[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7463 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.7463

                     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 further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 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 ``Extension of Continuing 
Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2024''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.

      DIVISION A--EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

                        DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS

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.

      DIVISION A--EXTENSION OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

    Sec. 101.  The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of 
Public Law 118-15) is further amended--
        (1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and 
    inserting ``March 22, 2024''; and
        (2) by striking the date specified in section 106(4) and 
    inserting ``March 8, 2024''.
     This division may be cited as the ``Extension of Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2024''.

                       DIVISION B--OTHER MATTERS

    SEC. 101. MODIFICATION TO FAFSA.
    (a) In General.--Section 475(g)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087oo(g)(1)), as amended by the FAFSA Simplification 
Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116-260), is further 
amended to read as follows:
        ``(1) In general.--The student's available income is equal to--
            ``(A) the difference between the student's total income 
        (determined in accordance with section 480) and the adjustment 
        to student income (determined in accordance with paragraph 
        (2)); multiplied by
            ``(B) 50 percent,
    except that the amount determined under this paragraph shall not be 
    less than -$1,500 for award year 2024-2025 and not less than zero 
    for award year 2025-2026 and each award year thereafter.''.
    (b) Appropriation.--Section 401(b)(7)(A) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A))), as amended by the FAFSA 
Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116-260), is 
further amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) In general.--In addition to any funds appropriated 
        under paragraph (6) and any funds made available for this 
        section under any appropriations Act, there are authorized to 
        be appropriated, and there are appropriated (out of any money 
        in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated) to carry out this 
        section--
                ``(i) $1,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2024;
                ``(ii) $3,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2025;
                ``(iii) $2,170,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
                ``(iv) $1,236,000,000 for fiscal year 2027 and each 
            succeeding fiscal year.''.
    (c) No Effect on Previous Appropriations.--Section 401(b)(7)(B)(i) 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(B)(i)), as 
amended by the FAFSA Simplification Act (title VII of division FF of 
Public Law 116-260) and section 102(b) of the FAFSA Simplification Act 
Technical Corrections Act (division R of Public Law 117-103), is 
amended by striking ``or 2023'' and inserting ``2023, or 2024''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect and apply as if included in the FAFSA Simplification Act and in 
accordance with section 701(b) of such Act, as amended by section 
102(a) of the FAFSA Simplification Act Technical Corrections Act 
(division R of Public Law 117-103) (including the authorization 
provided under section 102(c)(1)(A) of such Act).
    SEC. 102. 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.