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

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                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      November 1, 2023.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (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.'', do pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
      following:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT.

    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. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT.

    (a) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained 
in division A shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 118-43. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division A and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division A.
    (b) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained 
in division B shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 118-44. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division B and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division B.
    (c) Any reference to a ``report accompanying this Act'' contained 
in division C shall be treated as a reference to Senate Report 118-70. 
The effect of such Report shall be limited to division C and shall 
apply for purposes of determining the allocation of funds provided by, 
and the implementation of, division C.

SEC. 4. REPORTING REGARDING TELEWORK.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``employee'', 
``locality pay area'', ``locality rate'', and ``official worksite'' 
have the meanings given those terms in section 531.602 of title 5, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    (b) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary for each agency funded under 
division A, division B, or division C of this Act shall submit to 
Congress a report containing--
            (1) the number of employees of the agency or department 
        who, based upon information technology login information, 
        office swipe-ins, and other measurable and observable factors, 
        perform the majority of their working hours in a locality pay 
        area with a lower locality rate than the locality rate for the 
        locality pay area in which the official worksite of the 
        employee is located, but continue to receive the higher 
        locality rate associated with the official worksite of the 
        employee;
            (2) the cost savings that would be achieved by adjusting 
        the locality rate for employees described in paragraph (1) to 
        be the locality rate for the locality pay area in which the 
        employees perform the majority of their working hours;
            (3) the actions the agency or department has taken to audit 
        and adjust the locality rates for employees with a telework 
        agreement to account for the location from which the employees 
        perform the majority of their working hours;
            (4) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the actions 
        the agency or department has taken to ensure oversight and 
        quality control of remote work;
            (5) any additional steps the agency or department is 
        considering taking to improve oversight and quality control of 
        remote work;
            (6) the typical daily onsite attendance in the office 
        buildings of the agency or department, as a proportion of the 
        total workforce of the agency or department;
            (7) any guidance, initiatives, or other incentives in 
        effect to entice the employees of the agency or department to 
        return to working from the office buildings of the agency or 
        department;
            (8) a description of the instances in which the agency or 
        department has exercised the authority under paragraph (2) of 
        section 531.605(d) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations to 
        waive the twice-in-a-pay-period standard under paragraph (1) of 
        such section;
            (9) the number of exceptions to the exercises of authority 
        described in paragraph (8) that have been revoked during each 
        month beginning on or after July 1, 2021;
            (10) as of the date of enactment of this Act, the number of 
        employees for whom an exception described in paragraph (8) 
        remains in effect;
            (11) a discussion of the monetary and environmental cost of 
        maintaining underutilized space for the agency or department, 
        in terms of energy use and carbon emissions;
            (12) any steps the agency or department is taking or 
        planning to take on or before the date that is 30 days after 
        the date of enactment of this Act to reduce underutilization of 
        building and office space; and
            (13) the impacts of telework on the delivery of services 
        and response times, including any increase or decrease in 
        backlogs relative to the backlog as of March 1, 2020.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING GRANTS, FUNDING, OR 
              ANY FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO CHINESE ENTITIES.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide grants, funding, or any 
financial benefit to any entity, including any corporation, that--
            (1) is organized under the laws of, is headquartered in, or 
        has its principal place of business in the People's Republic of 
        China, including any Special Administrative Region; or
            (2) is subject to the control (as defined in section 
        800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
        on the date of enactment of this Act)) of an entity described 
        in paragraph (1).
    (b) Definition of Corporation.--In this section, the term 
``corporation''--
            (1) means an entity with the business structure of a 
        corporation, a company, a limited liability company, a limited 
        partnership, a business trust, a business association, or 
        another similar entity; and
            (2) includes any subsidiary or branch of an entity 
        described in paragraph (1).

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

     The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely:

                                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, $1,876,875,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $349,245,000 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, $376,320,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the report 
accompanying this 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, $6,046,309,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028:  Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $708,822,000 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, 
$282,880,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the report accompanying this 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, $2,802,924,000, to remain available until September 30, 2028:  
Provided, That, of this amount, not to exceed $562,074,000 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, 
$197,610,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the report accompanying this 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, 
$3,132,782,000, 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 $318,545,000 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 report 
accompanying this 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, $598,572,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $71,146,000 
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, $251,386,000 shall be for the projects and 
activities, and in the amounts, specified in the report accompanying 
this 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, $304,426,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2028:  Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $67,854,000 
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, 
$125,704,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the report accompanying this 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 report accompanying 
this 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, $309,572,000, 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, $18,000,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the report 
accompanying this 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), $439,174,000, 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, $385,485,000.

           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, $363,854,000.

                 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, $314,386,000.

         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 March 2011, 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'', $38,514,000;
            ``Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps'', 
        $351,100,000;
            ``Military Construction, Air Force'', $66,000,000;
            ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $117,100,000;
            ``Military Construction, Army National Guard'', 
        $89,500,000;
            ``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:  
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.
    Sec. 129.  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. 130.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for planning and design and authorized major 
construction projects, 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. 131.  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. 132.  For an additional amount for ``Military Construction, 
Air Force'', $20,000,000, 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.

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 133.  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 $18,800,000 
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. 134.  For an additional amount for the accounts and in the 
amounts specified for authorized major construction projects, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028:
            ``Military Construction, Navy'', $48,300,000'', and
            ``Military Construction, Defense-Wide'', $37,100,000:
  Provided, 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. 135.  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, 
$4,655,879,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously 
appropriated under this heading that become available on October 1, 
2023, to remain available until expended; and, in addition, 
$181,390,281,000, 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, 
$11,523,134,000, 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 become 
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

    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 to become 
available on October 1, 2023, previously appropriated under this 
heading in division J of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 
(Public Law 117-328), $4,933,113,000 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)(1) 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

    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 to become available on October 1, 2023, previously 
appropriated under this heading in division J of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $3,159,584,000 is hereby 
rescinded.

                     medical support and compliance

    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.

                           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; $1,000,000,000, which shall be 
in addition to funds previously appropriated under this heading that 
become 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, $938,000,000, 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 report accompanying this 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 Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall submit to Congress a report containing an earned 
value analysis of the Veterans Electronic Health Record system, which 
shall include a graphic performance report, a schedule and cost 
performance indexes, an estimate at completion and budget at 
completion, and a variance analysis for cost and 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 a report, no 
        later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, outlining the 
        measureable operational metrics that will be used to determine 
        when it is appropriate to re-start deployments;
            (2) providing the Committees on Appropriations a report on 
        the reset process as of March 1, 2024, including progress on 
        achieving the necessary targets on the operational metrics 
        identified in paragraph (1) 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; 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 for further deployment.

                      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, $881,000,000, of which 
$373,096,000 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, 
$680,000,000, of which $612,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028, and of which $68,000,000 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, $164,000,000, 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 
health care treatment or examination of any persons (except 
beneficiaries entitled to such health care treatment 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 health care treatment 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.
    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 October 1, 2019, 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 October 1, 2019, using canines, 
felines, or non-human primates if the Secretary determines that--
            (A) the scientific objectives of the research can only be 
        met by using such canines, felines, or non-human primates;
            (B) such scientific objectives are directly related to an 
        illness or injury that is combat-related; and
            (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.
    (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 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;
            (4) the frequency and duration of such research; and
            (5) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
        and efficacy of the research.
    (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; and
            (4) the protocols in place to ensure the necessity, safety, 
        and efficacy of such research.
    (e) The Department shall implement a plan under which the Secretary 
will eliminate or reduce the research conducted using canines, felines, 
or non-human primates by not later than 5 years after the date of 
enactment of Public Law 116-94.
    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, $1,279,096,000 shall be 
made available for gender-specific care and programmatic efforts to 
deliver care for women veterans, of which $10,000,000 shall be made 
available for the Office of Women's Health of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs established under section 7310 of title 38, United 
States Code, to be used by the Secretary to expand access of women 
veterans to--
            (1) mobile mammography initiatives;
            (2) advanced mammography equipment; and
            (3) outreach activities to publicize such initiatives and 
        equipment.
    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, $600,000,000 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 the ``Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund'', as 
authorized by section 324 of title 38, United States Code:  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:  Provided further, 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 Prosthetics 
Research''.
    Sec. 254.  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. 255.  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), $439,750,000 is hereby rescinded.

                         (rescissions of funds)

    Sec. 256.  Of the unobligated balances 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:
            Veterans Health Administration--Medical Services, 
        $1,000,000,000; and
            Veterans Health Administration--Medical Community Care, 
        $976,005,000:
  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. 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.
    Sec. 259. (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs may be obligated or expended to procure or purchase 
computers, printers, software, hardware, connecting cables, or other 
information technology equipment needed for an office environment in 
which the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, or any subsidiary or parent 
entity of the manufacturer, bidder, or offeror, of the equipment or 
software is an entity, or is a subsidiary or parent company of an 
entity--
            (1) in which the People's Republic of China has any 
        ownership stake;
            (2) that has been organized under the laws of the People's 
        Republic of China; or
            (3) that contributes to the defense industry of the Chinese 
        Communist Party.
    (b) Applicability to Third Parties.--The prohibition in subsection 
(a) also applies in cases in which the Secretary has contracted with a 
third party for the procurement, purchase, or expenditure of funds on 
any of the equipment and software described in such subsection.
    Sec. 260.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act may be used 
in a manner that would--
            (1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to participate 
        in a medicinal marijuana program approved by a State;
            (2) deny any services from the Department to a veteran who 
        is participating in such a program; or
            (3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health care 
        provider of the Department to make appropriate recommendations, 
        fill out forms, or take steps to comply with such a program.

    prohibition on use of funds to change rate of reimbursement for 
           transportation via special mode of transportation

    Sec. 261. During the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and 
ending on September 30, 2024, no funds appropriated by this division 
may be obligated or expended to change rates for reimbursement for 
transportation of a veteran or other individual via a special mode of 
transportation under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs from the rates in place as of January 1, 2023.

     reduction of amounts for departmental administration--general 
      administration account of the department of veterans affairs

    Sec. 262. The amounts otherwise made available by this division for 
the Departmental Administration--General Administration account of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs are hereby reduced by $43,500,000.

  prioritization of use of funds for certain telehealth services and 
                  mental health programs for veterans

    Sec. 263. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prioritize the 
use of any amounts provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs under 
this division for telehealth services or mental health programs, 
including for suicide prevention outreach and treatment programs or the 
Veterans Crisis Line established under section 1720F(h) of title 38, 
United States Code, in States with the highest rate of suicide among 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

         telehealth capacity of veterans health administration

    Sec. 264. Of the amounts made available to the Department of 
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2024 by this Act or any other Act 
under the ``Veterans Health Administration - Medical Services'', 
``Veterans Health Administration - Medical Community Care'', and 
``Veterans Health Administration - Medical Support and Compliance'' 
accounts, $5,180,336,000 shall be made available to sustain and 
increase telehealth capacity, including in rural and highly rural 
areas, and associated programmatic efforts.

review of veterans who engaged in toxic exposure risk activities while 
 serving in kosovo and the health effects of such toxic exposure risk 
                               activities

    Sec. 265.  (a) Review Required.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall conduct a review of the following:
            (1) Data regarding the mortality of covered veterans.
            (2) Any data on toxic exposure experienced by covered 
        veterans that is both relevant and available, including 
        toxicology studies.
            (3) The type of toxic exposure risk activities covered 
        veterans engaged in while serving in the active military, 
        naval, air, or space service in Kosovo.
    (b) Covered Veterans.--For purposes of subsection (a), a covered 
veteran is a veteran who--
            (1) served in the active military, naval, air, or space 
        service in Kosovo; and
            (2) as part of such service, engaged in a toxic exposure 
        risk activity.
    (c) Manner and Suitability of Review.--The Secretary shall carry 
out the review required by subsection (a) in a manner such that the 
findings of the Secretary with respect to the review are suitable and 
applicable under subchapter VII of chapter 11 of title 38, United 
States Code.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Active military, naval, air, or space service.--The 
        term ``active military, naval, air, or space service'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, United 
        States Code.
            (2) Toxic exposure risk activity.--The term ``toxic 
        exposure risk activity'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 1710(e)(4) of such title.
            (3) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of such title.

  improving housing assistance for veterans experiencing homelessness

    Sec. 266. In carrying out the program under section 8(o)(19) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) (commonly 
referred to as ``HUD-VASH''), the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
            (1) coordinate with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development to establish pathways that would allow for 
        temporary, transitional case management in areas in which 
        public housing authorities have vouchers under the program that 
        are available, allocated, and accompanied with case management 
        resources provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, but 
        underutilized due to a lack of referrals from the Department; 
        and
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, finalize guidance regarding approval of a public 
        housing authority to be a designated service provider.

report on use of third-party contractors to conduct medical disability 
                              examinations

    Sec. 267.  (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the use of 
third-party contractors to conduct medical disability examinations of 
veterans for purposes of obtaining compensation under laws administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
    (b) Contents.--The report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
            (1) The number of contractors described in subsection (a) 
        in each State who are used as described in such subsection.
            (2) The requirements for performance and quality in the 
        contracts governing the use described in subsection (a), 
        including qualifications contractors described in such 
        subsection are required meet for such uses.
            (3) The average milage veterans described in subsection (a) 
        are required to travel to attend a contract medical disability 
        examination described in such subsection, disaggregated by 
        state;
            (4) The number of veterans described in paragraph (3) who 
        are required to travel beyond the mileage requirement in a 
        contract described in paragraph (2).
            (5) A description of the process at the Department for 
        handling complaints of veterans about the use of contractors as 
        described in subsection (a).
    (c) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

prohibition on availability of funds for secretary of veterans affairs 
            to report certain information regarding veterans

    Sec. 268. 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.

                               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. (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. 407. (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. 408.  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. 409.  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. 410.  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. 411. (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.

             TITLE V--COUNTING VETERANS' CANCER ACT OF 2023

SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Counting Veterans' Cancer Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 502. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) According to 2017 data from National Program of Cancer 
        Registries of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
        approximately 26,500 cancer cases among veterans were not 
        reported to State cancer registries funded through such 
        Program.
            (2) Established by Congress in 1992 through the Cancer 
        Registries Amendment Act (Public Law 102-515), the National 
        Program of Cancer Registries under section 399B of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280e) collects data on cancer 
        occurrence (including the type, extent, and location of the 
        cancer), the type of initial treatment, and outcomes.
            (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention support 
        central cancer registries in 46 States, the District of 
        Columbia, Puerto Rico, certain territories of the United States 
        in the Pacific Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
            (4) The data obtained by registries described in paragraph 
        (3) combined with data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and 
        End Results Program of the National Cancer Institute and 
        mortality data from National Center for Health Statistics of 
        the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comprise the 
        official United States Cancer Statistics.
            (5) The United States Cancer Statistics reflect all newly 
        diagnosed cancer cases and cancer deaths for the entire 
        population of the United States, except for unreported 
        veterans.
            (6) Federal law requires the Centers for Disease Control 
        and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute to collect 
        cancer data for all newly diagnosed cancer cases, but that 
        currently cannot be achieved due to frequent lack of reporting 
        by medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (7) Releasing all data from medical facilities of the 
        Department to State cancer registries will provide more 
        complete data for health care providers, public health 
        officials, and researchers to--
                    (A) measure cancer occurrence and trends at the 
                local and national level;
                    (B) inform and prioritize cancer educational and 
                screening programs;
                    (C) evaluate efficacy of prevention efforts and 
                treatment;
                    (D) determine survival rates;
                    (E) conduct research on the etiology, diagnosis, 
                and treatment of cancer;
                    (F) ensure quality and equity in cancer care; and
                    (G) plan for health services.
            (8) Capturing cancer data from medical facilities of the 
        Department in State cancer registries and the United States 
        Cancer Statistics can benefit veterans by--
                    (A) improving the ability to identify cancer-
                related disparities in the veteran community;
                    (B) improving understanding of the cancer-related 
                needs of veterans, which can be incorporated into State 
                Comprehensive Cancer Control planning for screening and 
                treatment programs funded by the Centers for Disease 
                Control and Prevention; and
                    (C) increasing opportunities for veterans with 
                cancer to be included in more clinical trials and 
                cancer-related research and analysis being done outside 
                of the health care system of the Department.
    (b) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this Act to improve care for 
veterans by ensuring all data on veterans diagnosed with cancer are 
captured by the national cancer registry programs supported by the 
National Program of Cancer Registries of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End 
Results Program of the National Cancer Institute.

SEC. 503. REQUIREMENT THAT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS SHARE DATA 
              WITH STATE CANCER REGISTRIES.

    (a) Sharing of Data With State Cancer Registries.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, 
        United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new section:
``Sec. 7330E. Sharing of data with State cancer registries
    ``(a) Sharing by the Department.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall share with the State 
        cancer registry of each State, if such a registry exists, 
        qualifying data for all individuals who are residents of the 
        State and have received health care under the laws administered 
        by the Secretary.
            ``(2) Requirements relating to data shared.--In sharing 
        data under paragraph (1) with a State cancer registry, the 
        Secretary shall comply with the requirements for non-Department 
        facilities to report data, in a manner that is as complete and 
        timely as possible, without requiring a data use agreement in 
        place between the Department and each State cancer registry--
                    ``(A) to State cancer registries that are supported 
                by the National Program of Cancer Registries of the 
                Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under 
                section 399B of the Public Health Service Act (42 
                U.S.C. 280e);
                    ``(B) to State cancer registries that are supported 
                by the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results 
                Program of the National Cancer Institute authorized 
                under the National Cancer Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-
                218); and
                    ``(C) to State cancer registries as set forth in 
                relevant State laws and regulations that authorize a 
                cancer registry.
    ``(b) Qualifying Data Defined.--In this section, the term 
`qualifying data', with respect to a State cancer registry, means all 
data required to be provided to the registry pursuant to the 
authorities specified in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection 
(a)(2).''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of subchapter II of such chapter is amended by 
        inserting after the item relating to section 7330D the 
        following new item:

``7330E. Sharing of data with State cancer registries.''.
    (b) Sharing by State Cancer Registries.--The Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall assist State cancer 
registries described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
7330E(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection 
(a)(1), in facilitating, to the extent allowed under State laws 
regulating the cancer registry program, the sharing with the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs of data in the possession of each such registry 
regarding diagnosis of cancer for each veteran--
            (1) enrolled in the system of annual patient enrollment 
        established and operated under section 1705(a) of such title; 
        or
            (2) registered to receive care from the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs under section 17.37 of title 38, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, or successor regulations.
    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

     The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely:

                                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, $65,067,000 
of which not to exceed $7,432,000 shall be available for the immediate 
Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,396,000 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 
$9,280,000 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 $28,422,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which $26,716,000 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 $4,609,000 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 $8,738,000 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, 
$30,181,000, 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, $92,284,000, 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, $7,367,000.

           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, $37,595,000.

                  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, $36,081,000, 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.), $6,586,000, 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, $21,800,000.

                      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, $5,556,000.

  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, $2,384,000:  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, 
$1,000,000 shall be made available for the Office of the Chief 
Scientist.

                       Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service, 
$92,183,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service, $200,563,000, of which up to $55,900,000 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, 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, 
$1,792,879,000:  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, $88,869,000 to 
remain available until expended, of which $47,464,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying 
this 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, 
$1,084,600,000 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 report 
accompanying this 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, 2024:  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, $567,410,000 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 report accompanying this 
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, $41,500,000, 
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 report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That funds 
for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall remain available 
until September 30, 2024:  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), 
$1,185,967,000 of which up to $14,276,000 shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this 
Act, and of which $6,000,000 shall be for the suppression and control 
of Mormon crickets in western States, and of which $750,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for invasive catfish control; of 
which $514,000, 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 
$15,450,000, 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 $39,183,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical 
Services; of which $4,096,000 shall be for activities under the 
authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 U.S.C. 
1831); of which $64,930,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be used to support avian health; of which $4,251,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for information technology 
infrastructure; of which $217,904,000, 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, $13,986,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 
rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $21,567,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for zoonotic disease management; of which 
$48,067,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for emergency 
preparedness and response; of which $62,562,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which $6,500,000, 
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, $3,175,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
$229,891,000, of which $7,500,000 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, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be to 
carry out section 12513 of Public Law 115-334, of which $14,000,000 
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)), 
$1,235,000.

        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), $1,205,009,000; 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, $1,727,000:  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, $249,684,000, 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, $1,215,307,000, 
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 not more than 50 percent of 
the funding made available under this heading for information 
technology related to farm program delivery may be obligated until the 
Secretary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress, and receives written or electronic notification of receipt 
from such Committees of, a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for 
each project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance 
capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, 
(b) the estimated lifecycle cost for the entirety of the project/
investment, including estimates for development as well as maintenance 
and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that 
each project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service Agency 
Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with 
applicable lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) subject 
to the applicable Department's capital planning and investment control 
requirements; and (3) has been reviewed by the Government 
Accountability Office and approved by the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress:  Provided further, That the agency shall 
submit a report by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 to 
the Committees on Appropriations and the Government Accountability 
Office, 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), $7,000,000:  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), $7,500,000, 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), 
$4,000,000, 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, $341,871,000:  Provided, That of 
this amount, $321,621,000 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, $66,870,000:  
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, 
$922,151,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  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, $8,500,000 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, $90,405,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which up to $20,405,000 shall be for the purposes, 
and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this 
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, $5,000,000 shall be allocated to projects 
and activities that can commence promptly following enactment; that 
address regional priorities for flood prevention, agricultural water 
management, inefficient irrigation systems, fish and wildlife habitat, 
or watershed protection; or that address authorized ongoing projects 
under the authorities of section 13 of the Flood Control Act of 
December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534) with a primary purpose of 
watershed protection by preventing floodwater damage and stabilizing 
stream channels, tributaries, and banks to reduce erosion and sediment 
transport:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, $20,000,000 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, $2,000,000 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.

                       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 $3,000,000, 
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 $100,000,000, 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: $850,000,000 shall be for direct loans, $7,500,000 shall be 
for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for Native 
American Tribes; and $30,000,000,000, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$28,000,000 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, $62,637,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for 
Native American Tribes, $3,432,000; section 504 housing repair loans, 
$4,858,000; 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, $35,000,000, 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), $18,703,000, 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 15,000 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 initial rents shall be based on the 
budget-based needs of the project:  Provided further, That annual rent 
adjustments shall be based on the lesser of (1) the budget-based needs 
of the project, or (2) the operating cost adjustment factor as a 
payment standard as provided under section 524 of the Multifamily 
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f 
note):  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 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 of a project financed by an 
existing loan 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 six 
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 tenth 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), $32,000,000, 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, $48,000,000, 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, 
$253,134,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to 
$205,134,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
for this account in the table titled ``Congressionally Directed 
Spending'' in the report accompanying this Act:  Provided, That 
$6,000,000 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 table titled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying this 
Act:  Provided further, That $10,000,000 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 not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives a report on community facilities direct loan applicants 
for which there was a completed favorable analysis for eligibility but 
that were subsequently determined to be ineligible due to population 
calculation changes or other modeling errors, including a description 
of actions taken by the Department of Agriculture to minimize 
disruption to community planning initiatives and prevent future 
inaccurate determinations.

                  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, $77,728,000, 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 
$12,000,000 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 $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), 
$18,889,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, $5,733,000, 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, 
$75,000,000.
    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 $15,000,000.

                  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), $28,300,000, of which $3,500,000 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 $16,000,000, 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 $3,000,000, 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, $6,000,000 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, $1,000,000, 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: $880,000,000 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, $671,560,000, to remain available until 
expended, 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 $20,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the rural utilities program 
described in section 306E of such Act, of which not less than 
$10,000,000 shall be used to provide subgrants to eligible individuals 
for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individually owned 
household decentralized wastewater systems:  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 
$70,000,000 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 $37,500,000 
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 $25,000,000 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 $8,085,000 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 $10,000,000 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, $690,000,000:  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, $7,176,000.
    In addition, $10,734,000 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., $62,721,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which up to $2,721,000 shall be for the 
purposes, and in the amounts, specified for this account in the table 
titled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' in the report accompanying 
this 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.), 
$98,000,000, to remain available until expended:  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, $35,000,000, 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, $1,376,000:  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; $32,032,897,000 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, $20,162,000 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, $21,876,000 shall be available to carry out studies and 
evaluations and shall remain available until expended:  Provided 
further, That of the total amount available, $10,000,000 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, $20,000,000 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, $2,000,000 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), $6,300,000,000, 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.), $122,141,239,000, 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, $5,000,000, 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, $501,070,000, 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, 
$184,348,000:  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), $237,330,000, 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, $1,800,000,000, 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), $248,331,000, 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 $24,800,000, 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 transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

            RELATED AGENCY 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; 
$6,625,030,000:  Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $1,336,525,000 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; $331,273,000 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; 
$594,150,000 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; $42,432,000 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) $1,198,263,000 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) $2,326,206,000 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) $497,700,000 shall be for 
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $286,633,000 shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $739,543,000 shall 
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $77,388,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$679,965,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Products and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) 
$217,357,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$56,411,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid 
to the General Services Administration for rent; (9) $244,587,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 
(10) $357,388,000 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, $12,788,000, 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 AGENCY

                       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 $1,573,666,000 (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--$2,500,000; 
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 or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (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 or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (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 or the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services 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 ten 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 or the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services 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 4 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 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, 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 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 report accompanying this 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 amounts 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), $9,156,000 
are hereby permanently cancelled:  Provided, That no amounts shall be 
cancelled 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.
    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 amounts made available 
in prior Acts 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, $3,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled:  Provided, That 
no amounts shall be cancelled 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.
    Sec. 733.  Of the unobligated balances from amounts made available 
in prior Acts 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, $8,000,000 are hereby permanently cancelled:  Provided, 
That no amounts shall be cancelled 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.
    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.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, for a pilot program for the 
National Institute of Food and Agriculture to provide grants to 
nonprofit organizations for programs and services to establish and 
enhance farming and ranching opportunities for military veterans.
    Sec. 740.  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. 741.  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. 742.  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. 743.  There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, 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 amounts made available 
in prior Acts 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, $30,000,000 are hereby permanently 
cancelled:  Provided, That no amounts shall be cancelled 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.
    Sec. 745.  Of the unobligated balances of the amounts made 
available for fiscal year 2022 for the ``National Institute of Food and 
Agriculture--Research and Extension Activities'', $307,526,000 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. 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.  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. 756.  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. 757.  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 Congressionally Directed Spending/
Community Project Funding.
    Sec. 758.  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. 759.  For an additional amount for the Office of the 
Secretary, $9,000,000, 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. 760.  Funds made available in the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141) for the ``Rural Community Facilities 
Program Account'' under section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1926, for the principal amount of direct 
loans are to remain available through fiscal year 2028 for the 
liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 2018.
    Sec. 761.  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. 762.  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. 763.  Section 592 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408a) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by striking ``FMHA'' and 
        inserting ``USDA'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by, in the matter preceding 
        paragraph (1), striking ``program and nonprogram''; and
            (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Priority.--The priority uses of inventory property under this 
section shall be given priority equal to or higher than the disposition 
of such property in accordance with priorities determined by the 
Secretary as necessary to protect the best interests of the Federal 
Government.''.
    Sec. 764.  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. 765.  There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000, 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. 766.  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. 767.  Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Agriculture for the Rural Water Operation Program under the heading 
``Natural Resources Conservation Service--Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations'' from prior appropriations Acts, $20,000,000 is 
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. 768.  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. 769.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used by the Food Safety and 
Inspection Service to take any action that would result in the 
permanent relocation, demotion, or termination of any Supervisory 
Public Heath Veterinarian (SPHV), solely as result of the creation of 
the District Veterinary Medical Officer position, prior to completing a 
1010 package and cost-benefit analysis, and briefing the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 770.  None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to purchase, deploy, or 
train third parties on the use of M-44 sodium cyanide ejector devices 
(``M-44s''), including any components or parts, or sodium fluoroacetate 
(``Compound 1080''), except for activities directly related to the 
removal of M-44s that have been placed on Federal, Tribal, State and 
private land.
    Sec. 771.  Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans made under section 502 
(42 U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture may provide the borrower 
with assistance in the form of credits so as to reduce the effective 
interest rate to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 
periods of time as the Secretary may determine for applicants described 
in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such 
assistance such applicants could not afford the dwelling or make 
payments on the indebtedness of the rental or cooperative housing.
    Sec. 772.  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 5 years of age and 
older, and for any other program complying with the meal pattern 
requirements covered in such final rule.
    Sec. 773.  Weekly sodium limits that may be included in 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 exclude sodium 
used for food safety and functional purposes in cheese-making, as 
determined by the Secretary, in consultation with FDA. Sodium limits 
will not take effect until the Secretary determines the amounts which 
shall be excluded.
    Sec. 774.  Notwithstanding section 521(a)(1)(B) of the Housing Act 
of 1949 (42 U.S.C 1490a(a)(1)(B)), for loans made under section 502 (42 
U.S.C. 1472), the Secretary of Agriculture may provide the borrower 
with assistance in the form of credits so as to reduce the effective 
interest rate to a rate not less than 2 per centum per annum for such 
periods of time as the Secretary may determine for applicants described 
in section 521(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(1)(A)) if without such 
assistance such applicants could not afford the dwelling or make 
payments on the indebtedness of the rental or cooperative housing.
    Sec. 775.  Section 542(b)(2) of the Housing Act, (42 U.S.C. 1490r), 
is amended by striking ``5,000'' and inserting ``10,000''.
    Sec. 776.  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. 777. (a) 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).
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the total 
amount rescinded in section 745 is increased by $3,000,000.
    Sec. 778. (a) For an additional amount for ``Agricultural 
Programs--Agricultural Research Service--Salaries and Expenses'', there 
is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
research on East Coast shellfish.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount 
made available by this Act under the heading ``Farm Production and 
Conservation Programs--Farm Service Agency--State Mediation Grants'' in 
title II shall be $6,000,000.
    Sec. 779. (a) For an additional amount for ``Agricultural 
Programs--Agricultural Research Service--Salaries and Expenses'', there 
is appropriated $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
cooperative agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations to 
expedite research using plant genomics to develop drought- and disease-
resistant peanut varieties and other crops.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount 
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Agricultural Programs--
Processing, Research, and Marketing--Office of the Secretary'' in title 
I for the Office of Communications shall be reduced by $1,000,000.
    Sec. 780.  For an additional amount for ``Agricultural Programs--
National Institute of Food and Agriculture--Research and Education 
Activities'', for competitive grants to assist in the facility 
construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or 
remodeling of agricultural research facilities, as authorized by the 
Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390 et seq.), there is hereby 
appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for 
``Agricultural Programs--Processing, Research, and Marketing--Office of 
the Secretary'' is hereby reduced by, $2,000,000.
    Sec. 781.  Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a 
report describing a plan for improving staffing at the Farm Service 
Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service at the county 
level, including recommendations for actions that Congress may take.
    This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2024''.

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

     The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, 
namely:

                                TITLE I

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                        Office of the Secretary

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 
$191,295,000:  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) $7,138,000,000 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, $51,358,000, of which 
$35,745,000 shall remain available until expended:  Provided, That of 
such amounts that are available until expended, $14,750,000 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 previous 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, $800,000,000, 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 $20,000,000 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 section 6702(g) 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 made available 
for the planning, preparation, or design of eligible projects:  
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 section 6702(c)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, shall not 
apply to amounts made available under this heading in this Act:  
Provided further, That a grant award under this heading in this Act 
shall be not greater than $45,000,000:  Provided further, That section 
6702(c)(3) of title 49, United States Code, shall not apply to amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That 
not more than 15 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act may be awarded to projects in a single State:  
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, $24,069,000, 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 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report 
accompanying this 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 2023 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. (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. 109.  Of the amounts made available under the heading 
``National Infrastructure Investments'', up to $75,000,000 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. 109A.  Of the unobligated balances of funds made available for 
``Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program'' in 
section 109 of division L of Public Law 117-103, $8,973,000 are hereby 
permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 109B.  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. 109C.  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.

                    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, $12,740,627,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025, of which $12,103,596,000 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) $9,444,828,000 shall be available for air traffic 
        organization activities;
            (3) $42,018,000 shall be available for commercial space 
        transportation activities;
            (4) $949,376,000 shall be available for finance and 
        management activities;
            (5) $70,097,000 shall be available for NextGen and 
        operations planning activities;
            (6) $163,951,000 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 $194,000,000 
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, 
$3,429,000,000, of which $635,000,000 is for personnel and related 
expenses and shall remain available until September 30, 2025, 
$2,692,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2026, and 
$102,000,000 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 report accompanying this 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 Congressionally Directed Spending in the table entitled 
``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the report 
accompanying this Act:  Provided further, That, of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, $469,000,000 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.

                 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, $260,000,000, 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 report accompanying this Act:  Provided further, 
That not to exceed 10 percent of any funding level specified under this 
heading in the report accompanying this Act may be transferred to any 
other funding level specified under this heading in the report 
accompanying this 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 $157,475,000 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.

                       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, $500,728,000, 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) $200,728,000 shall be made available for the purposes, 
        and in amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending 
        in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
        included in the report accompanying this 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 $300,000,000 shall be made available to the 
        Secretary to distribute as discretionary grants to airports, of 
        which not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available 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; 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 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. 119G.  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.
    Sec. 119H.  Using amounts made available for the Federal Aviation 
Administration under this Act that are not otherwise obligated, the 
Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations on whether, and the degree to 
which, the Federal Aviation Administration's workforce development 
programs authorized in section 625 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 
2018 (Public Law 115-254) have: (1) helped to expand the pool of 
prospective applicants to the industry; (2) strengthened aviation 
programs at minority-serving institutions, public institutions of 
higher education, women-focused institutions, and public postsecondary 
vocational institutions; and (3) encouraged the participation of 
populations that are underrepresented in the aviation workforce, 
including women, minorities, and individuals in economically 
disadvantaged geographic areas and rural communities. In submitting 
this report, the Federal Aviation Administration shall also provide 
recommendations on how it can better use its workforce development 
grant programs to: (1) expand the pool of prospective applicants to the 
industry; (2) strengthen aviation programs at minority-serving 
institutions, public institutions of higher education, women-focused 
institutions, and public postsecondary vocational institutions; and (3) 
encourage the participation of populations that are underrepresented in 
the aviation workforce, including women, minorities, and individuals in 
economically disadvantaged geographic areas and rural communities.
    Sec. 119I.  Of the funds made available in this Act under the 
heading ``Department of Transportation--Federal Aviation 
Administration--Facilities and Equipment'', $29,350,000 shall be for 
the aeronautical information management program, which includes Federal 
notices to air missions (``NOTAM'') sustainment, enhancements, and 
modernization in support of the NOTAM Improvement Act of 2023 (49 
U.S.C. 40101 note).

                     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, 
$60,792,659,888 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 $2,046,738,000:  
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) the nationally 
significant Federal lands and Tribal projects program under section 
1123 of the FAST Act, as amended (23 U.S.C. 201 note); (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) $701,738,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
        amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in the 
        table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included 
        in the report accompanying this 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) $10,000,000 shall be for the nationally significant 
        Federal lands and Tribal projects program under section 1123 of 
        the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 201 note);
            (4) $10,000,000 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) $5,000,000 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) $15,000,000 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) $12,000,000 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;
            (8) $45,000,000 shall be for the active transportation 
        infrastructure investment program under section 11529 of the 
        Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (23 U.S.C. 217 note):  
        Provided, That except as otherwise provided under such section 
        or 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 shall remain available 
        until expended;
            (9) $3,000,000 shall be to carry out the Pollinator-
        Friendly Practices on Roadsides and Highway Rights-of-Way 
        Program under section 332 of title 23, United States Code;
            (10) $1,145,000,000 shall be for a bridge replacement and 
        rehabilitation program:  Provided, That, for the purposes of 
        funds made available under this paragraph, the term ``State'' 
        means any of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and the 
        term ``qualifying State'' means any State in which the 
        percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as in poor 
        condition in such State is at least 5 percent or in which the 
        percentage of total bridges classified as in poor condition in 
        such State is at least 5 percent:  Provided further, That, of 
        the funds made available under this paragraph, the Secretary 
        shall reserve $6,000,000 for each State that does not meet the 
        definition of a qualifying State:  Provided further, That, 
        after making the reservations under the preceding proviso, the 
        Secretary shall distribute the remaining funds made available 
        under this paragraph to each qualifying State by the proportion 
        that the percentage of total deck area of bridges classified as 
        in poor condition in such qualifying State bears to the sum of 
        the percentages of total deck area of bridges classified as in 
        poor condition in all qualifying States:  Provided further, 
        That, of the funds made available under this paragraph--
                    (A) no qualifying State shall receive more than 
                $60,000,000;
                    (B) each State shall receive an amount not less 
                than $6,000,000; and
                    (C) after calculating the distribution of funds 
                pursuant to the preceding proviso, any amount in excess 
                of $60,000,000 shall be redistributed equally among 
                each State that does not meet the Definition of a 
                qualifying State:
          Provided further, That the funds made available under this 
        paragraph shall be used for highway bridge replacement or 
        rehabilitation projects on public roads:  Provided further, 
        That for purposes of this paragraph, the Secretary shall 
        calculate the percentages of total deck area of bridges 
        (including the percentages of total deck area classified as in 
        poor condition) and the percentages of total bridge counts 
        (including the percentages of total bridges classified as in 
        poor condition) based on the National Bridge Inventory as of 
        December 31, 2018:  Provided further, 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.

       administrative provisions--federal highway administration

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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) shall be applied to projects 
within the same general geographic area within 25 miles for which the 
funding was designated.
    (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) $33,437,074.13 from funds available in the ``Surface 
        Transportation Priorities'' account (69 X 0538) (other than 
        funds made available for projects in Kentucky, Maine, 
        Mississippi, or West Virginia);
            (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);
            (11) $68,438.40 from funds available in the ``Miscellaneous 
        Highway Projects'' account (69 X 0641);
    (b) No amounts may be cancelled 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 cancelled 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, of the 
funds described in subsection (b)--
            (1) $20,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to 
        carry out the national scenic byways program under section 162 
        of title 23, United States Code:  Provided, That, except as 
        otherwise provided under this section, 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 section 11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 shall apply 
        to funds made available under this paragraph;
            (2) $30,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to 
        carry out the nationally significant Federal lands and Tribal 
        projects program under section 1123 of the FAST Act (23 U.S.C. 
        201 note); and
            (3) $150,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary 
        for competitive awards for activities eligible under section 
        176(d)(4) of title 23, United States Code, of which 
        $125,000,000 shall be for such activities eligible under 
        subparagraph (A) of such section and $25,000,000 shall be for 
        such activities eligible under subparagraph (C) of such 
        section:  Provided, That, except as otherwise provided under 
        this section, 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, except 
        as otherwise provided under this section, funds made available 
        under this paragraph shall be administered as if made available 
        to carry out section 176(d) of such title:  Provided further, 
        That, for purposes of the calculation under section 
        176(d)(5)(G)(ii) of such title, amounts made available under 
        this paragraph shall be included in the calculation of the 
        total amount provided for fiscal year 2024 under section 176(d) 
        of such title:  Provided further, That for purposes of applying 
        the set-asides under section 176(d)(5)(H)(ii) and (iii) of such 
        title, amounts made available under this paragraph for 
        competitive awards for activities eligible under sections 
        176(d)(4)(A) and 176(d)(4)(C) of such title shall be included 
        in the calculation of the amounts made available to carry out 
        section 176(d) of such title for fiscal year 2024:  Provided 
        further, That, the Secretary may retain not more than a total 
        of 5 percent of the amounts made available under this paragraph 
        to carry out this paragraph and to review applications for 
        grants under this paragraph, and may transfer portions of the 
        funds retained under this proviso to the relevant 
        Administrators to fund the award and oversight of grants 
        provided under this paragraph:  Provided further, That a 
        project assisted with funds made available under this paragraph 
        shall be treated as a project on a Federal-aid highway:  
        Provided further, That section 11101(e) of Public Law 117-58 
        shall apply to funds made available under this paragraph.
    (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) shall--
            (1) be subject to the obligation limitation for Federal-aid 
        highway and highway safety construction programs; and
            (2) unless otherwise specified under this section, be 
        available until September 30, 2027.
    Sec. 127.  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. 128. Evacuation route planning.  Using amounts made available 
for the Federal Highway Administration under this Act that are not 
otherwise obligated, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation 
with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
shall develop and publish guidelines and best practices for States, 
Indian Tribes, and units of local government to use when conducting 
local emergency evacuation route planning, including routing of 
emergency response supplies, equipment, and workers, as part of natural 
disaster preparedness efforts.

              Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

              motor carrier safety operations and programs

                (liquidation of contract authorization)

                      (limitation on obligations)

                          (highway trust fund)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    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 $435,000,000, for ``Motor Carrier Safety Operations and 
Programs'' for fiscal year 2024, of which $60,000,000 is to be 
transferred and made available from prior year unobligated contract 
authority provided for Motor Carrier Safety Grants or Motor Carrier 
Safety Operations and Programs in the current or prior appropriations 
or authorization Acts:  Provided further, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading:
            (1) $14,073,000, to remain available for obligation until 
        September 30, 2026, is for the research and technology program;
            (2) 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; and
            (3) not less than $24,000,000, to remain available for 
        obligation until expended, is for a study of the causal factors 
        of fatal medium-duty truck crashes:  Provided, That the 
        activities funded by the previous proviso may be accomplished 
        through direct expenditure, direct research activities, grants, 
        cooperative agreements, contracts, intra- or inter agency 
        agreements, or other agreements with public organizations:  
        Provided further, That such amounts, payments, and obligation 
        limitation as may be necessary to carry out the study of the 
        causal factors of fatal medium duty truck crashes may be 
        transferred and credited to appropriate accounts of other 
        participating Federal agencies.

                      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.
    Sec. 132.  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.

             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, 
$222,000,000, 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)(8) 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)(8) of title 23, United States 
Code, within 5 days.

      administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety 
                             administration

    Sec. 140.  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.
    Sec. 141.  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. 142.  None of the funds in this Act or any other Act shall be 
used to enforce the requirements of section 405(a)(9) of title 23, 
United States Code.

                    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, 
$59,000,000, 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, $100,000,000, 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, $572,861,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act--
            (1) $72,861,000 shall be made available for the purposes, 
        and in amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending 
        in the table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' 
        included in the report accompanying this 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 Congressionally 
        Directed Spending described in this paragraph shall be 
        available to the Secretary to distribute as discretionary 
        grants under this heading; and
            (2) not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for 
        workforce development and training activities as authorized 
        under section 22907(c)(13) of title 49, United States Code:
  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), $1,313,033,000, 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.

       administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                        (including rescissions)

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 150.  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. 151.  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. 152.  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.
    Sec. 153.  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 3 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 
3 prior calendar years.
    Sec. 154.  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 buses and bus facilities grants under 
section 5339(b) of title 49, United States Code, low or no emission 
grants under section 5339(c) of such title, ferry boats grants under 
section 5307(h) of such title, bus testing facilities under section 
5318 of such title, accelerating innovative mobility initiative grants 
under section 5312 of such title, accelerating the adoption of zero 
emission buses under section 5312 of such title, 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, $268,261,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That of the sums provided under 
this heading in this Act--
            (1) $80,000,000 shall be available for buses and bus 
        facilities competitive grants as authorized under section 
        5339(b) of such title;
            (2) $46,000,000 shall be available for the low or no 
        emission grants as authorized under section 5339(c) of such 
        title:  Provided, That the minimum grant award shall be not 
        less than $750,000;
            (3) $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;
            (4) $2,000,000 shall be available for the operation and 
        maintenance of the bus testing facilities selected under 
        section 5318 of such title;
            (5) $82,247,000 shall be available for the purposes, and in 
        amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in the 
        table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included 
        in the report accompanying this 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;
            (6) $23,014,000 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:  Provided further, 
        That entities eligible for amounts made available in this 
        paragraph shall only provide ferry service to rural areas;
            (7) $10,000,000 shall be for the accelerating innovative 
        mobility initiative as authorized under section 5312 of title 
        49, United States Code:  Provided, That such amounts shall be 
        available for competitive grants or demonstration projects that 
        improve mobility and operational effectiveness, enhance the 
        rider experience, create innovative service delivery models, or 
        develop integrated payment solutions in order to help 
        disseminate proven innovation mobility practices throughout the 
        public transportation industry; and
            (8) $5,000,000 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), $2,450,000,000, to remain available until 
expended:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading 
in this Act--
            (1) $1,910,000,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States 
        Code;
            (2) up to $100,000,000 shall be available for projects 
        authorized under section 5309(e) of title 49, United States 
        Code;
            (3) $340,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized 
        under section 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code; and
            (4) up to $100,000,000 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 funds allocated to any 
project during fiscal years 2015, 2016, or 2017 pursuant to section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code, shall remain allocated to that 
project through fiscal year 2024:  Provided further, That upon 
submission to the Congress of the fiscal year 2025 President's budget, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall transmit to Congress the annual 
report on capital investment grants, including proposed allocations for 
fiscal year 2025.

      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, 
$581,046 is hereby permanently rescinded.
    Sec. 166. (a) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 
``Clean Fuels Grant Program'' under section 5308 of title 49, United 
States Code, $4,009,637 shall be transferred to and administered under 
section 5339(c) of title 49, United States Code.
    (b) Of the unobligated balances made available for the ``Rural 
Transportation Accessibility Incentive Program'' under section 3038 of 
Public Law 105-178, $4,072,214 shall be transferred to and administered 
under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.
    (c) Of the unobligated balances made available for the 
``Alternatives Analysis Program'' under section 5339 of title 49, 
United States Code, $1,975,409 shall be transferred to and administered 
under section 5305 of title 49, United States Code.
    (d) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``Alternative 
Transportation in Parks and Public Lands'' under section 5320 of title 
49, United States Code, $2,148,414 shall be transferred to and 
administered under section 5311 of title 49, United States Code.
    (e) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``Job Access and 
Reverse Commute Formula Grants'' under section 5316 of title 49, United 
States Code, $45,187,599 shall be available for competitive grants to 
eligible entities to assist areas of persistent poverty as defined 
under section 6702(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, or 
historically disadvantaged communities, for the same purposes for which 
amounts were provided for grants to areas of persistent poverty under 
the heading ``Federal Transit Administration--Transit Infrastructure 
Grants'' in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-
103).
    (f) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``New Freedom'' 
under section 5317 of title 49, United States Code, $40,536,306 shall 
be transferred and administered under section 5310 of title 49, United 
States Code.
    (g) Of the unobligated balances made available for ``Bus Capital'' 
under section 5039 if title 49, United States Code, $81,863,444 shall 
be transferred and administered under section 5339 of title 49, United 
States Code.
    Sec. 167. (a) Funds obligated in fiscal year 2024 for grants under 
sections 5310 and 5311 of title 49, United States Code, may be used for 
up to 100 percent of the eligible net costs of a project, 
notwithstanding subsection (d) of section 5310 and subsection (g) of 
section 5311 of such title.
    (b) Notwithstanding section 5339(b)(6)(B) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which an amount is 
provided in this Act to a federally recognized Indian Tribe for 
activities carried out under section 5339(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, may be, at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
    (c) Notwithstanding section 5339(c)(7)(A) of title 49, United 
States Code, the Federal share of the costs for which an amount is 
provided in this Act to a federally recognized Indian Tribe for 
activities carried out under section 5339(c) of title 49, United States 
Code, may be, at the option of such Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent.
    Sec. 168.  Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended 
in subsection (q)--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``Corridor Preservation'' and inserting ``Real Property 
        Interests'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``right-of-way'' each time it 
                appears and inserting ``real property interests''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``acquired'' after ``may use 
                the''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Right-of-way'' and 
        inserting ``Real property interests''.

        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

    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.

                          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

    For Tanker Security Fleet payments, as authorized under section 
53406 of title 46, United States Code, $120,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                        operations and training

    For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $283,546,000:  Provided, That of the sums 
appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $103,500,000 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) $10,000,000 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, $131,000,000:  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) $91,800,000 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, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                             ship disposal

    For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete vessels 
in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Administration, 
$6,021,000, to remain available until expended.

          maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $103,020,000, of which 
$100,000,000 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 $3,020,000 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, $213,000,000, to remain 
available until expended:  Provided, That projects eligible for amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be projects for 
coastal seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, not less than $188,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports or Great 
Lakes ports:  Provided further, That the requirements under section 
3501(a)(9) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2023 (Public Law 117-263) shall apply to amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That for grants awarded 
under this heading in this Act, the minimum grant size shall be 
$1,000,000:  Provided further, That for amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, the requirement under section 
54301(a)(6)(A)(ii) of title 46, United States Code, shall not apply to 
projects located in noncontiguous States or territories.

           administrative provision--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.

         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), $226,228,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, of which $30,000,000 shall be derived from 
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which $188,828,000 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 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.
    Sec. 193.  None of the funds made available by this Act for the 
Federal Aviation Administration related to unmanned aircraft systems 
may be used to make awards to any entity that, after the date of 
enactment of this Act, intends to use such funds to partner with or 
otherwise transact business related to unmanned aircraft systems with 
the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic 
Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba. No such 
entity may receive awards for any project related to unmanned aircraft 
systems if the entity is:
            (1) included on the Consolidated Screening List maintained 
        by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade;
            (2) domiciled in the People's Republic of China, the 
        Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the 
        Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic 
        of Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba;
            (3) subject to influence or control by the government of 
        the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
        Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or the Republic of 
        Cuba; or
            (4) owned by the People's Republic of China, the Russian 
        Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
        People's Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of 
        Venezuela, or the Republic of Cuba.
    Sec. 194.  None of the funds made available by the Act for the 
Federal Aviation Administration related to unmanned aircraft systems 
may be used by the Secretary of Transportation to operate an unmanned 
aircraft system or to enter into, extend, or renew a contract for the 
procurement of an unmanned aircraft system or a contract with an entity 
that operates an unmanned aircraft system in the performance of any 
Department of Transportation contract if the unmanned aircraft system 
is manufactured by an entity that is included on the Consolidated 
Screening List maintained by the Under Secretary of Commerce for 
International Trade, domiciled in the People's Republic of China, the 
Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 
People's Republic of Korea, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, or 
the Republic of Cuba, subject to influence or control by the government 
of any such country, or owned by any such country unless--
            (1) the operation, procurement, or contracting action is 
        for the purpose of--
                    (A) detection or counter-UAS system surrogate 
                testing and training (including at Federal Aviation 
                Administration-approved testing sites);
                    (B) intelligence, electronic warfare, 
                cybersecurity, and information warfare operations, 
                testing (including at Federal Aviation Administration-
                approved testing sites), analysis, and training; or
                    (C) research to inform unmanned aircraft system 
                data-driven policy decisions, safety assessments, 
                procedures, rulemaking, and standards to safely 
                integrate emerging entrants into the national airspace 
                system (including at Federal Aviation Administration-
                approved testing sites); and
            (2) the Secretary of Transportation, on a case-by-case 
        basis, certifies in writing to the Secretary of Homeland 
        Security, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
        Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives that such operation, procurement, or 
        contracting action is required in the public interest.
    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, $698,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $95,200,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Financial Officer;
            (2) $127,400,000 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) $241,800,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Administration;
            (4) $55,800,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Human Capital Officer;
            (5) $32,400,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
        Chief Procurement Officer;
            (6) $68,300,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
        Policy and Management;
            (7) $4,900,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Departmental Equal Employment Opportunity; and
            (8) $72,400,000 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:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
provide the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly 
written notification regarding the status of pending congressional 
reports:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide in 
electronic form all signed reports required by Congress.

                            program offices

    For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$1,114,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025:  
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $288,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Public and Indian Housing;
            (2) $170,500,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Community Planning and Development;
            (3) $497,000,000 shall be available for the Office of 
        Housing;
            (4) $44,000,000 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, $27,737,961,000, 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), 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) $27,765,512,000 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:  Provided further, That the Secretary may establish 
        a demonstration program to continue through fiscal year 2027 at 
        up to 8 public housing agencies in difficult rental markets, as 
        determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of testing whether 
        the provision of additional assistance to facilitate leasing 
        increases the ability of families participating in the program 
        to lease a unit:  Provided further, That amounts made available 
        under this paragraph in this and prior Acts to public housing 
        agencies participating in such demonstration program shall be 
        available for making utility and security deposit assistance 
        payments (including last month's rent) and other costs 
        consistent with the terms of the demonstration, in addition to 
        the purposes for which such funds were appropriated and 
        obligated and in addition to amounts for administrative and 
        other expenses otherwise available for such payments and costs: 
         Provided further, That any such utility or security deposit 
        payments returned to the public housing agency, including any 
        interest earned while such amounts were held by the owner, 
        shall be available only for future housing assistance payment 
        expenses (including eligible uses during the term of the 
        demonstration):  Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
        under this paragraph, $5,289,210,000 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;
            (2) $445,000,000 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) $2,781,449,000 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 $2,751,449,000 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) $686,000,000 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) $30,000,000 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)), $8,875,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $5,530,000,000 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) $35,000,000 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:  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, $150,000,000, 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 $75,000,000 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, $198,000,000:  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) $42,500,000 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.); 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, $1,081,625,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2028:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading--
            (1) $848,625,000 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 a grant funded pursuant to 
        this paragraph shall be in an amount not greater than 
        $10,000,000:  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, shall 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), $905,700, 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, shall be available to subsidize total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $1,400,000,000, 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, $4,491,483,000, 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; and (B) demonstrate an acute need 
        for housing affordable to households with incomes below 100 
        percent of the area median income:  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) $1,061,483,000 shall be available for grants for the 
        Economic Development Initiative (EDI) for the purposes, and in 
        amounts, specified for Congressionally Directed Spending in the 
        table entitled ``Congressionally Directed Spending'' included 
        in the report accompanying this 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.), $1,500,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027:  Provided, 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.

        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, $61,500,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2026:  Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading--
            (1) $13,500,000 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, $3,908,000,000, 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) $3,401,000,000 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 of the amounts made available for the 
        Continuum of Care program under this paragraph, $25,000,000 
        shall be for additional non-renewable grants to improve 
        coordination and establish partnerships between or among 
        housing providers, homeless services providers, healthcare 
        organizations, and government entities to address housing-
        related supportive services needs or improve access to health 
        services for chronically homeless individuals and other 
        homeless individuals:  Provided further, That amounts in the 
        previous proviso may be awarded only to applicants that 
        identify significant available resources that could be 
        leveraged to assist people transitioning from homelessness to 
        permanent community-based housing:  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, 
$15,390,924,000, 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), 
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 $448,000,000 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:  Provided further, That of the total amounts provided under 
this heading, $32,924,000 shall be available for rent adjustments as 
authorized by section 515(d) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform 
and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note):  Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading, 
$5,081,790,000 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.

                        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, $1,075,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, up to $120,000,000 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:  Provided further, That for the purposes of the preceding 
proviso the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements 
for, any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q) in order to facilitate the development of such units, except for 
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment:  Provided further, That of the total 
amount made available under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be 
used by the Secretary to support preservation transactions of housing 
for the elderly originally developed with a capital advance and 
assisted by a project rental assistance contract under the provisions 
of section 202(c) of the Housing Act of 1959.

                 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, $360,000,000, 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 $900,000,000,000, 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, $125,400,000, 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, colleges or universities, or international 
organizations 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 on-line 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 shall 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, 
$350,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2026:  Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are provided as 
follows--
            (1) $245,000,000 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 needs;
            (2) $105,000,000 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:  Provided, That of the total amount 
                made available under this subparagraph no less than 
                $10,000,000 shall be available to meet such needs in 
                communities with substantial rural populations; and
            (3) Up to $2,000,000 in total of the amounts made available 
        under paragraph (2) 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:
  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, except for amounts in paragraph (2)(B) for home modification 
repairs and renovations, 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.

                      Information Technology Fund

    For Department-wide and program-specific information technology 
systems and infrastructure, $374,750,000, 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 by the report accompanying this 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.  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. 230.  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. 231.  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. 232. (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.
    Sec. 233.  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. 234.  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. 235.  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'') up to 
$500,000 from each office to the heading ``Information Technology 
Fund'' for information technology needs, including for additional 
development, modernization, and enhancement, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025:  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 three business days in advance of any 
such transfer.
    Sec. 236. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31) for ``Lead Hazard 
Reduction'' that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2018 
are to remain available through fiscal year 2025 for the liquidation of 
valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2017 through 2018.
    (b) 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. 237.  The Secretary shall comply with all process 
requirements, including public notice and comment, when seeking to 
revise any annual contributions contract.
    Sec. 238. (a) Of the unobligated balances remaining 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 rescinded, which shall be applied to 
the funds remaining available for activities under paragraph (1) under 
such heading (excluding amounts for areas with the highest lead-based 
paint abatement needs).
    (b) Of the unobligated balances remaining 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) and in title II of division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328), $49,400,000 is hereby 
rescinded, which shall be applied to the funds remaining available for 
activities under paragraph (5) under such headings.
    (c) Of the unobligated balances remaining 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 rescinded, which shall be applied to 
the funds remaining available for activities under paragraph (7) under 
such heading.
    (d) Any unobligated balances (including any unobligated balances of 
contract authority) as of the date of enactment of this Act 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 rescinded.
    Sec. 239.  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 ``2030'';
            (3) by striking the fourth proviso, and 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 thirteenth 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-third 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-eighth 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-third 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. 240.  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. 241.  Amounts made available for the Office of Housing under 
the heading ``Program Offices'' in this and prior Acts shall also be 
available, without additional competition, for cooperative agreements 
with Participating Administrative Entities that have been selected 
under section 513(b) of the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and 
Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) (MAHRAA) to provide 
direct support, including carrying out due diligence and underwriting 
functions for owners and for technical assistance activities, on 
conditions established by the Secretary for small properties and owners 
converting assistance under the First Component or the Second Component 
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).
    Sec. 242.  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 
three business days in advance of any such transfer.
    Sec. 243.  For fiscal year 2024, the costs of any rent incentives 
as authorized pursuant to waivers or alternative requirements of the 
Jobs-Plus initiative as described under the heading ``Self-Sufficiency 
Programs'' shall not be charged against the competitive grant amounts 
made available under such heading:  Provided, That the amount of any 
forgone increases in tenant rent payments due to the implementation of 
such rent incentives shall be factored into the public housing agency's 
general operating fund eligibility pursuant to the formula under the 
heading ``Public Housing Fund'':  Provided further, That the amount of 
any foregone increases in tenant rent payments due to the 
implementation of such rent incentives implemented on behalf of 
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 (title II of division C of Public Law 112-55), 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) shall be factored into (A) housing 
assistance payments made pursuant to project-based subsidy contracts 
provided under the heading ``Project-Based Rental Assistance''; and (B) 
housing assistance payments made by public housing agencies pursuant to 
project-based assistance contracts under section 8(o)(13) of such Act, 
with these costs being renewed under the heading ``Tenant-Based Rental 
Assistance''.
    Sec. 244. (a) With respect to the funds made available for the 
Continuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 
under the heading ``Homeless Assistance Grants'' in this and prior Acts 
and under section 231 of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Appropriations Act, 2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)--
            (1) title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
        2000d et seq.) and title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
        (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) shall not apply to applications by or 
        awards for projects to be carried out--
                    (A) on or off reservation or trust lands for awards 
                made to Indian tribes or tribally designated housing 
                entities; or
                    (B) on reservation or trust lands for awards made 
                to eligible entities as defined in section 401 of the 
                McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                11360);
            (2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities 
        shall also be eligible to administer permanent housing rental 
        assistance under section 423(g) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11383(g)).
    (b) With respect to funds made available for the Continuum of Care 
program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) under the heading 
``Homeless Assistance Grants'' in this title or under section 231 of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 
2020 (42 U.S.C. 11364a)--
            (1) applications for projects to be carried out on 
        reservations or trust land shall contain a certification of 
        consistency with an approved Indian housing plan developed 
        under section 102 of the Native American Housing Assistance and 
        Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4112), 
        notwithstanding section 106 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
        Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12706) and section 403 of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361);
            (2) Indian tribes and tribally designated housing entities 
        that are recipients of awards for projects on reservations or 
        trust land shall certify that they are following an approved 
        housing plan developed under section 102 of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 
        4112); and
            (3) a collaborative applicant for a Continuum of Care whose 
        geographic area includes only reservation and trust land is not 
        required to meet the requirement in section 402(f)(2) of the 
        McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11360a(f)(2)).
    Sec. 245. (a) Section 184(a) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(a)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(a) Authority.--To provide access to sources of private financing 
to Indian families, Indian housing authorities, and Indian tribes, who 
otherwise could not acquire housing financing because of the unique 
legal status of Indian lands and the unique nature of tribal economies; 
and to expand homeownership opportunities to Indian families, Indian 
housing authorities and Indian tribes on fee simple lands, the 
Secretary may guarantee not to exceed 100 percent of the unpaid 
principal and interest due on any loan eligible under subsection (b) 
made to an Indian family, Indian housing authority, or Indian tribe on 
trust land and fee simple land.''.
    (b) Section 184(b)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to 
        construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family 
        dwellings that are standard housing.''.
    (c) Section 184A of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, and to expand 
        homeownership opportunities to Native Hawaiian families who are 
        eligible to receive a homestead under the Hawaiian Homes 
        Commission Act, 1920 (42 Stat. 108) on fee simple lands in the 
        State of Hawaii'' after ``markets''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(2) Eligible housing.--The loan shall be used to 
        construct, acquire, refinance, or rehabilitate 1- to 4-family 
        dwellings that are standard housing.''.
    Sec. 246. (a) Section 184(b)(5)(A) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)(5)(A)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
                    ``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years, 
                except as determined by the Secretary, when there is a 
                loan modification under subsection (h)(1)(B), the loan 
                shall not exceed 40 years;''.
    (b) Section 184A(c)(5)(A) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b(c)(5)(A)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(5) Terms.--The loan shall--
                    ``(A) be made for a term not exceeding 30 years; 
                except, as determined by the Secretary, when there is a 
                loan modification under subsection (i)(1)(B) the term 
                of the loan shall not exceed 40 years;''.
    Sec. 247.  Section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(j) Special Activities by Indian Tribes.--Indian tribes receiving 
grants under section 5306(a)(1) of this title (section 106(a)(1) of 
this Act) shall be authorized to carry out activities described in 
subsection (a)(15) directly.''.
    Sec. 248.  Section 184A(c) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13b(c)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Prohibition on pace priming.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, no property with a loan guaranteed 
        under this section shall be subject to a new residential 
        Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or 
        equivalent financing without the PACE loan or equivalent 
        financing provider obtaining prior written consent from the 
        Secretary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE or R-PACE 
        loan or equivalent financing that is entered into by a PACE 
        Provider absent such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and 
        the PACE Provider shall bear all costs associated with the 
        transactions with no recourse against the borrower resulting 
        from the PACE transaction, including all costs incurred by any 
        holder of a guaranteed loan or the Secretary in obtaining good 
        and marketable title.''.
    Sec. 249.  Section 184(b) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-13a(b)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Prohibition on pace priming.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, no property with a loan guaranteed 
        under this section, shall be subject to a new residential 
        Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or 
        equivalent financing without the PACE loan or equivalent 
        financing provider obtaining prior written consent from the 
        Secretary, subject to such terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary may prescribe. Any new residential PACE or R-PACE 
        loan or equivalent financing that is entered into by a PACE 
        Provider absent such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and 
        the PACE Provider shall bear all costs associated with the 
        transactions with no recourse against the borrower resulting 
        from the PACE transaction, including all costs incurred by any 
        holder of a guaranteed loan or the Secretary in obtaining good 
        and marketable title.''.
    Sec. 250.  Title V of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1731a et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 543. PROHIBITION ON PACE PRIMING.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 208 
of this Act, no 1 to 4 unit property with a mortgage insured, 
guaranteed, made, or held by the Secretary after the date of enactment 
of this section, shall be subject to a new residential Property 
Assessed Clean Energy (PACE or R-PACE) loan or equivalent financing 
without the PACE loan or equivalent financing provider obtaining prior 
written consent from the Secretary, subject to such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe. Any new PACE or R-PACE loan 
or equivalent financing that is entered into by a PACE provider absent 
such consent shall be deemed void ab initio and the PACE provider shall 
bear all costs associated with the transactions with no recourse 
against the homeowner resulting from the PACE transaction, including 
all costs incurred by any holder of an insured or guaranteed mortgage 
or the Secretary in obtaining good and marketable title.''.
    Sec. 251.  Notwithstanding section 3(b)(6) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (the Act) and chapter 63 of title 31, United States 
Code, amounts made available to the Secretary in this or any prior Act 
under the headings ``Project-Based Rental Assistance'' or ``Housing 
Certificate Fund'' for performance-based contract administrators to 
carry out section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), as implemented by the 
Secretary in chapter VIII of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, may 
be awarded through a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) not subject 
to procurement laws or regulations:  Provided, That such awards shall 
be deemed for all purposes to be cooperative agreements:  Provided 
further, That for purposes of such NOFO, eligible applicants are public 
housing agencies as defined by section 3(b)(6)(A) of the Act and 
nonprofits of such agencies when operating outside of the State or 
territory in which such agency is established, notwithstanding any 
provisions of such section 8(b) to the contrary:  Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall award one cooperative agreement for each State 
or territory, except that the Secretary may award more than one 
agreement for a State or territory if the population of such State or 
territory exceeds 35,000,000:  Provided further, That any cooperative 
agreements issued by the Secretary shall, at minimum, assign the rights 
and responsibilities as provided in section 8 of the Act:  Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall assign such rights and 
responsibilities to the furthest extent possible to ensure effective 
and efficient program oversight and monitoring:  Provided further, That 
when selecting a performance-based contract administrator, the 
Secretary shall provide a preference to applicants that have 
demonstrated experience with properties receiving project-based 
assistance, experience in multifamily housing preservation, addressing 
the concerns of low-income tenants, making assistance payments to 
owners, and performing the other functions assigned to a public housing 
agency under section 8(b) of the Act:  Provided further, That if no 
qualified applicant applies under NOFO, the Secretary may utilize a 
procurement contract subject to all procurement laws and regulations to 
assist in carrying out section 8 of the Act:  Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide for incentive-based fees as part of such 
awards.
    Sec. 252.  Section 239 of division L of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2016 is amended by striking ``2028'' and inserting 
``2043''.
    Sec. 253.  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. 254.  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 201(d) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as 
amended (46 U.S.C. 46107), 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 therefore, as authorized by sections 5901 and 
5902 of title 5, United States Code, $43,720,000, 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, $134,300,000, of 
which not to exceed $2,000 may be used for official reception and 
representation expenses:  Provided, That the amounts made available to 
the National Transportation Safety Board in this Act include amounts 
necessary to make lease payments on an obligation incurred in fiscal 
year 2001 for a capital lease.

                 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), $168,000,000:  
Provided, That an additional $2,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, shall be for the promotion and development of 
shared equity housing models.

                      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 report accompanying this 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 in the 
                report accompanying this Act, accompanying reports of 
                the House and Senate Committee 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.  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. 420.  In the table of projects entitled ``Community Project 
Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending'' included in the explanatory 
statement that accompanied the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023 (division L 
of Public Law 117-328) 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.''.
    Sec. 421.  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 rescinded, if applicable) only if the President 
subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such 
designations to the Congress.
    This division may be cited as the ``Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
118th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 4366

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                               AMENDMENT