performance-based contract administrators for the 
administration of: interest reduction payments pursuant to section 
236(a) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(a)); rent 
supplement payments pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban 
Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental 
assistance payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1(f)(2)); project rental 
assistance contracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance 
contracts for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under 
section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant to 
section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 
667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86-372; 73 Stat. 667):  Provided further, That amounts recaptured 
under this heading, the heading ``Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing'', or the heading ``Housing Certificate Fund'', may be used for 
renewals of or amendments to section 8 project-based contracts or for 
performance-based contract administrators, notwithstanding the purposes 
for which such amounts were appropriated:  Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the 
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a section 8 project-based housing assistance 
payments contract that authorizes the Department or a housing finance 
agency to require that surplus project funds be deposited in an 
interest-bearing residual receipts account and that are in excess of an 
amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
Department and deposited in this account, to be available until 
expended:  Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant to the 
preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the amount 
otherwise provided by this heading for uses authorized under this 
heading.

                        housing for the elderly

    For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), for project rental 
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal of 
expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for 
senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including renewals, as 
authorized by section 811(e) of the American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note), and for supportive 
services associated with the housing, $913,000,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, up to $112,000,000 shall be for service 
coordinators and the continuation of existing congregate service grants 
for residents of assisted housing projects:  Provided further, That any 
funding for existing service coordinators under the preceding proviso 
shall be provided within 120 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 
governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 
years in duration:  Provided further, That upon request of the 
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 
contract, and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of 
an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the 
Department and deposited in this account, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in this 
account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available, in 
addition to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for the 
purposes authorized under this heading:  Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be 
available for the current purposes authorized under this heading in 
addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were 
appropriated.

                 housing for persons with disabilities

    For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 
authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of such Act, for project assistance contracts pursuant to 
subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as added by 
section 205(a) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 
1978 (Public Law 95-557: 92 Stat. 2090), including amendments to 
contracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 5-year term, for project rental assistance 
to State housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities as 
authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with the 
housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 
811(b)(1) of such Act, $208,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027:  Provided, That, upon the request of the Secretary, 
project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts for any 
project subject to a section 811 project rental assistance contract, 
and that upon termination of such contract are in excess of an amount 
to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department 
and deposited in this account, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be available in addition to the 
amounts otherwise provided by this heading for the purposes authorized 
under this heading:  Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to 
or appropriated under this heading shall be used for the current 
purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated.

                     housing counseling assistance

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, as 
authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act 
of 1968, as amended, $57,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, including up to $4,500,000 for administrative contract 
services:  Provided, That funds shall be used for providing counseling 
and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current and prospective, 
with respect to property maintenance, financial management or literacy, 
and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in 
improving their housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and 
fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for 
program administration; and for housing counselor training:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of awarding grants from amounts provided 
under this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, 
as appropriate, subject to the availability of annual appropriations.

            payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

    For necessary expenses as authorized by the National Manufactured 
Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 
et seq.), up to $14,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $14,000,000 shall be derived from the Manufactured Housing Fees 
Trust Fund (established under section 620(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5419(e)):  Provided, That not to exceed the total amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be available from the general fund of the 
Treasury to the extent necessary to incur obligations and make 
expenditures pending the receipt of collections to the Fund pursuant to 
section 620 of such Act:  Provided further, That the amount made 
available under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced as 
such collections are received during fiscal year 2024 so as to result 
in a final fiscal year 2024 appropriation from the general fund 
estimated at zero, and fees pursuant to such section 620 shall be 
modified as necessary to ensure such a final fiscal year 2024 
appropriation:  Provided further, That for the dispute resolution and 
installation programs, the Secretary may assess and collect fees from 
any program participant:  Provided further, That such collections shall 
be deposited into the Trust Fund, and the Secretary, as provided 
herein, may use such collections, as well as fees collected under 
section 620 of such Act, for necessary expenses of such Act:  Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the requirements of section 620 of such 
Act, the Secretary may carry out responsibilities of the Secretary 
under such Act through the use of approved service providers that are 
paid directly by the recipients of their services.

                     Federal Housing Administration

               mutual mortgage insurance program account

    New commitments to guarantee single family loans insured under the 
Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund shall not exceed $400,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That during 
fiscal year 2024, obligations to make direct loans to carry out the 
purposes of section 204(g) of the National Housing Act, as amended, 
shall not exceed $1,000,000:  Provided further, That the foregoing 
amount in the preceding proviso shall be for loans to nonprofit and 
governmental entities in connection with sales of single family real 
properties owned by the Secretary and formerly insured under the Mutual 
Mortgage Insurance Fund:  Provided further, That for administrative 
contract expenses of the Federal Housing Administration, $150,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided further, That 
to the extent guaranteed loan commitments exceed $200,000,000,000 on or 
before April 1, 2024, an additional $1,400 for administrative contract 
expenses shall be available for each $1,000,000 in additional 
guaranteed loan commitments (including a pro rata amount for any amount 
below $1,000,000), but in no case shall funds made available by this 
proviso exceed $30,000,000:  Provided further, That notwithstanding the 
limitation in the first sentence of section 255(g) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-20(g)), during fiscal year 2024 the 
Secretary may insure and enter into new commitments to insure mortgages 
under section 255 of the National Housing Act only to the extent that 
the net credit subsidy cost for such insurance does not exceed zero.

                general and special risk program account

    New commitments to guarantee loans insured under the General and 
Special Risk Insurance Funds, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of 
the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c), shall not 
exceed $35,000,000,000 in total loan principal, any part of which is to 
be guaranteed, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, 
That during fiscal year 2024, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans, as authorized by sections 204(g), 207(l), 238, 
and 519(a) of the National Housing Act, shall not exceed $1,000,000, 
which shall be for loans to nonprofit and governmental entities in 
connection with the sale of single family real properties owned by the 
Secretary and formerly insured under such Act.

                Government National Mortgage Association

guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

    New commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the purposes of 
section 306 of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 
1721(g)), shall not exceed $550,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  Provided, That $54,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025, shall be for necessary salaries and expenses 
of the Government National Mortgage Association:  Provided further, 
That to the extent that guaranteed loan commitments exceed 
$155,000,000,000 on or before April 1, 2024, an additional $100 for 
necessary salaries and expenses shall be available until expended for 
each $1,000,000 in additional guaranteed loan commitments (including a 
pro rata amount for any amount below $1,000,000), but in no case shall 
funds made available by this proviso exceed $3,000,000:  Provided 
further, That receipts from Commitment and Multiclass fees collected 
pursuant to title III of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1716 et 
seq.) shall be credited as offsetting collections to this account.

                    Policy Development and Research

                        research and technology

    For contracts, grants, and necessary expenses of programs of 
research and studies relating to housing and urban problems, not 
otherwise provided for, as authorized by title V of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1701z-1 et seq.), including 
carrying out the functions of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development under section 1(a)(1)(i) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 
1968, and for technical assistance, $119,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That with respect to amounts made 
available under this heading, notwithstanding section 203 of this 
title, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with 
philanthropic entities, other Federal agencies, State or local 
governments and their agencies, Indian Tribes, tribally designated 
housing entities, or colleges or universities for research projects:  
Provided further, That with respect to the preceding proviso, such 
partners to the cooperative agreements shall contribute at least a 50 
percent match toward the cost of the project:  Provided further, That 
for non-competitive agreements entered into in accordance with the 
preceding two provisos, the Secretary shall comply with section 2(b) of 
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public 
Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. note) in lieu of compliance with section 
102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545(a)(4)(C)) with respect to documentation of 
award decisions:  Provided further, That prior to obligation of 
technical assistance funding, the Secretary shall submit a plan to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations on how the Secretary will 
allocate funding for this activity at least 30 days prior to 
obligation:  Provided further, That none of the funds provided under 
this heading may be available for the doctoral dissertation research 
grant program:  Provided further, That an additional $20,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, shall be for competitive 
grants to nonprofit or governmental entities to provide legal 
assistance (including assistance related to pretrial activities, trial 
activities, post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolution) 
at no cost to eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject to 
eviction:  Provided further, That in awarding grants under the 
preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give preference to applicants 
that include a marketing strategy for residents of areas with high 
rates of eviction, have experience providing no-cost legal assistance 
to low-income individuals, including those with limited English 
proficiency or disabilities, and have sufficient capacity to administer 
such assistance:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure, to 
the extent practicable, that the proportion of eligible tenants living 
in rural areas who will receive legal assistance with grant funds made 
available under this heading is not less than the overall proportion of 
eligible tenants who live in rural areas.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

    For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided 
for, as authorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and section 561 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a), $86,355,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025:  Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary may assess 
and collect fees to cover the costs of the Fair Housing Training 
Academy, and may use such funds to develop online courses and provide 
such training:  Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used to lobby the executive or legislative 
branches of the Federal Government in connection with a specific 
contract, grant, or loan:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $1,355,000 may be available to the 
Secretary for the creation and promotion of translated materials and 
other programs that support the assistance of persons with limited 
English proficiency in utilizing the services provided by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

            Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                         lead hazard reduction

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the lead hazard reduction program, as authorized by section 
1011 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 4852), the healthy homes initiative, pursuant to sections 
501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 
1701z-1 and 1701z-2), and for related activities and assistance, 
$345,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as 
follows:
            (1) $200,000,000 shall be for the award of grants pursuant 
        to such section 1011, of which not less than $105,000,000 shall 
        be provided to areas with the highest lead-based paint 
        abatement need;
            (2) $140,000,000 shall be for the healthy homes initiative, 
        pursuant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and Urban 
        Development Act of 1970, which shall include research, studies, 
        testing, and demonstration efforts, including education and 
        outreach concerning lead-based paint poisoning and other 
        housing-related diseases and hazards, and mitigating housing-
        related health and safety hazards in housing of low-income 
        families, of which--
                    (A) $5,000,000 shall be for the implementation of 
                projects in communities that are served by both the 
                healthy homes initiative and the Department of Energy 
                weatherization programs to demonstrate whether the 
                coordination of healthy homes remediation activities 
                with weatherization activities achieves cost savings 
                and better outcomes in improving the safety and quality 
                of homes; and
                    (B) $30,000,000 shall be for grants to experienced 
                non-profit organizations, States, local governments, or 
                public housing agencies for safety and functional home 
                modification repairs and renovations to meet the needs 
                of low-income seniors to enable them to remain in their 
                primary residence, of which no less than $10,000,000 
                shall be available to meet such needs in communities 
                with substantial rural populations;
            (3) $3,000,000 shall be for the award of grants and 
        contracts for research pursuant to sections 1051 and 1052 of 
        the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
        (42 U.S.C. 4854, 4854a);
            (4) up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available 
        under paragraphs (2) and (3) may be transferred to the heading 
        ``Research and Technology'' for the purposes of conducting 
        research and studies and for use in accordance with the 
        provisos under that heading for non-competitive agreements; and
            (5) $2,000,000 shall be for grants for a radon testing and 
        mitigation safety demonstration program (the radon 
        demonstration) in public housing:  Provided, That the testing 
        method, mitigation method, or action level used under the radon 
        demonstration shall be as specified by applicable State or 
        local law, if such law is more protective of human health or 
        the environment than the method or level specified by the 
        Secretary:
  Provided further, That for purposes of environmental review, pursuant 
to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) and other provisions of law that further the purposes of such 
Act, a grant under the healthy homes initiative, or the lead technical 
studies program, or other demonstrations or programs under this heading 
or under prior appropriations Acts for such purposes under this 
heading, or under the heading ``Housing for the Elderly'' under prior 
Appropriations Acts, shall be considered to be funds for a special 
project for purposes of section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing 
Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994:  Provided further, That each 
applicant for a grant or cooperative agreement under this heading shall 
certify adequate capacity that is acceptable to the Secretary to carry 
out the proposed use of funds pursuant to a notice of funding 
opportunity:  Provided further, That amounts made available under this 
heading, in this or prior appropriations Acts, still remaining 
available, may be used for any purpose under this heading 
notwithstanding the purpose for which such amounts were appropriated if 
a program competition is undersubscribed and there are other program 
competitions under this heading that are oversubscribed:  Provided 
further, That $49,400,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act from amounts specified in paragraph (2) shall be 
derived from unobligated balances from prior year appropriations 
available under this heading, which shall continue to be available for 
the same time period as originally appropriated.

                      Information Technology Fund

    For Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems and infrastructure, $383,050,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026, of which up to $23,950,000 shall be for 
development, modernization, and enhancement projects, including 
planning for such projects:  Provided, That not later than 30 days 
after the end of each quarter, the Secretary shall brief the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on all information technology 
modernization efforts as required in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act).

                      Office of Inspector General

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, 
$152,924,000:  Provided, That the Inspector General shall have 
independent authority over all personnel issues within this office.

    General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 201.  Fifty percent of the amounts of budget authority, or in 
lieu thereof 50 percent of the cash amounts associated with such budget 
authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 
1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act 
of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be rescinded or in the case of 
cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget 
authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the 
Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local 
governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement 
occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section. 
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Secretary may award up to 15 
percent of the budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or 
remitted to the Treasury to provide project owners with incentives to 
refinance their project at a lower interest rate.
    Sec. 202.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to investigate or prosecute under the Fair Housing Act any otherwise 
lawful activity engaged in by one or more persons, including the filing 
or maintaining of a nonfrivolous legal action, that is engaged in 
solely for the purpose of achieving or preventing action by a 
Government official or entity, or a court of competent jurisdiction.
    Sec. 203.  Except as explicitly provided in law, any grant, 
cooperative agreement or other assistance made pursuant to title II of 
this Act shall be made on a competitive basis and in accordance with 
section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545).
    Sec. 204.  Funds of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to the Government Corporation Control Act or section 402 of the 
Housing Act of 1950 shall be available, without regard to the 
limitations on administrative expenses, for legal services on a 
contract or fee basis, and for utilizing and making payment for 
services and facilities of the Federal National Mortgage Association, 
Government National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation, Federal Financing Bank, Federal Reserve banks or any 
member thereof, Federal Home Loan banks, and any insured bank within 
the meaning of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Act, as 
amended (12 U.S.C. 1811-1).
    Sec. 205.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or through a 
reprogramming of funds, no part of any appropriation for the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development shall be available for any program, 
project or activity in excess of amounts set forth in the budget 
estimates submitted to Congress.
    Sec. 206.  Corporations and agencies of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development which are subject to the Government Corporation 
Control Act are hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 
limits of funds and borrowing authority available to each such 
corporation or agency and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 104 of such Act as may be necessary in carrying out 
the programs set forth in the budget for 2024 for such corporation or 
agency except as hereinafter provided:  Provided, That collections of 
these corporations and agencies may be used for new loan or mortgage 
purchase commitments only to the extent expressly provided for in this 
Act (unless such loans are in support of other forms of assistance 
provided for in this or prior appropriations Acts), except that this 
proviso shall not apply to the mortgage insurance or guaranty 
operations of these corporations, or where loans or mortgage purchases 
are necessary to protect the financial interest of the United States 
Government.
    Sec. 207.  The Secretary shall provide quarterly reports to the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations regarding all 
uncommitted, unobligated, recaptured and excess funds in each program 
and activity within the jurisdiction of the Department and shall submit 
additional, updated budget information to these Committees upon 
request.
    Sec. 208.  None of the funds made available by this title may be 
used for an audit of the Government National Mortgage Association that 
makes applicable requirements under the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
    Sec. 209. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject 
to the conditions listed under this section, for fiscal years 2024 and 
2025, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may authorize the 
transfer of some or all project-based assistance, debt held or insured 
by the Secretary and statutorily required low-income and very low-
income use restrictions if any, associated with one or more multifamily 
housing project or projects to another multifamily housing project or 
projects.
    (b) Phased Transfers.--Transfers of project-based assistance under 
this section may be done in phases to accommodate the financing and 
other requirements related to rehabilitating or constructing the 
project or projects to which the assistance is transferred, to ensure 
that such project or projects meet the standards under subsection (c).
    (c) The transfer authorized in subsection (a) is subject to the 
following conditions:
            (1) Number and bedroom size of units.--
                    (A) For occupied units in the transferring project: 
                The number of low-income and very low-income units and 
                the configuration (i.e., bedroom size) provided by the 
                transferring project shall be no less than when 
                transferred to the receiving project or projects and 
                the net dollar amount of Federal assistance provided to 
                the transferring project shall remain the same in the 
                receiving project or projects.
                    (B) For unoccupied units in the transferring 
                project: The Secretary may authorize a reduction in the 
                number of dwelling units in the receiving project or 
                projects to allow for a reconfiguration of bedroom 
                sizes to meet current market demands, as determined by 
                the Secretary and provided there is no increase in the 
                project-based assistance budget authority.
            (2) The transferring project shall, as determined by the 
        Secretary, be either physically obsolete or economically 
        nonviable, or be reasonably expected to become economically 
        nonviable when complying with State or Federal requirements for 
        community integration and reduced concentration of individuals 
        with disabilities.
            (3) The receiving project or projects shall meet or exceed 
        applicable physical standards established by the Secretary.
            (4) The owner or mortgagor of the transferring project 
        shall notify and consult with the tenants residing in the 
        transferring project and provide a certification of approval by 
        all appropriate local governmental officials.
            (5) The tenants of the transferring project who remain 
        eligible for assistance to be provided by the receiving project 
        or projects shall not be required to vacate their units in the 
        transferring project or projects until new units in the 
        receiving project are available for occupancy.
            (6) The Secretary determines that this transfer is in the 
        best interest of the tenants.
            (7) If either the transferring project or the receiving 
        project or projects meets the condition specified in subsection 
        (d)(2)(A), any lien on the receiving project resulting from 
        additional financing obtained by the owner shall be subordinate 
        to any FHA-insured mortgage lien transferred to, or placed on, 
        such project by the Secretary, except that the Secretary may 
        waive this requirement upon determination that such a waiver is 
        necessary to facilitate the financing of acquisition, 
        construction, and/or rehabilitation of the receiving project or 
        projects.
            (8) If the transferring project meets the requirements of 
        subsection (d)(2), the owner or mortgagor of the receiving 
        project or projects shall execute and record either a 
        continuation of the existing use agreement or a new use 
        agreement for the project where, in either case, any use 
        restrictions in such agreement are of no lesser duration than 
        the existing use restrictions.
            (9) The transfer does not increase the cost (as defined in 
        section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
        661a)) of any FHA-insured mortgage, except to the extent that 
        appropriations are provided in advance for the amount of any 
        such increased cost.
    (d) For purposes of this section--
            (1) the terms ``low-income'' and ``very low-income'' shall 
        have the meanings provided by the statute and/or regulations 
        governing the program under which the project is insured or 
        assisted;
            (2) the term ``multifamily housing project'' means housing 
        that meets one of the following conditions--
                    (A) housing that is subject to a mortgage insured 
                under the National Housing Act;
                    (B) housing that has project-based assistance 
                attached to the structure including projects undergoing 
                mark to market debt restructuring under the Multifamily 
                Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Housing Act;
                    (C) housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
                the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q);
                    (D) housing that is assisted under section 202 of 
                the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), as such 
                section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-
                Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act;
                    (E) housing that is assisted under section 811 of 
                the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 8013); or
                    (F) housing or vacant land that is subject to a use 
                agreement;
            (3) the term ``project-based assistance'' means--
                    (A) assistance provided under section 8(b) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b));
                    (B) assistance for housing constructed or 
                substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance 
                provided under section 8(b)(2) of such Act (as such 
                section existed immediately before October 1, 1983);
                    (C) rent supplement payments under section 101 of 
                the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 
                U.S.C. 1701s);
                    (D) interest reduction payments under section 236 
                and/or additional assistance payments under section 
                236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-
                1);
                    (E) assistance payments made under section 
                202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
                1701q(c)(2)); and
                    (F) assistance payments made under section 
                811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
                Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2));
            (4) the term ``receiving project or projects'' means the 
        multifamily housing project or projects to which some or all of 
        the project-based assistance, debt, and statutorily required 
        low-income and very low-income use restrictions are to be 
        transferred;
            (5) the term ``transferring project'' means the multifamily 
        housing project which is transferring some or all of the 
        project-based assistance, debt, and the statutorily required 
        low-income and very low-income use restrictions to the 
        receiving project or projects; and
            (6) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Housing 
        and Urban Development.
    (e) Research Report.--The Secretary shall conduct an evaluation of 
the transfer authority under this section, including the effect of such 
transfers on the operational efficiency, contract rents, physical and 
financial conditions, and long-term preservation of the affected 
properties.
    Sec. 210. (a) No assistance shall be provided under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) to any 
individual who--
            (1) is enrolled as a student at an institution of higher 
        education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002));
            (2) is under 24 years of age;
            (3) is not a veteran;
            (4) is unmarried;
            (5) does not have a dependent child;
            (6) is not a person with disabilities, as such term is 
        defined in section 3(b)(3)(E) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)(E)) and was not receiving 
        assistance under such section 8 as of November 30, 2005;
            (7) is not a youth who left foster care at age 14 or older 
        and is at risk of becoming homeless; and
            (8) is not otherwise individually eligible, or has parents 
        who, individually or jointly, are not eligible, to receive 
        assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).
    (b) For purposes of determining the eligibility of a person to 
receive assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), any financial assistance (in excess of amounts 
received for tuition and any other required fees and charges) that an 
individual receives under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), from private sources, or from an institution of higher 
education (as defined under section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)), shall be considered income to that individual, 
except for a person over the age of 23 with dependent children.
    Sec. 211.  The funds made available for Native Alaskans under 
paragraph (1) under the heading ``Native American Programs'' in title 
II of this Act shall be allocated to the same Native Alaskan housing 
block grant recipients that received funds in fiscal year 2005, and 
only such recipients shall be eligible to apply for funds made 
available under paragraph (2) of such heading.
    Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2024, in managing and disposing of any multifamily property that 
is owned or has a mortgage held by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and during the process of foreclosure on any property with 
a contract for rental assistance payments under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or any other Federal 
programs, the Secretary shall maintain any rental assistance payments 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and other 
programs that are attached to any dwelling units in the property. To 
the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with the tenants 
and the local government that such a multifamily property owned or 
having a mortgage held by the Secretary is not feasible for continued 
rental assistance payments under such section 8 or other programs, 
based on consideration of (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating 
the property and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (in this section 
``MAHRAA'') (42 U.S.C. 1437f note), and (2) environmental conditions 
that cannot be remedied in a cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may, 
in consultation with the tenants of that property, contract for 
project-based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of 
other existing housing properties, or provide other rental assistance. 
The Secretary shall also take appropriate steps to ensure that project-
based contracts remain in effect prior to foreclosure, subject to the 
exercise of contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of 
tenants for imminent major threats to health and safety after written 
notice to and informed consent of the affected tenants and use of other 
available remedies, such as partial abatements or receivership. After 
disposition of any multifamily property described in this section, the 
contract and allowable rent levels on such properties shall be subject 
to the requirements under section 524 of MAHRAA.
    Sec. 213.  Public housing agencies that own and operate 400 or 
fewer public housing units may elect to be exempt from any asset 
management requirement imposed by the Secretary in connection with the 
operating fund rule:  Provided, That an agency seeking a discontinuance 
of a reduction of subsidy under the operating fund formula shall not be 
exempt from asset management requirements.
    Sec. 214.  With respect to the use of amounts provided in this Act 
and in future Acts for the operation, capital improvement, and 
management of public housing as authorized by sections 9(d) and 9(e) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d), (e)), the 
Secretary shall not impose any requirement or guideline relating to 
asset management that restricts or limits in any way the use of capital 
funds for central office costs pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of 
section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(g)(1), (2)):  Provided, That a public housing agency may not use 
capital funds authorized under section 9(d) for activities that are 
eligible under section 9(e) for assistance with amounts from the 
operating fund in excess of the amounts permitted under paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 9(g).
    Sec. 215.  No official or employee of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development shall be designated as an allotment holder unless the 
Office of the Chief Financial Officer has determined that such 
allotment holder has implemented an adequate system of funds control 
and has received training in funds control procedures and directives. 
The Chief Financial Officer shall ensure that there is a trained 
allotment holder for each HUD appropriation under the accounts 
``Executive Offices'', ``Administrative Support Offices'', ``Program 
Offices'', ``Government National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of 
Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'', and 
``Office of Inspector General'' within the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development.
    Sec. 216.  The Secretary shall, for fiscal year 2024, notify the 
public through the Federal Register and other means, as determined 
appropriate, of the issuance of a notice of the availability of 
assistance or notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for any program or 
discretionary fund administered by the Secretary that is to be 
competitively awarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
fiscal year 2024, the Secretary may make the NOFO available only on the 
Internet at the appropriate Government website or through other 
electronic media, as determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 217.  Payment of attorney fees in program-related litigation 
shall be paid from the individual program office and Office of General 
Counsel salaries and expenses appropriations.
    Sec. 218.  The Secretary is authorized to transfer up to 10 percent 
or $5,000,000, whichever is less, of funds appropriated for any office 
under the headings ``Administrative Support Offices'' or ``Program 
Offices'' to any other such office under such headings:  Provided, That 
no appropriation for any such office under such headings shall be 
increased or decreased by more than 10 percent or $5,000,000, whichever 
is less, without prior written approval of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide notification to such Committees 3 business days in 
advance of any such transfers under this section up to 10 percent or 
$5,000,000, whichever is less.
    Sec. 219. (a) Any entity receiving housing assistance payments 
shall maintain decent, safe, and sanitary conditions, as determined by 
the Secretary, and comply with any standards under applicable State or 
local laws, rules, ordinances, or regulations relating to the physical 
condition of any property covered under a housing assistance payment 
contract.
    (b) The Secretary shall take action under subsection (c) when a 
multifamily housing project with a contract under section 8 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) or a contract for 
similar project-based assistance--
            (1) receives a failing score under the Uniform Physical 
        Condition Standards (UPCS) or successor standard; or
            (2) fails to certify in writing to the Secretary within 3 
        days that all Exigent Health and Safety deficiencies, or those 
        deficiencies requiring correction within 24 hours, identified 
        by the inspector at the project have been corrected.
    Such requirements shall apply to insured and noninsured projects 
with assistance attached to the units under section 8 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), but shall not apply to 
such units assisted under section 8(o)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) or to public housing units assisted with capital or 
operating funds under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g).
    (c)(1) Within 15 days of the issuance of the Real Estate Assessment 
Center (``REAC'') inspection, the Secretary shall provide the owner 
with a Notice of Default with a specified timetable, determined by the 
Secretary, for correcting all deficiencies. The Secretary shall provide 
a copy of the Notice of Default to the tenants, the local government, 
any mortgagees, and any contract administrator. If the owner's appeal 
results in a passing score, the Secretary may withdraw the Notice of 
Default.
    (2) At the end of the time period for correcting all deficiencies 
specified in the Notice of Default, if the owner fails to fully correct 
such deficiencies, the Secretary may--
            (A) require immediate replacement of project management 
        with a management agent approved by the Secretary;
            (B) impose civil money penalties, which shall be used 
        solely for the purpose of supporting safe and sanitary 
        conditions at applicable properties, as designated by the 
        Secretary, with priority given to the tenants of the property 
        affected by the penalty;
            (C) abate the section 8 contract, including partial 
        abatement, as determined by the Secretary, until all 
        deficiencies have been corrected;
            (D) pursue transfer of the project to an owner, approved by 
        the Secretary under established procedures, who will be 
        obligated to promptly make all required repairs and to accept 
        renewal of the assistance contract if such renewal is offered;
            (E) transfer the existing section 8 contract to another 
        project or projects and owner or owners;
            (F) pursue exclusionary sanctions, including suspensions or 
        debarments from Federal programs;
            (G) seek judicial appointment of a receiver to manage the 
        property and cure all project deficiencies or seek a judicial 
        order of specific performance requiring the owner to cure all 
        project deficiencies;
            (H) work with the owner, lender, or other related party to 
        stabilize the property in an attempt to preserve the property 
        through compliance, transfer of ownership, or an infusion of 
        capital provided by a third-party that requires time to 
        effectuate; or
            (I) take any other regulatory or contractual remedies 
        available as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Secretary.
    (d) The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to ensure that 
project-based contracts remain in effect, subject to the exercise of 
contractual abatement remedies to assist relocation of tenants for 
major threats to health and safety after written notice to the affected 
tenants. To the extent the Secretary determines, in consultation with 
the tenants and the local government, that the property is not feasible 
for continued rental assistance payments under such section 8 or other 
programs, based on consideration of--
            (1) the costs of rehabilitating and operating the property 
        and all available Federal, State, and local resources, 
        including rent adjustments under section 524 of the Multifamily 
        Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 
        (``MAHRAA''); and
            (2) environmental conditions that cannot be remedied in a 
        cost-effective fashion, the Secretary may contract for project-
        based rental assistance payments with an owner or owners of 
        other existing housing properties, or provide other rental 
        assistance.
    (e) The Secretary shall report semi-annually on all properties 
covered by this section that are assessed through the Real Estate 
Assessment Center and have failing physical inspection scores or have 
received an unsatisfactory management and occupancy review within the 
past 36 months. The report shall include--
            (1) identification of the enforcement actions being taken 
        to address such conditions, including imposition of civil money 
        penalties and termination of subsidies, and identification of 
        properties that have such conditions multiple times;
            (2) identification of actions that the Department of 
        Housing and Urban Development is taking to protect tenants of 
        such identified properties; and
            (3) any administrative or legislative recommendations to 
        further improve the living conditions at properties covered 
        under a housing assistance payment contract.
    The first report shall be submitted to the Senate and House 
Committees on Appropriations not later than 30 days after the enactment 
of this Act, and the second report shall be submitted within 180 days 
of the transmittal of the first report.
    Sec. 220.  None of the funds made available by this Act, or any 
other Act, for purposes authorized under section 8 (only with respect 
to the tenant-based rental assistance program) and section 9 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), may be used 
by any public housing agency for any amount of salary, including 
bonuses, for the chief executive officer of which, or any other 
official or employee of which, that exceeds the annual rate of basic 
pay payable for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule at any 
time during any public housing agency fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 221.  None of the funds made available by this Act and 
provided to the Department of Housing and Urban Development may be used 
to make a grant award unless the Secretary notifies the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 3 full business days 
before any project, State, locality, housing authority, Tribe, 
nonprofit organization, or other entity selected to receive a grant 
award is announced by the Department or its offices:  Provided, That 
such notification shall list each grant award by State and 
congressional district.
    Sec. 222.  None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used by the Federal Housing Administration, the Government National 
Mortgage Association, or the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development to insure, securitize, or establish a Federal guarantee of 
any mortgage or mortgage backed security that refinances or otherwise 
replaces a mortgage that has been subject to eminent domain 
condemnation or seizure, by a State, municipality, or any other 
political subdivision of a State.
    Sec. 223.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to terminate the status of a unit of general local government as a 
metropolitan city (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) with respect to 
grants under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306).
    Sec. 224.  Amounts made available by this Act that are 
appropriated, allocated, advanced on a reimbursable basis, or 
transferred to the Office of Policy Development and Research of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development and functions thereof, for 
research, evaluation, or statistical purposes, and that are unexpended 
at the time of completion of a contract, grant, or cooperative 
agreement, may be deobligated and shall immediately become available 
and may be reobligated in that fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal 
year for the research, evaluation, or statistical purposes for which 
the amounts are made available to that Office subject to reprogramming 
requirements in section 405 of this Act.
    Sec. 225.  None of the funds provided in this Act or any other Act 
may be used for awards, including performance, special act, or spot, 
for any employee of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
subject to administrative discipline (including suspension from work), 
in this fiscal year, but this prohibition shall not be effective prior 
to the effective date of any such administrative discipline or after 
any final decision over-turning such discipline.
    Sec. 226.  With respect to grant amounts awarded under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' for fiscal years 2015 through 2024 for 
the continuum of care (CoC) program as authorized under subtitle C of 
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, costs paid by 
program income of grant recipients may count toward meeting the 
recipient's matching requirements, provided the costs are eligible CoC 
costs that supplement the recipient's CoC program.
    Sec. 227. (a) From amounts made available under this title under 
the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'', the Secretary may award 1-
year transition grants to recipients of funds for activities under 
subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.) to transition from one continuum of care program 
component to another.
    (b) In order to be eligible to receive a transition grant, the 
funding recipient must have the consent of the continuum of care and 
meet standards determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 228.  The promise zone designations and promise zone 
designation agreements entered into pursuant to such designations, made 
by the Secretary in prior fiscal years, shall remain in effect in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of such agreements.
    Sec. 229.  Any public housing agency designated as a Moving to Work 
agency pursuant to section 239 of division L of Public Law 114-113 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note; 129 Stat. 2897) may, upon such designation, use 
funds (except for special purpose funding, including special purpose 
vouchers) previously allocated to any such public housing agency under 
section 8 or 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, including any 
reserve funds held by the public housing agency or funds held by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, pursuant to the authority 
for use of section 8 or 9 funding provided under such section and 
section 204 of title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321-28), notwithstanding the 
purposes for which such funds were appropriated.
    Sec. 230.  None of the amounts made available by this Act may be 
used to prohibit any public housing agency under receivership or the 
direction of a Federal monitor from applying for, receiving, or using 
funds made available under the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' for 
competitive grants to evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards in 
this Act or that remain available and not awarded from prior Acts, or 
be used to prohibit a public housing agency from using such funds to 
carry out any required work pursuant to a settlement agreement, consent 
decree, voluntary agreement, or similar document for a violation of the 
lead safe housing or lead disclosure rules.
    Sec. 231.  The language under the heading ``Rental Assistance 
Demonstration'' in the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (title II of division C of Public Law 112-55), 
as most recently amended by Public Law 117-103, is further amended--
            (1) in the initial undesignated matter, by striking ``and 
        `Public Housing Operating Fund''' and inserting ``, `Public 
        Housing Operating Fund', and `Public Housing Fund''';
            (2) in the second proviso, by striking ``2024'' and 
        inserting ``2029'';
            (3) after the fourth proviso, by inserting the following 
        new provisos: ``Provided further, That at properties with 
        assistance under section 9 of the Act requesting to partially 
        convert such assistance, and where an event under section 18 of 
        the Act occurs that results in the eligibility for tenant 
        protection vouchers under section 8(o) of the Act, the 
        Secretary may convert the tenant protection voucher assistance 
        to assistance under a project-based subsidy contract under 
        section 8 of the Act, which shall be eligible for renewal under 
        section 524 of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
        Affordability Act of 1997, or assistance under section 8(o)(13) 
        of the Act, so long as the property meets any additional 
        requirements established by the Secretary to facilitate 
        conversion: Provided further, That to facilitate the conversion 
        of assistance under the previous proviso, the Secretary may 
        transfer an amount equal to the total amount that would have 
        been allocated for tenant protection voucher assistance for 
        properties that have requested such conversions from amounts 
        made available for tenant protection voucher assistance under 
        the heading `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to the heading 
        `Project-Based Rental Assistance': Provided further, That at 
        properties with assistance previously converted hereunder to 
        assistance under the heading `Project-Based Rental Assistance,' 
        which are also separately assisted under section 8(o)(13) of 
        the Act, the Secretary may, with the consent of the public 
        housing agency and owner, terminate such project-based subsidy 
        contracts and immediately enter into one new project-based 
        subsidy contract under section 8 of the Act, which shall be 
        eligible for renewal under section 524 of the Multifamily 
        Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, subject 
        to the requirement that any residents assisted under section 
        8(o)(13) of the Act at the time of such termination of such 
        project-based subsidy contract shall retain all rights accrued 
        under section 8(o)(13)(E) of the Act under the new project-
        based subsidy contract and section 8(o)(13)(F)(iv) of the Act 
        shall not apply: Provided further, That to carry out the 
        previous proviso, the Secretary may transfer from the heading 
        `Tenant-Based Rental Assistance' to the heading `Project-Based 
        Rental Assistance' an amount equal to the amounts associated 
        with such terminating contract under section 8(o)(13) of the 
        Act:'';
            (4) in the fourteenth proviso, as reordered above, by--
                    (A) inserting ```Public Housing Fund', `Self-
                Sufficiency Programs', `Family Self-Sufficiency''' 
                following ```Public Housing Operating Fund',''; and
                    (B) inserting ``or the ongoing availability of 
                services for residents'' after ``effective conversion 
                of assistance under the demonstration'';
            (5) after the twenty-fourth proviso, as reordered above, by 
        inserting the following proviso: ``Provided further, That 
        owners of properties with a senior preservation rental 
        assistance contract under section 811 of the American 
        Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 
        1701q note), shall be eligible, subject to requirements 
        established by the Secretary as necessary to facilitate the 
        conversion of assistance while maintaining the affordability 
        period and the designation of the property as serving elderly 
        families, and tenant consultation procedures, for conversion of 
        assistance available for such assistance contracts to 
        assistance under a long-term project-based subsidy contract 
        under section 8 of the Act:'';
            (6) in the twenty-ninth proviso, as reordered above, by 
        inserting ``, section 811 of the American Homeownership and 
        Economic Opportunity Act of 2000,'' after ``Housing Act of 
        1959''; and
            (7) in the thirty-fourth proviso, as reordered above, by 
        striking ``any section 202 project rental assistance contract 
        or section 811 project rental assistance contract conversions'' 
        and inserting ``the conversion of assistance from section 
        202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, section 811 of the 
        American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, or 
        section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
        Housing Act''.
    Sec. 232.  For fiscal year 2024, if the Secretary determines or has 
determined, for any prior formula grant allocation administered by the 
Secretary through the Offices of Public and Indian Housing, Community 
Planning and Development, or Housing, that a recipient received an 
allocation greater than the amount such recipient should have received 
for a formula allocation cycle pursuant to applicable statutes and 
regulations, the Secretary may adjust for any such funding error in the 
next applicable formula allocation cycle by (a) offsetting each such 
recipient's formula allocation (if eligible for a formula allocation in 
the next applicable formula allocation cycle) by the amount of any such 
funding error, and (b) reallocating any available balances that are 
attributable to the offset to the recipient or recipients that would 
have been allocated additional funds in the formula allocation cycle in 
which any such error occurred (if such recipient or recipients are 
eligible for a formula allocation in the next applicable formula 
allocation cycle) in an amount proportionate to such recipient's 
eligibility under the next applicable formula allocation cycle:  
Provided, That all offsets and reallocations from such available 
balances shall be recorded against funds available for the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle:  Provided further, That the term 
``next applicable formula allocation cycle'' means the first formula 
allocation cycle for a program that is reasonably available for 
correction following such a Secretarial determination:  Provided 
further, That if, upon request by a recipient and giving consideration 
to all Federal resources available to the recipient for the same grant 
purposes, the Secretary determines that the offset in the next 
applicable formula allocation cycle would critically impair the 
recipient's ability to accomplish the purpose of the formula grant, the 
Secretary may adjust for the funding error across two or more formula 
allocation cycles.
    Sec. 233.  The Secretary may transfer from amounts made available 
for salaries and expenses under this title (excluding amounts made 
available under the heading ``Office of Inspector General'') to the 
heading ``Information Technology Fund'' for information technology 
needs, including for additional development, modernization, and 
enhancement, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 
That the total amount of such transfers shall not exceed $5,000,000:  
Provided further, That this transfer authority shall not be used to 
fund information technology projects or activities that have known out-
year development, modernization, or enhancement costs in excess of 
$500,000:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no 
fewer than 3 business days in advance of any such transfer.
    Sec. 234.  The Secretary shall comply with all process 
requirements, including public notice and comment, when seeking to 
revise any annual contributions contract.
    Sec. 235.  There is hereby established in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund to be known as the ``Department of Housing and 
Urban Development Nonrecurring Expenses Fund'' (the Fund):  Provided, 
That unobligated balances of expired discretionary funds appropriated 
for this or any succeeding fiscal year from the General Fund of the 
Treasury to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by this or 
any other Act may be transferred (not later than the end of the fifth 
fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are 
available for the purposes for which they were appropriated) into the 
Fund:  Provided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall be 
available until expended, in addition to such other funds as may be 
available for such purposes, for capital needs of the Department, 
including facilities infrastructure and information technology 
infrastructure, subject to approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget:  Provided further, That amounts in the Fund may be obligated 
only after the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of the planned use of funds.
    Sec. 236. (a) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made 
available under the heading ``Lead Hazard Reduction'' in title II of 
division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 
117-103), $65,000,000 is hereby permanently rescinded from the amounts 
specified in paragraph (1) under such heading (excluding amounts for 
areas with the highest lead-based paint abatement needs).
    (b) Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available under 
the heading ``Public Housing Fund'' in title II of division L of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $20,000,000 
is hereby permanently rescinded from the amounts specified in paragraph 
(7) under such heading.
    (c) Any unobligated balances (including any unobligated balances of 
contract authority) included under Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbols 
86 X 0129, 86 X 0148, 86 X 0197, 86 X 0314, 86 X 0315, 86 X 0324, 86 X 
0402, 86 X 4058 and 86 X 8093 are hereby permanently rescinded.
    (d) Any unobligated balances from amounts made available under the 
heading ``Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity Program'' 
for the program authorized under section 1079 of the Carl Levin and 
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) are hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 237.  None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development in this or prior Acts may be used to 
issue a solicitation or accept bids on any solicitation that is 
substantially equivalent to the draft solicitation entitled ``Housing 
Assistance Payments (HAP) Contract Support Services (HAPSS)'' posted to 
www.Sam.gov on July 27, 2022.
    Sec. 238.  None of the amounts made available in this Act may be 
used to consider family self-sufficiency performance measures or 
performance scores in determining funding awards for programs receiving 
family self-sufficiency program coordinator funding provided in this 
Act.
    Sec. 239. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) for the ``Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2019 are to remain available through fiscal year 2025 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 
through 2019.
    (b) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) for the ``Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2020 are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 
through 2020.
    (c) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-6) for the ``Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2021 are to remain available through fiscal year 2027 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2019 
through 2021.
    (d) Funds previously made available in the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) for the ``Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2022 are to remain available through fiscal year 2028 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2020 
through 2022.
    (e) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) for the ``Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative'' that were available for obligation through 
fiscal year 2023 are to remain available through fiscal year 2029 for 
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2021 
through 2023.
    (f) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) for ``Lead Hazard 
Reduction'' that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2019 
are to remain available through fiscal year 2026 for the liquidation of 
valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2018 through 2019.
    Sec. 240.  Of the amounts made available for the Office of Policy 
Development and Research under the heading ``Program Offices'', up to 
$3,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026, may be 
transferred to the heading ``Information Technology Fund'' to be 
available for the needs of the Chief Data Officer, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available, including for additional development, 
modernization, and enhancement:  Provided, That the Secretary shall 
notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no fewer than 
3 business days in advance of any such transfer.
    Sec. 241.  Section 239 of division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113) is amended by striking 
``2028'' and inserting ``2038''.
    Sec. 242.  For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the Secretary may issue 
a 2-year notification of funding opportunity, including any alternative 
procedures or requirements as may be necessary to allocate future 
appropriations in the second year, for the award of amounts made 
available for the continuum of care program under subtitle C of title 
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 
seq.), notwithstanding any conflict with the requirements of the 
continuum of care program.
    Sec. 243.  The Secretary may, upon a finding that a waiver or 
alternative requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of funds made available for new incremental voucher 
assistance or renewals for the mainstream program and the family 
unification program (including the foster youth to independence 
program) in this and prior Acts, waive or specify alternative 
requirements, other than requirements related to tenant rights and 
protections, rent setting, fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment, for--
            (1) section 8(o)(6)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(6)(A)) and regulatory provisions 
        related to the administration of waiting lists, local 
        preferences, and the initial term and extensions of tenant-
        based vouchers; and
            (2) section 8(x)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 
        1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(x)(2)) regarding the timing of referral 
        of youth leaving foster care.
    This title may be cited as the ``Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                               TITLE III

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                              Access Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary for the Access Board, as authorized by 
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792), 
$9,955,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there may be credited to this appropriation funds received for 
publications and training expenses.

                      Federal Maritime Commission

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Maritime Commission as 
authorized by section 46107 of title 46, United States Code, including 
services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by section 1343(b) of 
title 31, United States Code; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as 
authorized by sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, 
$40,000,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2025:  Provided, That not to exceed $3,500 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses.

                National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General for the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation to carry out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 3), $29,240,000:  
Provided, That the Inspector General shall have all necessary 
authority, in carrying out the duties specified in such Act, to 
investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements to the 
Government under section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, by any 
person or entity that is subject to regulation by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General 
may enter into contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, 
analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private 
persons, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that govern the 
obtaining of such services within the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation:  Provided further, That the Inspector General may select, 
appoint, and employ such officers and employees as may be necessary for 
carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of 
Inspector General, subject to the applicable laws and regulations that 
govern such selections, appointments, and employment within the 
National Railroad Passenger Corporation:  Provided further, That 
concurrent with the President's budget request for fiscal year 2025, 
the Inspector General shall submit to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations a budget request for fiscal year 2025 in similar 
format and substance to budget requests submitted by executive agencies 
of the Federal Government.

                  National Transportation Safety Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; services as 
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for a GS-15; uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code, $140,000,000, of 
which not to exceed $1,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

          payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

    For payment to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation for use in 
neighborhood reinvestment activities, as authorized by the Neighborhood 
Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101-8107), $158,000,000.

                      Surface Transportation Board

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Surface Transportation Board, 
including services authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, $47,452,000:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, not to exceed $1,250,000 from fees established by the Surface 
Transportation Board shall be credited to this appropriation as 
offsetting collections and used for necessary and authorized expenses 
under this heading:  Provided further, That the amounts made available 
under this heading from the general fund shall be reduced on a dollar-
for-dollar basis as such offsetting collections are received during 
fiscal year 2024, to result in a final appropriation from the general 
fund estimated at not more than $46,202,000.

           United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                           operating expenses

    For necessary expenses, including payment of salaries, authorized 
travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference 
rooms, and the employment of experts and consultants under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, of the United States Interagency 
Council on Homelessness in carrying out the functions pursuant to title 
II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, 
$4,300,000.

                                TITLE IV

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 401.  None of the funds in this Act shall be used for the 
planning or execution of any program to pay the expenses of, or 
otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties intervening in regulatory or 
adjudicatory proceedings funded in this Act.
    Sec. 402.  None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year, nor may any be 
transferred to other appropriations, unless expressly so provided 
herein.
    Sec. 403.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through a procurement contract pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive Order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
    Sec. 404. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for any employee training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, skills, 
        and abilities bearing directly upon the performance of official 
        duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels of 
        emotional response or psychological stress in some 
        participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of the 
        content and methods to be used in the training and written end 
        of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new age'' 
        belief systems as defined in Equal Employment Opportunity 
        Commission Notice N-915.022, dated September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, participants' 
        personal values or lifestyle outside the workplace.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or otherwise 
preclude an agency from conducting training bearing directly upon the 
performance of official duties.
    Sec. 405.  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, none of the 
funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to 
the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for 
obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2024, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and 
available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that--
            (1) creates a new program;
            (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
            (3) increases funds or personnel for any program, project, 
        or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by 
        the Congress;
            (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity 
        by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for 
        a different purpose;
            (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in 
        excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less;
            (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by 
        $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or
            (7) creates, reorganizes, or restructures a branch, 
        division, office, bureau, board, commission, agency, 
        administration, or department different from the budget 
        justifications submitted to the Committees on Appropriations or 
        the table accompanying the explanatory statement described in 
        section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act), whichever is more detailed, unless prior 
        approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on 
        Appropriations:
  Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, each agency funded by this Act shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House of 
Representatives to establish the baseline for application of 
reprogramming and transfer authorities for the current fiscal year:  
Provided further, That the report shall include--
                    (A) a table for each appropriation with a separate 
                column to display the prior year enacted level, the 
                President's budget request, adjustments made by 
                Congress, adjustments due to enacted rescissions, if 
                appropriate, and the fiscal year enacted level;
                    (B) a delineation in the table for each 
                appropriation and its respective prior year enacted 
                level by object class and program, project, and 
                activity as detailed in this Act, the table 
                accompanying the explanatory statement described in 
                section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
                consolidated Act), accompanying reports of the House 
                and Senate Committees on Appropriations, or in the 
                budget appendix for the respective appropriations, 
                whichever is more detailed, and shall apply to all 
                items for which a dollar amount is specified and to all 
                programs for which new budget (obligational) authority 
                is provided, as well as to discretionary grants and 
                discretionary grant allocations; and
                    (C) an identification of items of special 
                congressional interest.
    Sec. 406.  Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, not to 
exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining available at the 
end of fiscal year 2024 from appropriations made available for salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 2024 in this Act, shall remain available 
through September 30, 2025, for each such account for the purposes 
authorized:  Provided, That a request shall be submitted to the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations for approval prior to the 
expenditure of such funds:  Provided further, That these requests shall 
be made in compliance with reprogramming guidelines under section 405 
of this Act.
    Sec. 407.  No funds in this Act may be used to support any Federal, 
State, or local projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain, 
unless eminent domain is employed only for a public use:  Provided, 
That for purposes of this section, public use shall not be construed to 
include economic development that primarily benefits private entities:  
Provided further, That any use of funds for mass transit, railroad, 
airport, seaport or highway projects, as well as utility projects which 
benefit or serve the general public (including energy-related, 
communication-related, water-related and wastewater-related 
infrastructure), other structures designated for use by the general 
public or which have other common-carrier or public-utility functions 
that serve the general public and are subject to regulation and 
oversight by the government, and projects for the removal of an 
immediate threat to public health and safety or brownfields as defined 
in the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 
Act (Public Law 107-118) shall be considered a public use for purposes 
of eminent domain.
    Sec. 408.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
    Sec. 409.  No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the 
assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act 
of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305, popularly known as the ``Buy 
American Act'').
    Sec. 410.  No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under 
this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been 
convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 8301-8305).
    Sec. 411.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for first-class airline accommodations in contravention of sections 
301-10.122 and 301-10.123 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 412.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more than 50 employees 
of a single agency or department of the United States Government, who 
are stationed in the United States, at any single international 
conference unless the relevant Secretary reports to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days in advance that 
such attendance is important to the national interest:  Provided, That 
for purposes of this section the term ``international conference'' 
shall mean a conference occurring outside of the United States attended 
by representatives of the United States Government and of foreign 
governments, international organizations, or nongovernmental 
organizations.
    Sec. 413.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used by the Surface Transportation 
Board to charge or collect any filing fee for rate or practice 
complaints filed with the Board in an amount in excess of the amount 
authorized for district court civil suit filing fees under section 1914 
of title 28, United States Code.
    Sec. 414. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities.
    Sec. 415. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely access 
to any records, documents, or other materials available to the 
department or agency over which that Inspector General has 
responsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), or to prevent or impede that Inspector General's access to such 
records, documents, or other materials, under any provision of law, 
except a provision of law that expressly refers to the Inspector 
General and expressly limits the Inspector General's right of access.
    (b) A department or agency covered by this section shall provide 
its Inspector General with access to all such records, documents, and 
other materials in a timely manner.
    (c) Each Inspector General shall ensure compliance with statutory 
limitations on disclosure relevant to the information provided by the 
establishment over which that Inspector General has responsibilities 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (d) Each Inspector General covered by this section shall report to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 5 calendar days any failures to comply with this 
requirement.
    Sec. 416.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to pay award or incentive fees for 
contractors whose performance has been judged to be below satisfactory, 
behind schedule, over budget, or has failed to meet the basic 
requirements of a contract, unless the Agency determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project 
and/or program unless such awards or incentive fees are consistent with 
16.401(e)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.
    Sec. 417.  No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be available to pay the salary for any person filling a position, other 
than a temporary position, formerly held by an employee who has left to 
enter the Armed Forces of the United States and has satisfactorily 
completed his or her period of active military or naval service, and 
has within 90 days after his or her release from such service or from 
hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more 
than 1 year, made application for restoration to his or her former 
position and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management 
as still qualified to perform the duties of his or her former position 
and has not been restored thereto.
    Sec. 418. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be 
used to approve a new foreign air carrier permit under sections 41301 
through 41305 of title 49, United States Code, or exemption application 
under section 40109 of that title of an air carrier already holding an 
air operators certificate issued by a country that is party to the 
U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement where such approval 
would contravene United States law or Article 17 bis of the U.S.-E.U.-
Iceland-Norway Air Transport Agreement.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict or otherwise 
preclude the Secretary of Transportation from granting a foreign air 
carrier permit or an exemption to such an air carrier where such 
authorization is consistent with the U.S.-E.U.-Iceland-Norway Air 
Transport Agreement and United States law.
    Sec. 419. (a) In the table of projects in the explanatory statement 
referenced in section 417 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022 (division L 
of Public Law 117-103)--
            (1) the item relating to ``Midland Center for the Arts only 
        for structural improvements'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking recipient ``City of Midland'' and inserting ``Midland 
        Center for the Arts'';
            (2) the item relating to ``Barren County Fiscal Court--
        Chapatcha Industrial Park Development'' is deemed to be amended 
        by striking project ``Barren County Fiscal Court--Chapatcha 
        Industrial Park Development'' and inserting ``Barren County 
        Fiscal Court--Chapatcha Industrial Park or South Cooper 
        Industrial Park Development'';
            (3) the item relating to ``Pasco County Board of County 
        Commissioners--Rural Northwest Pasco Community Park Site 
        Acquisition'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Northwest'' 
        and inserting ``Northeast'';
            (4) the item relating to ``Wood County Development 
        Authority--Site Readiness & Redevelopment Downtown 
        Parkersburg'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Wood County 
        Development Authority--Site Readiness & Redevelopment Downtown 
        Parkersburg'' and inserting ``Redevelopment of Downtown 
        Parkersburg'';
            (5) the item relating to ``Rosemary's Way Penacook 
        Affordable Housing'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        recipient ``CATCH Neighborhood Housing'' and inserting 
        ``Concord Area Trust for Community Housing'';
            (6) the item relating to ``Lead Safe Home Fund'' is deemed 
        to be amended by striking recipient ``Lead Safe Cleveland 
        Coalition'' and inserting ``Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation'';
            (7) the item relating to ``Boys & Girls Club in Miami 
        Gardens'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Club in Miami 
        Gardens'' and inserting ``Clubs within the Miami-Dade area'';
            (8) the item relating to ``Acquisition of new commercial 
        space'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``Acquisition of 
        new commercial space'' and inserting ``Renovation of community 
        center'';
            (9) the item relating to ``North Commons Regional Vision'' 
        is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Minneapolis 
        Park and Recreation Board'' and inserting ``City of 
        Minneapolis'';
            (10) the item relating to ``Electric school bus and 
        associated electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Falls Church City 
        Public Schools'' and inserting ``City of Falls Church'';
            (11) the item relating to ``A PLACE 4 ALICE facility 
        improvement'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``A PLACE 4 
        ALICE facility improvement'' and inserting ``Affordable Housing 
        and Community Facilities''; and
    (b) In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project Funding/
Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the explanatory statement for 
division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 
117-328) described in section 4 in the matter preceding division A of 
such Act--
            (1) the item relating to ``River Road Homes Affordable 
        Housing Infrastructure'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        recipient ``Town of Canaan'' and inserting ``Falls Village 
        Housing Trust Inc.'';
            (2) the item relating to ``The Star Community Family Life 
        Center'' is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``The 
        Star Community Family Life Center'' and inserting ``MSBC Five 
        Star Program, Inc.'';
            (3) the item relating to ``Early Learning Childcare Center 
        Construction'' (recipient ``The Caring Place'') is deemed to be 
        amended by striking ``Early Learning Childcare Center 
        Construction'' and inserting ``CARE Center construction'';
            (4) the item relating to ``Upper Bucks Rail Trail'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Appalachian 
        Mountain Club'' and inserting ``The County of Bucks'';
            (5) the item relating to ``YMCA & Albion College Initiative 
        of the Washington Gardner Center Building Renovation and 
        Expansion'' is deemed to be amended by striking ``YMCA & Albion 
        College Initiative of the Washington Gardner Center Building 
        Renovation and Expansion'' and inserting ``Site improvements'';
            (6) the item relating to ``Wood County Industrial Site 
        Readiness and Redevelopment'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking ``Wood County Industrial Site Readiness & 
        Redevelopment'' and inserting ``Redevelopment of Downtown 
        Parkersburg'';
            (7) the item relating to ``B-360 Educational Campus'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``I Am Mentality, Inc.'' and 
        inserting ``B-360 Baltimore, Inc.'';
            (8) the item relating to ``Riverbrook Regional YMCA'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``Riverbrook 
        Regional Young Men's Christian Association, Inc.'' and 
        inserting ``City of Norwalk'';
            (9) the item relating to ``Miami Veterans Housing Project'' 
        is deemed to be amended by striking recipient ``United Way 
        Miami'' and inserting ``CRC Leadership, Inc.'';
            (10) the item relating to ``Supportive Living, Community 
        Day Services, and Housing Site Project for Adults with 
        Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities'' is deemed to be 
        amended by striking ``, Community Day Services, and Housing'';
            (11) the item relating to ``Public Library Addition'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``Addition'' and inserting 
        ``Renovation'';
            (12) the item relating to ``Renovation of Snelling Motel to 
        Affordable Housing for Veterans'' is deemed to be amended by 
        striking ``Snelling Motel to'' and inserting ``Hotel for'';
            (13) the item relating to ``Indigenous Farm Hub'' is deemed 
        to be amended by striking recipient ``Tides Center'' and 
        inserting ``Native American Community Academy Inspired Schools 
        Network (NISN)'';
            (14) the item relating to ``El Centro de la Raza--
        Pattison's West Community Campus Property Acquisition'' is 
        deemed to be amended by striking ``El Centro de la Raza--
        Pattison's West Community Campus Property Acquisition'' and 
        inserting ``Pattison's West Community Campus'';
            (15) the item relating to ``Road Raising & Flood Resiliency 
        for Amity Harbor and American Venice Project'' is deemed to be 
        amended by striking ``Road Raising & Flood Resiliency for Amity 
        Harbor and American Venice Project'' and inserting ``Town of 
        Babylon Federal Aid Roadway Improvement Project'';
            (16) the item relating to ``Dayton International Airport 
        (DAY)--Northeast Logistics Access Project'' is amended by 
        striking ``Dayton International Airport (DAY)--Northeast 
        Logistics Access Project'' and inserting ``Infrastructure 
        capital improvements, including street, wastewater and sewer 
        line improvements'';
            (17) the item relating to ``Help Me Grow Skagit Family 
        Resource Center Expansion'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        recipient ``Children's Council of Skagit County'' and inserting 
        ``Children's Museum of Skagit County''; and
            (18) the item relating to ``Permanent Supportive Housing 
        Properties Acquisition'' is deemed to be amended by striking 
        ``Permanent Supportive Housing Properties Acquisition'' and 
        inserting ``Permanent Supportive Housing Acquisition, 
        Development and Rehabilitation''.
    Sec. 420.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in contravention of 
section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155).
    Sec. 421.  None of the funds made available by this Act to the 
Department of Transportation may be used in contravention of section 
306108 of title 54, United States Code.
    Sec. 422.  None of the funds made available by this or any other 
Act may be used to require the use of inward facing cameras or require 
a motor carrier to register an apprenticeship program with the 
Department of Labor as a condition for participation in the safe driver 
apprenticeship pilot program.
    Sec. 423.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to direct a grantee 
to undertake specific changes to existing zoning laws as part of 
carrying out the final rule entitled ``Affirmatively Furthering Fair 
Housing'' (80 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)) or the notice entitled 
``Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool'' (79 Fed. Reg. 
57949 (September 26, 2014)).
    Sec. 424.  None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
in contravention of existing Federal law regarding non-citizen 
eligibility and ineligibility for occupancy in federally assisted 
housing or for participation in and assistance under Federal housing 
programs, including section 214 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) and title IV of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).
    Sec. 425.  Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(x) Certain agricultural vehicles in the state of 
        mississippi.--
            ``(1) In general.--The State of Mississippi may allow, by 
        special permit, the operation of a covered agricultural vehicle 
        on the Interstate System in the State of Mississippi if such 
        vehicle does not exceed--
                    ``(A) a gross vehicle weight of 88,000 pounds; and
                    ``(B) 110 percent of the maximum weight on any axle 
                or axle group described in subsection (a)(2), including 
                any enforcement tolerance.
            ``(2) Covered agricultural vehicle defined.--In this 
        subsection, the term `covered agricultural vehicle' means a 
        vehicle that is transporting unprocessed agricultural crops 
        used for food, feed or fiber, or raw or unfinished forest 
        products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass or wood chips.
            ``(y) Operation of Certain Vehicles in West Virginia.--
                    ``(1) In general.--The State of West Virginia may 
                allow, by special permit, the operation of a vehicle 
                that is transporting materials and equipment on the 
                Interstate System in the State of West Virginia if such 
                vehicle does not exceed 110 percent of the maximum 
                weight on any axle or axle group described in 
                subsection (a)(2), including any enforcement tolerance, 
                provided the remaining gross vehicle weight 
                requirements of subsection (a) are met.
                    ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
                `materials and equipment' means materials and equipment 
                that are used on a project eligible under this 
                chapter.''.
    Sec. 426.  None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
division for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2024 may 
be used to enforce a mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 virus.
    This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                       DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS

                   TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                  Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders

SEC. 101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL HEALTH 
              SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 
              GME PROGRAMS.

    (a) Extension for Community Health Centers.--Section 10503(b)(1)(F) 
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-
2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ``and $536,986,301 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and 
inserting ``$536,986,301 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
and ending on March 8, 2024, and $3,592,328,767 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
    (b) Extension for the National Health Service Corps.--Section 
10503(b)(2)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(2)(I)) is amended by striking ``and $41,616,438 for 
the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' 
and inserting ``$41,616,438 for the period beginning on January 20, 
2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, and $297,013,699 for the period 
beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
    (c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education 
Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health 
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``and 
        $16,982,192 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and 
        ending on March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``$16,982,192 for the 
        period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 
        2024, and $164,136,986 for the period beginning on October 1, 
        2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
            (2) Addition to capped amounts.--Section 340H(b)(2) of the 
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(b)(2)) is amended by 
        adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Addition.--Notwithstanding any provision of 
                this section, for the period beginning on October 1, 
                2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary 
                may use any amounts made available in any fiscal year 
                to carry out this section (including amounts recouped 
                under subsection (f)) to make payments described in 
                paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B), in addition to the total 
                amount of funds appropriated under subsection (g).''.
            (3) Report to congress.--For the period beginning on 
        October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committee on 
        Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
        Senate a report specifying--
                    (A) the total amount of funds recouped under 
                subsection (f) of section 340H of the Public Health 
                Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h);
                    (B) the rationale for the funds being recouped; and
                    (C) the total amount of funds recouped under 
                subsection (f) of such section 340H that were used 
                pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section 340H 
                to adjust total payment amounts above the total amounts 
                appropriated under subsection (g) of such section 340H, 
                as amended by paragraph (3).
    (d) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
the amendments made by this section shall be subject to the 
requirements contained in Public Law 117-328 for funds for programs 
authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.).
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``and section 101(d) of the Further 
Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024'' 
and inserting ``section 101(d) of the Further Additional Continuing 
Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, and section 101(d) of 
the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024''.

SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS.

    (a) Extension of Special Diabetes Programs for Type I Diabetes.--
Section 330B(b)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
2(b)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ``and $20,136,986 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and 
inserting ``$20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
and ending on March 8, 2024, and $130,000,000 for the period beginning 
on March 9, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
    (b) Extending Funding for Special Diabetes Programs for Indians.--
Section 330C(c)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
3(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ``and $20,136,986 for the period 
beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and 
inserting ``$20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, 
and ending on March 8, 2024, and $130,000,000 for the period beginning 
on March 9, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.

SEC. 103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS.

    (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2024''.
    (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d-7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2024''.
    (c) Section 319L-1(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d-7f(b)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2024''.
    (d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300hh-10b(g)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2024''.
    (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300hh-10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2024''.
    (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300hh-10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting 
``December 31, 2024''.
    (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300hh-11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and 
inserting ``December 31, 2024''.

                          Subtitle B--Medicaid

SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR STATE MEDICAID PLANS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR 
              MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(29), by striking ``for the period 
        beginning October 1, 2020, and ending September 30, 2025,'' and 
        inserting ``beginning on October 1, 2020,''; and
            (2) in subsection (ee)(2), by striking ``for the period 
        specified in such paragraph, if before the beginning of such 
        period the State certifies to the satisfaction of the 
        Secretary'' and inserting ``if such State certifies, not less 
        than every 5 years and to the satisfaction of the Secretary,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1006(b)(4)(A) of the Substance 
Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for 
Patients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by 
striking ``, and before October 1, 2025''.

SEC. 202. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR SPECIFIED 
              POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN MEDICAID AND CHIP.

    Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1948. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR 
              SPECIFIED POPULATIONS.

    ``(a) Recurring Analysis and Publication of Health Care Data 
Related to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder or a Mental Health 
Condition.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, on an annual basis, shall 
        link, analyze, and publish on a publicly available website data 
        reported by States through the Transformed Medicaid Statistical 
        Information System (T-MSIS) (or a successor system) relating to 
        substance use disorder and mental health services provided to 
        individuals enrolled under a State plan under this title or a 
        State child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of 
        such plans) who have been diagnosed with a substance use 
        disorder or mental health condition, including an analysis that 
        is disaggregated by age. Such enrollee information shall be de-
        identified of any personally identifying information, shall 
        adhere to privacy standards established by the Department of 
        Health and Human Services, and shall be aggregated to protect 
        the privacy of enrollees, as necessary.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The analysis required under paragraph 
        (1) shall include, at a minimum, the following data for each 
        State (including, to the extent available, for the District of 
        Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
        the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa):
                    ``(A) The number and percentage of individuals 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the 
                State child health plan under title XXI (or under a 
                waiver of such plans) in each of the major enrollment 
                categories (as defined in a public letter from the 
                Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission to the 
                Secretary) who have been diagnosed with--
                            ``(i) a substance use disorder;
                            ``(ii) a mental health condition; or
                            ``(iii) a co-occurring substance use 
                        disorder and mental health condition.
                    ``(B) With respect to individuals enrolled under 
                the State plan under this title or the State child 
                health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such 
                plans) who have received a diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A), a list of the substance use disorder 
                and mental health treatment services, including, to the 
                extent such data are available, specific adult and 
                pediatric services by each major type of service, such 
                as counseling, intensive home-based services, intensive 
                care coordination, crisis services tailored to children 
                and youth, peer support services, family-to-family 
                support, inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted 
                treatment, residential treatment, and other appropriate 
                services as identified by the Secretary, for which 
                beneficiaries in each State received at least 1 service 
                under the State plan under this title or the State 
                child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of 
                such plans).
                    ``(C) With respect to each diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A), the number and percentage of 
                individuals enrolled under the State plan under this 
                title or the State child health plan under title XXI 
                (or under a waiver of such plans) who have such 
                diagnosis and received services for such diagnosis 
                under such plan or waiver by each major type of 
                treatment service listed under subparagraph (B) within 
                each major setting type, such as outpatient, inpatient, 
                residential, and other home-based and community-based 
                settings.
                    ``(D) The number of services provided under the 
                State plan under this title or the State child health 
                plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) 
                per individual enrolled under such plan or waiver who 
                has a diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) for each 
                such diagnosis and each major type of treatment service 
                listed under subparagraph (B).
                    ``(E) The number and percentage of individuals 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the 
                State child health plan under title XXI (or under a 
                waiver of such plans) by major enrollment category, who 
                have a diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) and 
                received substance use disorder or mental health 
                treatment through--
                            ``(i) a Medicaid managed care entity (as 
                        defined in section 1932(a)(1)(B)), including 
                        the number of such individuals who received 
                        such assistance through a prepaid inpatient 
                        health plan (as defined by the Secretary) or a 
                        prepaid ambulatory health plan (as defined by 
                        the Secretary);
                            ``(ii) a fee-for-service payment model; or
                            ``(iii) an alternative payment model, to 
                        the extent available.
                    ``(F) The number and percentage of individuals 
                enrolled under the State plan under this title or the 
                State child health plan under title XXI (or under a 
                waiver of such plans) who have a diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A) and received services for a mental 
                health condition or a substance use disorder in an 
                outpatient or community-based or home-based setting 
                after receiving mental health or substance use disorder 
                services in an inpatient or residential setting, and 
                the number of mental health or substance use disorder 
                services received by such individuals in the outpatient 
                or community-based or home-based setting.
                    ``(G) The number and percentage of inpatient 
                admissions in which services for a mental health 
                condition or substance use disorder were provided to an 
                individual enrolled under the State plan under this 
                title or the State child health plan under title XXI 
                (or under a waiver of such plans) that occurred within 
                30 days after discharge from a hospital or residential 
                facility in which services for a mental health 
                condition or substance use disorder previously were 
                provided to such individual, disaggregated by each 
                diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) and type of 
                facility, to the extent such information is available.
                    ``(H) The number of emergency department visits by 
                an individual enrolled under the State plan under this 
                title or the State child health plan under title XXI 
                (or under a waiver of such plans) who has a diagnosis 
                described in subparagraph (A) within 7 days of such 
                individual being discharged from an inpatient stay at a 
                hospital during which services for a mental health 
                condition or substance use disorder were provided, or 
                from a mental health facility, an independent 
                psychiatric wing of an acute care hospital, an 
                intermediate care facility for individuals with 
                intellectual disabilities, or a residential treatment 
                facility, disaggregated by each diagnosis described in 
                subparagraph (A) and type of facility, to the extent 
                such information is available.
                    ``(I) The number and percentage of individuals who 
                are enrolled under the State plan under this title or 
                the State child health plan under title XXI (or under a 
                waiver of such plans) and received an assessment for a 
                mental health condition.
                    ``(J) The number and percentage of individuals who 
                are enrolled under the State plan under this title or 
                the State child health plan under title XXI (or under a 
                waiver of such plans) and received an assessment for a 
                substance use disorder.
                    ``(K) The number of mental health services provided 
                to individuals enrolled under the State plan under this 
                title or the State child health plan under title XXI 
                (or under a waiver of such plans) who received an 
                assessment described in subparagraph (I) in the 30 days 
                post-assessment.
                    ``(L) The number of substance use disorder 
                treatment services provided to individuals enrolled 
                under the State plan under this title or the State 
                child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of 
                such plans) who received an assessment described in 
                subparagraph (J) in the 30 days post-assessment.
                    ``(M) Prescription National Drug Code codes, fill 
                dates, and number of days supply of any covered 
                outpatient drug (as defined in section 1927(k)(2)) that 
                was dispensed to an individual enrolled under the State 
                plan under this title or the State child health plan 
                under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) with 
                an episode described in subparagraph (G) or (H) during 
                any period that occurs after the individual's discharge 
                date defined in subparagraph (G) or (H) (as 
                applicable), and before the admission date applicable 
                under subparagraph (G) or the date of the emergency 
                department visit applicable under subparagraph (H) that 
                were--
                            ``(i) to treat a mental health condition; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) to treat a substance use disorder.
    ``(b) Publication.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
        of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall make publicly 
        available the first analysis required by subsection (a).
            ``(2) Annual updates.--The Secretary shall issue an updated 
        version of the analysis required under subsection (a) not later 
        than January 1 of each calendar year.
            ``(3) Use of t-msis data.--The analysis required under 
        subsection (a) and updates required under paragraph (4) shall--
                    ``(A) use data and definitions from the T-MSIS data 
                set that is no more than 12 months old on the date that 
                the analysis or update is published; and
                    ``(B) as appropriate, include a description with 
                respect to each State of the quality and completeness 
                of the data and caveats describing the limitations of 
                the data reported to the Secretary by the State that is 
                sufficient to communicate the appropriate uses for the 
                information.
            ``(4) Revised publication.--Beginning not later than 3 
        years after the date of enactment of this section, the 
        Secretary annually shall publish a revised publication of the 
        analysis required by subsection (a) that allows for a research-
        ready and publicly accessible interface of the publication and 
        is developed after consultation with stakeholders on the 
        usability of the data contained in the publication.
            ``(5) Making t-msis data on substance use disorders and 
        mental health conditions available to researchers.--
                    ``(A) Requirement to publish system of records 
                notice.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph 
                        (B), the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
                        Register a system of records notice for the 
                        data specified in clause (ii) for the 
                        Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information 
                        System, in accordance with section 552a(e)(4) 
                        of title 5, United States Code. The notice 
                        shall outline policies that protect the 
                        security and privacy of the data that, at a 
                        minimum, meet the security and privacy policies 
                        of SORN 09-70-0541 for the Medicaid Statistical 
                        Information System.
                            ``(ii) Required data.--The data covered by 
                        the systems of records notice required under 
                        clause (i) shall be sufficient for researchers 
                        and States to analyze the prevalence of 
                        conditions described in subsection (a)(2)(A) in 
                        the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance 
                        Program beneficiary population and the 
                        treatment of such conditions under Medicaid 
                        across all States (including the District of 
                        Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
                        Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
                        and American Samoa), forms of treatment, and 
                        treatment settings.
                            ``(iii) Initiation of data-sharing 
                        activities.--Not later than January 1, 2025, 
                        the Secretary shall initiate the data-sharing 
                        activities outlined in the notice required 
                        under clause (i).
                    ``(B) Satisfaction of requirement through existing 
                system of records notice.--The Secretary shall not be 
                required to publish a new system of records notice as 
                required under subparagraph (A) if, not later than 
                January 1, 2025, the Secretary determines that the 
                system of records notice published by the Secretary in 
                the Federal Register on February 6, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 
                2230), satisfies the requirements described in 
                subparagraph (A).''.

SEC. 203. MONITORING PRESCRIBING OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(oo)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(oo)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``by 
        children'';
            (2) by striking ``children enrolled'' and inserting 
        ``children generally, children in foster care specifically, 
        individuals over the age of 18 receiving home and community-
        based services (as defined in section 9817(a)(2)(B) of Public 
        Law 117-2), and individuals over the age of 18 residing in 
        institutional care settings (including nursing facilities, 
        intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual 
        disabilities, institutions for mental diseases, inpatient 
        psychiatric hospitals, and other such institutional care 
        settings) enrolled''; and
            (3) by striking ``not more than the age of 18 years'' 
        through the period at the end and inserting ``subject to the 
        program, including information with respect to each such 
        category of children and individuals over the age of 18.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date that is 24 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 
              CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASES.

    (a) Making Permanent State Plan Amendment Option To Provide Medical 
Assistance for Certain Individuals Who Are Patients in Certain 
Institutions for Mental Diseases.--Section 1915(l)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(1)) is amended by striking ``With 
respect to calendar quarters beginning during the period beginning 
October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2023,'' and inserting ``With 
respect to calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 2019,''.
    (b) Maintenance of Effort Revision.--Section 1915(l)(3) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``other than under this title from 
                non-Federal funds'' and all that follows through 
                ``subparagraph (B))'' and inserting ``from non-Federal 
                funds for items and services (including services 
                described in subparagraph (B))''; and
                    (B) by striking ``such items and services'' and all 
                that follows through the period and inserting ``such 
                items and services for, at the option of the State--
                            ``(i) fiscal year 2018; or
                            ``(ii) the most recently ended fiscal year 
                        as of the date the State submits a State plan 
                        amendment to the Secretary to provide such 
                        medical assistance in accordance with this 
                        subsection.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph 
        (A)(ii)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Application of maintenance of effort 
                requirements to certain states.--In the case of a State 
                with a State plan amendment in effect on September 30, 
                2023, for the 1-year period beginning on the date of 
                enactment of this subparagraph, the provisions of 
                subparagraph (A) shall be applied as if the amendments 
                to such subparagraph made by the Consolidated 
                Appropriations Act, 2024 had never been made.''.
    (c) Additional Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) General requirements.--Section 1915(l)(4) of 
                the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(4)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``through (D)'' and inserting ``through (F)'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Prior to approval 
                                of a State plan amendment under this 
                                subsection, the State shall notify the 
                                Secretary of how the State will 
                                ensure'' and inserting ``The State 
                                shall have in place evidence-based, 
                                substance use disorder-specific 
                                individual placement criteria and 
                                utilization management approaches to 
                                ensure placement of eligible 
                                individuals in an appropriate level of 
                                care, including criteria and approaches 
                                to ensure''; and
                                    (II) by adding at the end the 
                                following sentence: ``The State shall 
                                notify the Secretary at such time and 
                                in such form and manner as the 
                                Secretary shall require of such 
                                criteria and utilization management 
                                approaches.''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following 
                        new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Review process.--The State shall, using 
                nationally recognized substance use disorder-specific 
                program standards, have in place a process to review 
                the compliance of eligible institutions for mental 
                diseases with such program standards specified by the 
                State.''.
                    (B) Effective date.--The amendments made by 
                subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to States 
                providing medical assistance for items and services 
                pursuant to a State plan amendment under section 
                1915(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) 
                in calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 
                2025.
            (2) One-time assessment.--Section 1915(l)(4) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(4)), as amended by paragraph 
        (1), is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Assessment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The State shall, not 
                        later than 12 months after the approval of a 
                        State plan amendment described in this 
                        subsection (or, in the case of a State that has 
                        such an amendment approved as of September 30, 
                        2023, not later than 12 months after the date 
                        of enactment of this subparagraph), commence an 
                        assessment of--
                                    ``(I) the availability of treatment 
                                for individuals enrolled under a State 
                                plan under this title (or waiver of 
                                such plan) in each level of care 
                                described in subparagraph (C), 
                                including how such availability varies 
                                by region of the State; and
                                    ``(II) the availability of 
                                medication-assisted treatment and 
                                medically supervised withdrawal 
                                management services for such 
                                individuals, including how such 
                                availability varies by region of the 
                                State.
                            ``(ii) Required completion.--The State 
                        shall complete an assessment described in 
                        clause (i) not later than 12 months after the 
                        date the State commences such assessment.''.
            (3) Clarification of levels of care.--Section 1915(l) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking ``problems 
                in Dimensions 1, 2, or 3'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``conditions''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (7), by striking subparagraph (A) 
                and redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively.
    (d) Application to Certain States.--Notwithstanding section 430.20 
of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may approve a request to renew a State plan amendment 
under section 1915(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) 
with an effective date of October 1, 2023, if the State making such 
request--
            (1) had approval for a State plan amendment under such 
        section as of September 30, 2023; and
            (2) submits the request to renew such amendment not later 
        than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 205. PROHIBITION ON TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT DUE TO 
              INCARCERATION.

    (a) Medicaid.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(A)), as amended by section 
        5122(a)(2) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public 
        Law 117-328), is further amended--
                    (A) by striking ``under the State plan'' and 
                inserting ``under the State plan (or waiver of such 
                plan)'';
                    (B) by striking ``who is an eligible juvenile (as 
                defined in subsection (nn)(2))'';
                    (C) by striking ``because the juvenile'' and 
                inserting ``because the individual'';
                    (D) by striking ``during the period the juvenile'' 
                and inserting ``during the period the individual'';
                    (E) by inserting ``such an individual who is an 
                eligible juvenile (as defined in subsection (nn)(2)) 
                and'' after ``or in the case of''; and
                    (F) by striking ``paragraph (31)'' and inserting 
                ``the last numbered paragraph''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by--
                    (A) subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall take 
                effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                    (B) subparagraphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (1) 
                shall take effect on January 1, 2026.
    (b) CHIP.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2102(d)(1)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(d)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``or pregnancy-related'' after 
                ``child health'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or targeted low-income pregnant 
                woman'' after ``targeted low-income child'';
                    (C) by inserting ``or pregnant woman'' after 
                ``because the child''; and
                    (D) by inserting ``or pregnant woman'' after 
                ``during the period the child''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply beginning January 1, 2026.
    (c) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Section 1902(nn)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1395a(a)(nn)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``State 
        plan'' and inserting ``State plan (or waiver of such plan)''.
            (2) Section 1902(nn)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1396a(nn)(3)), is amended by striking ``paragraph (31)'' 
        and inserting ``the last numbered paragraph''.
            (3) Section 5122(a)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations 
        Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) is amended by striking ``after'' 
        and all that follows through the period at the end and 
        inserting ``after `or in the case of an eligible juvenile 
        described in section 1902(a)(84)(D) with respect to the 
        screenings, diagnostic services, referrals, and targeted case 
        management services required under such section'.''.
            (4) The fifth sentence of section 1905(a) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended by striking 
        ``paragraph (30)'' and inserting ``the last numbered 
        paragraph''.

SEC. 206. ADDRESSING OPERATIONAL BARRIERS TO PROMOTE CONTINUITY OF CARE 
              FOR MEDICAID AND CHIP BENEFICIARIES FOLLOWING 
              INCARCERATION.

    (a) State Planning Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award grants to 
        States for the purpose of developing operational capabilities 
        to promote continuity of care for individuals who are inmates 
        of a public institution and are eligible for medical assistance 
        under the State Medicaid program or are eligible for child 
        health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under the 
        State CHIP.
            (2) Use of funds.--A State may use funds awarded under a 
        grant under this subsection for activities and expenses related 
        to complying with the requirement described in section 
        1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a(a)(84)(A)) that a State shall not terminate eligibility 
        for medical assistance, complying with the requirements of 
        sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)), or adopting the State 
        plan options described in the subdivision (A) following the 
        last numbered paragraph of section 1905(a) and 2110(b)(7) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a), 1397jj(b)(7)), or 
        other activities and expenses to promote continuity of care for 
        individuals described in paragraph (1). Such activities and 
        expenses may include--
                    (A) identifying and addressing operational gaps 
                with respect to complying with such requirements or 
                adopting such options, in collaboration with public 
                institutions, State human services agencies, Medicaid 
                managed care plans, providers, community-based 
                organizations, and other stakeholders;
                    (B) establishing standardized processes and 
                automated systems for activities that may include, but 
                are not limited to--
                            (i) determining whether an individual is 
                        enrolled in a State Medicaid program or State 
                        CHIP at the time such individual becomes an 
                        inmate of a public institution;
                            (ii) allowing an individual who is an 
                        inmate of a public institution to submit an 
                        application to enroll or renew coverage in a 
                        State Medicaid program or State CHIP prior to 
                        the individual's release from such public 
                        institution;
                            (iii) facilitating the delivery of medical 
                        assistance under the State Medicaid program or 
                        child health assistance or pregnancy-related 
                        assistance under the State CHIP to an 
                        individual who is eligible for such assistance 
                        while the individual is an inmate of a public 
                        institution, such as by establishing claims 
                        processing and prior authorization request 
                        protocols; and
                            (iv) in the case of an eligible individual 
                        whose coverage under a State Medicaid program 
                        or State CHIP was suspended while the 
                        individual was an inmate of a public 
                        institution, restoring such coverage upon such 
                        individual's release from the public 
                        institution;
                    (C) investing in information technology to--
                            (i) enable bi-directional information 
                        sharing between public institutions, the State 
                        Medicaid and CHIP agencies, and other entities 
                        such as managed care plans and providers (in a 
                        manner consistent with applicable State and 
                        Federal privacy laws), to support care 
                        transitions and coordination of treatment 
                        (including access to care in the community 
                        after release from a public institution); and
                            (ii) develop indicators to ensure Federal 
                        financial participation for medical assistance 
                        furnished under a State Medicaid program or 
                        child health assistance or pregnancy-related 
                        assistance furnished under a State CHIP is 
                        available only for medical assistance or child 
                        health assistance or pregnancy-related 
                        assistance for items and services for which 
                        such participation is permitted while an 
                        individual is an inmate of a public 
                        institution; and
                    (D) establishing oversight and monitoring processes 
                to ensure public institutions and entities with which 
                they contract are compliant with any applicable 
                Medicaid and CHIP requirements.
            (3) Limitations on use of funds.--A State shall not use 
        funds from a grant awarded under this subsection to--
                    (A) provide medical assistance under a State 
                Medicaid program or child health assistance or 
                pregnancy-related assistance under a State CHIP to an 
                individual, or otherwise directly administer health 
                care services for an individual; or
                    (B) build prisons, jails, or other carceral 
                facilities, or pay for prison, jail, or other carceral 
                facility-related improvements other than those 
                improvements that are for the direct and primary 
                purpose of meeting the health care needs of individuals 
                who are incarcerated and who are eligible for medical 
                assistance under the State Medicaid program or child 
                health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under 
                the State CHIP.
            (4) Allocation of grant funds.--In determining the amount 
        of a grant to award to a State that applies for a grant under 
        this subsection, the Secretary shall consider the following 
        factors, relative to other States applying for grants under 
        this subsection:
                    (A) The number of individuals in the State who were 
                inmates of non-Federal public institutions (such as 
                State prisons, local and county jails, tribal jails, 
                and youth correctional or detention facilities) and 
                were eligible for medical assistance under a State 
                Medicaid program at any time in calendar year 2022.
                    (B) The number of non-Federal public institutions 
                in the State (such as State prisons, local and county 
                jails, tribal jails, and youth correctional or 
                detention facilities).
                    (C) The State's progress in developing, 
                implementing, and operating initiatives to promote 
                continuity of care for individuals who are inmates of a 
                public institution and are eligible for medical 
                assistance under the State Medicaid program or are 
                eligible for child health assistance or pregnancy-
                related assistance under the State CHIP (with favorable 
                consideration given to States with less progress in 
                promoting continuity of care for such individuals).
            (5) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Secretary 
        for fiscal year 2024, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
        otherwise appropriated, $113,500,000, to remain available until 
        expended, for the purposes of awarding and administering grants 
        to States under this subsection.
    (b) Guidance to Support State Implementation and Operations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue detailed 
        guidance to States that addresses common implementation and 
        operational challenges States face in ensuring access to 
        authorized high-quality, timely, accessible care before, 
        during, and after incarceration for individuals who are 
        eligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid program 
        or child health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance 
        under a State CHIP.
            (2) Content.--
                    (A) Compliance with requirements.--The guidance 
                required under paragraph (1) shall address challenges 
                States face, or are likely to face, in complying with 
                the requirement described in section 1902(a)(84)(A) of 
                the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(A)) 
                that a State shall not terminate eligibility for 
                medical assistance, complying with the requirements of 
                sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)), 
                adopting the State plan options described in the 
                subdivision (A) following the last numbered paragraph 
                of section 1905(a) and section 2110(b)(7) of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a), 1397jj(b)(7)), and 
                carrying out other activities that are approved by the 
                Secretary to promote continuity of care for individuals 
                who are inmates of a public institution and are 
                eligible for medical assistance under the State 
                Medicaid program or are eligible for child health 
                assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under the 
                State CHIP.
                    (B) Best practices and strategies.--The guidance 
                required under paragraph (1) shall include best 
                practices and strategies States can use to address 
                implementation and operational challenges related to 
                the requirements described in subparagraph (A), 
                including those related to the following:
                            (i) Implementing modifications to improve 
                        eligibility and enrollment processes, 
                        including, but not limited to, completing 
                        applications for assistance under the State 
                        Medicaid program or the State CHIP on behalf of 
                        inmates, transmitting such applications to 
                        State Medicaid and CHIP agencies, and screening 
                        individuals who are inmates of public 
                        institutions for eligibility for medical 
                        assistance that is authorized to be furnished 
                        to the individual while the individual is such 
                        an inmate.
                            (ii) Clarifying the availability of 
                        relevant Federal financial participation, 
                        including the administrative match under 
                        sections 1903 and 2105 of the Social Security 
                        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b, 1397ee), for activities 
                        that directly support efforts to identify and 
                        enroll eligible individuals in State Medicaid 
                        programs and State CHIPs and that directly 
                        support the provision of authorized medical 
                        assistance, child health assistance, or 
                        pregnancy-related assistance, including, but 
                        not limited to, data sharing and exchange, and 
                        other necessary functions.
                            (iii) Expeditiously conducting screening 
                        for eligibility under State Medicaid programs 
                        and State CHIPs for individuals who are inmates 
                        of a public institution, providing application 
                        and renewal assistance for those who are not 
                        yet enrolled in such programs or whose 
                        eligibility needs to be renewed, and 
                        coordinating reinstatement of coverage under 
                        such programs with managed care enrollment.
                            (iv) Ensuring that an individual who is an 
                        inmate of a public institution and is eligible 
                        for medical assistance under a State Medicaid 
                        program or for child health assistance or 
                        pregnancy-related assistance under a State CHIP 
                        receives, in a timely fashion, any such 
                        assistance for which Federal financial 
                        participation is authorized, such as, a supply 
                        of medications or prescription refill upon 
                        release and the services required under 
                        sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the 
                        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 
                        1397bb(d)).
                            (v) Establishing community-based provider 
                        networks, including those comprised of case 
                        managers, for purposes of providing continuity 
                        of care to individuals who are eligible for 
                        medical assistance under a State Medicaid 
                        program or child health assistance or 
                        pregnancy-related assistance under a State CHIP 
                        before, during, and after incarceration.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Public institution.--The term ``public institution'' 
        has the meaning given that term in section 1902(nn)(3) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(nn)(3)).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) for purposes of titles XIX and XXI of such 
        Act.
            (4) State chip.--The term ``State CHIP'' means a State 
        child health plan for child health assistance under title XXI 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), and 
        includes any waiver of such a plan.
            (5) State medicaid program.--The term ``State Medicaid 
        program'' means a State plan for medical assistance under title 
        XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and 
        includes any waiver of such a plan.

SEC. 207. GUIDANCE RELATING TO IMPROVING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 
              WORKFORCE AND INTEGRATION OF CARE UNDER MEDICAID AND 
              CHIP.

    (a) Guidance.--Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in 
this section as the ``Secretary'') shall issue guidance to States 
regarding the following:
            (1) Opportunities to increase access to the mental health 
        and substance use disorder care providers that participate in 
        Medicaid or CHIP, which may include education, training, 
        recruitment and retention of such providers, with a focus on 
        improving the capacity of this workforce in rural and 
        underserved areas by increasing the number, type, and capacity 
        of providers. The guidance relating to such opportunities shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) Best practices from States that have used 
                authorities under titles XI, XIX, or XXI of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1396 et seq., 
                1397aa et seq.), including initiatives States have 
                implemented under waivers under section 1115 of such 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 1315), for such purposes.
                    (B) Opportunities States can leverage to finance, 
                support, and expand the availability of providers of 
                community-based mental health and substance use 
                disorder services who participate in Medicaid and CHIP 
                across the continuum of care, including through the 
                participation of paraprofessionals with behavioral 
                health expertise, such as clinicians with baccalaureate 
                degrees and peer support specialists and including best 
                practices especially pertinent to pediatric care. The 
                guidance shall include examples of innovative policies 
                states have adopted to expand access to behavioral 
                health services; for example, by establishing more 
                expansive and diverse behavioral health workforce roles 
                such as certified wellness coaches.
                    (C) Best practices related to financing, 
                supporting, and expanding the education and training of 
                providers of mental health and substance use disorder 
                services in order to increase the workforce of such 
                providers who participate in Medicaid and CHIP across 
                the continuum of care, including innovative public-
                private partnerships and including such practices that 
                are especially pertinent to pediatric care.
            (2) Opportunities to promote the integration of mental 
        health or substance use disorder services with primary care 
        services. The guidance relating to such opportunities shall 
        include the following:
                    (A) An overview of State options for adopting and 
                expanding value-based payment arrangements and 
                alternative payment models, including accountable care 
                organization-like models and other shared savings 
                programs.
                    (B) A description of opportunities for States to 
                use and align existing authorities and resources to 
                finance the integration of mental health or substance 
                use disorder services with primary care services, 
                including with respect to the use of electronic health 
                records in mental health care settings and in substance 
                use disorder care settings.
                    (C) Strategies to support integration of mental 
                health or substance use disorder services with primary 
                care services through the use of non-clinical 
                professionals and paraprofessionals, including peer 
                support specialists.
                    (D) Examples of specific strategies and models 
                designed to support integration of mental health or 
                substance use disorder services with primary care 
                services for differing age groups, including children 
                and youth and individuals over the age of 65, which may 
                include the collaborative care model or primary care 
                behavioral health model for behavioral health 
                integration.
    (b) Integration of Mental Health or Substance Use Disorder Services 
With Primary Care Services.--For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the 
term ``integration of mental health or substance use disorder services 
with primary care services'' means any of the following:
            (1) The delivery of mental health or substance use disorder 
        services in a setting that is physically located in the same 
        practice or building as a primary care setting, or when at 
        least 1 provider of mental health or substance use disorder 
        services is available in a primary care setting via telehealth.
            (2) The use of behavioral health integration models 
        primarily intended for pediatric populations with non-severe 
        mental health needs that are focused on prevention and early 
        detection and intervention methods through a multidisciplinary 
        collaborative behavioral health team approach co-managed with 
        primary care, to include same-day access to family-focused 
        mental health treatment services.
            (3) Having providers of mental health or substance use 
        disorder services physically co-located in a primary care 
        setting with same-day visit availability.
            (4) Implementing or maintaining enhanced care coordination 
        or targeted case management which includes regular interactions 
        between and within care teams.
            (5) Providing mental health or substance use disorder 
        screening and follow-up assessments, interventions, or services 
        within the same practice or facility as a primary care or 
        physical service setting.
            (6) The use of assertive community treatment that is 
        integrated with or facilitated by a primary care practice.
            (7) Delivery of integrated primary care and mental health 
        care or substance use disorder care in the home or in 
        community-based settings for individuals who are recipients of 
        Medicaid home and community-based services.

SEC. 208. FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS.

    There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
for fiscal year 2024, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to remain available until expended--
            (1) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out section 203 
        and the amendments made by such section, and sections 206, and 
        207; and
            (2) $10,000,000 for the recurring collection, analysis, and 
        publication of health care data under section 1948 of the 
        Social Security Act, as added by section 202.

SEC. 209. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES UNDER 
              MEDICAID.

    (a) Definition of Medical Assistance.--Section 1905 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (30), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (31) as paragraph 
                (32); and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (30) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(31) certified community behavioral health clinic 
        services, as defined in subsection (jj); and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(jj) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `certified community behavioral 
        health services' means any of the following services when 
        furnished to an individual as a patient of a certified 
        community behavioral health clinic (as defined in paragraph 
        (2)), in a manner reflecting person-centered care and which, if 
        not available directly through a certified community behavioral 
        health clinic, may be provided or referred through formal 
        relationships with other providers:
                    ``(A) Crisis mental health services, including 24-
                hour mobile crisis teams, emergency crisis intervention 
                services, and crisis stabilization.
                    ``(B) Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, 
                including risk assessment.
                    ``(C) Patient-centered treatment planning or 
                similar processes, including risk assessment and crisis 
                planning.
                    ``(D) Outpatient mental health and substance use 
                services.
                    ``(E) Outpatient clinic primary care screening and 
                monitoring of key health indicators and health risk.
                    ``(F) Intensive case management services.
                    ``(G) Psychiatric rehabilitation services.
                    ``(H) Peer support and counselor services and 
                family supports.
                    ``(I) Intensive, community-based mental health care 
                for members of the armed forces and veterans who are 
                eligible for medical assistance, particularly such 
                members and veterans located in rural areas, provided 
                the care is consistent with minimum clinical mental 
                health guidelines promulgated by the Veterans Health 
                Administration, including clinical guidelines contained 
                in the Uniform Mental Health Services Handbook of such 
                Administration.
            ``(2) Certified community behavioral health clinic.--The 
        term `certified community behavioral health clinic' means an 
        organization that--
                    ``(A) has been certified by a State as meeting the 
                criteria established by the Secretary pursuant to 
                subsection (a) of section 223 of the Protecting Access 
                to Medicare Act as of January 1, 2024, and any 
                subsequent updates to such criteria, regardless of 
                whether the State is carrying out a demonstration 
                program under this title under subsection (d) of such 
                section;
                    ``(B) is engaged in furnishing all of the services 
                described in paragraph (1); and
                    ``(C) agrees, as a condition of the certification 
                described in subparagraph (A), to furnish to the State 
                or Secretary any data required as part of ongoing 
                monitoring of the organization's provision of services, 
                including encounter data, clinical outcomes data, 
                quality data, and such other data as the State or 
                Secretary may require.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to medical assistance furnished on or after the date 
of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 210. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT 
              CUTS.

    Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 121 of subtitle B of title I of 
division B of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and 
Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35), is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``For the period beginning 
        March 9, 2024, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of 
        fiscal years 2025'' and inserting ``For the period beginning 
        January 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2025, and for each of 
        fiscal years 2026''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``March 9, 2024, and ending 
        September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025'' and 
        inserting ``January 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2025, and 
        for each of fiscal years 2026''.

SEC. 211. PROMOTING VALUE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE.

    Section 1903(m)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396b(m)(9)(A)) is amended by striking ``(and before fiscal year 
2024)''.

SEC. 212. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w-
1(b)(3)(A)), as amended by section 122 of subtitle B of title I of 
division B of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and 
Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35), is further amended by 
striking ``$5,140,428,729'' and inserting ``$0''.

                          Subtitle C--Medicare

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, 
              AND SELECTION.

    Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``and $20,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$20,000,000''; and
                    (B) by inserting the following before the period at 
                the end: ``, and $9,000,000 for the period beginning on 
                October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''; and
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``and 2023'' and 
        inserting ``2023, and 2024 and the period beginning on October 
        1, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.

SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) State Health Insurance Assistance Programs.--Subsection 
(a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and 
Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended by section 
3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public 
Law 112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 
(Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the Medicare Access and 
CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-10), section 50207 of 
division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), 
section 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, 
and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-59), section 1402 of 
division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and 
Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-69), section 103 
of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116-94), section 3803 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
136), section 2203 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other 
Extensions Act (Public Law 116-159), section 1102 of the Further 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act (Public 
Law 116-215), and section 103 of division CC of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 
                        1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, 
                        $18,750,000.''.
    (b) Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section 
119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 
                        1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, 
                        $18,750,000.''.
    (c) Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--Subsection (c)(1)(B) of 
such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 
                        1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, 
                        $6,250,000.''.
    (d) Coordination of Efforts to Inform Older Americans About 
Benefits Available Under Federal and State Programs.--Subsection (d)(2) 
of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new 
        clause:
                            ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 
                        1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, 
                        $18,750,000.''.

SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR UNDER THE 
              MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ``March 9, 2024'' and inserting 
``January 1, 2025''.

SEC. 304. EXTENDING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN ELIGIBLE 
              ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(z) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(z)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``with 2025'' and inserting ``with 
                2026''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, or, with respect to 2026, 1.88 
                percent'' after ``3.5 percent'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``2025'' 
                        and inserting ``2026''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2026'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``2026'' 
                        and inserting ``2027''; and
                            (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2027''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and 2025'' 
                and inserting ``2025, and 2026''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ``, or, with respect 
        to 2026, 1.88 percent'' after ``3.5 percent''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1848(q)(1)(C)(iii) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(q)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by striking ``2025'' and inserting 
        ``2026''; and
            (2) in subclause (III), by striking ``2026'' and inserting 
        ``2027''.

SEC. 305. TEMPORARY PAYMENT INCREASE UNDER THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE 
              SCHEDULE TO ACCOUNT FOR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND 
              ATYPICAL TIMING OF ENACTMENT.

    Section 1848(t)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
4(t)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D)--
                    (A) by striking ``January 1, 2025'' and inserting 
                ``March 9, 2024''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) such services furnished on or after March 9, 
                2024, and before January 1, 2025, by 2.93 percent.''.

SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT 
              FOR CERTAIN LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal 
        years'' and inserting ``during the portion of fiscal year 2025 
        beginning on January 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025, 
        and in fiscal year 2026 and subsequent fiscal years'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or portion of a fiscal 
                        year'' after ``for a fiscal year''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``and the portion of 
                        fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, 
                        and ending on December 31, 2024'' after 
                        ``through 2024'';
                    (B) in subclause (III), by inserting ``and the 
                portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 
                2024, and ending on December 31, 2024'' after ``through 
                2024''; and
                    (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ``fiscal year 
                2025'' and inserting ``the portion of fiscal year 2025 
                beginning on January 1, 2025, and ending on September 
                30, 2025, and fiscal year 2026''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                inserting ``or during the portion of fiscal year 2025 
                beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 
                31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``and the portion 
                of fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and 
                ending on December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''.
    (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the provisions 
of, including the amendments made by, this section by program 
instruction or otherwise.

SEC. 307. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``October 1, 2024'' and 
        inserting ``January 1, 2025''; and
            (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``October 1, 2024'' and 
        inserting ``January 1, 2025''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Extension of target amount.--Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``October 1, 2024'' and inserting ``January 1, 2025''; 
                and
                    (B) in clause (iv), by inserting ``and the portion 
                of fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and 
                ending on December 31, 2024,'' after ``through fiscal 
                year 2024''.
            (2) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification.--
        Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
        1993 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking ``or fiscal 
        year 2000'' and all that follows through ``the Secretary'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal year 2000 through fiscal year 2024, or the 
        portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and 
        ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary''.

SEC. 308. EXTENSION OF ADJUSTMENT TO CALCULATION OF HOSPICE CAP AMOUNT 
              UNDER MEDICARE.

    Section 1814(i)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395f(i)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``2032'' and inserting 
        ``2033''; and
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking ``2032'' and inserting 
        ``2033''.

SEC. 309. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$2,197,795,056'' and inserting 
``$0''.

                       Subtitle D--Human Services

SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM.

    Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under 
section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act 
shall continue through September 30, 2024, in the manner authorized for 
fiscal year 2023, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United 
States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 
sums as may be necessary for such purpose.

SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAMS.

    Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security 
Act shall continue through December 31, 2024, in the manner authorized 
for fiscal year 2023, and out of any money in the Treasury of the 
United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.

SEC. 403. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTENSION.

    Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710), as amended 
by section 142 of subtitle D of title I of division B of the Further 
Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118-35), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 
                        2024,'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``for the period 
                        beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on 
                        September 30, 2024, and for the period 
                        beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                        December 31, 2024,'' after ``March 8, 2024,''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by inserting ``or 2025'' after ``for 
                        fiscal year 2024''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or 2025'' 
                after ``with respect to fiscal year 2024'' each place 
                it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' before ``for the period 
                beginning on January 20, 2024,''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``, for the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and 
                ending on September 30, 2024, an amount equal to the 
                pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for the 
                corresponding period for fiscal year 2023, and for the 
                period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata 
                portion of the amount appropriated for the 
                corresponding period for fiscal year 2024.''.

SEC. 404. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTENSION.

    Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713), as amended 
by section 143 of subtitle D of title I of division B of the Further 
Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 
(Public Law 118-35), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding 
                clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 
                        2024,''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``for the period 
                        beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on 
                        September 30, 2024, and for the period 
                        beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on 
                        December 31, 2024,'' after ``March 8, 2024,''; 
                        and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
                            (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 
                        2024,''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``, for the period beginning on March 
                        9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, and 
                        for the period beginning on October 1, 2024, 
                        and ending on December 31, 2024.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ``or 2025'' after 
        ``fiscal year 2024''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' before ``for the period 
                beginning on January 20, 2024,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``fiscal year 2023.'' and inserting 
                ``fiscal year 2023, for the period beginning on March 
                9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, an amount 
                equal to the pro rata portion of the amount 
                appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal 
                year 2023, and for the period beginning on October 1, 
                2024, and ending on December 31, 2024, an amount equal 
                to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for 
                the corresponding period for fiscal year 2024.''.

SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAMILY HEALTH INFORMATION 
              CENTERS.

    Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
701(c)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vii), the following new 
        clause:
            ``(viii) $1,500,000 for the portion of fiscal year 2025 
        before January 1, 2025.''.

            TITLE II--AMENDING COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2024''.

SEC. 202. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States (in accordance with the Trusteeship 
        Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the 
        United Nations Charter, and the objectives of the international 
        trusteeship system of the United Nations) fulfilled its 
        obligations to promote the development of the people of the 
        Trust Territory toward self-government or independence, as 
        appropriate, to the particular circumstances of the Trust 
        Territory and the people of the Trust Territory and the freely 
        expressed wishes of the people concerned.
            (2) The United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
        and the Republic of the Marshall Islands entered into the 
        Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of the 
        Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; 
        Public Law 99-239) and the United States and the Republic of 
        Palau entered into the Compact of Free Association set forth in 
        section 201 of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) to 
        create and maintain a close and mutually beneficial 
        relationship.
            (3) The ``Compact of Free Association, as amended, between 
        the Government of the United States of America and the 
        Government of the Federated States of Micronesia'', the 
        ``Compact of Free Association, as amended, between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government 
        of the Republic of the Marshall Islands'', and related 
        agreements were signed by the Government of the United States 
        and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and 
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands and approved, as 
        applicable, by section 201 of the Compact of Free Association 
        Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108-
        188).
            (4) The ``Agreement between the Government of the United 
        States of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau 
        Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review'', 
        was signed by the Government of the United States and the 
        Government of the Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, and 
        amended on September 19, 2018.
            (5) On May 22, 2023, the United States signed the 
        ``Agreement between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Resulting 
        From the 2023 Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review''.
            (6) On May 23, 2023, the United States signed 3 agreements 
        related to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free Association, including 
        an Agreement to Amend the Compact, as amended, a new fiscal 
        procedures agreement, and a new trust fund agreement and on 
        September 28, 2023, the United States signed a Federal Programs 
        and Services agreement related to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free 
        Association.
            (7) On October 16, 2023, the United States signed 3 
        agreements relating to the U.S.-RMI Compact of Free 
        Association, including an Agreement to Amend the Compact, as 
        amended, a new fiscal procedures agreement, and a new trust 
        fund agreement.

SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) 1986 compact.--The term ``1986 Compact'' means the 
        Compact of Free Association between the Government of the 
        United States and the Governments of the Marshall Islands and 
        the Federated States of Micronesia set forth in section 201 of 
        the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 
        note; Public Law 99-239).
            (2) 2003 amended u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2003 Amended 
        U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the Compact of Free Association 
        amending the 1986 Compact entitled the ``Compact of Free 
        Association, as amended, between the Government of the United 
        States of America and the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia'' set forth in section 201(a) of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public 
        Law 108-188).
            (3) 2003 amended u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2003 Amended 
        U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the Compact of Free Association 
        amending the 1986 Compact entitled ``Compact of Free 
        Association, as amended, between the Government of the United 
        States of America and the Government of the Republic of the 
        Marshall Islands'' set forth in section 201(b) of the Compact 
        of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 
        note; Public Law 108-188).
            (4) 2023 agreement to amend the u.s.-fsm compact.--The term 
        ``2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the 
        Agreement between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia to Amend the Compact of Free Association, as 
        Amended, done at Palikir May 23, 2023.
            (5) 2023 agreement to amend the u.s.-rmi compact.--The term 
        ``2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the 
        Agreement between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands to Amend the Compact of Free Association, as Amended, 
        done at Honolulu October 16, 2023.
            (6) 2023 amended u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2023 Amended 
        U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, as 
        amended by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact.
            (7) 2023 amended u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2023 Amended 
        U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, as 
        amended by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (8) 2023 u.s.-fsm federal programs and services 
        agreement.--The term ``2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and 
        Services Agreement'' means the 2023 Federal Programs and 
        Services Agreement between the Government of the United States 
        of America and the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia, done at Washington September 28, 2023.
            (9) 2023 u.s.-fsm fiscal procedures agreement.--The term 
        ``2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement'' means the 
        Agreement Concerning Procedures for the Implementation of 
        United States Economic Assistance provided in the 2023 Amended 
        U.S.-FSM Compact between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia, done at Palikir May 23, 2023.
            (10) 2023 u.s.-fsm trust fund agreement.--The term ``2023 
        U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement'' means the Agreement between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government 
        of the Federated States of Micronesia Regarding the Compact 
        Trust Fund, done at Palikir May 23, 2023.
            (11) 2023 u.s.-palau compact review agreement.--The term 
        ``2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement'' means the 
        Agreement between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Resulting 
        From the 2023 Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review, 
        done at Port Moresby May 22, 2023.
            (12) 2023 u.s.-rmi fiscal procedures agreement.--The term 
        ``2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement'' means the 
        Agreement Concerning Procedures for the Implementation of 
        United States Economic Assistance Provided in the 2023 Amended 
        Compact Between the Government of the United States of America 
        and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 
        done at Honolulu October 16, 2023.
            (13) 2023 u.s.-rmi trust fund agreement.--The term ``2023 
        U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement'' means the Agreement between the 
        Government of the United States of America and the Government 
        of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Regarding the Compact 
        Trust Fund, done at Honolulu October 16, 2023.
            (14) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                    (C) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives.
            (15) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely 
        Associated States'' means--
                    (A) the Federated States of Micronesia;
                    (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
                    (C) the Republic of Palau.
            (16) Subsidiary agreement.--The term ``subsidiary 
        agreement'' means any of the following:
                    (A) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services 
                Agreement.
                    (B) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
                    (C) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement.
                    (D) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
                    (E) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement.
                    (F) Any Federal Programs and Services Agreement in 
                force between the United States and the Republic of the 
                Marshall Islands.
                    (G) Any Federal Programs and Services Agreement in 
                force between the United States and the Republic of 
                Palau.
                    (H) Any other agreement that the United States may 
                from time-to-time enter into with the Government of the 
                Federated States of Micronesia, the Government of the 
                Republic of Palau, or the Government of the Republic of 
                the Marshall Islands, in accordance with--
                            (i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                        Agreement; or
                            (iii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (17) U.S.-palau compact.--The term ``U.S.-Palau Compact'' 
        means the Compact of Free Association between the United States 
        and the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public 
        Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note).

SEC. 204. APPROVAL OF 2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S.-FSM COMPACT, 
              2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S.-RMI COMPACT, 2023 U.S.-
              PALAU COMPACT REVIEW AGREEMENT, AND SUBSIDIARY 
              AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Federated States of Micronesia.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM 
        Compact and the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement, as 
        submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, are approved and 
        incorporated by reference.
            (2) Consent of congress.--Congress consents to--
                    (A) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement, 
                as submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023; and
                    (B) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services 
                Agreement.
            (3) Authority of president.--Notwithstanding section 101(f) 
        of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 
        U.S.C. 1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into 
        force and implement the agreements described in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2).
    (b) Republic of the Marshall Islands.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI 
        Compact and the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement, as 
        submitted to Congress on October 17, 2023, are approved and 
        incorporated by reference.
            (2) Consent of congress.--Congress consents to the 2023 
        U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as submitted to Congress 
        on October 17, 2023.
            (3) Authority of president.--Notwithstanding section 101(f) 
        of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 
        U.S.C. 1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into 
        force and implement the agreements described in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2).
    (c) Republic of Palau.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement, as submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, is 
        approved.
            (2) Authority of president.--The President is authorized to 
        bring into force and implement the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 
        Review Agreement.
    (d) Amendments, Changes, or Termination to Compacts and Certain 
Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Any amendment to, change to, or 
        termination of all or any part of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
        Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or the U.S.-Palau 
        Compact, by mutual agreement or unilateral action of the 
        Government of the United States, shall not enter into force 
        until the date on which Congress has incorporated the 
        applicable amendment, change, or termination into an Act of 
        Congress.
            (2) Additional actions and agreements.--In addition to the 
        Compacts described in paragraph (1), the requirements of that 
        paragraph shall apply to--
                    (A) any action of the Government of the United 
                States under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 
                Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.-Palau Compact, 
                including an action taken pursuant to section 431, 441, 
                or 442 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 
                Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.-Palau Compact; and
                    (B) any amendment to, change to, or termination 
                of--
                            (i) the agreement described in section 
                        462(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) the agreement described in section 
                        462(a)(5) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (iii) an agreement concluded pursuant to 
                        section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
                        Compact;
                            (iv) an agreement concluded pursuant to 
                        section 265 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
                        Compact;
                            (v) an agreement concluded pursuant to 
                        section 177 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
                        Compact;
                            (vi) Articles III and IV of the agreement 
                        described in section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 
                        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (vii) Articles III, IV, and X of the 
                        agreement described in section 462(b)(6) of the 
                        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (viii) the agreement described in section 
                        462(h) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; and
                            (ix) Articles VI, XV, and XVII of the 
                        agreement described in section 462(b)(7) of the 
                        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and 2023 Amended 
                        U.S.-RMI Compact and section 462(i) of the 
                        U.S.-Palau Compact.
    (e) Entry Into Force of Future Amendments to Subsidiary 
Agreements.--An agreement between the United States and the Government 
of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic of Palau 
that would amend, change, or terminate any subsidiary agreement or 
portion of a subsidiary agreement (other than an amendment to, change 
to, or termination of an agreement described in subsection (d)) shall 
not enter into force until the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the President has transmitted to the President of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives--
            (1) the agreement to amend, change, or terminate the 
        subsidiary agreement;
            (2) an explanation of the amendment, change, or 
        termination;
            (3) a description of the reasons for the amendment, change, 
        or termination; and
            (4) in the case of an agreement that would amend, change, 
        or terminate any agreement described in section 462(b)(3) of 
        the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact or the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
        Compact, a statement by the Secretary of Labor that describes--
                    (A) the necessity of the amendment, change, or 
                termination; and
                    (B) any impacts of the amendment, change, or 
                termination.

SEC. 205. AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.

    (a) Law Enforcement Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to sections 222 and 224 of the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the United States shall provide 
        nonreimbursable technical and training assistance, as 
        appropriate, including training and equipment for postal 
        inspection of illicit drugs and other contraband, to enable the 
        Government of the Federated States of Micronesia--
                    (A) to develop and adequately enforce laws of the 
                Federated States of Micronesia; and
                    (B) to cooperate with the United States in the 
                enforcement of criminal laws of the United States.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant 
        to subsection (j) of section 105 of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as 
        amended by section 209(j)) may be used in accordance with 
        section 102(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
        Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921a(a)).
    (b) United States Appointees to Joint Economic Management 
Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States appointees (which are 
        composed of the United States chair and 2 other members from 
        the Government of the United States) to the Joint Economic 
        Management Committee established under section 213 of the 2023 
        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``Committee'') shall--
                    (A) be voting members of the Committee; and
                    (B) continue to be officers or employees of the 
                Federal Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the 
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a 
        term of 2 years as follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury.
                    (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Interagency 
                Group on Freely Associated States established under 
                section 208(d)(1).
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more 
        than 2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 United States members 
        of the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be 
        individuals who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 
                training, are especially qualified in accounting, 
                auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant 
                administration, program management, or international 
                economics; and
                    (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time 
                experience in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, grant administration, program management, 
                or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of appointment of a United States member of the 
                Committee under paragraph (2), the Secretary of the 
                Interior shall notify the appropriate committees of 
                Congress that an individual has been appointed as a 
                voting member of the Committee under that paragraph, 
                including a statement prepared by the Secretary of the 
                Interior attesting to the qualifications of the member 
                described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph 
                (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement 
                required under subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior 
                        shall compile information on the member 
                        provided to the Secretary of the Interior by 
                        the Secretary of State on request of the 
                        Secretary of the Interior; and
                            (ii) in the case of a member appointed 
                        under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of the 
                        Interior shall compile information on the 
                        member provided to the Secretary of the 
                        Interior by the Interagency Group on Freely 
                        Associated States established under section 
                        208(d)(1) on request of the Secretary of the 
                        Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Committee receives or completes any report 
        required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any 
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 
        shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia submits to the Committee a report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary 
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice attesting that the report is 
                complete and accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the 
                applicable deadline, written notice that the report has 
                not been timely submitted.
    (c) United States Appointees to Joint Trust Fund Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States voting members (which 
        are composed of the United States chair and 2 other members 
        from the Government of the United States) to the Joint Trust 
        Fund Committee established pursuant to the agreement described 
        in section 462(b)(5) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Committee'') shall 
        continue to be officers or employees of the Federal Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the 
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a 
        term not more than 2 years as follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                State.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                the Interior.
                    (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                the Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more 
        than 2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 members of the 
        Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals 
        who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 
                training, are especially qualified in accounting, 
                auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 
                investment, grant administration, program management, 
                or international economics; and
                    (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time 
                experience in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, financial investment, grant administration, 
                program management, or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of appointment of a United States member to the 
                Committee under paragraph (2), the Secretary of the 
                Interior shall notify the appropriate committees of 
                Congress that an individual has been appointed as a 
                voting member of the Committee under that paragraph, 
                including a statement attesting to the qualifications 
                of the member described in paragraph (4), subject to 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement 
                required under subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior 
                        shall compile information on the member 
                        provided to the Secretary of the Interior by 
                        the Secretary of State on request of the 
                        Secretary of the Interior; and
                            (ii) in the case of a member appointed 
                        under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of the 
                        Interior shall compile information on the 
                        member provided to the Secretary of the 
                        Interior by the Secretary of the Treasury on 
                        request of the Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Committee receives or completes any report 
        required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any 
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 
        shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Government of the Federated States of 
        Micronesia submits to the Committee a report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary 
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice attesting that the report is 
                complete and accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the 
                applicable deadline, written notice that the report has 
                not been timely submitted.

SEC. 206. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE REPUBLIC 
              OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.

    (a) Law Enforcement Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to sections 222 and 224 of the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, the United States shall provide 
        nonreimbursable technical and training assistance, as 
        appropriate, including training and equipment for postal 
        inspection of illicit drugs and other contraband, to enable the 
        Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands--
                    (A) to develop and adequately enforce laws of the 
                Marshall Islands; and
                    (B) to cooperate with the United States in the 
                enforcement of criminal laws of the United States.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant 
        to subsection (j) of section 105 of the Compact of Free 
        Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as 
        amended by section 209(j)) may be used in accordance with 
        section 103(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
        Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(a)).
    (b) Espousal Provisions.--
            (1) In general.--Congress reaffirms that--
                    (A) section 103(g)(1) of the Compact of Free 
                Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(g)(1)) and 
                section 103(e)(1) of the Compact of Free Association 
                Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(e)(1)) provided 
                that ``It is the intention of the Congress of the 
                United States that the provisions of section 177 of the 
                Compact of Free Association and the Agreement between 
                the Government of the United States and the Government 
                of the Marshall Islands for the Implementation of 
                Section 177 of the Compact (hereafter in this 
                subsection referred to as the `Section 177 Agreement') 
                constitute a full and final settlement of all claims 
                described in Articles X and XI of the Section 177 
                Agreement, and that any such claims be terminated and 
                barred except insofar as provided for in the Section 
                177 Agreement.''; and
                    (B) section 103(g)(2) of the Compact of Free 
                Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(g)(2)) and 
                section 103(e)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 
                Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(e)(2)) provided 
                that ``In furtherance of the intention of Congress as 
                stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Section 
                177 Agreement is hereby ratified and approved. It is 
                the explicit understanding and intent of Congress that 
                the jurisdictional limitations set forth in Article XII 
                of such Agreement are enacted solely and exclusively to 
                accomplish the objective of Article X of such Agreement 
                and only as a clarification of the effect of Article X, 
                and are not to be construed or implemented separately 
                from Article X.''.
            (2) Effect.--Nothing in the 2023 Agreement to Amend the 
        U.S.-RMI Compact affects the application of the provisions of 
        law reaffirmed by paragraph (1).
    (c) Certain Section 177 Agreement Provisions.--Congress reaffirms 
that--
            (1) Article IX of the Agreement Between the Government of 
        the United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands 
        for the Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact of Free 
        Association, done at Majuro June 25, 1983, provided that ``If 
        loss or damage to property and person of the citizens of the 
        Marshall Islands, resulting from the Nuclear Testing Program, 
        arises or is discovered after the effective date of this 
        Agreement, and such injuries were not and could not reasonably 
        have been identified as of the effective date of this 
        Agreement, and if such injuries render the provisions of this 
        Agreement manifestly inadequate, the Government of the Marshall 
        Islands may request that the Government of the United States 
        provide for such injuries by submitting such a request to the 
        Congress of the United States for its consideration. It is 
        understood that this Article does not commit the Congress of 
        the United States to authorize and appropriate funds.''; and
            (2) section 3(a) of Article XIII of the agreement described 
        in paragraph (1) provided that ``The Government of the United 
        States and the Government of the Marshall Islands shall consult 
        at the request of either of them on matters relating to the 
        provisions of this Agreement.''.
    (d) United States Appointees to Joint Economic Management and 
Financial Accountability Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 2 United States appointees (which are 
        composed of the United States chair and 1 other member from the 
        Government of the United States) to the Joint Economic 
        Management and Financial Accountability Committee established 
        under section 214 of the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Committee'') shall--
                    (A) be voting members of the Committee; and
                    (B) continue to be officers or employees of the 
                Federal Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 2 United States members of the 
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a 
        term of 2 years as follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more 
        than 2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--At least 1 United States member of the 
        Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be an individual 
        who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 
                training, is especially qualified in accounting, 
                auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant 
                administration, program management, or international 
                economics; and
                    (B) possesses not less than 5 years of full-time 
                experience in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, grant administration, program management, 
                or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of appointment of a United States member under 
                paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                notify the appropriate committees of Congress that an 
                individual has been appointed as a voting member of the 
                Committee under that paragraph, including a statement 
                attesting to the qualifications of the member described 
                in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement 
                required under subparagraph (A), in the case of a 
                member appointed under paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary 
                of the Interior shall compile information on the member 
                provided to the Secretary of the Interior by the 
                Secretary of State on request of the Secretary of the 
                Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Committee receives or completes any report 
        required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any 
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 
        shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands submits to the Committee a report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary 
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice attesting that the report is 
                complete and accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the 
                applicable deadline, written notice that the report has 
                not been timely submitted.
    (e) United States Appointees to Trust Fund Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States voting members (which 
        are composed of the United States chair and 2 other members 
        from the Government of the United States) to the Trust Fund 
        Committee established pursuant to the agreement described in 
        section 462(b)(5) of the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Committee'') shall 
        continue to be officers or employees of the Federal Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the 
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a 
        term not more than 5 years as follows:
                    (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                State.
                    (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                the Interior.
                    (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of 
                the Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee 
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more 
        than 2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 members of the 
        Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals 
        who--
                    (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or 
                training, are especially qualified in accounting, 
                auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial 
                investment, grant administration, program management, 
                or international economics; and
                    (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time 
                experience in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, 
                compliance, financial investment, grant administration, 
                program management, or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of appointment of a United States Member under 
                paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall 
                notify the appropriate committees of Congress that an 
                individual has been appointed as a voting member of the 
                Committee under that paragraph, including a statement 
                attesting to the qualifications of the appointee 
                described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph 
                (B).
                    (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement 
                required under subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the case of a member appointed under 
                        paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior 
                        shall compile information on the member 
                        provided to the Secretary of the Interior by 
                        the Secretary of State on request of the 
                        Secretary of the Interior; and
                            (ii) in the case of a member appointed 
                        under paragraph (2)(C), the Secretary of the 
                        Interior shall compile information on the 
                        member provided to the Secretary of the 
                        Interior by the Secretary of the Treasury on 
                        request of the Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Committee receives or completes any report 
        required under the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any 
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior 
        shall submit the report to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Government of the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands submits to the Committee a report required under the 
        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary 
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice attesting that the report is 
                complete and accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the 
                applicable deadline, written notice that the report has 
                not been timely submitted.
    (f) Four Atoll Health Care Program.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) section 103(j)(1) of the Compact of Free Association 
        Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(1)) and section 103(h)(1) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921b(h)(1)) provided that services ``provided by the United 
        States Public Health Service or any other United States agency 
        pursuant to section 1(a) of Article II of the Agreement for the 
        Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact (hereafter in this 
        subsection referred to as the `Section 177 Agreement') shall be 
        only for services to the people of the Atolls of Bikini, 
        Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik who were affected by the 
        consequences of the United States nuclear testing program, 
        pursuant to the program described in Public Law 95-134 and 
        Public Law 96-205 and their descendants (and any other persons 
        identified as having been so affected if such identification 
        occurs in the manner described in such public laws). Nothing in 
        this subsection shall be construed as prejudicial to the views 
        or policies of the Government of the Marshall Islands as to the 
        persons affected by the consequences of the United States 
        nuclear testing program.'';
            (2) section 103(j)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 
        Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(2)) and section 103(h)(2) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921b(h)(2)) provided that ``at the end of the first year after 
        the effective date of the Compact and at the end of each year 
        thereafter, the providing agency or agencies shall return to 
        the Government of the Marshall Islands any unexpended funds to 
        be returned to the Fund Manager (as described in Article I of 
        the Section 177 Agreement) to be covered into the Fund to be 
        available for future use.''; and
            (3) section 103(j)(3) of the Compact of Free Association 
        Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(3)) and section 103(h)(3) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921b(h)(3)) provided that ``the Fund Manager shall retain the 
        funds returned by the Government of the Marshall Islands 
        pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall invest and 
        manage such funds, and at the end of 15 years after the 
        effective date of the Compact, shall make from the total amount 
        so retained and the proceeds thereof annual disbursements 
        sufficient to continue to make payments for the provision of 
        health services as specified in paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection to such extent as may be provided in contracts 
        between the Government of the Marshall Islands and appropriate 
        United States providers of such health services.''.
    (g) Radiological Health Care Program.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, on the request of the Government of the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, the President (through an appropriate department 
or agency of the United States) shall continue to provide special 
medical care and logistical support for the remaining members of the 
population of Rongelap and Utrik who were exposed to radiation 
resulting from the 1954 United States thermonuclear ``Bravo'' test, 
pursuant to Public Law 95-134 (91 Stat. 1159) and Public Law 96-205 (94 
Stat. 84).
    (h) Agricultural and Food Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Congress reaffirms that--
                    (A) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free 
                Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) and 
                section 103(f)(2)(A) of the Compact of Free Association 
                Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(A)) 
                provided that notwithstanding ``any other provision of 
                law, upon the request of the Government of the Marshall 
                Islands, for the first fifteen years after the 
                effective date of the Compact, the President (either 
                through an appropriate department or agency of the 
                United States or by contract with a United States firm 
                or by a grant to the Government of the Republic of the 
                Marshall Islands which may further contract only with a 
                United States firm or a Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands firm, the owners, officers and majority of the 
                employees of which are citizens of the United States or 
                the Republic of the Marshall Islands) shall provide 
                technical and other assistance without reimbursement, 
                to continue the planting and agricultural maintenance 
                program on Enewetak; without reimbursement, to continue 
                the food programs of the Bikini, Rongelap, Utrik, and 
                Enewetak people described in section 1(d) of Article II 
                of the Subsidiary Agreement for the Implementation of 
                Section 177 of the Compact and for continued waterborne 
                transportation of agricultural products to Enewetak 
                including operations and maintenance of the vessel used 
                for such purposes.'';
                    (B) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free 
                Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) and 
                section 103(f)(2)(B) of the Compact of Free Association 
                Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(B)) 
                provided that ``The President shall ensure the 
                assistance provided under these programs reflects the 
                changes in the population since the inception of such 
                programs.''; and
                    (C) section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of Free 
                Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(3)) and 
                section 103(f)(3) of the Compact of Free Association 
                Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(f)(3)) provided 
                that ``payments under this subsection shall be provided 
                to such extent or in such amounts as are necessary for 
                services and other assistance provided pursuant to this 
                subsection. It is the sense of Congress that after the 
                periods of time specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
                this subsection, consideration will be given to such 
                additional funding for these programs as may be 
                necessary.''.
            (2) Planting and agricultural maintenance program.--The 
        Secretary of the Interior may provide grants to the Government 
        of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to carry out a planting 
        and agricultural maintenance program on Bikini, Enewetak, 
        Rongelap, and Utrik.
            (3) Food programs.--The Secretary of Agriculture may 
        provide, without reimbursement, food programs to the people of 
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

SEC. 207. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE REPUBLIC 
              OF PALAU.

    (a) Bilateral Economic Consultations.--United States participation 
in the annual economic consultations referred to in Article 8 of the 
2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement shall be by officers or 
employees of the Federal Government.
    (b) Economic Advisory Group.--
            (1) Qualifications.--A member of the Economic Advisory 
        Group described in Article 7 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 
        Review Agreement (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``Advisory Group'') who is appointed by the Secretary of the 
        Interior shall be an individual who, by reason of knowledge, 
        experience, or training, is especially qualified in private 
        sector business development, economic development, or national 
        development.
            (2) Funds.--With respect to the Advisory Group, the 
        Secretary of the Interior may use available funds for--
                    (A) the costs of the 2 members of the Advisory 
                Group designated by the United States in accordance 
                with Article 7 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                Agreement;
                    (B) 50 percent of the costs of the 5th member of 
                the Advisory Group designated by the Secretary of the 
                Interior in accordance with the Article described in 
                subparagraph (A); and
                    (C) the costs of--
                            (i) technical and administrative assistance 
                        for the Advisory Group; and
                            (ii) other support necessary for the 
                        Advisory Group to accomplish the purpose of the 
                        Advisory Group.
            (3) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Advisory Group receives or completes any 
        report required under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement, or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary 
        of the Interior shall submit the report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.
    (c) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the Government of the Republic of Palau completes any 
        report required under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement, or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary 
        of the Interior shall submit the report to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress.
            (2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the Government of the Republic of Palau submits a 
        report required under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement, or any related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary 
        of the Interior shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
        Congress--
                    (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable 
                deadline, written notice attesting that the report is 
                complete and accurate; or
                    (B) if the report is not submitted by the 
                applicable deadline, written notice that the report has 
                not been timely submitted.

SEC. 208. OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS.

    (a) Authorities and Duties of the Comptroller General of the United 
States.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United 
        States (including any duly authorized representative of the 
        Comptroller General of the United States) shall have the 
        authorities necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the 
        Comptroller General of the United States under--
                    (A) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and related 
                subsidiary agreements, including the authorities and 
                privileges described in section 102(b) of the Compact 
                of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921a(b));
                    (B) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and related 
                subsidiary agreements, including the authorities and 
                privileges described in section 103(k) of the Compact 
                of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921b(k)); and
                    (C) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, 
                related subsidiary agreements, and the authorities 
                described in appendix D of the ``Agreement between the 
                Government of the United States of America and the 
                Government of the Republic of Palau Following the 
                Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review'' signed 
                by the United States and the Republic of Palau on 
                September 3, 2010.
            (2) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, the 
        Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a report with respect to the 
        Freely Associated States, including addressing--
                    (A) the topics described in subparagraphs (A) 
                through (E) of section 104(h)(1) of the Compact of Free 
                Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
                1921c(h)(1)), except that for purposes of a report 
                submitted under this paragraph, the report shall 
                address those topics with respect to each of the Freely 
                Associated States; and
                    (B) the effectiveness of administrative oversight 
                by the United States of the Freely Associated States.
    (b) Secretary of the Interior Oversight Authority.--The Secretary 
of the Interior shall have the authority necessary to fulfill the 
responsibilities for monitoring and managing the funds appropriated to 
the Compact of Free Association account of the Department of the 
Interior by section 211(a) to carry out--
            (1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; and
            (4) subsidiary agreements.
    (c) Postmaster General Oversight Authority.--The Postmaster General 
shall have the authority necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for 
monitoring and managing the funds appropriated to the United States 
Postal Service under paragraph (1) of section 211(b) and deposited in 
the Postal Service Fund under paragraph (2)(A) of that section to carry 
out--
            (1) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; and
            (4) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
        Agreement.
    (d) Interagency Group on Freely Associated States.--
            (1) Establishment.--The President, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
        Secretary of Defense, shall establish an Interagency Group on 
        Freely Associated States (referred to in this subsection as the 
        ``Interagency Group'').
            (2) Purpose.--The purposes of the Interagency Group are--
                    (A) to coordinate development and implementation of 
                executive branch policies, programs, services, and 
                other activities in or relating to the Freely 
                Associated States; and
                    (B) to provide policy guidance, recommendations, 
                and oversight to Federal agencies, departments, and 
                instrumentalities with respect to the implementation 
                of--
                            (i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; and
                            (iii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                        Agreement.
            (3) Membership.--The Interagency Group shall consist of--
                    (A) the Secretary of State, who shall serve as co-
                chair of the Interagency Group;
                    (B) the Secretary of the Interior, who shall serve 
                as co-chair of the Interagency Group;
                    (C) the Secretary of Defense;
                    (D) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                    (E) the heads of relevant Federal agencies, 
                departments, and instrumentalities carrying out 
                obligations under--
                            (i) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 
                        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and subsections (a) 
                        and (b) of section 221 and section 261 of the 
                        2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                            (ii) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 
                        Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and subsections (a) 
                        and (b) of section 221 and section 261 of the 
                        2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                            (iii) sections 131 and 132 and subsections 
                        (a) and (b) of section 221 of the U.S.-Palau 
                        Compact;
                            (iv) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau 
                        Compact Review Agreement;
                            (v) any applicable subsidiary agreement; 
                        and
                            (vi) section 209; and
                    (F) the head of any other Federal agency, 
                department, or instrumentality that the Secretary of 
                State or the Secretary of the Interior may designate.
            (4) Duties of secretary of state and secretary of the 
        interior.--The Secretary of State (or a senior official 
        designee of the Secretary of State) and the Secretary of the 
        Interior (or a senior official designee of the Secretary of the 
        Interior) shall--
                    (A) co-lead and preside at a meeting of the 
                Interagency Group not less frequently than annually;
                    (B) determine, in consultation with the Secretary 
                of Defense, the agenda for meetings of the Interagency 
                Group; and
                    (C) facilitate and coordinate the work of the 
                Interagency Group.
            (5) Duties of the interagency group.--The Interagency Group 
        shall--
                    (A) provide advice on the establishment or 
                implementation of policies relating to the Freely 
                Associated States to the President, acting through the 
                Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, in the form of a 
                written report not less frequently than annually;
                    (B) obtain information and advice relating to the 
                Freely Associated States from the Presidents, other 
                elected officials, and members of civil society of the 
                Freely Associated States, including through the members 
                of the Interagency Group (including senior official 
                designees of the members) meeting not less frequently 
                than annually with any Presidents of the Freely 
                Associated States who elect to participate;
                    (C) at the request of the head of any Federal 
                agency (or a senior official designee of the head of a 
                Federal agency) who is a member of the Interagency 
                Group, promptly review and provide advice on a policy 
                or policy implementation action affecting 1 or more of 
                the Freely Associated States proposed by the Federal 
                agency, department, or instrumentality; and
                    (D) facilitate coordination of relevant policies, 
                programs, initiatives, and activities involving 1 or 
                more of the Freely Associated States, including 
                ensuring coherence and avoiding duplication between 
                programs, initiatives, and activities conducted 
                pursuant to a Compact with a Freely Associated State 
                and non-Compact programs, initiatives, and activities.
            (6) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and each year thereafter in which a 
        Compact of Free Association with a Freely Associated State is 
        in effect, the President shall submit to the majority leader 
        and minority leader of the Senate, the Speaker and minority 
        leader of the House of Representatives, and the appropriate 
        committees of Congress a report that describes the activities 
        and recommendations of the Interagency Group during the 
        applicable year.
    (e) Federal Agency Coordination.--The head of any Federal agency 
providing programs and services to the Federated States of Micronesia, 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau shall 
coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
State regarding the provision of the programs and services.
    (f) Foreign Loans or Debt.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) the foreign loans or debt of the Government of the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic 
        of the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic of 
        Palau shall not constitute an obligation of the United States; 
        and
            (2) the full faith and credit of the United States 
        Government shall not be pledged for the payment and performance 
        of any foreign loan or debt referred to in paragraph (1) 
        without specific further authorization.
    (g) Compact Compilation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a 
report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes a 
compilation of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated State 
of Micronesia, the Compact of Free Association with the Republic of 
Palau, and the Compact of Free Association with Republic of the 
Marshall Islands.
    (h) Publication; Revision by Office of the Law Revision Counsel.--
            (1) Publication.--In publishing this title in slip form and 
        in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 
        of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United 
        States shall include after the date of approval at the end an 
        appendix setting forth the text of--
                    (A) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM 
                Compact; and
                    (B) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI 
                Compact.
            (2) Revision by office of the law revision counsel.--The 
        Office of the Law Revision Counsel is directed to revise--
                    (A) the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact set forth in 
                the note following section 1921 of title 48, United 
                States Code, to reflect the amendments to the 2003 
                Amended U.S.-FSM Compact made by the 2023 Agreement to 
                Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and
                    (B) the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact set forth in 
                the note following section 1921 of title 48, United 
                States Code, to reflect the amendments to the 2003 
                Amended U.S.-RMI Compact made by the 2023 Agreement to 
                Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.

SEC. 209. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.

    (a) Authorization for Veterans' Services.--
            (1) Definition of freely associated states.--In this 
        subsection, the term ``Freely Associated States'' means--
                    (A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such 
                time as it is a party to the Compact of Free 
                Association set forth in section 201 of the Compact of 
                Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 
                U.S.C. 1901 note);
                    (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during 
                such time as it is a party to the Compact of Free 
                Association set forth in section 201 of the Compact of 
                Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 
                U.S.C. 1901 note); and
                    (C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it 
                is a party to the Compact of Free Association between 
                the United States and the Government of Palau set forth 
                in section 201 of Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint 
                Resolution to approve the `Compact of Free Association' 
                between the United States and the Government of Palau, 
                and for other purposes'' (Public Law 99-658; 48 U.S.C. 
                1931 note).
            (2) Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care 
        abroad.--Section 1724 of title 38, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsections 
                (b) and (c)'' and inserting ``subsections (b), (c), and 
                (f)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f)(1)(A) The Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical 
services in the Freely Associated States, subject to agreements the 
Secretary shall enter into with the governments of the Freely 
Associated States as described in section 209(a)(4)(A) of the Compact 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, and subject to subparagraph 
(B), to a veteran who is otherwise eligible to receive hospital care 
and medical services.
    ``(B) The agreements described in subparagraph (A) shall 
incorporate, to the extent practicable, the applicable laws of the 
Freely Associated States and define the care and services that can be 
legally provided by the Secretary in the Freely Associated States.
    ``(2) In furnishing hospital care and medical services under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical 
services through--
            ``(A) contracts or other agreements;
            ``(B) reimbursement; or
            ``(C) the direct provision of care by health care personnel 
        of the Department.
    ``(3) In furnishing hospital care and medical services under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical 
services for any condition regardless of whether the condition is 
connected to the service of the veteran in the Armed Forces.
    ``(4)(A) A veteran who has received hospital care or medical 
services in a country pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
eligible, to the extent determined advisable and practicable by the 
Secretary, for hospital care or medical services in that country 
regardless of whether the country continues to qualify as a Freely 
Associated State for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(B) If the Secretary determines it is no longer advisable or 
practicable to allow veterans described in subparagraph (A) to remain 
eligible for hospital care or medical services pursuant to such 
subparagraph, the Secretary shall--
            ``(i) provide direct notice of that determination to such 
        veterans; and
            ``(ii) publish that determination and the reasons for that 
        determination in the Federal Register.
    ``(5) In this subsection, the term `Freely Associated States' 
means--
            ``(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time 
        as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth 
        in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
        (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note);
            ``(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such 
        time as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set 
        forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 
        1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and
            ``(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a 
        party to the Compact of Free Association between the United 
        States and the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of 
        Joint Resolution entitled `Joint Resolution to approve the 
        ``Compact of Free Association'' between the United States and 
        the Government of Palau, and for other purposes' (Public Law 
        99-658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).''.
            (3) Beneficiary travel.--Section 111 of title 38, United 
        States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
may make payments to or for any person traveling in, to, or from the 
Freely Associated States for receipt of care or services authorized to 
be legally provided by the Secretary in the Freely Associated States 
under section 1724(f)(1) of this title.
    ``(2) A person who has received payment for travel in a country 
pursuant to this subsection shall remain eligible for payment for such 
travel in that country regardless of whether the country continues to 
qualify as a Freely Associated State for purposes of this subsection.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this 
subsection.
    ``(4) In this subsection, the term `Freely Associated States' 
means--
            ``(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time 
        as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth 
        in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
        (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note);
            ``(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such 
        time as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set 
        forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 
        1985 (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and
            ``(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a 
        party to the Compact of Free Association between the United 
        States and the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of 
        Joint Resolution entitled `Joint Resolution to approve the 
        ``Compact of Free Association'' between the United States and 
        the Government of Palau, and for other purposes' (Public Law 
        99-658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).''.
            (4) Legal issues.--
                    (A) Agreements to furnish care and services.--
                            (i) In general.--Before delivering hospital 
                        care or medical services under subsection (f) 
                        of section 1724 of title 38, United States 
                        Code, as added by paragraph (2)(B), the 
                        Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation 
                        with the Secretary of State, shall enter into 
                        agreements with the governments of the Freely 
                        Associated States to--
                                    (I) facilitate the furnishing of 
                                health services, including telehealth, 
                                under the laws administered by the 
                                Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
                                veterans in the Freely Associated 
                                States, such as by addressing--
                                            (aa) licensure, 
                                        certification, registration, 
                                        and tort issues relating to 
                                        health care personnel;
                                            (bb) the scope of health 
                                        services the Secretary may 
                                        furnish, as well as the means 
                                        for furnishing such services; 
                                        and
                                            (cc) matters relating to 
                                        delivery of pharmaceutical 
                                        products and medical surgical 
                                        products, including delivery of 
                                        such products through the 
                                        Consolidated Mail Outpatient 
                                        Pharmacy of the Department of 
                                        Veterans Affairs, to the Freely 
                                        Associated States;
                                    (II) clarify the authority of the 
                                Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay 
                                for tort claims as set forth under 
                                subparagraph (C); and
                                    (III) clarify authority and 
                                responsibility on any other matters 
                                determined relevant by the Secretary of 
                                Veterans Affairs or the governments of 
                                the Freely Associated States.
                            (ii) Scope of agreements.--The agreements 
                        described in clause (i) shall incorporate, to 
                        the extent practicable, the applicable laws of 
                        the Freely Associated States and define the 
                        care and services that can be legally provided 
                        by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the 
                        Freely Associated States.
                            (iii) Report to congress.--
                                    (I) In general.--Not later than 90 
                                days after entering into an agreement 
                                described in clause (i), the Secretary 
                                of Veterans Affairs shall submit the 
                                agreement to the appropriate committees 
                                of Congress.
                                    (II) Appropriate committees of 
                                congress defined.--In this clause, the 
                                term ``appropriate committees of 
                                Congress'' means--
                                            (aa) the Committee on 
                                        Energy and Natural Resources, 
                                        the Committee on Foreign 
                                        Relations, and the Committee on 
                                        Veterans' Affairs of the 
                                        Senate; and
                                            (bb) the Committee on 
                                        Natural Resources, the 
                                        Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
                                        and the Committee on Veterans' 
                                        Affairs of the House of 
                                        Representatives.
                    (B) Licensure of health care professionals 
                providing treatment via telemedicine in the freely 
                associated states.--Section 1730C(a) of title 38, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``any 
                State'' and inserting ``any State or any of the Freely 
                Associated States (as defined in section 1724(f) of 
                this title)''.
                    (C) Payment of claims.--The Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs may pay tort claims, in the manner authorized 
                in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, 
                United States Code, when such claims arise in the 
                Freely Associated States in connection with furnishing 
                hospital care or medical services or providing medical 
                consultation or medical advice to a veteran under the 
                laws administered by the Secretary, including through a 
                remote or telehealth program.
            (5) Outreach and assessment of options.--During the 1-year 
        period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, subject to the 
        availability of appropriations--
                    (A) conduct robust outreach to, and engage with, 
                each government of the Freely Associated States;
                    (B) assess options for the delivery of care through 
                the use of authorities provided pursuant to the 
                amendments made by this subsection; and
                    (C) increase staffing as necessary to conduct 
                outreach under subparagraph (A).
    (b) Authorization of Education Programs.--
            (1) Eligibility.--For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year 
        thereafter, the Government of the United States shall--
                    (A) continue to make available to the Federated 
                States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands, and the Republic of Palau, grants for services 
                to individuals eligible for such services under part B 
                of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
                U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) to the extent that those services 
                continue to be available to individuals in the United 
                States;
                    (B) continue to make available to the Federated 
                States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands and make available to the Republic of Palau, 
                competitive grants under the Elementary and Secondary 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the 
                Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
                2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), and part D of the 
                Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
                1450 et seq.), to the extent that those grants continue 
                to be available to State and local governments in the 
                United States;
                    (C) continue to make grants available to the 
                Republic of Palau under part A of title I of the 
                Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
                U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), the Adult Education and Family 
                Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), and the Carl D. 
                Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 
                U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
                    (D) continue to make available to eligible 
                institutions of higher education in the Republic of 
                Palau and make available to eligible institutions of 
                higher education in the Federated States of Micronesia 
                and the Republic of the Marshall Islands and to 
                students enrolled in those institutions of higher 
                education, and to students who are citizens of the 
                Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the 
                Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau and 
                enrolled in institutions of higher education in the 
                United States and territories of the United States, 
                grants under--
                            (i) subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a 
                        et seq.);
                            (ii) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the 
                        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b 
                        et seq.); and
                            (iii) part C of title IV of the Higher 
                        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et 
                        seq.);
                    (E) require, as a condition of eligibility for a 
                public institution of higher education in any State (as 
                defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) that is not a Freely Associated 
                State to participate in or receive funds under any 
                program under title IV of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1070 et 
                seq.), that the institution charge students who are 
                citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
                Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of 
                Palau tuition for attendance at a rate that is not 
                greater than the rate charged for residents of the 
                State in which such public institution of higher 
                education is located; and
                    (F) continue to make available, to eligible 
                institutions of higher education, secondary schools, 
                and nonprofit organizations in the Federated States of 
                Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
                the Republic of Palau, competitive grants under the 
                Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
            (2) Other formula grants.--Except as provided in paragraph 
        (1), the Secretary of Education shall not make a grant under 
        any formula grant program administered by the Department of 
        Education to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic 
        of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
            (3) Grants to the freely associated states under part b of 
        the individuals with disabilities education act.--Section 
        611(b)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
        (20 U.S.C. 1411(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) 
        and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Funds reserved.--From the amount appropriated 
                for any fiscal year under subsection (i), the Secretary 
                shall reserve not more than 1 percent, which shall be 
                used as follows:
                            ``(i) To provide assistance to the outlying 
                        areas in accordance with their respective 
                        populations of individuals aged 3 through 21.
                            ``(ii)(I) To provide each freely associated 
                        State a grant so that no freely associated 
                        State receives a lesser share of the total 
                        funds reserved for the freely associated State 
                        than the freely associated State received of 
                        those funds for fiscal year 2023.
                    ``(II) Each freely associated State shall establish 
                its eligibility under this subparagraph consistent with 
                the requirements for a State under section 612.
                    ``(III) The funds provided to each freely 
                associated State under this part may be used to 
                provide, to each infant or toddler with a disability 
                (as defined in section 632), either a free appropriate 
                public education, consistent with section 612, or early 
                intervention services consistent with part C, 
                notwithstanding the application and eligibility 
                requirements of sections 634(2), 635, and 637.''.
            (4) Technical amendments to the elementary and secondary 
        education act of 1965.--The Elementary and Secondary Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A) of section 
                1121(b)(1) (20 U.S.C. 6331(b)(1)) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) first reserve $1,000,000 for the Republic of 
                Palau, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
                Secretary may establish, except that Public Law 95-134, 
                permitting the consolidation of grants, shall not 
                apply; and''; and
                    (B) in section 8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801), by amending 
                paragraph (36) to read as follows:
            ``(36) Outlying area.--The term `outlying area'--
                    ``(A) means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States 
                Virgin Islands; and
                    ``(B) for the purpose of any discretionary grant 
                program under this Act, includes the Republic of the 
                Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, 
                and the Republic of Palau, to the extent that any such 
                grant program continues to be available to State and 
                local governments in the United States.''.
            (5) Technical amendment to the compact of free association 
        amendments act of 2003.--Section 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of 
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921d(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking clause (ix).
            (6) Head start programs.--
                    (A) Definitions.--Section 637 of the Head Start Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended, in the paragraph defining 
                the term ``State'', by striking the second sentence and 
                inserting ``The term `State' includes the Federated 
                States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands, and the Republic of Palau.''.
                    (B) Allotment of funds.--Section 640(a)(2)(B) of 
                the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(2)(B)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) in clause (iv), by inserting ``the 
                        Republic of Palau,'' before ``and the Virgin 
                        Islands''; and
                            (ii) by amending clause (v) to read as 
                        follows:
                            ``(v) if a base grant has been established 
                        through appropriations for the Federated States 
                        of Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall 
                        Islands, to provide an amount for that 
                        jurisdiction (for Head Start agencies 
                        (including Early Head Start agencies) in the 
                        jurisdiction) that is equal to the amount 
                        provided for base grants for such jurisdiction 
                        under this subchapter for the prior fiscal 
                        year, by allotting to each agency described in 
                        this clause an amount equal to that agency's 
                        base grant for the prior fiscal year; and''.
            (7) Coordination required.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
        in coordination with the Secretary of Education and the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, as applicable, shall, 
        to the maximum extent practicable, coordinate with the 3 United 
        States appointees to the Joint Economic Management Committee 
        described in section 205(b)(1) and the 2 United States 
        appointees to the Joint Economic Management and Financial 
        Accountability Committee described in section 206(d)(1) to 
        avoid duplication of economic assistance for education provided 
        under section 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact or 
        section 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact of 
        activities or services provided under--
                    (A) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
                    (B) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); or
                    (C) part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act 
                of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.).
    (c) Authorization of Department of Defense Programs.--
            (1) Department of defense medical facilities.--The 
        Secretary of Defense shall make available, on a space available 
        and reimbursable basis, the medical facilities of the 
        Department of Defense for use by citizens of the Federated 
        States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and 
        the Republic of Palau, who are properly referred to the 
        facilities by government authorities responsible for provision 
        of medical services in the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, and 
        the affected jurisdictions (as defined in section 104(e)(2) of 
        the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 
        U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))).
            (2) Participation by secondary schools in the armed 
        services vocational aptitude battery student testing program.--
        It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense may 
        extend the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) 
        Student Testing Program and the ASVAB Career Exploration 
        Program to selected secondary schools in the Federated States 
        of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 
        Republic of Palau to the extent such programs are available to 
        Department of Defense dependent secondary schools established 
        under section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, and located 
        outside the United States.
    (d) Judicial Training.--In addition to amounts provided under 
section 261(a)(4) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023 
Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and under subsections (a) and (b) of Article 1 
of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2043, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the 
amounts made available to the Secretary of the Interior under section 
211(c) to train judges and officials of the judiciary in the Federated 
States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the 
Republic of Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific Islands Committee of 
the judicial council of the ninth judicial circuit of the United 
States.
    (e) Eligibility for the Republic of Palau.--
            (1) National health service corps.--The Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services shall make the services of the National 
        Health Service Corps available to the residents of the 
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
        Islands, and the Republic of Palau to the same extent, and for 
        the same duration, as services are authorized to be provided to 
        persons residing in any other areas within or outside the 
        United States.
            (2) Additional programs and services.--The Republic of 
        Palau shall be eligible for the programs and services made 
        available to the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands under section 108(a) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921g(a)).
            (3) Programs and services of certain agencies.--In addition 
        to the programs and services set forth in the operative Federal 
        Programs and Services Agreement between the United States and 
        the Republic of Palau, the programs and services of the 
        following agencies shall be made available to the Republic of 
        Palau:
                    (A) The Legal Services Corporation.
                    (B) The Public Health Service.
                    (C) The Rural Housing Service.
    (f) Compact Impact Fairness.--
            (1) In general.--Section 402 of the Personal Responsibility 
        and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the 
                following:
                    ``(N) Exception for citizens of freely associated 
                states.--With respect to eligibility for benefits for 
                any specified Federal program, paragraph (1) shall not 
                apply to any individual who lawfully resides in the 
                United States in accordance with section 141 of the 
                Compacts of Free Association between the Government of 
                the United States and the Governments of the Federated 
                States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
                Islands, and the Republic of Palau.''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2)(G)--
                            (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
                        striking ``medicaid exception for'' and 
                        inserting ``exception for''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``the designated Federal 
                        program defined in paragraph (3)(C) (relating 
                        to the Medicaid program)'' and inserting ``any 
                        designated Federal program''.
            (2) Exception to 5-year wait requirement.--Section 
        403(b)(3) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is amended by 
        striking ``, but only with respect to the designated Federal 
        program defined in section 402(b)(3)(C)''.
            (3) Definition of qualified alien.--Section 431(b)(8) of 
        the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
        Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) is amended by striking ``, 
        but only with respect to the designated Federal program defined 
        in section 402(b)(3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid program)''.
    (g) Consultation With International Financial Institutions.--The 
Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of State, shall consult with appropriate 
officials of the Asian Development Bank and relevant international 
financial institutions (as defined in section 1701(c) of the 
International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c))), as 
appropriate, with respect to overall economic conditions in, and the 
activities of other providers of assistance to, the Freely Associated 
States.
    (h) Chief of Mission.--Section 105(b) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(b)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 
        1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927), all United States Government executive 
        branch employees in the Federated States of Micronesia, the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau 
        fall under the authority of the respective applicable chief of 
        mission, except for employees identified as excepted from the 
        authority under Federal law or by Presidential directive.''.
    (i) Establishment of a Unit for the Freely Associated States in the 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State and 
Increasing Personnel Focused on Oceania.--
            (1) Definition of appropriate congressional committees.--In 
        this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional 
        committees'' means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--The Secretary of State shall--
                    (A) assign additional full-time equivalent 
                personnel to the Office of Australia, New Zealand, and 
                Pacific Island Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian and 
                Pacific Affairs of the Department of State, including 
                to the unit established under subparagraph (B), as the 
                Secretary of State determines to be appropriate, in 
                accordance with paragraph (4)(A); and
                    (B) establish a unit in the Bureau of East Asian 
                and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State to carry 
                out the functions described in paragraph (3).
            (3) Functions of unit.--The unit established under 
        paragraph (2)(B) shall be responsible for the following:
                    (A) Managing the bilateral and regional relations 
                with the Freely Associated States.
                    (B) Supporting the Secretary of State in leading 
                negotiations relating to the Compacts of Free 
                Association with the Freely Associated States.
                    (C) Coordinating, in consultation with the 
                Department of the Interior, the Department of Defense, 
                and other interagency partners as appropriate, 
                implementation of the Compacts of Free Association with 
                the Freely Associated States.
            (4) Full-time equivalent employees.--The Secretary of State 
        shall--
                    (A) not later than 5 years after the date of 
                enactment of this Act, assign to the Office of 
                Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs of 
                the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, including 
                to the unit established under paragraph (2)(B), not 
                less than 4 additional full-time equivalent staff, who 
                shall not be dual-hatted, including by considering--
                            (i) the use of existing flexible hiring 
                        authorities, including Domestic Employees 
                        Teleworking Overseas (DETOs); and
                            (ii) the realignment of existing personnel, 
                        including from the United States Mission in 
                        Australia, as appropriate;
                    (B) reduce the number of vacant foreign service 
                positions in the Pacific Island region by establishing 
                an incentive program within the Foreign Service for 
                overseas positions related to the Pacific Island 
                region; and
                    (C) report to the appropriate congressional 
                committees on progress toward objectives outlined in 
                this subsection beginning 1 year from the date of the 
                enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for 5 
                years.
    (j) Technical Assistance.--Section 105 of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) is amended by 
striking subsection (j) and inserting the following:
    ``(j) Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Technical assistance may be provided 
        pursuant to section 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 
        section 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or section 
        222 of the U.S.-Palau Compact (as those terms are defined in 
        section 203 of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act 
        of 2024) by Federal agencies and institutions of the Government 
        of the United States to the extent the assistance shall be 
        provided to States, territories, or units of local government.
            ``(2) Historic preservation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Any technical assistance 
                authorized under paragraph (1) that is provided by the 
                Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation 
                Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
                the National Marine Fisheries Service, the United 
                States Coast Guard, the Advisory Council on Historic 
                Preservation, the Department of the Interior, or any 
                other Federal agency providing assistance under 
                division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States 
                Code, may be provided on a nonreimbursable basis.
                    ``(B) Grants.--During the period in which the 2023 
                Amended U.S.-FSM Compact (as so defined) and the 2023 
                Amended U.S.-RMI Compact (as so defined) are in force, 
                the grant programs under division A of subtitle III of 
                title 54, United States Code, shall continue to apply 
                to the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic 
                of the Marshall Islands in the same manner and to the 
                same extent as those programs applied prior to the 
                approval of the U.S.-FSM Compact and U.S.-RMI Compact.
            ``(3) Additional funds.--Any funds provided pursuant to 
        this subsection, subsections (c), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), and 
        (m), section 102(a), and subsections (a), (b), (f), (g), (h), 
        and (j) of section 103 shall be in addition to, and not charged 
        against, any amounts to be paid to the Federated States of 
        Micronesia or the Republic of the Marshall Islands pursuant 
        to--
                    ``(A) the U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    ``(B) the U.S.-RMI Compact; or
                    ``(C) any related subsidiary agreement.''.
    (k) Continuing Trust Territory Authorization.--The authorization 
provided by the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330, chapter 423), shall 
remain available after the effective date of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact with respect to the 
Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
for transition purposes, including--
            (1) completion of projects and fulfillment of commitments 
        or obligations;
            (2) termination of the Trust Territory Government and 
        termination of the High Court;
            (3) health and education as a result of exceptional 
        circumstances;
            (4) ex gratia contributions for the populations of Bikini, 
        Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik; and
            (5) technical assistance and training in financial 
        management, program administration, and maintenance of 
        infrastructure.
    (l) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Public health service act definition.--Section 2(f) of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201(f)) is amended by 
        striking ``and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands'' and 
        inserting ``the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau''.
            (2) Compact impact amendments.--Section 104(e) of the 
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 
        1921c(e)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``beginning in fiscal year 2003'' and inserting 
                        ``during the period of fiscal years 2003 
                        through 2023''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``after fiscal year 2003'' and inserting ``for 
                        the period of fiscal years 2004 through 2023'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (5); and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as 
                paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively.

SEC. 210. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Agencies, Departments, and Instrumentalities.--
            (1) In general.--Appropriations to carry out the 
        obligations, services, and programs described in paragraph (2) 
        shall be made directly to the Federal agencies, departments, 
        and instrumentalities carrying out the obligations, services 
        and programs.
            (2) Obligations, services, and programs described.--The 
        obligations, services, and programs referred to in paragraphs 
        (1) and (3) are the obligations, services, and programs under--
                    (A) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) 
                through (6) of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of 
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (B) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) 
                through (6) of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of 
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                    (C) sections 131 and 132 and paragraphs (1), (3), 
                and (4) of section 221(a) of the U.S.-Palau Compact;
                    (D) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review 
                Agreement; and
                    (E) section 209.
            (3) Authority.--The heads of the Federal agencies, 
        departments, and instrumentalities to which appropriations are 
        made available under paragraph (1) as well as the Federal 
        Deposit Insurance Corporation shall--
                    (A) have the authority to carry out any activities 
                that are necessary to fulfill the obligations, 
                services, and programs described in paragraph (2); and
                    (B) use available funds to carry out the activities 
                under subparagraph (A).
    (b) Additional Assistance.--Any assistance provided pursuant to 
section 105(j) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(j)) (as amended by section 209(j)) and sections 
205(a), 206(a), 207(b), and 209 shall be in addition to and not charged 
against any amounts to be paid to the Federated States of Micronesia, 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau 
pursuant to--
            (1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; or
            (4) any related subsidiary agreement.
    (c) Remaining Balances.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, including section 109 of the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921h)--
            (1) remaining balances appropriated to carry out sections 
        211, 212(b), 215, and 217 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 
        shall be programmed pursuant to Article IX of the 2023 U.S.-FSM 
        Fiscal Procedures Agreement; and
            (2) remaining balances appropriated to carry out sections 
        211, 213(b), 216, and 218 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, 
        shall be programmed pursuant to Article XI of the 2023 U.S.-RMI 
        Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
    (d) Grants.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) contributions under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 
        the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, and the 2023 
        Amended U.S.-RMI Compact may be provided as grants for purposes 
        of implementation of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the 
        2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, and the 2023 Amended 
        U.S.-RMI Compact under the laws of the United States; and
            (2) funds appropriated pursuant to section 211 may be 
        deposited in interest-bearing accounts and any interest earned 
        may be retained in and form part of those accounts for use 
        consistent with the purpose of the deposit.
    (e) Rule of Construction.--Except as specifically provided, nothing 
in this title or the amendments made by this title amends the 
following:
            (1) Title I of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 
        (48 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
            (2) Title I of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.).
            (3) Title I of the Compact of Free Association Amendments 
        Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.).
            (4) Section 1259C of the National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 2018 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note; Public Law 115-91).
            (5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
        Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141; 
        132 Stat. 635).
    (f) Clarification Relating to Appropriated Funds.--Notwithstanding 
section 109 of the Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(48 U.S.C. 1921h)--
            (1) funds appropriated by that section and deposited into 
        the RMI Compact Trust Fund shall be governed by the 2023 U.S.-
        RMI Trust Fund Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-
        RMI Trust Fund Agreement;
            (2) funds appropriated by that section and deposited into 
        the FSM Compact Trust Fund shall be governed by the 2023 U.S.-
        FSM Trust Fund Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-
        FSM Trust Fund Agreement;
            (3) funds appropriated by that section and made available 
        for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to 
        carry out the purposes of section 211(b) of the 2003 U.S.-RMI 
        Amended Compact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 
        U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into force of the 
        2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement;
            (4) funds appropriated by that section and made available 
        for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to 
        carry out the purposes of section 221 of the 2003 U.S.-RMI 
        Amended Compact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 
        U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into force of the 
        2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement, except as modified 
        in the Federal Programs and Services Agreement in force between 
        the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
            (5) funds appropriated by that section and made available 
        for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to 
        carry out the purposes of section 221 of the 2003 U.S.-FSM 
        Amended Compact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 
        U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into force of the 
        2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement, except as modified 
        in the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement.

SEC. 211. COMPACT APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Funding for Activities of the Secretary of the Interior.--For 
the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, there are appropriated to 
the Compact of Free Association account of the Department of the 
Interior, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
to remain available until expended, the amounts described in and to 
carry out the purposes of--
            (1) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
        Compact;
            (2) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
        Compact; and
            (3) Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 
        Review Agreement.
    (b) Funding for Activities of the United States Postal Service.--
            (1) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the United 
        States Postal Service, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
        otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal years 2024 through 
        2043, $31,700,000, to remain available until expended, to carry 
        out the costs of the following provisions that are not 
        otherwise funded:
                    (A) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM 
                Compact.
                    (B) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI 
                Compact.
                    (C) Section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.
                    (D) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact 
                Review Agreement.
            (2) Deposit.--
                    (A) In general.--The amounts appropriated to the 
                United States Postal Service under paragraph (1) shall 
                be deposited into the Postal Service Fund established 
                under section 2003 of title 39, United States Code, to 
                carry out the provisions described in that paragraph.
                    (B) Requirement.--Any amounts deposited into the 
                Postal Service Fund under subparagraph (A) shall be the 
                fiduciary, fiscal, and audit responsibility of the 
                Postal Service.
    (c) Funding for Judicial Training.--There is appropriated to the 
Secretary of the Interior to carry out section 209(d) out of any funds 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $550,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2043, to remain available until expended.
    (d) Treatment of Previously Appropriated Amounts.--The total 
amounts made available to the Government of the Federated States of 
Micronesia and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
under subsection (a) shall be reduced by amounts made available to the 
Government of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Government of 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as applicable, under section 
2101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions 
Act (Public Law 118-15; 137 Stat. 81) (as amended by section 101 of 
division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other 
Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-22; 137 Stat. 114) and section 201 
of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other 
Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35; 138 Stat. 7)).

                TITLE III--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS ACT OF 1988.

    Section 2(f)(2) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C. 
922 note; Public Law 100-649) is amended by striking ``35 years after 
the effective date of this Act'' and inserting ``on March 8, 2031''.

SEC. 302. UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION EXTENSION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United States 
Parole Commission Additional Extension Act of 2024''.
    (b) Amendment of Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.--For purposes of 
section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 
note; Public Law 98-473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to 
chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 
Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ``36 years and 129 
days'' or ``36-year and 129-day period'' shall be deemed a reference to 
``36 years and 335 days'' or ``36-year and 335-day period'', 
respectively.

SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS.

    Section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``7'' and inserting ``8''; 
        and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``5'' and inserting ``4''.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this 
division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained 
pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
    (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this 
division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for 
purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
    (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of 
the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory 
statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 
105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division 
shall not be estimated--
            (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
            (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on 
        Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974; and
            (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
        Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
        appropriation Act.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H.R. 4366

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                  HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT