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    [H.R. 4366 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

            H.R.4366

                         One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                     of the

                            United States of America

                              AT THE SECOND SESSION

             Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
             the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four

                                     An Act

    Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
                        30, 2024, and for other purposes.

        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    United States of America in Congress assembled,
    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
        This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act,
    2024''.
    SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    Sec. 1. Short title.
    Sec. 2. Table of contents.
    Sec. 3. References.
    Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
    Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
    Sec. 6. Availability of funds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

                            DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS

    Title I--Health and Human Services
    Title II--Amending Compacts of Free Association
    Title III--Extensions and Other Matters
    Title IV--Budgetary Effects
    SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
        Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this
    Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
    referring only to the provisions of that division.
    SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
        The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the Senate
    section of the Congressional Record on or about March 5, 2024, and
    submitted by the chair of the Committee on Appropriations of the
    Senate, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of
    funds and implementation of divisions A through F of this Act as if it
    were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
    SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
        The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money
    in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
    September 30, 2024.
    SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
        Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an emergency
    requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
    and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or
    repurposed, rescinded, or transferred, if applicable) only if the
    President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits
    such designations to the Congress.

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

                                    TITLE I

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                          Military Construction, Army

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

                  Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

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

                        Military Construction, Air Force

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

                      Military Construction, Defense-Wide

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                   Military Construction, Army National Guard

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

                   Military Construction, Air National Guard

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

                      Military Construction, Army Reserve

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

                      Military Construction, Navy Reserve

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

                    Military Construction, Air Force Reserve

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

                       North Atlantic Treaty Organization

                          Security Investment Program

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

                   Department of Defense Base Closure Account

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

                       Family Housing Construction, Army

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

                 Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Army

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

               Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps

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

        Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Navy and Marine Corps

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

                     Family Housing Construction, Air Force

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

              Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

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

             Family Housing Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

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

                             Department of Defense

                        Family Housing Improvement Fund

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

                             Department of Defense

                Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund

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

                           Administrative Provisions

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

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                                    TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                        Veterans Benefits Administration

                           compensation and pensions

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                             readjustment benefits

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

                       veterans insurance and indemnities

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

                     veterans housing benefit program fund

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

                vocational rehabilitation loans program account

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

              native american veteran housing loan program account

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

          general operating expenses, veterans benefits administration

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

                         Veterans Health Administration

                                medical services

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                             medical community care

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                         medical support and compliance

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                               medical facilities

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

                        medical and prosthetic research

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

                        National Cemetery Administration

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

                          Departmental Administration

                             general administration

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                           board of veterans appeals

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

                         information technology systems

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                       veterans electronic health record

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

                          office of inspector general

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

                          construction, major projects

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

                          construction, minor projects

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

           grants for construction of state extended care facilities

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

                 grants for construction of veterans cemeteries

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

                           Administrative Provisions

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

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        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.

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

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        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.

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        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.

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        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.

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        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.

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        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.

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        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.

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        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.

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        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.

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

                             (rescission of funds)

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

                             (rescissions of funds)

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

                             (rescissions of funds)

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

                  (including transfer and rescission of funds)

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

                                   TITLE III

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                      American Battle Monuments Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                     foreign currency fluctuations account

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

               United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

                             salaries and expenses

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

                          Department of Defense--Civil

                           Cemeterial Expenses, Army

                             salaries and expenses

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

                                  construction

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

                          Armed Forces Retirement Home

                                   trust fund

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

                            Administrative Provision

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

                                    TITLE IV

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

                                    TITLE I

                             AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                      Processing, Research, and Marketing

                            Office of the Secretary

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                              Executive Operations

                         office of the chief economist

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

                         office of hearings and appeals

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

                     office of budget and program analysis

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

                    Office of the Chief Information Officer

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

                     Office of the Chief Financial Officer

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

               Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

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

                             Office of Civil Rights

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

                      Agriculture Buildings and Facilities

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                         Hazardous Materials Management

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                   Office of Safety, Security, and Protection

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

                          Office of Inspector General

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

                         Office of the General Counsel

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

                                Office of Ethics

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

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

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

                           Economic Research Service

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

                    National Agricultural Statistics Service

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

                         Agricultural Research Service

                             salaries and expenses

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

                            buildings and facilities

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

                   National Institute of Food and Agriculture

                       research and education activities

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

                  native american institutions endowment fund

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

                              extension activities

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

                             integrated activities

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

      Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

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

                   Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                            buildings and facilities

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

                         Agricultural Marketing Service

                               marketing services

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

                     limitation on administrative expenses

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

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

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                       payments to states and possessions

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

            limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

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

                 Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

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

                       Food Safety and Inspection Service

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

                                    TITLE II

                   FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

       Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation

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

                Farm Production and Conservation Business Center

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                              Farm Service Agency

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                             state mediation grants

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

                   grassroots source water protection program

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

                            dairy indemnity program

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

               geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers

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

               agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                             Risk Management Agency

                             salaries and expenses

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

                     Natural Resources Conservation Service

                            conservation operations

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

                   watershed and flood prevention operations

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

                        watershed rehabilitation program

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

                                  CORPORATIONS

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

                    Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

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

                       Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                     reimbursement for net realized losses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                           hazardous waste management

                            (limitation on expenses)

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

                                   TITLE III

                           RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

              Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

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

                               Rural Development

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                             Rural Housing Service

                  rural housing insurance fund program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                           rental assistance program

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

                         rural housing voucher account

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

                      mutual and self-help housing grants

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

                        rural housing assistance grants

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

                   rural community facilities program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                      Rural Business--Cooperative Service

                         rural business program account

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

                  intermediary relending program fund account

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                rural economic development loans program account

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

                      rural cooperative development grants

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

                   rural microentrepreneur assistance program

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

                        rural energy for america program

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

                       healthy food financing initiative

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

                            Rural Utilities Service

                 rural water and waste disposal program account

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

       rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

             distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

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

                                    TITLE IV

                             DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

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

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

                           Food and Nutrition Service

                            child nutrition programs

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

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

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

                   supplemental nutrition assistance program

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

                          commodity assistance program

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

                       nutrition programs administration

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

                                    TITLE V

                    FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

       Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural
                                    Affairs

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

                          office of codex alimentarius

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

                          Foreign Agricultural Service

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                         food for peace title ii grants

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

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

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

     commodity credit corporation export (loans) credit guarantee program
                                    account

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                                    TITLE VI

               RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                    Department of Health and Human Services

                          food and drug administration

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                            buildings and facilities

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

                       fda innovation account, cures act

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                              INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                      Commodity Futures Trading Commission

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                           Farm Credit Administration

                     limitation on administrative expenses

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

                                   TITLE VII

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 (including rescissions and transfers of funds)

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

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

                                    TITLE I

                             DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                       International Trade Administration

                         operations and administration

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

                        Bureau of Industry and Security

                         operations and administration

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

                      Economic Development Administration

                    economic development assistance programs

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

                             salaries and expenses

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

                      Minority Business Development Agency

                         minority business development

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

                       Economic and Statistical Analysis

                             salaries and expenses

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

                              Bureau of the Census

                          current surveys and programs

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

                         periodic censuses and programs

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

           National Telecommunications and Information Administration

                             salaries and expenses

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

        public telecommunications facilities, planning and construction

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

                     facilities management and construction

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

                   United States Patent and Trademark Office

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                 National Institute of Standards and Technology

                 scientific and technical research and services

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         industrial technology services

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

                      construction of research facilities

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

                National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                      operations, research, and facilities

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                   procurement, acquisition and construction

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                        pacific coastal salmon recovery

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

                         fisheries disaster assistance

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

                          fishermen's contingency fund

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

                       fisheries finance program account

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

                         recreational quota entity fund

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

                            Departmental Management

                             salaries and expenses

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

                          renovation and modernization

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

                          office of inspector general

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

                   General Provisions--Department of Commerce

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                                    TITLE II

                             DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

               Justice Operations, Management, and Accountability

                             salaries and expenses

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

                     justice information sharing technology

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                    Executive Office for Immigration Review

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                          Office of Inspector General

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

                        United States Parole Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                                Legal Activities

                salaries and expenses, general legal activities

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                   salaries and expenses, antitrust division

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

                 salaries and expenses, united states attorneys

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

                       united states trustee system fund

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

          salaries and expenses, foreign claims settlement commission

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

                         fees and expenses of witnesses

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

               salaries and expenses, community relations service

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                             assets forfeiture fund

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

                         United States Marshals Service

                             salaries and expenses

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

                                  construction

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

                           federal prisoner detention

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

                           National Security Division

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                          Interagency Law Enforcement

                  organized crime drug enforcement task forces

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

                        Federal Bureau of Investigation

                             salaries and expenses

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

                                  construction

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

                        Drug Enforcement Administration

                             salaries and expenses

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

              Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

                             salaries and expenses

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

                             Federal Prison System

                             salaries and expenses

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                            buildings and facilities

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

                    federal prison industries, incorporated

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

       limitation on administrative expenses, federal prison industries,
                                  incorporated

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

                   State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                        Office on Violence Against Women

           violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                           Office of Justice Programs

                      research, evaluation and statistics

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

                   state and local law enforcement assistance

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                           juvenile justice programs

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

                         public safety officer benefits

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                      Community Oriented Policing Services

                 community oriented policing services programs

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                   General Provisions--Department of Justice

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                                   TITLE III

                                    SCIENCE

                    Office of Science and Technology Policy

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

                             National Space Council

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

                 National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                    science

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

                                  aeronautics

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

                                space technology

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

                                  exploration

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

                                space operations

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

          science, technology, engineering, and mathematics engagement

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

                     safety, security and mission services

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

           construction and environmental compliance and restoration

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

                          office of inspector general

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

                           administrative provisions

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                          National Science Foundation

                        research and related activities

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

              major research equipment and facilities construction

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

                                 stem education

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

                     agency operations and award management

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

                      office of the national science board

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

                          office of inspector general

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

                           administrative provisions

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                                    TITLE IV

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                           Commission on Civil Rights

                             salaries and expenses

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

                    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                         International Trade Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                           Legal Services Corporation

                   payment to the legal services corporation

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

              administrative provision--legal services corporation

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

                            Marine Mammal Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                Office of the United States Trade Representative

                             salaries and expenses

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

                          trade enforcement trust fund

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                            State Justice Institute

                             salaries and expenses

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

                                    TITLE V

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

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

                                 (rescissions)

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

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

                                    TITLE I

                           CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                             DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                           Corps of Engineers--Civil

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

                                 investigations

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                                  construction

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                       mississippi river and tributaries

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                           operation and maintenance

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

                               regulatory program

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

                formerly utilized sites remedial action program

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

                     flood control and coastal emergencies

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

                                    expenses

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

         office of the assistant secretary of the army for civil works

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

          water infrastructure finance and innovation program account

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

                 GENERAL PROVISIONS--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                                    TITLE II

                           DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                              Central Utah Project

                    central utah project completion account

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

                             Bureau of Reclamation

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

                          water and related resources

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                    central valley project restoration fund

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

                        california bay-delta restoration

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                           policy and administration

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

                            administrative provision

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

                 GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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

                                   TITLE III

                              DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                                ENERGY PROGRAMS

                     Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

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

             Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response

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

                                  Electricity

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

                                Grid Deployment

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

                                 Nuclear Energy

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

                      Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

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

                                Energy Projects

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

                     Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves

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

                          Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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

                             SPR Petroleum Account

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

                       Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve

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

                       Energy Information Administration

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

                       Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup

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

          Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund

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

                                    Science

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

                             Nuclear Waste Disposal

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

                             Technology Transitions

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

                          Clean Energy Demonstrations

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

                   Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy

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

             Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program

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

            Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

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

                      Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

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

                       Indian Energy Policy and Programs

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

                          Departmental Administration

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

                        Office of the Inspector General

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

                        ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                    NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

                               Weapons Activities

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

                        Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

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

                                 Naval Reactors

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         Federal Salaries and Expenses

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

                   ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

                         Defense Environmental Cleanup

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

         Defense Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                            Other Defense Activities

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

                        POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS

                      Bonneville Power Administration Fund

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

          Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Administration

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

          Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Administration

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

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

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

               Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund

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

                      Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                                    TITLE IV

                              INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                        Appalachian Regional Commission

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

                    Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

                             salaries and expenses

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

                            Delta Regional Authority

                             salaries and expenses

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

                               Denali Commission

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

                      Northern Border Regional Commission

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

                     Southeast Crescent Regional Commission

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

                      Southwest Border Regional Commission

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

                             Great Lakes Authority

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

                         Nuclear Regulatory Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                          office of inspector general

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

                      Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

                             salaries and expenses

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

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

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

                                    TITLE V

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

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

                                    TITLE I

                           DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                           Bureau of Land Management

                       management of lands and resources

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

                       oregon and california grant lands

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

                               range improvements

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

                   service charges, deposits, and forfeitures

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

                           miscellaneous trust funds

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

                           administrative provisions

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

                    United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                              resource management

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                                  construction

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

                cooperative endangered species conservation fund

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

                         national wildlife refuge fund

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

                   north american wetlands conservation fund

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

                    neotropical migratory bird conservation

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

                    multinational species conservation fund

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

                        state and tribal wildlife grants

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

                           administrative provisions

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

                             National Park Service

                     operation of the national park system

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

                      national recreation and preservation

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

                           historic preservation fund

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

                                  construction

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

                              centennial challenge

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

                           administrative provisions

                 (including transfer and rescissions of funds)

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

                        United States Geological Survey

                     surveys, investigations, and research

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                           administrative provisions

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

                       Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

                            ocean energy management

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

                 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

                 offshore safety and environmental enforcement

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

                               oil spill research

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

              Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

                           regulation and technology

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

                        abandoned mine reclamation fund

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

                                 Indian Affairs

                            Bureau of Indian Affairs

                          operation of indian programs

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                           indian land consolidation

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

                             contract support costs

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

                           payments for tribal leases

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

                                  construction

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

     indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to
                                    indians

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

                     indian guaranteed loan program account

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

                           Bureau of Indian Education

                     operation of indian education programs

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

                             education construction

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

                           administrative provisions

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

                      Bureau of Trust Funds Administration

                             federal trust programs

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                              Departmental Offices

                            Office of the Secretary

                            departmental operations

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                           administrative provisions

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

                                Insular Affairs

                           assistance to territories

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

                          compact of free association

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

                           Administrative Provisions

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                            Office of the Solicitor

                             salaries and expenses

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

                          Office of Inspector General

                             salaries and expenses

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

                            Department-Wide Programs

                            wildland fire management

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                  wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                        central hazardous materials fund

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

                    energy community revitalization program

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

               natural resource damage assessment and restoration

                    natural resource damage assessment fund

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

                              working capital fund

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

                            administrative provision

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

                      office of natural resources revenue

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

                 General Provisions, Department of the Interior

                         (including transfers of funds)

                   emergency transfer authority--intra-bureau

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

                 emergency transfer authority--department-wide

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

                            authorized use of funds

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

                authorized use of funds, indian trust management

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

               redistribution of funds, bureau of indian affairs

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

                     Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands

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

                    outer continental shelf inspection fees

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

      contracts and agreements for wild horse and burro holding facilities

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

                           mass marking of salmonids

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

                  contracts and agreements with indian affairs

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

            department of the interior experienced services program

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

                              obligation of funds

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

                             separation of accounts

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

                        payments in lieu of taxes (pilt)

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

            disclosure of departure or alternate procedure approval

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

                              long bridge project

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

                             interagency motor pool

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

                            appraiser pay authority

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

                                  sage-grouse

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

                           state conservation grants

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

                     retention of concession franchise fees

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

                      historic preservation fund deposits

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

                            decommissioning account

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

                           nonrecurring expenses fund

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

                    ebey's landing national historic reserve

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

                 interior authority for operating efficiencies

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

                                    TITLE II

                        ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

                             Science and Technology

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

                     Environmental Programs and Management

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

                          Office of Inspector General

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

                            Buildings and Facilities

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

                         Hazardous Substance Superfund

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

              Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program

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

                           Inland Oil Spill Programs

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

                       State and Tribal Assistance Grants

                        (including rescission of funds)

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

          Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account

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

           Administrative Provisions--Environmental Protection Agency

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                                   TITLE III

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                           DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

      office of the under secretary for natural resources and environment

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

                                 Forest Service

                           forest service operations

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                         forest and rangeland research

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

                      state, private, and tribal forestry

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

                             national forest system

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

                      capital improvement and maintenance

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

             acquisition of lands for national forests special acts

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

                acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges

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

                             range betterment fund

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

        gifts, donations and bequests for forest and rangeland research

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

            management of national forest lands for subsistence uses

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

                            wildland fire management

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                  wildfire suppression operations reserve fund

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                       communications site administration

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                   administrative provisions--forest service

                         (including transfers of funds)

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

                    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                             Indian Health Service

                             indian health services

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

                             contract support costs

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

                           payments for tribal leases

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

                            indian health facilities

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

                administrative provisions--indian health service

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

                         National Institutes of Health

              national institute of environmental health sciences

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

                Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

                toxic substances and environmental public health

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

                             OTHER RELATED AGENCIES

                       Executive Office of the President

      council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality

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

                 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

                             salaries and expenses

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

                  Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

                             salaries and expenses

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

        Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
                                  Development

                            payment to the institute

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

                            Smithsonian Institution

                             salaries and expenses

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

                               facilities capital

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

                            National Gallery of Art

                             salaries and expenses

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

                repair, restoration and renovation of buildings

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

                           operations and maintenance

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

                         capital repair and restoration

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

                Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

                             salaries and expenses

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

               National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

                        National Endowment for the Arts

                           grants and administration

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

                     National Endowment for the Humanities

                           grants and administration

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

                           Administrative Provisions

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

                            Commission of Fine Arts

                             salaries and expenses

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

                   national capital arts and cultural affairs

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

                   Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

                             salaries and expenses

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

                      National Capital Planning Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

                           holocaust memorial museum

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

                                 Presidio Trust

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

                  United States Semiquincentennial Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                                    TITLE IV

                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

                 (including transfers and rescissions of funds)

                          restriction on use of funds

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

                          obligation of appropriations

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

                     disclosure of administrative expenses

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

                              mining applications

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

                 contract support costs, prior year limitation

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

              contract support costs, fiscal year 2024 limitation

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

                            forest management plans

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

                     prohibition within national monuments

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

                             limitation on takings

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

                        prohibition on no-bid contracts

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

                               posting of reports

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

                national endowment for the arts grant guidelines

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

               national endowment for the arts program priorities

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

                      status of balances of appropriations

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

                          extension of grazing permits

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

                              funding prohibition

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

                    humane transfer and treatment of animals

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

       forest service facility realignment and enhancement authorization
                                   extension

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

                         use of american iron and steel

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

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

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

                                recreation fees

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

                            reprogramming guidelines

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

                               local contractors

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

          shasta-trinity marina fee authority authorization extension

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

                interpretive association authorization extension

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

        forest botanical products fee collection authorization extension

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

                                  chaco canyon

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

                                 tribal leases

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

                   forest ecosystem health and recovery fund

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

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

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

                      policies relating to biomass energy

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

                           small remote incinerators

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

                            timber sale requirements

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

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

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

                          prohibition on use of funds

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

                     greenhouse gas reporting restrictions

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

                              funding prohibition

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

                              firefighter pay cap

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

                              technical correction

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

         alaska native regional health entities authorization extension

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

                            lava ridge wind project

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

                                   limitation

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

                            good neighbor authority

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

                    forest service nonrecurring expense fund

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

                       world war i centennial commission

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

                                   rescission

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

                                   rescission

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

                                   rescission

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

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

                                    TITLE I

                          DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                            Office of the Secretary

                             salaries and expenses

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

                            research and technology

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

                      national infrastructure investments

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

         national surface transportation and innovative finance bureau

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

                  rural and tribal infrastructure advancement

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

           railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program

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

                          financial management capital

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

                           cyber security initiatives

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

                             office of civil rights

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

               transportation planning, research, and development

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                              working capital fund

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

           small and disadvantaged business utilization and outreach

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

                            payments to air carriers

                        (airport and airway trust fund)

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

      administrative provisions--office of the secretary of transportation

                            (including rescissions)

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                        Federal Aviation Administration

                                   operations

                        (airport and airway trust fund)

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

                            facilities and equipment

                        (airport and airway trust fund)

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

                     research, engineering, and development

                        (airport and airway trust fund)

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

                           grants-in-aid for airports

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (limitation on obligations)

                        (airport and airway trust fund)

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                           grants-in-aid for airports

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

           administrative provisions--federal aviation administration

                            (including rescissions)

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

                         Federal Highway Administration

                     limitation on administrative expenses

                              (highway trust fund)

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                              federal-aid highways

                          (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

                        highway infrastructure programs

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

           administrative provisions--federal highway administration

                            (including rescissions)

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

                  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

                  motor carrier safety operations and programs

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

                          motor carrier safety grants

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

     administrative provisions--federal motor carrier safety administration

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

                 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

                            operations and research

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

                            operations and research

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

                         highway traffic safety grants

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

          administrative provisions--national highway traffic safety
                                 administration

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

                        Federal Railroad Administration

                             safety and operations

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

                       railroad research and development

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

             federal-state partnership for intercity passenger rail

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

            consolidated rail infrastructure and safety improvements

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

         northeast corridor grants to the national railroad passenger
                                  corporation

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

     national network grants to the national railroad passenger corporation

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

           administrative provisions--federal railroad administration

                            (including rescissions)

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                         Federal Transit Administration

                             transit formula grants

                    (liquidation of contract authorization)

                          (limitation on obligations)

                              (highway trust fund)

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

                         transit infrastructure grants

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

                       technical assistance and training

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

                           capital investment grants

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

          grants to the washington metropolitan area transit authority

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

           administrative provisions--federal transit administration

                             (including rescission)

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

            Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

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

                           operations and maintenance

                        (harbor maintenance trust fund)

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

                            Maritime Administration

                           maritime security program

                             (including rescission)

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

                              cable security fleet

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

                            tanker security program

                             (including rescission)

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

                            operations and training

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

                       state maritime academy operations

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

                         assistance to small shipyards

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

                                 ship disposal

                             (including rescission)

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

              maritime guaranteed loan (title xi) program account

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                    port infrastructure development program

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

               administrative provisions--maritime administration

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

             Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

                              operational expenses

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

                           hazardous materials safety

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

                                pipeline safety

                             (pipeline safety fund)

                        (oil spill liability trust fund)

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

                         emergency preparedness grants

                          (limitation on obligations)

                         (emergency preparedness fund)

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

                          Office of Inspector General

                             salaries and expenses

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

                General Provisions--Department of Transportation

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

                                    TITLE II

                  DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                         Management and Administration

                               executive offices

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

                         administrative support offices

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

                                program offices

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

                              working capital fund

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                           Public and Indian Housing

                         tenant-based rental assistance

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

                            housing certificate fund

                            (including rescissions)

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

                              public housing fund

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

               assisted housing inspections and risk assessments

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

                        choice neighborhoods initiative

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

                           self-sufficiency programs

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

                            native american programs

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

               indian housing loan guarantee fund program account

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

                      native hawaiian housing block grant

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

          native hawaiian housing loan guarantee fund program account

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

                       Community Planning and Development

                  housing opportunities for persons with aids

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

                           community development fund

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

             community development loan guarantees program account

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

                      home investment partnerships program

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

       preservation and reinvestment initiative for community enhancement

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

            self-help and assisted homeownership opportunity program

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

                           homeless assistance grants

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

                                Housing Programs

                        project-based rental assistance

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

                            housing for the elderly

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

                     housing for persons with disabilities

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

                         housing counseling assistance

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

                payment to manufactured housing fees trust fund

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

                         Federal Housing Administration

                   mutual mortgage insurance program account

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

                    general and special risk program account

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

                    Government National Mortgage Association

    guarantees of mortgage-backed securities loan guarantee program account

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

                        Policy Development and Research

                            research and technology

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

                       Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                            fair housing activities

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

                Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes

                             lead hazard reduction

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                          Information Technology Fund

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

                          Office of Inspector General

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

        General Provisions--Department of Housing and Urban Development

                            (including rescissions)

                         (including transfer of funds)

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

                                   TITLE III

                                RELATED AGENCIES

                                  Access Board

                             salaries and expenses

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

                          Federal Maritime Commission

                             salaries and expenses

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

                    National Railroad Passenger Corporation

                          Office of Inspector General

                             salaries and expenses

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

                      National Transportation Safety Board

                             salaries and expenses

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

                     Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation

              payment to the neighborhood reinvestment corporation

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

                          Surface Transportation Board

                             salaries and expenses

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

               United States Interagency Council on Homelessness

                               operating expenses

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

                                    TITLE IV

                          GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

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

                           DIVISION G--OTHER MATTERS
                       TITLE I--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
                      Subtitle A--Public Health Extenders

        SEC. 101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL HEALTH
          SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME
          PROGRAMS.
        (a) Extension for Community Health Centers.--Section 10503(b)(1)(F)
    of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-
    2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ``and $536,986,301 for the period
    beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and
    inserting ``$536,986,301 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024,
    and ending on March 8, 2024, and $3,592,328,767 for the period
    beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
        (b) Extension for the National Health Service Corps.--Section
    10503(b)(2)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42
    U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(2)(I)) is amended by striking ``and $41,616,438 for
    the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024''
    and inserting ``$41,616,438 for the period beginning on January 20,
    2024, and ending on March 8, 2024, and $297,013,699 for the period
    beginning on October 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
        (c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education
    Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health
        Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``and
        $16,982,192 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024, and
        ending on March 8, 2024'' and inserting ``$16,982,192 for the
        period beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024,
        and $164,136,986 for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and
        ending on December 31, 2024''.
            (2) Addition to capped amounts.--Section 340H(b)(2) of the
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(b)(2)) is amended by
        adding at the end the following:
                ``(C) Addition.--Notwithstanding any provision of this
            section, for the period beginning on October 1, 2023, and
            ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary may use any amounts
            made available in any fiscal year to carry out this section
            (including amounts recouped under subsection (f)) to make
            payments described in paragraphs (1)(A) and (1)(B), in addition
            to the total amount of funds appropriated under subsection
            (g).''.
            (3) Report to congress.--For the period beginning on October 1,
        2023, and ending on December 31, 2024, the Secretary of Health and
        Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
        of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health,
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report specifying--
                (A) the total amount of funds recouped under subsection (f)
            of section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
            256h);
                (B) the rationale for the funds being recouped; and
                (C) the total amount of funds recouped under subsection (f)
            of such section 340H that were used pursuant to subsection
            (b)(2)(C) of such section 340H to adjust total payment amounts
            above the total amounts appropriated under subsection (g) of
            such section 340H, as amended by paragraph (3).
        (d) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to
    the amendments made by this section shall be subject to the
    requirements contained in Public Law 117-328 for funds for programs
    authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service
    Act (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.).
        (e) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United
    States Code, is amended by striking ``and section 101(d) of the Further
    Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024''
    and inserting ``section 101(d) of the Further Additional Continuing
    Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024, and section 101(d) of
    the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024''.
        SEC. 102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS.
        (a) Extension of Special Diabetes Programs for Type I Diabetes.--
    Section 330B(b)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
    2(b)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ``and $20,136,986 for the period
    beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and
    inserting ``$20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024,
    and ending on March 8, 2024, and $130,000,000 for the period beginning
    on March 9, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
        (b) Extending Funding for Special Diabetes Programs for Indians.--
    Section 330C(c)(2)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
    3(c)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ``and $20,136,986 for the period
    beginning on January 20, 2024, and ending on March 8, 2024'' and
    inserting ``$20,136,986 for the period beginning on January 20, 2024,
    and ending on March 8, 2024, and $130,000,000 for the period beginning
    on March 9, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
        SEC. 103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS.
        (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
    247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting
    ``December 31, 2024''.
        (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42
    U.S.C. 247d-7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and
    inserting ``December 31, 2024''.
        (c) Section 319L-1(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
    247d-7f(b)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting
    ``December 31, 2024''.
        (d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
    300hh-10b(g)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting
    ``December 31, 2024''.
        (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
    300hh-10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting
    ``December 31, 2024''.
        (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
    300hh-10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and inserting
    ``December 31, 2024''.
        (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42
    U.S.C. 300hh-11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``March 8, 2024'' and
    inserting ``December 31, 2024''.

                              Subtitle B--Medicaid

        SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR STATE MEDICAID PLANS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE
          FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT.
        (a) In General.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    1396d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(29), by striking ``for the period
        beginning October 1, 2020, and ending September 30, 2025,'' and
        inserting ``beginning on October 1, 2020,''; and
            (2) in subsection (ee)(2), by striking ``for the period
        specified in such paragraph, if before the beginning of such period
        the State certifies to the satisfaction of the Secretary'' and
        inserting ``if such State certifies, not less than every 5 years
        and to the satisfaction of the Secretary,''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1006(b)(4)(A) of the Substance
    Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for
    Patients and Communities Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by
    striking ``, and before October 1, 2025''.
        SEC. 202. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR
          SPECIFIED POPULATIONS ENROLLED IN MEDICAID AND CHIP.
        Title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is
    amended by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``SEC. 1948. COLLECTION AND REPORTING OF COMPREHENSIVE DATA FOR
    SPECIFIED POPULATIONS.
        ``(a) Recurring Analysis and Publication of Health Care Data
    Related to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder or a Mental Health
    Condition.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, on an annual basis, shall
        link, analyze, and publish on a publicly available website data
        reported by States through the Transformed Medicaid Statistical
        Information System (T-MSIS) (or a successor system) relating to
        substance use disorder and mental health services provided to
        individuals enrolled under a State plan under this title or a State
        child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans)
        who have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder or mental
        health condition, including an analysis that is disaggregated by
        age. Such enrollee information shall be de-identified of any
        personally identifying information, shall adhere to privacy
        standards established by the Department of Health and Human
        Services, and shall be aggregated to protect the privacy of
        enrollees, as necessary.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The analysis required under paragraph (1)
        shall include, at a minimum, the following data for each State
        (including, to the extent available, for the District of Columbia,
        Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern
        Mariana Islands, and American Samoa):
                ``(A) The number and percentage of individuals enrolled
            under the State plan under this title or the State child health
            plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) in each
            of the major enrollment categories (as defined in a public
            letter from the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission
            to the Secretary) who have been diagnosed with--
                    ``(i) a substance use disorder;
                    ``(ii) a mental health condition; or
                    ``(iii) a co-occurring substance use disorder and
                mental health condition.
                ``(B) With respect to individuals enrolled under the State
            plan under this title or the State child health plan under
            title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) who have received a
            diagnosis described in subparagraph (A), a list of the
            substance use disorder and mental health treatment services,
            including, to the extent such data are available, specific
            adult and pediatric services by each major type of service,
            such as counseling, intensive home-based services, intensive
            care coordination, crisis services tailored to children and
            youth, peer support services, family-to-family support,
            inpatient hospitalization, medication-assisted treatment,
            residential treatment, and other appropriate services as
            identified by the Secretary, for which beneficiaries in each
            State received at least 1 service under the State plan under
            this title or the State child health plan under title XXI (or
            under a waiver of such plans).
                ``(C) With respect to each diagnosis described in
            subparagraph (A), the number and percentage of individuals
            enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State
            child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such
            plans) who have such diagnosis and received services for such
            diagnosis under such plan or waiver by each major type of
            treatment service listed under subparagraph (B) within each
            major setting type, such as outpatient, inpatient, residential,
            and other home-based and community-based settings.
                ``(D) The number of services provided under the State plan
            under this title or the State child health plan under title XXI
            (or under a waiver of such plans) per individual enrolled under
            such plan or waiver who has a diagnosis described in
            subparagraph (A) for each such diagnosis and each major type of
            treatment service listed under subparagraph (B).
                ``(E) The number and percentage of individuals enrolled
            under the State plan under this title or the State child health
            plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) by major
            enrollment category, who have a diagnosis described in
            subparagraph (A) and received substance use disorder or mental
            health treatment through--
                    ``(i) a Medicaid managed care entity (as defined in
                section 1932(a)(1)(B)), including the number of such
                individuals who received such assistance through a prepaid
                inpatient health plan (as defined by the Secretary) or a
                prepaid ambulatory health plan (as defined by the
                Secretary);
                    ``(ii) a fee-for-service payment model; or
                    ``(iii) an alternative payment model, to the extent
                available.
                ``(F) The number and percentage of individuals enrolled
            under the State plan under this title or the State child health
            plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) who have
            a diagnosis described in subparagraph (A) and received services
            for a mental health condition or a substance use disorder in an
            outpatient or community-based or home-based setting after
            receiving mental health or substance use disorder services in
            an inpatient or residential setting, and the number of mental
            health or substance use disorder services received by such
            individuals in the outpatient or community-based or home-based
            setting.
                ``(G) The number and percentage of inpatient admissions in
            which services for a mental health condition or substance use
            disorder were provided to an individual enrolled under the
            State plan under this title or the State child health plan
            under title XXI (or under a waiver of such plans) that occurred
            within 30 days after discharge from a hospital or residential
            facility in which services for a mental health condition or
            substance use disorder previously were provided to such
            individual, disaggregated by each diagnosis described in
            subparagraph (A) and type of facility, to the extent such
            information is available.
                ``(H) The number of emergency department visits by an
            individual enrolled under the State plan under this title or
            the State child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver
            of such plans) who has a diagnosis described in subparagraph
            (A) within 7 days of such individual being discharged from an
            inpatient stay at a hospital during which services for a mental
            health condition or substance use disorder were provided, or
            from a mental health facility, an independent psychiatric wing
            of an acute care hospital, an intermediate care facility for
            individuals with intellectual disabilities, or a residential
            treatment facility, disaggregated by each diagnosis described
            in subparagraph (A) and type of facility, to the extent such
            information is available.
                ``(I) The number and percentage of individuals who are
            enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State
            child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such
            plans) and received an assessment for a mental health
            condition.
                ``(J) The number and percentage of individuals who are
            enrolled under the State plan under this title or the State
            child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver of such
            plans) and received an assessment for a substance use disorder.
                ``(K) The number of mental health services provided to
            individuals enrolled under the State plan under this title or
            the State child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver
            of such plans) who received an assessment described in
            subparagraph (I) in the 30 days post-assessment.
                ``(L) The number of substance use disorder treatment
            services provided to individuals enrolled under the State plan
            under this title or the State child health plan under title XXI
            (or under a waiver of such plans) who received an assessment
            described in subparagraph (J) in the 30 days post-assessment.
                ``(M) Prescription National Drug Code codes, fill dates,
            and number of days supply of any covered outpatient drug (as
            defined in section 1927(k)(2)) that was dispensed to an
            individual enrolled under the State plan under this title or
            the State child health plan under title XXI (or under a waiver
            of such plans) with an episode described in subparagraph (G) or
            (H) during any period that occurs after the individual's
            discharge date defined in subparagraph (G) or (H) (as
            applicable), and before the admission date applicable under
            subparagraph (G) or the date of the emergency department visit
            applicable under subparagraph (H) that were--
                    ``(i) to treat a mental health condition; or
                    ``(ii) to treat a substance use disorder.
        ``(b) Publication.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
        enactment of this section, the Secretary shall make publicly
        available the first analysis required by subsection (a).
            ``(2) Annual updates.--The Secretary shall issue an updated
        version of the analysis required under subsection (a) not later
        than January 1 of each calendar year.
            ``(3) Use of t-msis data.--The analysis required under
        subsection (a) and updates required under paragraph (4) shall--
                ``(A) use data and definitions from the T-MSIS data set
            that is no more than 12 months old on the date that the
            analysis or update is published; and
                ``(B) as appropriate, include a description with respect to
            each State of the quality and completeness of the data and
            caveats describing the limitations of the data reported to the
            Secretary by the State that is sufficient to communicate the
            appropriate uses for the information.
            ``(4) Revised publication.--Beginning not later than 3 years
        after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary annually
        shall publish a revised publication of the analysis required by
        subsection (a) that allows for a research-ready and publicly
        accessible interface of the publication and is developed after
        consultation with stakeholders on the usability of the data
        contained in the publication.
            ``(5) Making t-msis data on substance use disorders and mental
        health conditions available to researchers.--
                ``(A) Requirement to publish system of records notice.--
                    ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a system of
                records notice for the data specified in clause (ii) for
                the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System, in
                accordance with section 552a(e)(4) of title 5, United
                States Code. The notice shall outline policies that protect
                the security and privacy of the data that, at a minimum,
                meet the security and privacy policies of SORN 09-70-0541
                for the Medicaid Statistical Information System.
                    ``(ii) Required data.--The data covered by the systems
                of records notice required under clause (i) shall be
                sufficient for researchers and States to analyze the
                prevalence of conditions described in subsection (a)(2)(A)
                in the Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program
                beneficiary population and the treatment of such conditions
                under Medicaid across all States (including the District of
                Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
                Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa),
                forms of treatment, and treatment settings.
                    ``(iii) Initiation of data-sharing activities.--Not
                later than January 1, 2025, the Secretary shall initiate
                the data-sharing activities outlined in the notice required
                under clause (i).
                ``(B) Satisfaction of requirement through existing system
            of records notice.--The Secretary shall not be required to
            publish a new system of records notice as required under
            subparagraph (A) if, not later than January 1, 2025, the
            Secretary determines that the system of records notice
            published by the Secretary in the Federal Register on February
            6, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 2230), satisfies the requirements
            described in subparagraph (A).''.
        SEC. 203. MONITORING PRESCRIBING OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC MEDICATIONS.
        (a) In General.--Section 1902(oo)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act
    (42 U.S.C. 1396a(oo)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``by children'';
            (2) by striking ``children enrolled'' and inserting ``children
        generally, children in foster care specifically, individuals over
        the age of 18 receiving home and community-based services (as
        defined in section 9817(a)(2)(B) of Public Law 117-2), and
        individuals over the age of 18 residing in institutional care
        settings (including nursing facilities, intermediate care
        facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities,
        institutions for mental diseases, inpatient psychiatric hospitals,
        and other such institutional care settings) enrolled''; and
            (3) by striking ``not more than the age of 18 years'' through
        the period at the end and inserting ``subject to the program,
        including information with respect to each such category of
        children and individuals over the age of 18.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
    take effect on the date that is 24 months after the date of enactment
    of this Act.
        SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
          FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS IN INSTITUTIONS FOR MENTAL DISEASES.
        (a) Making Permanent State Plan Amendment Option To Provide Medical
    Assistance for Certain Individuals Who Are Patients in Certain
    Institutions for Mental Diseases.--Section 1915(l)(1) of the Social
    Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(1)) is amended by striking ``With
    respect to calendar quarters beginning during the period beginning
    October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2023,'' and inserting ``With
    respect to calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 2019,''.
        (b) Maintenance of Effort Revision.--Section 1915(l)(3) of the
    Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                (A) by striking ``other than under this title from non-
            Federal funds'' and all that follows through ``subparagraph
            (B))'' and inserting ``from non-Federal funds for items and
            services (including services described in subparagraph (B))'';
            and
                (B) by striking ``such items and services'' and all that
            follows through the period and inserting ``such items and
            services for, at the option of the State--
                    ``(i) fiscal year 2018; or
                    ``(ii) the most recently ended fiscal year as of the
                date the State submits a State plan amendment to the
                Secretary to provide such medical assistance in accordance
                with this subsection.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (A)(ii)''
        and inserting ``subparagraph (A)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                ``(D) Application of maintenance of effort requirements to
            certain states.--In the case of a State with a State plan
            amendment in effect on September 30, 2023, for the 1-year
            period beginning on the date of enactment of this subparagraph,
            the provisions of subparagraph (A) shall be applied as if the
            amendments to such subparagraph made by the Consolidated
            Appropriations Act, 2024 had never been made.''.
        (c) Additional Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--
                (A) General requirements.--Section 1915(l)(4) of the Social
            Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(4)) is amended--
                    (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``through (D)''
                and inserting ``through (F)'';
                    (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

                        (I) by striking ``Prior to approval of a State plan
                    amendment under this subsection, the State shall notify
                    the Secretary of how the State will ensure'' and
                    inserting ``The State shall have in place evidence-
                    based, substance use disorder-specific individual
                    placement criteria and utilization management
                    approaches to ensure placement of eligible individuals
                    in an appropriate level of care, including criteria and
                    approaches to ensure''; and
                        (II) by adding at the end the following sentence:
                    ``The State shall notify the Secretary at such time and
                    in such form and manner as the Secretary shall require
                    of such criteria and utilization management
                    approaches.''; and

                    (iii) by adding at the end the following new
                subparagraph:
                ``(E) Review process.--The State shall, using nationally
            recognized substance use disorder-specific program standards,
            have in place a process to review the compliance of eligible
            institutions for mental diseases with such program standards
            specified by the State.''.
                (B) Effective date.--The amendments made by subparagraph
            (A) shall apply with respect to States providing medical
            assistance for items and services pursuant to a State plan
            amendment under section 1915(l) of the Social Security Act (42
            U.S.C. 1396n(l)) in calendar quarters beginning on or after
            October 1, 2025.
            (2) One-time assessment.--Section 1915(l)(4) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)(4)), as amended by paragraph (1),
        is further amended by adding at the end the following new
        subparagraph:
                ``(F) Assessment.--
                    ``(i) In general.--The State shall, not later than 12
                months after the approval of a State plan amendment
                described in this subsection (or, in the case of a State
                that has such an amendment approved as of September 30,
                2023, not later than 12 months after the date of enactment
                of this subparagraph), commence an assessment of--

                        ``(I) the availability of treatment for individuals
                    enrolled under a State plan under this title (or waiver
                    of such plan) in each level of care described in
                    subparagraph (C), including how such availability
                    varies by region of the State; and
                        ``(II) the availability of medication-assisted
                    treatment and medically supervised withdrawal
                    management services for such individuals, including how
                    such availability varies by region of the State.

                    ``(ii) Required completion.--The State shall complete
                an assessment described in clause (i) not later than 12
                months after the date the State commences such
                assessment.''.
            (3) Clarification of levels of care.--Section 1915(l) of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l)) is amended--
                (A) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking ``problems in
            Dimensions 1, 2, or 3'' each place it appears and inserting
            ``conditions''; and
                (B) in paragraph (7), by striking subparagraph (A) and
            redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as subparagraphs
            (A) through (C), respectively.
        (d) Application to Certain States.--Notwithstanding section 430.20
    of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Health and
    Human Services may approve a request to renew a State plan amendment
    under section 1915(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(l))
    with an effective date of October 1, 2023, if the State making such
    request--
            (1) had approval for a State plan amendment under such section
        as of September 30, 2023; and
            (2) submits the request to renew such amendment not later than
        60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
        SEC. 205. PROHIBITION ON TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT DUE TO
          INCARCERATION.
        (a) Medicaid.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social Security
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(A)), as amended by section 5122(a)(2)
        of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328),
        is further amended--
                (A) by striking ``under the State plan'' and inserting
            ``under the State plan (or waiver of such plan)'';
                (B) by striking ``who is an eligible juvenile (as defined
            in subsection (nn)(2))'';
                (C) by striking ``because the juvenile'' and inserting
            ``because the individual'';
                (D) by striking ``during the period the juvenile'' and
            inserting ``during the period the individual'';
                (E) by inserting ``such an individual who is an eligible
            juvenile (as defined in subsection (nn)(2)) and'' after ``or in
            the case of''; and
                (F) by striking ``paragraph (31)'' and inserting ``the last
            numbered paragraph''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by--
                (A) subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall take effect on
            the date of the enactment of this Act; and
                (B) subparagraphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (1) shall
            take effect on January 1, 2026.
        (b) CHIP.--
            (1) In general.--Section 2102(d)(1)(A) of the Social Security
        Act (42 U.S.C. 1397bb(d)(1)(A)) is amended--
                (A) by inserting ``or pregnancy-related'' after ``child
            health'';
                (B) by inserting ``or targeted low-income pregnant woman''
            after ``targeted low-income child'';
                (C) by inserting ``or pregnant woman'' after ``because the
            child''; and
                (D) by inserting ``or pregnant woman'' after ``during the
            period the child''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall
        apply beginning January 1, 2026.
        (c) Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Section 1902(nn)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42
        U.S.C. 1395a(a)(nn)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``State plan''
        and inserting ``State plan (or waiver of such plan)''.
            (2) Section 1902(nn)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        1396a(nn)(3)), is amended by striking ``paragraph (31)'' and
        inserting ``the last numbered paragraph''.
            (3) Section 5122(a)(1) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
        2023 (Public Law 117-328) is amended by striking ``after'' and all
        that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``after
        `or in the case of an eligible juvenile described in section
        1902(a)(84)(D) with respect to the screenings, diagnostic services,
        referrals, and targeted case management services required under
        such section'.''.
            (4) The fifth sentence of section 1905(a) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended by striking
        ``paragraph (30)'' and inserting ``the last numbered paragraph''.
        SEC. 206. ADDRESSING OPERATIONAL BARRIERS TO PROMOTE CONTINUITY OF
          CARE FOR MEDICAID AND CHIP BENEFICIARIES FOLLOWING INCARCERATION.
        (a) State Planning Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 12 months after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall award grants to States
        for the purpose of developing operational capabilities to promote
        continuity of care for individuals who are inmates of a public
        institution and are eligible for medical assistance under the State
        Medicaid program or are eligible for child health assistance or
        pregnancy-related assistance under the State CHIP.
            (2) Use of funds.--A State may use funds awarded under a grant
        under this subsection for activities and expenses related to
        complying with the requirement described in section 1902(a)(84)(A)
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(A)) that a State
        shall not terminate eligibility for medical assistance, complying
        with the requirements of sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)), or
        adopting the State plan options described in the subdivision (A)
        following the last numbered paragraph of section 1905(a) and
        2110(b)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a),
        1397jj(b)(7)), or other activities and expenses to promote
        continuity of care for individuals described in paragraph (1). Such
        activities and expenses may include--
                (A) identifying and addressing operational gaps with
            respect to complying with such requirements or adopting such
            options, in collaboration with public institutions, State human
            services agencies, Medicaid managed care plans, providers,
            community-based organizations, and other stakeholders;
                (B) establishing standardized processes and automated
            systems for activities that may include, but are not limited
            to--
                    (i) determining whether an individual is enrolled in a
                State Medicaid program or State CHIP at the time such
                individual becomes an inmate of a public institution;
                    (ii) allowing an individual who is an inmate of a
                public institution to submit an application to enroll or
                renew coverage in a State Medicaid program or State CHIP
                prior to the individual's release from such public
                institution;
                    (iii) facilitating the delivery of medical assistance
                under the State Medicaid program or child health assistance
                or pregnancy-related assistance under the State CHIP to an
                individual who is eligible for such assistance while the
                individual is an inmate of a public institution, such as by
                establishing claims processing and prior authorization
                request protocols; and
                    (iv) in the case of an eligible individual whose
                coverage under a State Medicaid program or State CHIP was
                suspended while the individual was an inmate of a public
                institution, restoring such coverage upon such individual's
                release from the public institution;
                (C) investing in information technology to--
                    (i) enable bi-directional information sharing between
                public institutions, the State Medicaid and CHIP agencies,
                and other entities such as managed care plans and providers
                (in a manner consistent with applicable State and Federal
                privacy laws), to support care transitions and coordination
                of treatment (including access to care in the community
                after release from a public institution); and
                    (ii) develop indicators to ensure Federal financial
                participation for medical assistance furnished under a
                State Medicaid program or child health assistance or
                pregnancy-related assistance furnished under a State CHIP
                is available only for medical assistance or child health
                assistance or pregnancy-related assistance for items and
                services for which such participation is permitted while an
                individual is an inmate of a public institution; and
                (D) establishing oversight and monitoring processes to
            ensure public institutions and entities with which they
            contract are compliant with any applicable Medicaid and CHIP
            requirements.
            (3) Limitations on use of funds.--A State shall not use funds
        from a grant awarded under this subsection to--
                (A) provide medical assistance under a State Medicaid
            program or child health assistance or pregnancy-related
            assistance under a State CHIP to an individual, or otherwise
            directly administer health care services for an individual; or
                (B) build prisons, jails, or other carceral facilities, or
            pay for prison, jail, or other carceral facility-related
            improvements other than those improvements that are for the
            direct and primary purpose of meeting the health care needs of
            individuals who are incarcerated and who are eligible for
            medical assistance under the State Medicaid program or child
            health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under the
            State CHIP.
            (4) Allocation of grant funds.--In determining the amount of a
        grant to award to a State that applies for a grant under this
        subsection, the Secretary shall consider the following factors,
        relative to other States applying for grants under this subsection:
                (A) The number of individuals in the State who were inmates
            of non-Federal public institutions (such as State prisons,
            local and county jails, tribal jails, and youth correctional or
            detention facilities) and were eligible for medical assistance
            under a State Medicaid program at any time in calendar year
            2022.
                (B) The number of non-Federal public institutions in the
            State (such as State prisons, local and county jails, tribal
            jails, and youth correctional or detention facilities).
                (C) The State's progress in developing, implementing, and
            operating initiatives to promote continuity of care for
            individuals who are inmates of a public institution and are
            eligible for medical assistance under the State Medicaid
            program or are eligible for child health assistance or
            pregnancy-related assistance under the State CHIP (with
            favorable consideration given to States with less progress in
            promoting continuity of care for such individuals).
            (5) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Secretary for
        fiscal year 2024, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
        appropriated, $113,500,000, to remain available until expended, for
        the purposes of awarding and administering grants to States under
        this subsection.
        (b) Guidance to Support State Implementation and Operations.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue detailed guidance
        to States that addresses common implementation and operational
        challenges States face in ensuring access to authorized high-
        quality, timely, accessible care before, during, and after
        incarceration for individuals who are eligible for medical
        assistance under a State Medicaid program or child health
        assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under a State CHIP.
            (2) Content.--
                (A) Compliance with requirements.--The guidance required
            under paragraph (1) shall address challenges States face, or
            are likely to face, in complying with the requirement described
            in section 1902(a)(84)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
            1396a(a)(84)(A)) that a State shall not terminate eligibility
            for medical assistance, complying with the requirements of
            sections 1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the Social Security Act
            (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)), adopting the State plan
            options described in the subdivision (A) following the last
            numbered paragraph of section 1905(a) and section 2110(b)(7) of
            the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a), 1397jj(b)(7)), and
            carrying out other activities that are approved by the
            Secretary to promote continuity of care for individuals who are
            inmates of a public institution and are eligible for medical
            assistance under the State Medicaid program or are eligible for
            child health assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under
            the State CHIP.
                (B) Best practices and strategies.--The guidance required
            under paragraph (1) shall include best practices and strategies
            States can use to address implementation and operational
            challenges related to the requirements described in
            subparagraph (A), including those related to the following:
                    (i) Implementing modifications to improve eligibility
                and enrollment processes, including, but not limited to,
                completing applications for assistance under the State
                Medicaid program or the State CHIP on behalf of inmates,
                transmitting such applications to State Medicaid and CHIP
                agencies, and screening individuals who are inmates of
                public institutions for eligibility for medical assistance
                that is authorized to be furnished to the individual while
                the individual is such an inmate.
                    (ii) Clarifying the availability of relevant Federal
                financial participation, including the administrative match
                under sections 1903 and 2105 of the Social Security Act (42
                U.S.C. 1396b, 1397ee), for activities that directly support
                efforts to identify and enroll eligible individuals in
                State Medicaid programs and State CHIPs and that directly
                support the provision of authorized medical assistance,
                child health assistance, or pregnancy-related assistance,
                including, but not limited to, data sharing and exchange,
                and other necessary functions.
                    (iii) Expeditiously conducting screening for
                eligibility under State Medicaid programs and State CHIPs
                for individuals who are inmates of a public institution,
                providing application and renewal assistance for those who
                are not yet enrolled in such programs or whose eligibility
                needs to be renewed, and coordinating reinstatement of
                coverage under such programs with managed care enrollment.
                    (iv) Ensuring that an individual who is an inmate of a
                public institution and is eligible for medical assistance
                under a State Medicaid program or for child health
                assistance or pregnancy-related assistance under a State
                CHIP receives, in a timely fashion, any such assistance for
                which Federal financial participation is authorized, such
                as, a supply of medications or prescription refill upon
                release and the services required under sections
                1902(a)(84)(D) and 2102(d) of the Social Security Act (42
                U.S.C. 1396a(a)(84)(D), 1397bb(d)).
                    (v) Establishing community-based provider networks,
                including those comprised of case managers, for purposes of
                providing continuity of care to individuals who are
                eligible for medical assistance under a State Medicaid
                program or child health assistance or pregnancy-related
                assistance under a State CHIP before, during, and after
                incarceration.
        (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Public institution.--The term ``public institution'' has
        the meaning given that term in section 1902(nn)(3) of the Social
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(nn)(3)).
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
        Health and Human Services.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given that term
        in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
        1301(a)(1)) for purposes of titles XIX and XXI of such Act.
            (4) State chip.--The term ``State CHIP'' means a State child
        health plan for child health assistance under title XXI of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), and includes any
        waiver of such a plan.
            (5) State medicaid program.--The term ``State Medicaid
        program'' means a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), and includes
        any waiver of such a plan.
        SEC. 207. GUIDANCE RELATING TO IMPROVING THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
          WORKFORCE AND INTEGRATION OF CARE UNDER MEDICAID AND CHIP.
        (a) Guidance.--Not later than 24 months after the date of enactment
    of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in
    this section as the ``Secretary'') shall issue guidance to States
    regarding the following:
            (1) Opportunities to increase access to the mental health and
        substance use disorder care providers that participate in Medicaid
        or CHIP, which may include education, training, recruitment and
        retention of such providers, with a focus on improving the capacity
        of this workforce in rural and underserved areas by increasing the
        number, type, and capacity of providers. The guidance relating to
        such opportunities shall include the following:
                (A) Best practices from States that have used authorities
            under titles XI, XIX, or XXI of the Social Security Act (42
            U.S.C. 1301 et seq., 1396 et seq., 1397aa et seq.), including
            initiatives States have implemented under waivers under section
            1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315), for such purposes.
                (B) Opportunities States can leverage to finance, support,
            and expand the availability of providers of community-based
            mental health and substance use disorder services who
            participate in Medicaid and CHIP across the continuum of care,
            including through the participation of paraprofessionals with
            behavioral health expertise, such as clinicians with
            baccalaureate degrees and peer support specialists and
            including best practices especially pertinent to pediatric
            care. The guidance shall include examples of innovative
            policies states have adopted to expand access to behavioral
            health services; for example, by establishing more expansive
            and diverse behavioral health workforce roles such as certified
            wellness coaches.
                (C) Best practices related to financing, supporting, and
            expanding the education and training of providers of mental
            health and substance use disorder services in order to increase
            the workforce of such providers who participate in Medicaid and
            CHIP across the continuum of care, including innovative public-
            private partnerships and including such practices that are
            especially pertinent to pediatric care.
            (2) Opportunities to promote the integration of mental health
        or substance use disorder services with primary care services. The
        guidance relating to such opportunities shall include the
        following:
                (A) An overview of State options for adopting and expanding
            value-based payment arrangements and alternative payment
            models, including accountable care organization-like models and
            other shared savings programs.
                (B) A description of opportunities for States to use and
            align existing authorities and resources to finance the
            integration of mental health or substance use disorder services
            with primary care services, including with respect to the use
            of electronic health records in mental health care settings and
            in substance use disorder care settings.
                (C) Strategies to support integration of mental health or
            substance use disorder services with primary care services
            through the use of non-clinical professionals and
            paraprofessionals, including peer support specialists.
                (D) Examples of specific strategies and models designed to
            support integration of mental health or substance use disorder
            services with primary care services for differing age groups,
            including children and youth and individuals over the age of
            65, which may include the collaborative care model or primary
            care behavioral health model for behavioral health integration.
        (b) Integration of Mental Health or Substance Use Disorder Services
    With Primary Care Services.--For purposes of subsection (a)(2), the
    term ``integration of mental health or substance use disorder services
    with primary care services'' means any of the following:
            (1) The delivery of mental health or substance use disorder
        services in a setting that is physically located in the same
        practice or building as a primary care setting, or when at least 1
        provider of mental health or substance use disorder services is
        available in a primary care setting via telehealth.
            (2) The use of behavioral health integration models primarily
        intended for pediatric populations with non-severe mental health
        needs that are focused on prevention and early detection and
        intervention methods through a multidisciplinary collaborative
        behavioral health team approach co-managed with primary care, to
        include same-day access to family-focused mental health treatment
        services.
            (3) Having providers of mental health or substance use disorder
        services physically co-located in a primary care setting with same-
        day visit availability.
            (4) Implementing or maintaining enhanced care coordination or
        targeted case management which includes regular interactions
        between and within care teams.
            (5) Providing mental health or substance use disorder screening
        and follow-up assessments, interventions, or services within the
        same practice or facility as a primary care or physical service
        setting.
            (6) The use of assertive community treatment that is integrated
        with or facilitated by a primary care practice.
            (7) Delivery of integrated primary care and mental health care
        or substance use disorder care in the home or in community-based
        settings for individuals who are recipients of Medicaid home and
        community-based services.
        SEC. 208. FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONS.
        There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
    for fiscal year 2024, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
    appropriated, to remain available until expended--
            (1) $5,000,000, for the purpose of carrying out section 203 and
        the amendments made by such section, and sections 206, and 207; and
            (2) $10,000,000 for the recurring collection, analysis, and
        publication of health care data under section 1948 of the Social
        Security Act, as added by section 202.
        SEC. 209. CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES
          UNDER MEDICAID.
        (a) Definition of Medical Assistance.--Section 1905 of the Social
    Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                (A) in paragraph (30), by striking ``; and'' and inserting
            a semicolon;
                (B) by redesignating paragraph (31) as paragraph (32); and
                (C) by inserting after paragraph (30) the following new
            paragraph:
            ``(31) certified community behavioral health clinic services,
        as defined in subsection (jj); and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(jj) Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--The term `certified community behavioral
        health services' means any of the following services when furnished
        to an individual as a patient of a certified community behavioral
        health clinic (as defined in paragraph (2)), in a manner reflecting
        person-centered care and which, if not available directly through a
        certified community behavioral health clinic, may be provided or
        referred through formal relationships with other providers:
                ``(A) Crisis mental health services, including 24-hour
            mobile crisis teams, emergency crisis intervention services,
            and crisis stabilization.
                ``(B) Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including risk
            assessment.
                ``(C) Patient-centered treatment planning or similar
            processes, including risk assessment and crisis planning.
                ``(D) Outpatient mental health and substance use services.
                ``(E) Outpatient clinic primary care screening and
            monitoring of key health indicators and health risk.
                ``(F) Intensive case management services.
                ``(G) Psychiatric rehabilitation services.
                ``(H) Peer support and counselor services and family
            supports.
                ``(I) Intensive, community-based mental health care for
            members of the armed forces and veterans who are eligible for
            medical assistance, particularly such members and veterans
            located in rural areas, provided the care is consistent with
            minimum clinical mental health guidelines promulgated by the
            Veterans Health Administration, including clinical guidelines
            contained in the Uniform Mental Health Services Handbook of
            such Administration.
            ``(2) Certified community behavioral health clinic.--The term
        `certified community behavioral health clinic' means an
        organization that--
                ``(A) has been certified by a State as meeting the criteria
            established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a) of
            section 223 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act as of
            January 1, 2024, and any subsequent updates to such criteria,
            regardless of whether the State is carrying out a demonstration
            program under this title under subsection (d) of such section;
                ``(B) is engaged in furnishing all of the services
            described in paragraph (1); and
                ``(C) agrees, as a condition of the certification described
            in subparagraph (A), to furnish to the State or Secretary any
            data required as part of ongoing monitoring of the
            organization's provision of services, including encounter data,
            clinical outcomes data, quality data, and such other data as
            the State or Secretary may require.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
    apply with respect to medical assistance furnished on or after the date
    of enactment of this Act.
        SEC. 210. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL
          PAYMENT CUTS.
        Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
    4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 121 of subtitle B of title I of
    division B of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and
    Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35), is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``For the period beginning March
        9, 2024, and ending September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal
        years 2025'' and inserting ``For the period beginning January 1,
        2025, and ending September 30, 2025, and for each of fiscal years
        2026''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``March 9, 2024, and ending
        September 30, 2024, and for each of fiscal years 2025'' and
        inserting ``January 1, 2025, and ending September 30, 2025, and for
        each of fiscal years 2026''.
        SEC. 211. PROMOTING VALUE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE.
        Section 1903(m)(9)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    1396b(m)(9)(A)) is amended by striking ``(and before fiscal year
    2024)''.
        SEC. 212. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.
        Section 1941(b)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w-
    1(b)(3)(A)), as amended by section 122 of subtitle B of title I of
    division B of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and
    Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35), is further amended by
    striking ``$5,140,428,729'' and inserting ``$0''.

                              Subtitle C--Medicare

        SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT,
          INPUT, AND SELECTION.
        Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                (A) by striking ``and $20,000,000'' and inserting
            ``$20,000,000''; and
                (B) by inserting the following before the period at the
            end: ``, and $9,000,000 for the period beginning on October 1,
            2023, and ending on December 31, 2024''; and
            (2) in the third sentence, by striking ``and 2023'' and
        inserting ``2023, and 2024 and the period beginning on October 1,
        2024, and ending on December 31, 2024''.
        SEC. 302. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-
          INCOME PROGRAMS.
        (a) State Health Insurance Assistance Programs.--Subsection
    (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and
    Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended by section
    3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
    148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public
    Law 112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013
    (Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare
    Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the Medicare Access and
    CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-10), section 50207 of
    division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123),
    section 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020,
    and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-59), section 1402 of
    division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and
    Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-69), section 103
    of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
    (Public Law 116-94), section 3803 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
    136), section 2203 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other
    Extensions Act (Public Law 116-159), section 1102 of the Further
    Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act (Public
    Law 116-215), and section 103 of division CC of the Consolidated
    Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                    ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023,
                and ending on December 31, 2024, $18,750,000.''.
        (b) Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such section
    119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                    ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023,
                and ending on December 31, 2024, $18,750,000.''.
        (c) Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--Subsection (c)(1)(B) of
    such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the comma at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                    ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023,
                and ending on December 31, 2024, $6,250,000.''.
        (d) Coordination of Efforts to Inform Older Americans About
    Benefits Available Under Federal and State Programs.--Subsection (d)(2)
    of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
            (1) in clause (xii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (xiii), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following new clause:
                    ``(xiv) for the period beginning on October 1, 2023,
                and ending on December 31, 2024, $18,750,000.''.
        SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR UNDER THE
          MEDICARE PROGRAM.
        Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
    4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ``March 9, 2024'' and inserting
    ``January 1, 2025''.
        SEC. 304. EXTENDING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN
          ELIGIBLE ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS.
        (a) In General.--Section 1833(z) of the Social Security Act (42
    U.S.C. 1395l(z)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                (A) by striking ``with 2025'' and inserting ``with 2026'';
            and
                (B) by inserting ``, or, with respect to 2026, 1.88
            percent'' after ``3.5 percent'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                (A) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (i) in the heading, by striking ``2025'' and inserting
                ``2026''; and
                    (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
                ``2025'' and inserting ``2026'';
                (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (i) in the heading, by striking ``2026'' and inserting
                ``2027''; and
                    (ii) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
                ``2026'' and inserting ``2027''; and
                (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and 2025'' and
            inserting ``2025, and 2026''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(B), by inserting ``, or, with respect to
        2026, 1.88 percent'' after ``3.5 percent''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1848(q)(1)(C)(iii) of the
    Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4(q)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (II), by striking ``2025'' and inserting
        ``2026''; and
            (2) in subclause (III), by striking ``2026'' and inserting
        ``2027''.
        SEC. 305. TEMPORARY PAYMENT INCREASE UNDER THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN
          FEE SCHEDULE TO ACCOUNT FOR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND
          ATYPICAL TIMING OF ENACTMENT.
        Section 1848(t)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
    4(t)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D)--
                (A) by striking ``January 1, 2025'' and inserting ``March
            9, 2024''; and
                (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
            and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                ``(E) such services furnished on or after March 9, 2024,
            and before January 1, 2025, by 2.93 percent.''.
        SEC. 306. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOSPITAL PAYMENT
          ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS.
        (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social Security Act (42
    U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by
        striking ``in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years'' and
        inserting ``during the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on
        January 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025, and in fiscal
        year 2026 and subsequent fiscal years'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)--
                (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
                    (i) by inserting ``or portion of a fiscal year'' after
                ``for a fiscal year''; and
                    (ii) by inserting ``and the portion of fiscal year 2025
                beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December 31,
                2024'' after ``through 2024'';
                (B) in subclause (III), by inserting ``and the portion of
            fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on
            December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''; and
                (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ``fiscal year 2025'' and
            inserting ``the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on
            January 1, 2025, and ending on September 30, 2025, and fiscal
            year 2026''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)--
                (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``or
            during the portion of fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1,
            2024, and ending on December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024'';
            and
                (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``and the portion of
            fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on
            December 31, 2024'' after ``through 2024''.
        (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
    the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the provisions
    of, including the amendments made by, this section by program
    instruction or otherwise.
        SEC. 307. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT HOSPITAL (MDH)
          PROGRAM.
        (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the Social Security Act
    (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``October 1, 2024'' and
        inserting ``January 1, 2025''; and
            (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``October 1, 2024'' and
        inserting ``January 1, 2025''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Extension of target amount.--Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of the
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended--
                (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
            ``October 1, 2024'' and inserting ``January 1, 2025''; and
                (B) in clause (iv), by inserting ``and the portion of
            fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on
            December 31, 2024,'' after ``through fiscal year 2024''.
            (2) Permitting hospitals to decline reclassification.--Section
        13501(e)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42
        U.S.C. 1395ww note) is amended by striking ``or fiscal year 2000''
        and all that follows through ``the Secretary'' and inserting
        ``fiscal year 2000 through fiscal year 2024, or the portion of
        fiscal year 2025 beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on
        December 31, 2024, the Secretary''.
        SEC. 308. EXTENSION OF ADJUSTMENT TO CALCULATION OF HOSPICE CAP
          AMOUNT UNDER MEDICARE.
        Section 1814(i)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    1395f(i)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``2032'' and inserting
        ``2033''; and
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking ``2032'' and inserting
        ``2033''.
        SEC. 309. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.
        Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$2,197,795,056'' and inserting
    ``$0''.

                           Subtitle D--Human Services

        SEC. 401. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
          PROGRAM.
        Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other than under
    section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act
    shall continue through September 30, 2024, in the manner authorized for
    fiscal year 2023, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United
    States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such
    sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
        SEC. 402. EXTENSION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES PROGRAMS.
        Activities authorized by part B of title IV of the Social Security
    Act shall continue through December 31, 2024, in the manner authorized
    for fiscal year 2023, and out of any money in the Treasury of the
    United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated
    such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
        SEC. 403. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTENSION.
        Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710), as amended
    by section 142 of subtitle D of title I of division B of the Further
    Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
    (Public Law 118-35), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                (A) in paragraph (1)--
                    (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 2024,'';
                    (ii) by inserting ``for the period beginning on March
                9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, and for the
                period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December
                31, 2024,'' after ``March 8, 2024,''; and
                    (iii) by inserting ``or 2025'' after ``for fiscal year
                2024''; and
                (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or 2025'' after ``with
            respect to fiscal year 2024'' each place it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (f)(1)--
                (A) by striking ``and'' before ``for the period beginning
            on January 20, 2024,''; and
                (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, for
            the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending on September
            30, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount
            appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal year 2023,
            and for the period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on
            December 31, 2024, an amount equal to the pro rata portion of
            the amount appropriated for the corresponding period for fiscal
            year 2024.''.
        SEC. 404. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTENSION.
        Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713), as amended
    by section 143 of subtitle D of title I of division B of the Further
    Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024
    (Public Law 118-35), is further amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause
            (i)--
                    (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 2024,'';
                and
                    (ii) by inserting ``for the period beginning on March
                9, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2024, and for the
                period beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on December
                31, 2024,'' after ``March 8, 2024,''; and
                (B) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
                    (i) by striking ``and'' after ``January 19, 2024,'';
                and
                    (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting
                ``, for the period beginning on March 9, 2024, and ending
                on September 30, 2024, and for the period beginning on
                October 1, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ``or 2025'' after
        ``fiscal year 2024''; and
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                (A) by striking ``and'' before ``for the period beginning
            on January 20, 2024,''; and
                (B) by striking ``fiscal year 2023.'' and inserting
            ``fiscal year 2023, for the period beginning on March 9, 2024,
            and ending on September 30, 2024, an amount equal to the pro
            rata portion of the amount appropriated for the corresponding
            period for fiscal year 2023, and for the period beginning on
            October 1, 2024, and ending on December 31, 2024, an amount
            equal to the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated for
            the corresponding period for fiscal year 2024.''.
        SEC. 405. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAMILY HEALTH
          INFORMATION CENTERS.
        Section 501(c)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
    701(c)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' after the semicolon;
            (2) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (vii), the following new clause:
            ``(viii) $1,500,000 for the portion of fiscal year 2025 before
        January 1, 2025.''.

                TITLE II--AMENDING COMPACTS OF FREE ASSOCIATION

        SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
        This title may be cited as the ``Compact of Free Association
    Amendments Act of 2024''.
        SEC. 202. FINDINGS.
        Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United States (in accordance with the Trusteeship
        Agreement for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the
        United Nations Charter, and the objectives of the international
        trusteeship system of the United Nations) fulfilled its obligations
        to promote the development of the people of the Trust Territory
        toward self-government or independence, as appropriate, to the
        particular circumstances of the Trust Territory and the people of
        the Trust Territory and the freely expressed wishes of the people
        concerned.
            (2) The United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, and
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands entered into the Compact of
        Free Association set forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free
        Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99-239)
        and the United States and the Republic of Palau entered into the
        Compact of Free Association set forth in section 201 of Public Law
        99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note) to create and maintain a close and
        mutually beneficial relationship.
            (3) The ``Compact of Free Association, as amended, between the
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of
        the Federated States of Micronesia'', the ``Compact of Free
        Association, as amended, between the Government of the United
        States of America and the Government of the Republic of the
        Marshall Islands'', and related agreements were signed by the
        Government of the United States and the Governments of the
        Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall
        Islands and approved, as applicable, by section 201 of the Compact
        of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note;
        Public Law 108-188).
            (4) The ``Agreement between the Government of the United States
        of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau Following
        the Compact of Free Association Section 432 Review'', was signed by
        the Government of the United States and the Government of the
        Republic of Palau on September 3, 2010, and amended on September
        19, 2018.
            (5) On May 22, 2023, the United States signed the ``Agreement
        between the Government of the United States of America and the
        Government of the Republic of Palau Resulting From the 2023 Compact
        of Free Association Section 432 Review''.
            (6) On May 23, 2023, the United States signed 3 agreements
        related to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free Association, including an
        Agreement to Amend the Compact, as amended, a new fiscal procedures
        agreement, and a new trust fund agreement and on September 28,
        2023, the United States signed a Federal Programs and Services
        agreement related to the U.S.-FSM Compact of Free Association.
            (7) On October 16, 2023, the United States signed 3 agreements
        relating to the U.S.-RMI Compact of Free Association, including an
        Agreement to Amend the Compact, as amended, a new fiscal procedures
        agreement, and a new trust fund agreement.
        SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS.
        In this title:
            (1) 1986 compact.--The term ``1986 Compact'' means the Compact
        of Free Association between the Government of the United States and
        the Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of
        Micronesia set forth in section 201 of the Compact of Free
        Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 99-239).
            (2) 2003 amended u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2003 Amended
        U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the Compact of Free Association amending
        the 1986 Compact entitled the ``Compact of Free Association, as
        amended, between the Government of the United States of America and
        the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia'' set forth in
        section 201(a) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of
        2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108-188).
            (3) 2003 amended u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2003 Amended
        U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the Compact of Free Association amending
        the 1986 Compact entitled ``Compact of Free Association, as
        amended, between the Government of the United States of America and
        the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands'' set forth
        in section 201(b) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act
        of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 note; Public Law 108-188).
            (4) 2023 agreement to amend the u.s.-fsm compact.--The term
        ``2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the
        Agreement between the Government of the United States of America
        and the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia to Amend
        the Compact of Free Association, as Amended, done at Palikir May
        23, 2023.
            (5) 2023 agreement to amend the u.s.-rmi compact.--The term
        ``2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the
        Agreement between the Government of the United States of America
        and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to Amend
        the Compact of Free Association, as Amended, done at Honolulu
        October 16, 2023.
            (6) 2023 amended u.s.-fsm compact.--The term ``2023 Amended
        U.S.-FSM Compact'' means the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, as
        amended by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact.
            (7) 2023 amended u.s.-rmi compact.--The term ``2023 Amended
        U.S.-RMI Compact'' means the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, as
        amended by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (8) 2023 u.s.-fsm federal programs and services agreement.--The
        term ``2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement''
        means the 2023 Federal Programs and Services Agreement between the
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of
        the Federated States of Micronesia, done at Washington September
        28, 2023.
            (9) 2023 u.s.-fsm fiscal procedures agreement.--The term ``2023
        U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement'' means the Agreement
        Concerning Procedures for the Implementation of United States
        Economic Assistance provided in the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact
        between the Government of the United States of America and the
        Government of the Federated States of Micronesia, done at Palikir
        May 23, 2023.
            (10) 2023 u.s.-fsm trust fund agreement.--The term ``2023 U.S.-
        FSM Trust Fund Agreement'' means the Agreement between the
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of
        the Federated States of Micronesia Regarding the Compact Trust
        Fund, done at Palikir May 23, 2023.
            (11) 2023 u.s.-palau compact review agreement.--The term ``2023
        U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement'' means the Agreement between
        the Government of the United States of America and the Government
        of the Republic of Palau Resulting From the 2023 Compact of Free
        Association Section 432 Review, done at Port Moresby May 22, 2023.
            (12) 2023 u.s.-rmi fiscal procedures agreement.--The term
        ``2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement'' means the Agreement
        Concerning Procedures for the Implementation of United States
        Economic Assistance Provided in the 2023 Amended Compact Between
        the Government of the United States of America and the Government
        of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, done at Honolulu October
        16, 2023.
            (13) 2023 u.s.-rmi trust fund agreement.--The term ``2023 U.S.-
        RMI Trust Fund Agreement'' means the Agreement between the
        Government of the United States of America and the Government of
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands Regarding the Compact Trust
        Fund, done at Honolulu October 16, 2023.
            (14) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the
            Senate;
                (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
                (C) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
            Representatives; and
                (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
            Representatives.
            (15) Freely associated states.--The term ``Freely Associated
        States'' means--
                (A) the Federated States of Micronesia;
                (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
                (C) the Republic of Palau.
            (16) Subsidiary agreement.--The term ``subsidiary agreement''
        means any of the following:
                (A) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services
            Agreement.
                (B) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
                (C) The 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement.
                (D) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement.
                (E) The 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement.
                (F) Any Federal Programs and Services Agreement in force
            between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall
            Islands.
                (G) Any Federal Programs and Services Agreement in force
            between the United States and the Republic of Palau.
                (H) Any other agreement that the United States may from
            time-to-time enter into with the Government of the Federated
            States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of Palau,
            or the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, in
            accordance with--
                    (i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (ii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; or
                    (iii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (17) U.S.-palau compact.--The term ``U.S.-Palau Compact'' means
        the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the
        Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99-658
        (48 U.S.C. 1931 note).
        SEC. 204. APPROVAL OF 2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S.-FSM COMPACT,
          2023 AGREEMENT TO AMEND THE U.S.-RMI COMPACT, 2023 U.S.-PALAU
          COMPACT REVIEW AGREEMENT, AND SUBSIDIARY AGREEMENTS.
        (a) Federated States of Micronesia.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact
        and the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to
        Congress on June 15, 2023, are approved and incorporated by
        reference.
            (2) Consent of congress.--Congress consents to--
                (A) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as
            submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023; and
                (B) the 2023 U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services
            Agreement.
            (3) Authority of president.--Notwithstanding section 101(f) of
        the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
        1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into force and
        implement the agreements described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
        (b) Republic of the Marshall Islands.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact
        and the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund Agreement, as submitted to
        Congress on October 17, 2023, are approved and incorporated by
        reference.
            (2) Consent of congress.--Congress consents to the 2023 U.S.-
        RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement, as submitted to Congress on
        October 17, 2023.
            (3) Authority of president.--Notwithstanding section 101(f) of
        the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
        1921(f)), the President is authorized to bring into force and
        implement the agreements described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
        (c) Republic of Palau.--
            (1) Approval.--The 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, as
        submitted to Congress on June 15, 2023, is approved.
            (2) Authority of president.--The President is authorized to
        bring into force and implement the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
        Agreement.
        (d) Amendments, Changes, or Termination to Compacts and Certain
    Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Any amendment to, change to, or termination of
        all or any part of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended
        U.S.-RMI Compact, or the U.S.-Palau Compact, by mutual agreement or
        unilateral action of the Government of the United States, shall not
        enter into force until the date on which Congress has incorporated
        the applicable amendment, change, or termination into an Act of
        Congress.
            (2) Additional actions and agreements.--In addition to the
        Compacts described in paragraph (1), the requirements of that
        paragraph shall apply to--
                (A) any action of the Government of the United States under
            the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI
            Compact, or U.S.-Palau Compact, including an action taken
            pursuant to section 431, 441, or 442 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
            FSM Compact, 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or U.S.-Palau
            Compact; and
                (B) any amendment to, change to, or termination of--
                    (i) the agreement described in section 462(a)(2) of the
                2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (ii) the agreement described in section 462(a)(5) of
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                    (iii) an agreement concluded pursuant to section 265 of
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (iv) an agreement concluded pursuant to section 265 of
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                    (v) an agreement concluded pursuant to section 177 of
                the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                    (vi) Articles III and IV of the agreement described in
                section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (vii) Articles III, IV, and X of the agreement
                described in section 462(b)(6) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI
                Compact;
                    (viii) the agreement described in section 462(h) of the
                U.S.-Palau Compact; and
                    (ix) Articles VI, XV, and XVII of the agreement
                described in section 462(b)(7) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM
                Compact and 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and section
                462(i) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.
        (e) Entry Into Force of Future Amendments to Subsidiary
    Agreements.--An agreement between the United States and the Government
    of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic
    of the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic of Palau
    that would amend, change, or terminate any subsidiary agreement or
    portion of a subsidiary agreement (other than an amendment to, change
    to, or termination of an agreement described in subsection (d)) shall
    not enter into force until the date that is 90 days after the date on
    which the President has transmitted to the President of the Senate and
    the Speaker of the House of Representatives--
            (1) the agreement to amend, change, or terminate the subsidiary
        agreement;
            (2) an explanation of the amendment, change, or termination;
            (3) a description of the reasons for the amendment, change, or
        termination; and
            (4) in the case of an agreement that would amend, change, or
        terminate any agreement described in section 462(b)(3) of the 2023
        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact or the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, a
        statement by the Secretary of Labor that describes--
                (A) the necessity of the amendment, change, or termination;
            and
                (B) any impacts of the amendment, change, or termination.
        SEC. 205. AGREEMENTS WITH FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.
        (a) Law Enforcement Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to sections 222 and 224 of the 2023
        Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the United States shall provide
        nonreimbursable technical and training assistance, as appropriate,
        including training and equipment for postal inspection of illicit
        drugs and other contraband, to enable the Government of the
        Federated States of Micronesia--
                (A) to develop and adequately enforce laws of the Federated
            States of Micronesia; and
                (B) to cooperate with the United States in the enforcement
            of criminal laws of the United States.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to
        subsection (j) of section 105 of the Compact of Free Association
        Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by section
        209(j)) may be used in accordance with section 102(a) of the
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
        1921a(a)).
        (b) United States Appointees to Joint Economic Management
    Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States appointees (which are
        composed of the United States chair and 2 other members from the
        Government of the United States) to the Joint Economic Management
        Committee established under section 213 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-
        FSM Compact (referred to in this subsection as the ``Committee'')
        shall--
                (A) be voting members of the Committee; and
                (B) continue to be officers or employees of the Federal
            Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term
        of 2 years as follows:
                (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State,
            in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
                (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
            Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
                (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Interagency Group on
            Freely Associated States established under section 208(d)(1).
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than
        2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 United States members of
        the Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals
        who--
                (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are
            especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis,
            compliance, grant administration, program management, or
            international economics; and
                (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time experience
            in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant
            administration, program management, or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
            appointment of a United States member of the Committee under
            paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the
            appropriate committees of Congress that an individual has been
            appointed as a voting member of the Committee under that
            paragraph, including a statement prepared by the Secretary of
            the Interior attesting to the qualifications of the member
            described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph (B).
                (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required
            under subparagraph (A)--
                    (i) in the case of a member appointed under paragraph
                (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
                Interior by the Secretary of State on request of the
                Secretary of the Interior; and
                    (ii) in the case of a member appointed under paragraph
                (2)(C), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
                Interior by the Interagency Group on Freely Associated
                States established under section 208(d)(1) on request of
                the Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Committee receives or completes any report required
        under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to
        the appropriate committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia
        submits to the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended
        U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the appropriate
        committees of Congress--
                (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline,
            written notice attesting that the report is complete and
            accurate; or
                (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable
            deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely
            submitted.
        (c) United States Appointees to Joint Trust Fund Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States voting members (which are
        composed of the United States chair and 2 other members from the
        Government of the United States) to the Joint Trust Fund Committee
        established pursuant to the agreement described in section
        462(b)(5) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact (referred to in this
        subsection as the ``Committee'') shall continue to be officers or
        employees of the Federal Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term
        not more than 2 years as follows:
                (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.
                (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
            Interior.
                (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
            Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than
        2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 members of the Committee
        appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who--
                (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are
            especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis,
            compliance, financial investment, grant administration, program
            management, or international economics; and
                (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time experience
            in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial
            investment, grant administration, program management, or
            international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
            appointment of a United States member to the Committee under
            paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Interior shall notify the
            appropriate committees of Congress that an individual has been
            appointed as a voting member of the Committee under that
            paragraph, including a statement attesting to the
            qualifications of the member described in paragraph (4),
            subject to subparagraph (B).
                (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required
            under subparagraph (A)--
                    (i) in the case of a member appointed under paragraph
                (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
                Interior by the Secretary of State on request of the
                Secretary of the Interior; and
                    (ii) in the case of a member appointed under paragraph
                (2)(C), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
                Interior by the Secretary of the Treasury on request of the
                Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Committee receives or completes any report required
        under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to
        the appropriate committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia
        submits to the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended
        U.S.-FSM Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the appropriate
        committees of Congress--
                (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline,
            written notice attesting that the report is complete and
            accurate; or
                (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable
            deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely
            submitted.
        SEC. 206. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
          REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
        (a) Law Enforcement Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Pursuant to sections 222 and 224 of the 2023
        Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, the United States shall provide
        nonreimbursable technical and training assistance, as appropriate,
        including training and equipment for postal inspection of illicit
        drugs and other contraband, to enable the Government of the
        Republic of the Marshall Islands--
                (A) to develop and adequately enforce laws of the Marshall
            Islands; and
                (B) to cooperate with the United States in the enforcement
            of criminal laws of the United States.
            (2) Use of appropriated funds.--Funds appropriated pursuant to
        subsection (j) of section 105 of the Compact of Free Association
        Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) (as amended by section
        209(j)) may be used in accordance with section 103(a) of the
        Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
        1921b(a)).
        (b) Espousal Provisions.--
            (1) In general.--Congress reaffirms that--
                (A) section 103(g)(1) of the Compact of Free Association
            Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(g)(1)) and section 103(e)(1) of the
            Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
            1921b(e)(1)) provided that ``It is the intention of the
            Congress of the United States that the provisions of section
            177 of the Compact of Free Association and the Agreement
            between the Government of the United States and the Government
            of the Marshall Islands for the Implementation of Section 177
            of the Compact (hereafter in this subsection referred to as the
            `Section 177 Agreement') constitute a full and final settlement
            of all claims described in Articles X and XI of the Section 177
            Agreement, and that any such claims be terminated and barred
            except insofar as provided for in the Section 177 Agreement.'';
            and
                (B) section 103(g)(2) of the Compact of Free Association
            Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(g)(2)) and section 103(e)(2) of the
            Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
            1921b(e)(2)) provided that ``In furtherance of the intention of
            Congress as stated in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the
            Section 177 Agreement is hereby ratified and approved. It is
            the explicit understanding and intent of Congress that the
            jurisdictional limitations set forth in Article XII of such
            Agreement are enacted solely and exclusively to accomplish the
            objective of Article X of such Agreement and only as a
            clarification of the effect of Article X, and are not to be
            construed or implemented separately from Article X.''.
            (2) Effect.--Nothing in the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-
        RMI Compact affects the application of the provisions of law
        reaffirmed by paragraph (1).
        (c) Certain Section 177 Agreement Provisions.--Congress reaffirms
    that--
            (1) Article IX of the Agreement Between the Government of the
        United States and the Government of the Marshall Islands for the
        Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact of Free Association,
        done at Majuro June 25, 1983, provided that ``If loss or damage to
        property and person of the citizens of the Marshall Islands,
        resulting from the Nuclear Testing Program, arises or is discovered
        after the effective date of this Agreement, and such injuries were
        not and could not reasonably have been identified as of the
        effective date of this Agreement, and if such injuries render the
        provisions of this Agreement manifestly inadequate, the Government
        of the Marshall Islands may request that the Government of the
        United States provide for such injuries by submitting such a
        request to the Congress of the United States for its consideration.
        It is understood that this Article does not commit the Congress of
        the United States to authorize and appropriate funds.''; and
            (2) section 3(a) of Article XIII of the agreement described in
        paragraph (1) provided that ``The Government of the United States
        and the Government of the Marshall Islands shall consult at the
        request of either of them on matters relating to the provisions of
        this Agreement.''.
        (d) United States Appointees to Joint Economic Management and
    Financial Accountability Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 2 United States appointees (which are
        composed of the United States chair and 1 other member from the
        Government of the United States) to the Joint Economic Management
        and Financial Accountability Committee established under section
        214 of the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact (referred to in this
        subsection as the ``Committee'') shall--
                (A) be voting members of the Committee; and
                (B) continue to be officers or employees of the Federal
            Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 2 United States members of the
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term
        of 2 years as follows:
                (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State,
            in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
                (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
            Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than
        2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--At least 1 United States member of the
        Committee appointed under paragraph (2) shall be an individual
        who--
                (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, is
            especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis,
            compliance, grant administration, program management, or
            international economics; and
                (B) possesses not less than 5 years of full-time experience
            in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, grant
            administration, program management, or international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
            appointment of a United States member under paragraph (2), the
            Secretary of the Interior shall notify the appropriate
            committees of Congress that an individual has been appointed as
            a voting member of the Committee under that paragraph,
            including a statement attesting to the qualifications of the
            member described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph (B).
                (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required
            under subparagraph (A), in the case of a member appointed under
            paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
            information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
            Interior by the Secretary of State on request of the Secretary
            of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Committee receives or completes any report required
        under the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to
        the appropriate committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
        submits to the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended
        U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the appropriate
        committees of Congress--
                (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline,
            written notice attesting that the report is complete and
            accurate; or
                (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable
            deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely
            submitted.
        (e) United States Appointees to Trust Fund Committee.--
            (1) In general.--The 3 United States voting members (which are
        composed of the United States chair and 2 other members from the
        Government of the United States) to the Trust Fund Committee
        established pursuant to the agreement described in section
        462(b)(5) of the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact (referred to in this
        subsection as the ``Committee'') shall continue to be officers or
        employees of the Federal Government.
            (2) Term; appointment.--The 3 United States members of the
        Committee described in paragraph (1) shall be appointed for a term
        not more than 5 years as follows:
                (A) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of State.
                (B) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
            Interior.
                (C) 1 member shall be appointed by the Secretary of the
            Treasury.
            (3) Reappointment.--A United States member of the Committee
        appointed under paragraph (2) may be reappointed for not more than
        2 additional 2-year terms.
            (4) Qualifications.--Not fewer than 2 members of the Committee
        appointed under paragraph (2) shall be individuals who--
                (A) by reason of knowledge, experience, or training, are
            especially qualified in accounting, auditing, budget analysis,
            compliance, financial investment, grant administration, program
            management, or international economics; and
                (B) possess not less than 5 years of full-time experience
            in accounting, auditing, budget analysis, compliance, financial
            investment, grant administration, program management, or
            international economics.
            (5) Notice.--
                (A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
            appointment of a United States Member under paragraph (2), the
            Secretary of the Interior shall notify the appropriate
            committees of Congress that an individual has been appointed as
            a voting member of the Committee under that paragraph,
            including a statement attesting to the qualifications of the
            appointee described in paragraph (4), subject to subparagraph
            (B).
                (B) Requirement.--For purposes of a statement required
            under subparagraph (A)--
                    (i) in the case of a member appointed under paragraph
                (2)(A), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
                Interior by the Secretary of State on request of the
                Secretary of the Interior; and
                    (ii) in the case of a member appointed under paragraph
                (2)(C), the Secretary of the Interior shall compile
                information on the member provided to the Secretary of the
                Interior by the Secretary of the Treasury on request of the
                Secretary of the Interior.
            (6) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Committee receives or completes any report required
        under the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary
        agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit the report to
        the appropriate committees of Congress.
            (7) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
        submits to the Committee a report required under the 2023 Amended
        U.S.-RMI Compact, or any related subsidiary agreement, the
        Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the appropriate
        committees of Congress--
                (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline,
            written notice attesting that the report is complete and
            accurate; or
                (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable
            deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely
            submitted.
        (f) Four Atoll Health Care Program.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) section 103(j)(1) of the Compact of Free Association Act of
        1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(1)) and section 103(h)(1) of the Compact of
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(h)(1))
        provided that services ``provided by the United States Public
        Health Service or any other United States agency pursuant to
        section 1(a) of Article II of the Agreement for the Implementation
        of Section 177 of the Compact (hereafter in this subsection
        referred to as the `Section 177 Agreement') shall be only for
        services to the people of the Atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap,
        and Utrik who were affected by the consequences of the United
        States nuclear testing program, pursuant to the program described
        in Public Law 95-134 and Public Law 96-205 and their descendants
        (and any other persons identified as having been so affected if
        such identification occurs in the manner described in such public
        laws). Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as prejudicial
        to the views or policies of the Government of the Marshall Islands
        as to the persons affected by the consequences of the United States
        nuclear testing program.'';
            (2) section 103(j)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Act of
        1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(2)) and section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(h)(2))
        provided that ``at the end of the first year after the effective
        date of the Compact and at the end of each year thereafter, the
        providing agency or agencies shall return to the Government of the
        Marshall Islands any unexpended funds to be returned to the Fund
        Manager (as described in Article I of the Section 177 Agreement) to
        be covered into the Fund to be available for future use.''; and
            (3) section 103(j)(3) of the Compact of Free Association Act of
        1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(j)(3)) and section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(h)(3))
        provided that ``the Fund Manager shall retain the funds returned by
        the Government of the Marshall Islands pursuant to paragraph (2) of
        this subsection, shall invest and manage such funds, and at the end
        of 15 years after the effective date of the Compact, shall make
        from the total amount so retained and the proceeds thereof annual
        disbursements sufficient to continue to make payments for the
        provision of health services as specified in paragraph (1) of this
        subsection to such extent as may be provided in contracts between
        the Government of the Marshall Islands and appropriate United
        States providers of such health services.''.
        (g) Radiological Health Care Program.--Notwithstanding any other
    provision of law, on the request of the Government of the Republic of
    the Marshall Islands, the President (through an appropriate department
    or agency of the United States) shall continue to provide special
    medical care and logistical support for the remaining members of the
    population of Rongelap and Utrik who were exposed to radiation
    resulting from the 1954 United States thermonuclear ``Bravo'' test,
    pursuant to Public Law 95-134 (91 Stat. 1159) and Public Law 96-205 (94
    Stat. 84).
        (h) Agricultural and Food Programs.--
            (1) In general.--Congress reaffirms that--
                (A) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free Association
            Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(A) of
            the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48
            U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(A)) provided that notwithstanding ``any
            other provision of law, upon the request of the Government of
            the Marshall Islands, for the first fifteen years after the
            effective date of the Compact, the President (either through an
            appropriate department or agency of the United States or by
            contract with a United States firm or by a grant to the
            Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands which may
            further contract only with a United States firm or a Republic
            of the Marshall Islands firm, the owners, officers and majority
            of the employees of which are citizens of the United States or
            the Republic of the Marshall Islands) shall provide technical
            and other assistance without reimbursement, to continue the
            planting and agricultural maintenance program on Enewetak;
            without reimbursement, to continue the food programs of the
            Bikini, Rongelap, Utrik, and Enewetak people described in
            section 1(d) of Article II of the Subsidiary Agreement for the
            Implementation of Section 177 of the Compact and for continued
            waterborne transportation of agricultural products to Enewetak
            including operations and maintenance of the vessel used for
            such purposes.'';
                (B) section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free Association
            Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) and section 103(f)(2)(B) of
            the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48
            U.S.C. 1921b(f)(2)(B)) provided that ``The President shall
            ensure the assistance provided under these programs reflects
            the changes in the population since the inception of such
            programs.''; and
                (C) section 103(h)(3) of the Compact of Free Association
            Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(3)) and section 103(f)(3) of the
            Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C.
            1921b(f)(3)) provided that ``payments under this subsection
            shall be provided to such extent or in such amounts as are
            necessary for services and other assistance provided pursuant
            to this subsection. It is the sense of Congress that after the
            periods of time specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
            subsection, consideration will be given to such additional
            funding for these programs as may be necessary.''.
            (2) Planting and agricultural maintenance program.--The
        Secretary of the Interior may provide grants to the Government of
        the Republic of the Marshall Islands to carry out a planting and
        agricultural maintenance program on Bikini, Enewetak, Rongelap, and
        Utrik.
            (3) Food programs.--The Secretary of Agriculture may provide,
        without reimbursement, food programs to the people of the Republic
        of the Marshall Islands.
        SEC. 207. AGREEMENTS WITH AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
          REPUBLIC OF PALAU.
        (a) Bilateral Economic Consultations.--United States participation
    in the annual economic consultations referred to in Article 8 of the
    2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement shall be by officers or
    employees of the Federal Government.
        (b) Economic Advisory Group.--
            (1) Qualifications.--A member of the Economic Advisory Group
        described in Article 7 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
        Agreement (referred to in this subsection as the ``Advisory
        Group'') who is appointed by the Secretary of the Interior shall be
        an individual who, by reason of knowledge, experience, or training,
        is especially qualified in private sector business development,
        economic development, or national development.
            (2) Funds.--With respect to the Advisory Group, the Secretary
        of the Interior may use available funds for--
                (A) the costs of the 2 members of the Advisory Group
            designated by the United States in accordance with Article 7 of
            the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement;
                (B) 50 percent of the costs of the 5th member of the
            Advisory Group designated by the Secretary of the Interior in
            accordance with the Article described in subparagraph (A); and
                (C) the costs of--
                    (i) technical and administrative assistance for the
                Advisory Group; and
                    (ii) other support necessary for the Advisory Group to
                accomplish the purpose of the Advisory Group.
            (3) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Advisory Group receives or completes any report
        required under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall
        submit the report to the appropriate committees of Congress.
        (c) Reports to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which
        the Government of the Republic of Palau completes any report
        required under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall
        submit the report to the appropriate committees of Congress.
            (2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 90 days after the date
        on which the Government of the Republic of Palau submits a report
        required under the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, or any
        related subsidiary agreement, the Secretary of the Interior shall
        submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
                (A) if the report is submitted by the applicable deadline,
            written notice attesting that the report is complete and
            accurate; or
                (B) if the report is not submitted by the applicable
            deadline, written notice that the report has not been timely
            submitted.
        SEC. 208. OVERSIGHT PROVISIONS.
        (a) Authorities and Duties of the Comptroller General of the United
    States.--
            (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United States
        (including any duly authorized representative of the Comptroller
        General of the United States) shall have the authorities necessary
        to carry out the responsibilities of the Comptroller General of the
        United States under--
                (A) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and related
            subsidiary agreements, including the authorities and privileges
            described in section 102(b) of the Compact of Free Association
            Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921a(b));
                (B) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and related
            subsidiary agreements, including the authorities and privileges
            described in section 103(k) of the Compact of Free Association
            Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921b(k)); and
                (C) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, related
            subsidiary agreements, and the authorities described in
            appendix D of the ``Agreement between the Government of the
            United States of America and the Government of the Republic of
            Palau Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432
            Review'' signed by the United States and the Republic of Palau
            on September 3, 2010.
            (2) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
        enactment of this Act, and every 4 years thereafter, the
        Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
        appropriate committees of Congress a report with respect to the
        Freely Associated States, including addressing--
                (A) the topics described in subparagraphs (A) through (E)
            of section 104(h)(1) of the Compact of Free Association
            Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)(1)), except that for
            purposes of a report submitted under this paragraph, the report
            shall address those topics with respect to each of the Freely
            Associated States; and
                (B) the effectiveness of administrative oversight by the
            United States of the Freely Associated States.
        (b) Secretary of the Interior Oversight Authority.--The Secretary
    of the Interior shall have the authority necessary to fulfill the
    responsibilities for monitoring and managing the funds appropriated to
    the Compact of Free Association account of the Department of the
    Interior by section 211(a) to carry out--
            (1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; and
            (4) subsidiary agreements.
        (c) Postmaster General Oversight Authority.--The Postmaster General
    shall have the authority necessary to fulfill the responsibilities for
    monitoring and managing the funds appropriated to the United States
    Postal Service under paragraph (1) of section 211(b) and deposited in
    the Postal Service Fund under paragraph (2)(A) of that section to carry
    out--
            (1) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Compact; and
            (4) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
        Agreement.
        (d) Interagency Group on Freely Associated States.--
            (1) Establishment.--The President, in consultation with the
        Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Interior, and the
        Secretary of Defense, shall establish an Interagency Group on
        Freely Associated States (referred to in this subsection as the
        ``Interagency Group'').
            (2) Purpose.--The purposes of the Interagency Group are--
                (A) to coordinate development and implementation of
            executive branch policies, programs, services, and other
            activities in or relating to the Freely Associated States; and
                (B) to provide policy guidance, recommendations, and
            oversight to Federal agencies, departments, and
            instrumentalities with respect to the implementation of--
                    (i) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (ii) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact; and
                    (iii) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement.
            (3) Membership.--The Interagency Group shall consist of--
                (A) the Secretary of State, who shall serve as co-chair of
            the Interagency Group;
                (B) the Secretary of the Interior, who shall serve as co-
            chair of the Interagency Group;
                (C) the Secretary of Defense;
                (D) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                (E) the heads of relevant Federal agencies, departments,
            and instrumentalities carrying out obligations under--
                    (i) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM
                Compact and subsections (a) and (b) of section 221 and
                section 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
                    (ii) sections 131 and 132 of the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI
                Compact and subsections (a) and (b) of section 221 and
                section 261 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
                    (iii) sections 131 and 132 and subsections (a) and (b)
                of section 221 of the U.S.-Palau Compact;
                    (iv) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
                Agreement;
                    (v) any applicable subsidiary agreement; and
                    (vi) section 209; and
                (F) the head of any other Federal agency, department, or
            instrumentality that the Secretary of State or the Secretary of
            the Interior may designate.
            (4) Duties of secretary of state and secretary of the
        interior.--The Secretary of State (or a senior official designee of
        the Secretary of State) and the Secretary of the Interior (or a
        senior official designee of the Secretary of the Interior) shall--
                (A) co-lead and preside at a meeting of the Interagency
            Group not less frequently than annually;
                (B) determine, in consultation with the Secretary of
            Defense, the agenda for meetings of the Interagency Group; and
                (C) facilitate and coordinate the work of the Interagency
            Group.
            (5) Duties of the interagency group.--The Interagency Group
        shall--
                (A) provide advice on the establishment or implementation
            of policies relating to the Freely Associated States to the
            President, acting through the Office of Intergovernmental
            Affairs, in the form of a written report not less frequently
            than annually;
                (B) obtain information and advice relating to the Freely
            Associated States from the Presidents, other elected officials,
            and members of civil society of the Freely Associated States,
            including through the members of the Interagency Group
            (including senior official designees of the members) meeting
            not less frequently than annually with any Presidents of the
            Freely Associated States who elect to participate;
                (C) at the request of the head of any Federal agency (or a
            senior official designee of the head of a Federal agency) who
            is a member of the Interagency Group, promptly review and
            provide advice on a policy or policy implementation action
            affecting 1 or more of the Freely Associated States proposed by
            the Federal agency, department, or instrumentality; and
                (D) facilitate coordination of relevant policies, programs,
            initiatives, and activities involving 1 or more of the Freely
            Associated States, including ensuring coherence and avoiding
            duplication between programs, initiatives, and activities
            conducted pursuant to a Compact with a Freely Associated State
            and non-Compact programs, initiatives, and activities.
            (6) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
        enactment of this Act and each year thereafter in which a Compact
        of Free Association with a Freely Associated State is in effect,
        the President shall submit to the majority leader and minority
        leader of the Senate, the Speaker and minority leader of the House
        of Representatives, and the appropriate committees of Congress a
        report that describes the activities and recommendations of the
        Interagency Group during the applicable year.
        (e) Federal Agency Coordination.--The head of any Federal agency
    providing programs and services to the Federated States of Micronesia,
    the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau shall
    coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
    State regarding the provision of the programs and services.
        (f) Foreign Loans or Debt.--Congress reaffirms that--
            (1) the foreign loans or debt of the Government of the
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Government of the Republic of
        the Marshall Islands, or the Government of the Republic of Palau
        shall not constitute an obligation of the United States; and
            (2) the full faith and credit of the United States Government
        shall not be pledged for the payment and performance of any foreign
        loan or debt referred to in paragraph (1) without specific further
        authorization.
        (g) Compact Compilation.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a
    report to the appropriate committees of Congress that includes a
    compilation of the Compact of Free Association with the Federated State
    of Micronesia, the Compact of Free Association with the Republic of
    Palau, and the Compact of Free Association with Republic of the
    Marshall Islands.
        (h) Publication; Revision by Office of the Law Revision Counsel.--
            (1) Publication.--In publishing this title in slip form and in
        the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of
        title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United States
        shall include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
        setting forth the text of--
                (A) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and
                (B) the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.
            (2) Revision by office of the law revision counsel.--The Office
        of the Law Revision Counsel is directed to revise--
                (A) the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact set forth in the note
            following section 1921 of title 48, United States Code, to
            reflect the amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact
            made by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-FSM Compact; and
                (B) the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact set forth in the note
            following section 1921 of title 48, United States Code, to
            reflect the amendments to the 2003 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact
            made by the 2023 Agreement to Amend the U.S.-RMI Compact.
        SEC. 209. UNITED STATES POLICY REGARDING THE FREELY ASSOCIATED
          STATES.
        (a) Authorization for Veterans' Services.--
            (1) Definition of freely associated states.--In this
        subsection, the term ``Freely Associated States'' means--
                (A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as
            it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in
            section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985
            (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note);
                (B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time
            as it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth
            in section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985
            (Public Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and
                (C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a
            party to the Compact of Free Association between the United
            States and the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of
            Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution to approve the
            `Compact of Free Association' between the United States and the
            Government of Palau, and for other purposes'' (Public Law 99-
            658; 48 U.S.C. 1931 note).
            (2) Hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care
        abroad.--Section 1724 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
                (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``subsections (b) and
            (c)'' and inserting ``subsections (b), (c), and (f)''; and
                (B) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(f)(1)(A) The Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical
    services in the Freely Associated States, subject to agreements the
    Secretary shall enter into with the governments of the Freely
    Associated States as described in section 209(a)(4)(A) of the Compact
    of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, and subject to subparagraph
    (B), to a veteran who is otherwise eligible to receive hospital care
    and medical services.
        ``(B) The agreements described in subparagraph (A) shall
    incorporate, to the extent practicable, the applicable laws of the
    Freely Associated States and define the care and services that can be
    legally provided by the Secretary in the Freely Associated States.
        ``(2) In furnishing hospital care and medical services under
    paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical
    services through--
            ``(A) contracts or other agreements;
            ``(B) reimbursement; or
            ``(C) the direct provision of care by health care personnel of
        the Department.
        ``(3) In furnishing hospital care and medical services under
    paragraph (1), the Secretary may furnish hospital care and medical
    services for any condition regardless of whether the condition is
    connected to the service of the veteran in the Armed Forces.
        ``(4)(A) A veteran who has received hospital care or medical
    services in a country pursuant to this subsection shall remain
    eligible, to the extent determined advisable and practicable by the
    Secretary, for hospital care or medical services in that country
    regardless of whether the country continues to qualify as a Freely
    Associated State for purposes of this subsection.
        ``(B) If the Secretary determines it is no longer advisable or
    practicable to allow veterans described in subparagraph (A) to remain
    eligible for hospital care or medical services pursuant to such
    subparagraph, the Secretary shall--
            ``(i) provide direct notice of that determination to such
        veterans; and
            ``(ii) publish that determination and the reasons for that
        determination in the Federal Register.
        ``(5) In this subsection, the term `Freely Associated States'
    means--
            ``(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as
        it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in
        section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public
        Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note);
            ``(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time as
        it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in
        section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public
        Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and
            ``(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a party
        to the Compact of Free Association between the United States and
        the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint
        Resolution entitled `Joint Resolution to approve the ``Compact of
        Free Association'' between the United States and the Government of
        Palau, and for other purposes' (Public Law 99-658; 48 U.S.C. 1931
        note).''.
            (3) Beneficiary travel.--Section 111 of title 38, United States
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(h)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
    may make payments to or for any person traveling in, to, or from the
    Freely Associated States for receipt of care or services authorized to
    be legally provided by the Secretary in the Freely Associated States
    under section 1724(f)(1) of this title.
        ``(2) A person who has received payment for travel in a country
    pursuant to this subsection shall remain eligible for payment for such
    travel in that country regardless of whether the country continues to
    qualify as a Freely Associated State for purposes of this subsection.
        ``(3) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to carry out this
    subsection.
        ``(4) In this subsection, the term `Freely Associated States'
    means--
            ``(A) the Federated States of Micronesia, during such time as
        it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in
        section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public
        Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note);
            ``(B) the Republic of the Marshall Islands, during such time as
        it is a party to the Compact of Free Association set forth in
        section 201 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public
        Law 99-239; 48 U.S.C. 1901 note); and
            ``(C) the Republic of Palau, during such time as it is a party
        to the Compact of Free Association between the United States and
        the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Joint
        Resolution entitled `Joint Resolution to approve the ``Compact of
        Free Association'' between the United States and the Government of
        Palau, and for other purposes' (Public Law 99-658; 48 U.S.C. 1931
        note).''.
            (4) Legal issues.--
                (A) Agreements to furnish care and services.--
                    (i) In general.--Before delivering hospital care or
                medical services under subsection (f) of section 1724 of
                title 38, United States Code, as added by paragraph (2)(B),
                the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the
                Secretary of State, shall enter into agreements with the
                governments of the Freely Associated States to--

                        (I) facilitate the furnishing of health services,
                    including telehealth, under the laws administered by
                    the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to veterans in the
                    Freely Associated States, such as by addressing--

                            (aa) licensure, certification, registration,
                        and tort issues relating to health care personnel;
                            (bb) the scope of health services the Secretary
                        may furnish, as well as the means for furnishing
                        such services; and
                            (cc) matters relating to delivery of
                        pharmaceutical products and medical surgical
                        products, including delivery of such products
                        through the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy
                        of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to the
                        Freely Associated States;

                        (II) clarify the authority of the Secretary of
                    Veterans Affairs to pay for tort claims as set forth
                    under subparagraph (C); and
                        (III) clarify authority and responsibility on any
                    other matters determined relevant by the Secretary of
                    Veterans Affairs or the governments of the Freely
                    Associated States.

                    (ii) Scope of agreements.--The agreements described in
                clause (i) shall incorporate, to the extent practicable,
                the applicable laws of the Freely Associated States and
                define the care and services that can be legally provided
                by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Freely
                Associated States.
                    (iii) Report to congress.--

                        (I) In general.--Not later than 90 days after
                    entering into an agreement described in clause (i), the
                    Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit the
                    agreement to the appropriate committees of Congress.
                        (II) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--
                    In this clause, the term ``appropriate committees of
                    Congress'' means--

                            (aa) the Committee on Energy and Natural
                        Resources, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and
                        the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate;
                        and
                            (bb) the Committee on Natural Resources, the
                        Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on
                        Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
                (B) Licensure of health care professionals providing
            treatment via telemedicine in the freely associated states.--
            Section 1730C(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
            striking ``any State'' and inserting ``any State or any of the
            Freely Associated States (as defined in section 1724(f) of this
            title)''.
                (C) Payment of claims.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs
            may pay tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first
            paragraph of section 2672 of title 28, United States Code, when
            such claims arise in the Freely Associated States in connection
            with furnishing hospital care or medical services or providing
            medical consultation or medical advice to a veteran under the
            laws administered by the Secretary, including through a remote
            or telehealth program.
            (5) Outreach and assessment of options.--During the 1-year
        period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, subject to the availability of
        appropriations--
                (A) conduct robust outreach to, and engage with, each
            government of the Freely Associated States;
                (B) assess options for the delivery of care through the use
            of authorities provided pursuant to the amendments made by this
            subsection; and
                (C) increase staffing as necessary to conduct outreach
            under subparagraph (A).
        (b) Authorization of Education Programs.--
            (1) Eligibility.--For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year
        thereafter, the Government of the United States shall--
                (A) continue to make available to the Federated States of
            Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
            Republic of Palau, grants for services to individuals eligible
            for such services under part B of the Individuals with
            Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1411 et seq.) to the
            extent that those services continue to be available to
            individuals in the United States;
                (B) continue to make available to the Federated States of
            Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands and make
            available to the Republic of Palau, competitive grants under
            the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
            6301 et seq.), the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
            Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), and part D of
            the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1450
            et seq.), to the extent that those grants continue to be
            available to State and local governments in the United States;
                (C) continue to make grants available to the Republic of
            Palau under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary
            Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.), the Adult
            Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.), and
            the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
            (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.);
                (D) continue to make available to eligible institutions of
            higher education in the Republic of Palau and make available to
            eligible institutions of higher education in the Federated
            States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
            and to students enrolled in those institutions of higher
            education, and to students who are citizens of the Federated
            States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and
            the Republic of Palau and enrolled in institutions of higher
            education in the United States and territories of the United
            States, grants under--
                    (i) subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.);
                    (ii) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the Higher
                Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); and
                    (iii) part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of
                1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.);
                (E) require, as a condition of eligibility for a public
            institution of higher education in any State (as defined in
            section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
            1003)) that is not a Freely Associated State to participate in
            or receive funds under any program under title IV of such Act
            (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), that the institution charge students
            who are citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the
            Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau
            tuition for attendance at a rate that is not greater than the
            rate charged for residents of the State in which such public
            institution of higher education is located; and
                (F) continue to make available, to eligible institutions of
            higher education, secondary schools, and nonprofit
            organizations in the Federated States of Micronesia, the
            Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau,
            competitive grants under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
            U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
            (2) Other formula grants.--Except as provided in paragraph (1),
        the Secretary of Education shall not make a grant under any formula
        grant program administered by the Department of Education to the
        Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall
        Islands, or the Republic of Palau.
            (3) Grants to the freely associated states under part b of the
        individuals with disabilities education act.--Section 611(b)(1) of
        the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
        1411(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting
        the following:
                ``(A) Funds reserved.--From the amount appropriated for any
            fiscal year under subsection (i), the Secretary shall reserve
            not more than 1 percent, which shall be used as follows:
                    ``(i) To provide assistance to the outlying areas in
                accordance with their respective populations of individuals
                aged 3 through 21.
                    ``(ii)(I) To provide each freely associated State a
                grant so that no freely associated State receives a lesser
                share of the total funds reserved for the freely associated
                State than the freely associated State received of those
                funds for fiscal year 2023.
                ``(II) Each freely associated State shall establish its
            eligibility under this subparagraph consistent with the
            requirements for a State under section 612.
                ``(III) The funds provided to each freely associated State
            under this part may be used to provide, to each infant or
            toddler with a disability (as defined in section 632), either a
            free appropriate public education, consistent with section 612,
            or early intervention services consistent with part C,
            notwithstanding the application and eligibility requirements of
            sections 634(2), 635, and 637.''.
            (4) Technical amendments to the elementary and secondary
        education act of 1965.--The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) is amended--
                (A) by striking subparagraph (A) of section 1121(b)(1) (20
            U.S.C. 6331(b)(1)) and inserting the following:
                ``(A) first reserve $1,000,000 for the Republic of Palau,
            subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
            establish, except that Public Law 95-134, permitting the
            consolidation of grants, shall not apply; and''; and
                (B) in section 8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801), by amending paragraph
            (36) to read as follows:
            ``(36) Outlying area.--The term `outlying area'--
                ``(A) means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
            Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin
            Islands; and
                ``(B) for the purpose of any discretionary grant program
            under this Act, includes the Republic of the Marshall Islands,
            the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau,
            to the extent that any such grant program continues to be
            available to State and local governments in the United
            States.''.
            (5) Technical amendment to the compact of free association
        amendments act of 2003.--Section 105(f)(1)(B) of the Compact of
        Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(f)(1)(B))
        is amended by striking clause (ix).
            (6) Head start programs.--
                (A) Definitions.--Section 637 of the Head Start Act (42
            U.S.C. 9832) is amended, in the paragraph defining the term
            ``State'', by striking the second sentence and inserting ``The
            term `State' includes the Federated States of Micronesia, the
            Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.''.
                (B) Allotment of funds.--Section 640(a)(2)(B) of the Head
            Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(2)(B)) is amended--
                    (i) in clause (iv), by inserting ``the Republic of
                Palau,'' before ``and the Virgin Islands''; and
                    (ii) by amending clause (v) to read as follows:
                    ``(v) if a base grant has been established through
                appropriations for the Federated States of Micronesia or
                the Republic of the Marshall Islands, to provide an amount
                for that jurisdiction (for Head Start agencies (including
                Early Head Start agencies) in the jurisdiction) that is
                equal to the amount provided for base grants for such
                jurisdiction under this subchapter for the prior fiscal
                year, by allotting to each agency described in this clause
                an amount equal to that agency's base grant for the prior
                fiscal year; and''.
            (7) Coordination required.--The Secretary of the Interior, in
        coordination with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of
        Health and Human Services, as applicable, shall, to the maximum
        extent practicable, coordinate with the 3 United States appointees
        to the Joint Economic Management Committee described in section
        205(b)(1) and the 2 United States appointees to the Joint Economic
        Management and Financial Accountability Committee described in
        section 206(d)(1) to avoid duplication of economic assistance for
        education provided under section 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended
        U.S.-FSM Compact or section 261(a)(1) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI
        Compact of activities or services provided under--
                (A) the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
                (B) subpart 3 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education
            Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq.); or
                (C) part C of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
            (20 U.S.C. 1087-51 et seq.).
        (c) Authorization of Department of Defense Programs.--
            (1) Department of defense medical facilities.--The Secretary of
        Defense shall make available, on a space available and reimbursable
        basis, the medical facilities of the Department of Defense for use
        by citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of
        the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, who are properly
        referred to the facilities by government authorities responsible
        for provision of medical services in the Federated States of
        Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of
        Palau, and the affected jurisdictions (as defined in section
        104(e)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
        (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)(2))).
            (2) Participation by secondary schools in the armed services
        vocational aptitude battery student testing program.--It is the
        sense of Congress that the Department of Defense may extend the
        Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Student Testing
        Program and the ASVAB Career Exploration Program to selected
        secondary schools in the Federated States of Micronesia, the
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau to the
        extent such programs are available to Department of Defense
        dependent secondary schools established under section 2164 of title
        10, United States Code, and located outside the United States.
        (d) Judicial Training.--In addition to amounts provided under
    section 261(a)(4) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact and the 2023
    Amended U.S.-RMI Compact and under subsections (a) and (b) of Article 1
    of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, for each of fiscal
    years 2024 through 2043, the Secretary of the Interior shall use the
    amounts made available to the Secretary of the Interior under section
    211(c) to train judges and officials of the judiciary in the Federated
    States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
    Republic of Palau, in cooperation with the Pacific Islands Committee of
    the judicial council of the ninth judicial circuit of the United
    States.
        (e) Eligibility for the Republic of Palau.--
            (1) National health service corps.--The Secretary of Health and
        Human Services shall make the services of the National Health
        Service Corps available to the residents of the Federated States of
        Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic
        of Palau to the same extent, and for the same duration, as services
        are authorized to be provided to persons residing in any other
        areas within or outside the United States.
            (2) Additional programs and services.--The Republic of Palau
        shall be eligible for the programs and services made available to
        the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall
        Islands under section 108(a) of the Compact of Free Association
        Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921g(a)).
            (3) Programs and services of certain agencies.--In addition to
        the programs and services set forth in the operative Federal
        Programs and Services Agreement between the United States and the
        Republic of Palau, the programs and services of the following
        agencies shall be made available to the Republic of Palau:
                (A) The Legal Services Corporation.
                (B) The Public Health Service.
                (C) The Rural Housing Service.
        (f) Compact Impact Fairness.--
            (1) In general.--Section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612) is
        amended--
                (A) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the
            following:
                ``(N) Exception for citizens of freely associated states.--
            With respect to eligibility for benefits for any specified
            Federal program, paragraph (1) shall not apply to any
            individual who lawfully resides in the United States in
            accordance with section 141 of the Compacts of Free Association
            between the Government of the United States and the Governments
            of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the
            Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.''; and
                (B) in subsection (b)(2)(G)--
                    (i) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``medicaid
                exception for'' and inserting ``exception for''; and
                    (ii) by striking ``the designated Federal program
                defined in paragraph (3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid
                program)'' and inserting ``any designated Federal
                program''.
            (2) Exception to 5-year wait requirement.--Section 403(b)(3) of
        the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
        of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``, but only
        with respect to the designated Federal program defined in section
        402(b)(3)(C)''.
            (3) Definition of qualified alien.--Section 431(b)(8) of the
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
        1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) is amended by striking ``, but only with
        respect to the designated Federal program defined in section
        402(b)(3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid program)''.
        (g) Consultation With International Financial Institutions.--The
    Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of the
    Interior and the Secretary of State, shall consult with appropriate
    officials of the Asian Development Bank and relevant international
    financial institutions (as defined in section 1701(c) of the
    International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r(c))), as
    appropriate, with respect to overall economic conditions in, and the
    activities of other providers of assistance to, the Freely Associated
    States.
        (h) Chief of Mission.--Section 105(b) of the Compact of Free
    Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(b)) is amended by
    striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
            ``(5) Pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of
        1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927), all United States Government executive
        branch employees in the Federated States of Micronesia, the
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau fall
        under the authority of the respective applicable chief of mission,
        except for employees identified as excepted from the authority
        under Federal law or by Presidential directive.''.
        (i) Establishment of a Unit for the Freely Associated States in the
    Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department of State and
    Increasing Personnel Focused on Oceania.--
            (1) Definition of appropriate congressional committees.--In
        this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
        means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
        Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Requirements.--The Secretary of State shall--
                (A) assign additional full-time equivalent personnel to the
            Office of Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs of
            the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Department
            of State, including to the unit established under subparagraph
            (B), as the Secretary of State determines to be appropriate, in
            accordance with paragraph (4)(A); and
                (B) establish a unit in the Bureau of East Asian and
            Pacific Affairs of the Department of State to carry out the
            functions described in paragraph (3).
            (3) Functions of unit.--The unit established under paragraph
        (2)(B) shall be responsible for the following:
                (A) Managing the bilateral and regional relations with the
            Freely Associated States.
                (B) Supporting the Secretary of State in leading
            negotiations relating to the Compacts of Free Association with
            the Freely Associated States.
                (C) Coordinating, in consultation with the Department of
            the Interior, the Department of Defense, and other interagency
            partners as appropriate, implementation of the Compacts of Free
            Association with the Freely Associated States.
            (4) Full-time equivalent employees.--The Secretary of State
        shall--
                (A) not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of
            this Act, assign to the Office of Australia, New Zealand, and
            Pacific Island Affairs of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific
            Affairs, including to the unit established under paragraph
            (2)(B), not less than 4 additional full-time equivalent staff,
            who shall not be dual-hatted, including by considering--
                    (i) the use of existing flexible hiring authorities,
                including Domestic Employees Teleworking Overseas (DETOs);
                and
                    (ii) the realignment of existing personnel, including
                from the United States Mission in Australia, as
                appropriate;
                (B) reduce the number of vacant foreign service positions
            in the Pacific Island region by establishing an incentive
            program within the Foreign Service for overseas positions
            related to the Pacific Island region; and
                (C) report to the appropriate congressional committees on
            progress toward objectives outlined in this subsection
            beginning 1 year from the date of the enactment of this Act and
            annually thereafter for 5 years.
        (j) Technical Assistance.--Section 105 of the Compact of Free
    Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d) is amended by
    striking subsection (j) and inserting the following:
        ``(j) Technical Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--Technical assistance may be provided
        pursuant to section 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact,
        section 224 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, or section 222 of
        the U.S.-Palau Compact (as those terms are defined in section 203
        of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024) by
        Federal agencies and institutions of the Government of the United
        States to the extent the assistance shall be provided to States,
        territories, or units of local government.
            ``(2) Historic preservation.--
                ``(A) In general.--Any technical assistance authorized
            under paragraph (1) that is provided by the Forest Service, the
            Natural Resources Conservation Service, the United States Fish
            and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service,
            the United States Coast Guard, the Advisory Council on Historic
            Preservation, the Department of the Interior, or any other
            Federal agency providing assistance under division A of
            subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, may be provided
            on a nonreimbursable basis.
                ``(B) Grants.--During the period in which the 2023 Amended
            U.S.-FSM Compact (as so defined) and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI
            Compact (as so defined) are in force, the grant programs under
            division A of subtitle III of title 54, United States Code,
            shall continue to apply to the Federated States of Micronesia
            and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the same manner and
            to the same extent as those programs applied prior to the
            approval of the U.S.-FSM Compact and U.S.-RMI Compact.
            ``(3) Additional funds.--Any funds provided pursuant to this
        subsection, subsections (c), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), and (m),
        section 102(a), and subsections (a), (b), (f), (g), (h), and (j) of
        section 103 shall be in addition to, and not charged against, any
        amounts to be paid to the Federated States of Micronesia or the
        Republic of the Marshall Islands pursuant to--
                ``(A) the U.S.-FSM Compact;
                ``(B) the U.S.-RMI Compact; or
                ``(C) any related subsidiary agreement.''.
        (k) Continuing Trust Territory Authorization.--The authorization
    provided by the Act of June 30, 1954 (68 Stat. 330, chapter 423), shall
    remain available after the effective date of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM
    Compact and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact with respect to the
    Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
    for transition purposes, including--
            (1) completion of projects and fulfillment of commitments or
        obligations;
            (2) termination of the Trust Territory Government and
        termination of the High Court;
            (3) health and education as a result of exceptional
        circumstances;
            (4) ex gratia contributions for the populations of Bikini,
        Enewetak, Rongelap, and Utrik; and
            (5) technical assistance and training in financial management,
        program administration, and maintenance of infrastructure.
        (l) Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Public health service act definition.--Section 2(f) of the
        Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 201(f)) is amended by striking
        ``and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands'' and inserting
        ``the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall
        Islands, and the Republic of Palau''.
            (2) Compact impact amendments.--Section 104(e) of the Compact
        of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(e)) is
        amended--
                (A) in paragraph (4)--
                    (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``beginning in
                fiscal year 2003'' and inserting ``during the period of
                fiscal years 2003 through 2023''; and
                    (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``after fiscal
                year 2003'' and inserting ``for the period of fiscal years
                2004 through 2023'';
                (B) by striking paragraph (5); and
                (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (10) as
            paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively.
        SEC. 210. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.
        (a) Agencies, Departments, and Instrumentalities.--
            (1) In general.--Appropriations to carry out the obligations,
        services, and programs described in paragraph (2) shall be made
        directly to the Federal agencies, departments, and
        instrumentalities carrying out the obligations, services and
        programs.
            (2) Obligations, services, and programs described.--The
        obligations, services, and programs referred to in paragraphs (1)
        and (3) are the obligations, services, and programs under--
                (A) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) through
            (6) of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of the 2023 Amended
            U.S.-FSM Compact;
                (B) sections 131 and 132, paragraphs (1) and (3) through
            (6) of section 221(a), and section 221(b) of the 2023 Amended
            U.S.-RMI Compact;
                (C) sections 131 and 132 and paragraphs (1), (3), and (4)
            of section 221(a) of the U.S.-Palau Compact;
                (D) Article 6 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
            Agreement; and
                (E) section 209.
            (3) Authority.--The heads of the Federal agencies, departments,
        and instrumentalities to which appropriations are made available
        under paragraph (1) as well as the Federal Deposit Insurance
        Corporation shall--
                (A) have the authority to carry out any activities that are
            necessary to fulfill the obligations, services, and programs
            described in paragraph (2); and
                (B) use available funds to carry out the activities under
            subparagraph (A).
        (b) Additional Assistance.--Any assistance provided pursuant to
    section 105(j) of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of
    2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921d(j)) (as amended by section 209(j)) and sections
    205(a), 206(a), 207(b), and 209 shall be in addition to and not charged
    against any amounts to be paid to the Federated States of Micronesia,
    the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
    pursuant to--
            (1) the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact;
            (2) the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact;
            (3) the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement; or
            (4) any related subsidiary agreement.
        (c) Remaining Balances.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
    law, including section 109 of the Compact of Free Association
    Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921h)--
            (1) remaining balances appropriated to carry out sections 211,
        212(b), 215, and 217 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, shall be
        programmed pursuant to Article IX of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Fiscal
        Procedures Agreement; and
            (2) remaining balances appropriated to carry out sections 211,
        213(b), 216, and 218 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact, shall be
        programmed pursuant to Article XI of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Fiscal
        Procedures Agreement.
        (d) Grants.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
            (1) contributions under the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the
        2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review Agreement, and the 2023 Amended
        U.S.-RMI Compact may be provided as grants for purposes of
        implementation of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact, the 2023 U.S.-
        Palau Compact Review Agreement, and the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI
        Compact under the laws of the United States; and
            (2) funds appropriated pursuant to section 211 may be deposited
        in interest-bearing accounts and any interest earned may be
        retained in and form part of those accounts for use consistent with
        the purpose of the deposit.
        (e) Rule of Construction.--Except as specifically provided, nothing
    in this title or the amendments made by this title amends the
    following:
            (1) Title I of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48
        U.S.C. 1901 et seq.).
            (2) Title I of Public Law 99-658 (48 U.S.C. 1931 et seq.).
            (3) Title I of the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act
        of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.).
            (4) Section 1259C of the National Defense Authorization Act for
        Fiscal Year 2018 (48 U.S.C. 1931 note; Public Law 115-91).
            (5) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related
        Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat.
        635).
        (f) Clarification Relating to Appropriated Funds.--Notwithstanding
    section 109 of the Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
    (48 U.S.C. 1921h)--
            (1) funds appropriated by that section and deposited into the
        RMI Compact Trust Fund shall be governed by the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust
        Fund Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-RMI Trust Fund
        Agreement;
            (2) funds appropriated by that section and deposited into the
        FSM Compact Trust Fund shall be governed by the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust
        Fund Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-FSM Trust Fund
        Agreement;
            (3) funds appropriated by that section and made available for
        fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to carry
        out the purposes of section 211(b) of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended
        Compact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.-RMI
        Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-
        RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement;
            (4) funds appropriated by that section and made available for
        fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to carry
        out the purposes of section 221 of the 2003 U.S.-RMI Amended
        Compact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.-RMI
        Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-
        RMI Fiscal Procedures Agreement, except as modified in the Federal
        Programs and Services Agreement in force between the United States
        and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; and
            (5) funds appropriated by that section and made available for
        fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter as grants to carry
        out the purposes of section 221 of the 2003 U.S.-FSM Amended
        Compact shall be subject to the provisions of the 2023 U.S.-FSM
        Fiscal Procedures Agreement on entry into force of the 2023 U.S.-
        FSM Fiscal Procedures Agreement, except as modified in the 2023
        U.S.-FSM Federal Programs and Services Agreement.
        SEC. 211. COMPACT APPROPRIATIONS.
        (a) Funding for Activities of the Secretary of the Interior.--For
    the period of fiscal years 2024 through 2043, there are appropriated to
    the Compact of Free Association account of the Department of the
    Interior, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
    to remain available until expended, the amounts described in and to
    carry out the purposes of--
            (1) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM
        Compact;
            (2) sections 261, 265, and 266 of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI
        Compact; and
            (3) Articles 1, 2, and 3 of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
        Agreement.
        (b) Funding for Activities of the United States Postal Service.--
            (1) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the United States
        Postal Service, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
        appropriated for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2043,
        $31,700,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out the
        costs of the following provisions that are not otherwise funded:
                (A) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-FSM Compact.
                (B) Section 221(a)(2) of the 2023 Amended U.S.-RMI Compact.
                (C) Section 221(a)(2) of the U.S.-Palau Compact.
                (D) Article 6(a) of the 2023 U.S.-Palau Compact Review
            Agreement.
            (2) Deposit.--
                (A) In general.--The amounts appropriated to the United
            States Postal Service under paragraph (1) shall be deposited
            into the Postal Service Fund established under section 2003 of
            title 39, United States Code, to carry out the provisions
            described in that paragraph.
                (B) Requirement.--Any amounts deposited into the Postal
            Service Fund under subparagraph (A) shall be the fiduciary,
            fiscal, and audit responsibility of the Postal Service.
        (c) Funding for Judicial Training.--There is appropriated to the
    Secretary of the Interior to carry out section 209(d) out of any funds
    in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $550,000 for each of fiscal
    years 2024 through 2043, to remain available until expended.
        (d) Treatment of Previously Appropriated Amounts.--The total
    amounts made available to the Government of the Federated States of
    Micronesia and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
    under subsection (a) shall be reduced by amounts made available to the
    Government of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Government of
    the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as applicable, under section
    2101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 and Other Extensions
    Act (Public Law 118-15; 137 Stat. 81) (as amended by section 101 of
    division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other
    Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-22; 137 Stat. 114) and section 201
    of the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations and Other
    Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-35; 138 Stat. 7)).

                    TITLE III--EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS

        SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF UNDETECTABLE FIREARMS ACT OF 1988.
        Section 2(f)(2) of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (18 U.S.C.
    922 note; Public Law 100-649) is amended by striking ``35 years after
    the effective date of this Act'' and inserting ``on March 8, 2031''.
        SEC. 302. UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION EXTENSION.
        (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United States
    Parole Commission Additional Extension Act of 2024''.
        (b) Amendment of Sentencing Reform Act of 1984.--For purposes of
    section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551
    note; Public Law 98-473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to
    chapter 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States
    Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ``36 years and 129
    days'' or ``36-year and 129-day period'' shall be deemed a reference to
    ``36 years and 335 days'' or ``36-year and 335-day period'',
    respectively.
        SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS.
        Section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
    Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``7'' and inserting ``8''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``5'' and inserting ``4''.

                          TITLE IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

        SEC. 401. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
        (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this
    division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained
    pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
        (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this
    division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for
    purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
        (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of
    the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory
    statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report
    105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
    Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division
    shall not be estimated--
            (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
            (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on
        Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional
        Budget Act of 1974; and
            (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the
        Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an
        appropriation Act.

                                   Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                                Vice President of the United States and
                                                   President of the Senate.